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Ghent remains host city of Omloop through 2025

  • 4 February 2020

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is not only the opening classic of the Spring season on 29 February, it will also celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. The city of Ghent wants to put this birthday in the spotlight. A close cooperation with retailers, bar and restaurant owners and a cycling exhibition will bring the race alive in this cycling city with its rich heritage. The city of Ghent and Flanders Classics also signed a new agreement through 2025.

Wildcards awarded to Belgian and French teams

  • 30 January 2020

The Belgian cycling season starts on Saturday 29 February with the iconic opening classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad celebrating its 75th anniversary. All the teams of the highest level in procycling will take part as was the case in 2019. The cycling mad city of Ghent will also be able to give six UCI ProTeams a warm welcome at ’t Kuipke.

75 years Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: countdown to a festive edition

  • 14 January 2020

Apart from the fact the race takes place on a leap day in 2020 and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad celebrates its 75th birthday, there are hardly any changes this year to the first WorldTour race of the season on European soil. Just like in 2019 the traditional opener of the Classics season starts at ’t Kuipke in Ghent and finishes on the Onderwijslaan in Ninove. The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad takes place on Saturday, 29 February 2020.

Ride Omloop Het Nieuwsblad yourself and tame the Flemish hills

  • 27 November 2019

Can you, like us, hardly wait for the first challenge of the new cycling season? Then count down with us to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Sportive, the opening classic of our cycling season on Sunday March 1st!

Order your VIP tickets now!

  • 12 October 2019

Don't miss out on Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020! Choose the perfect VIP programme for you and enjoy a front view.

Stybar: "I'm really proud I could win for the team"

  • 3 March 2019

"Greg was also very strong today. I don’t think I was better or smarter than him, I just had better luck."

Stybar is the smartest in a leading group of five

  • 2 March 2019

Zdenek Stybar has won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019. In the final there were five riders left: Stybar, Greg Van Avermaet, Tim Wellens, Alexey Lutsenko and Dylan Teuns. With an ultimate jump Stybar could shake off the other riders in the breakaway. He finished solo in Ninove.

Who will succeed Michael Valgren Andersen in Ninove?

  • 20 February 2019

Saturday 2 March marks the start of the Flemish spring, with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Anyone wanting to greet the top racers like Van Avermaet, Matthews and European champion Trentin for the first time in Flanders this season, is best advised to make their way to ‘t Kuipke. These riders are joined on the provisional list of participants for the first European WorldTour race of the season by a host of the world’s top cycling names.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019 finishes in Ninove's city center

  • 28 November 2018

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will again take off at 't Kuipke in Ghent. The riders will not finish, however, in Meerbeke but in Ninove's city center.

Michael Valgren Andersen finishes superb team effort by Astana and wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

  • 26 February 2018

Michael Valgren Andersen is the new surprising winner of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The new route didn't dissapoint and delivered a beautiful spectacle. Astana had three men left after the climb of the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg and played out the game perfectely. Valgren Andersen was able to surprise the big guns and came over the finish line solo before Lukasz Wisniowski (Sky) and Sep Vanmarcke (EF-Drapac).