Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022
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Wout Van Aert takes solo 𒀰victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsbl🔴ad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad as it happened
- Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022
- Distance: 204km
- Start: Gent
- Finish: Ninove
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wout van Aert (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jumbo-Visma) made his winning attack 13km out from tꦡhe finish line to take an incredible solo victory at Omloop Het N🍌ieuwsblad.
He made his move just prior to the final climb, the Bosberg, and then crested that climb with a lead of about 10 seconds. H🐻e held his solo lead to the finish in Ninove.
Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) won the sprint for second-place from a group of ⭕about 20 riderꦐs, with Greg Van Avermaet (AG2r Citroen) finishing behind in third.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma | 4:50:46 |
2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 0:00:22 |
3 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team | |
4 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team | |
5 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
6 | Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
7 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
8 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
9 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
10 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad signals the start of the Classics season. The main spring period may be a little further away, but the gentle early-season raci🔯ng is out of the way and the tone will be set for the spring.
The race, which held i𒆙ts 77th edition, takes place in the heart of the Flemish Ardennes, on many of the same cobbles and bergs as the Tour of Flanders five weeks down the line.
Formerly known as Omloop Het Volk, the merging of newspaper companies now means the race is named after the Flemish daily, Het N🎐ieuwsblad. Together with Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne the very next day, Omloop Het 𒁃Nieuwsblad forms one part of what's widely known as the 'Opening Weekend'.
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The route for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022
Starting in Gent at the famous Kuipke velodrome, the ꦬraces winds through the Flemish Ardennes before finishing in Ninove. It used to finish in Gent, but from 2018 the course was altered tꦛo emulate the old Tour of Flanders parcours, heading over the Muur van Geraardsbergen and the Bosberg before the run-in to the line.
There are 13 hills and nine cobblestone sectors🧔 on the menu over the total distance of 204km.&nbs༺p;
The Leberg climb, which comes in combination with the Haghoek sector of cobbles, has a leading role, appearing three times, the last of which comes as the race truly intensifies in the final 50km.ꦇ
The only real change to the modern route of the Omloop for this year is the lack of Molen🅺berg due to road works. Instead, the gap between the Wolvenberg and Leberg is plugged by not one but two climbs: Marlboroughstraat🥂 and Biesestraat.
The Berendries and Elverenberg th🌳en maꦫke way for the Muur-Bosberg combination, which is followed by a 12km run-in to Ninove.
Contenders for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The 2021 edition was won by Davide Ballerini in a bunch sprint but that was something of an anomaly. Almost always, tꦡhe Omloop is won by a solo rider or from a small group at the finish.
The race suits the cobbled Classics specialists who'll fight it out at the Tour of Flanders, but there's also an opportunity for underdogs who aren't so worried about hitti🎶ng top form in February.
As well as Ballerini, who is recovering from COVID-19, the major absentee is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), whose whole spring is still in do🌸ub🍨t due to an ongoing back injury.
Nevertheless, there will be a strong field lining up in Gent on Saturday morning. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wout van Aert leads a revamped Jumbo-Visma squad, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) looks set to take another step up in the Classics. They're joined as headliners by Tour of Flanders champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kasper Asgreen, who leads a typically strong QuickStep-AlphaVinyl squad that includes former winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zdenek Stybar.
Stybar is one of five former winners on the start list, along with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sep Vanmarcke (Israel-Premier Tech), and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost).
Other names to watch out for include 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ).
Teams for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022
WorldTour
- AG2R Citroën Team
- Astana Qazaqstan
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora-Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- EF Education-EasyPost
- Groupama-FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Jumbo-Visma
- Lotto Soudal
- Movistar Team
- QuickStep-AlphaVinyl
- Team BikeExchange – Jayco
- Team DSM
- Trek-Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
ProTeams
- Alpecin-Fenix
- Team Arkéa Samsic
- TotalEnergies
- Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
- Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
- B&B Hotels P/B KTM
- UNO-X Pro Cycling
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad history
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was first held in 1945, and the 2022 race is the 77th edition. 🧔In that time, three editions have been missed - 1960, 1986, 2004 - largely due to the wintery conditions that often strike northern Belgium in February.
Jean Bogaerts was the first winner and Belgians have gone on to dominan🐬t race, with onl🌟y 20 winners from outside the home nation. Three Belgians - Ernest Sterckx, Joseph Bruyère, Peter Van Petegem - hold the joint record of three victories.
The race's history is rooted in the newꦯspaper industry. First set up by Het Volk, in a bid to counter its rival, Het Nieuwsblad, the two papers merged in 2009 and the race went from being called Omloop Het Volk to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
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2021 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep |
2020 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo |
2019 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-Quickstep |
2018 | Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Cycling |
2017 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team |
2016 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team |
2015 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky |
2014 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky |
2013 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha |
2012 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin–Barracuda |
How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will be aired live in the UK a✃nd Europe on , and , with a subscription costing £6.99 for a single month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass.
In North America, will air the races, with a subscription to the streaming service costing $49.99 per year, or $8.99 monthly, in 🍰the USA, and for Canada it is $59.99 (CAD) per year, $11.99 (CAD) monthly.
In Belgium, and will broadcast the races, while in the Netherlands the races will be sho🌳wn on . Other national broadcasters willꦫ also show the races.
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