Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Team officials are hopeful the three-time world champion can return to form in time for the major northern classics this spring.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne will not have VIP tents as organizers prepare for extended COVID measures in Belgium.

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With a bold, outspoken attitude and a run of top results in his neo-pro year, the 21-year-old Brit is bigger than his altercation with Nacer Bouhanni.

It’s never a good look when a rider is standing roadside holding a set of handlebars that are no longer connected to anything.

Jake Stewart may not be a name you're all too familiar with, at least until he was pushed into a barrier by Nacer Bouhanni.

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Jason Gay of The Wall Street Journal believes Wout van Aert vs. Mathieu van der Poel among the greatest rivalries in pro sports.

Riders agree that Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert have enormous influences on the classics — no matter if they're present or not.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step vows to 'isolate' the budding classics stars in bid to take them down.

From van der Poel's two-hour attack to SD Worx's daylong stranglehold, the 'opening weekend' shone a light on the classics season to come.

The first of the spring's cobbled races were held over the weekend. Kristof Ramon and Rhode Van Elsen captured the action.

Annemiek van Vleuten, Julian Alaphilippe, Tom Pidcock and more key players gnash teeth or take quiet confidence after curtain-raising classic Saturday.

Davide Ballerini wins the men's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Julian Alaphilippe backed Italian for the win before the race: 'When the world champion says something like that, it gives extra strength.'

Opening classic of the season finishes with a rare bunch sprint after Deceuninck-Quick-Step controlled most of the day.

An uneven runway to the Belgian classics and off-season moves see the 2021 edition harder than usual to gauge.

Will Julian Alaphilippe continue Deceuninck-Quick-Step's winning start? Will Mathieu van der Poel dominate? And what can Tom Pidcock do?

A closer look at what to expect from this year's edition of the cobbled semi-Classic.

Dutch supremo's presence – and absence – could change the way both Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne are raced.

Kitschy music, muddy hills, and punishing racing. Here's James Startt's account of Peter Van Petegem's victory at Omloop Het Volk in 1998.

The riders to watch and what the course holds for the opening race of the women's 2021 season.

Here's what's making headlines on Thursday, February 25.

Dutch star was forced to leave UAE Tour due to a COVID-19 case among one of the team staffers, and will race Sunday in Belgium.

Strong Belgian opening weekend bodes well for the monuments, but Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winners don't often come out on top at Flanders or Roubaix.

Last year the Tour of Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem showed that one-day Classics can be run in COVID times. In 2021 they face a different set of challenges.

Here's how to watch the men's and women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, as well as Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, this weekend.

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Iván García Cortina leads men's team with renewed push in northern classics.

Dutch star would need to clear more rounds of controls ahead of Saturday's race.

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Organizers confirm wildcards for 'Belgian opener' as optimism grows that classics will be contested as scheduled this spring.

Organizers hint that racing without fans or VIP tents is only economically viable for one more year.

Recently retired Brit's unlikely triumph in 2015 at Omloop marked a rare occasion when everyone cheered for Team Sky.

On the day he should have defended his title, Štybar speaks of the importance of last year's E3 victory and how the race unfolded.

Simmons knows he has the horsepower to make it count in the WorldTour, the next step is to hone the racecraft.

Two Belgians battled it out for bragging rights in the season's first major one-day race

The Faun Ardèche Classic and the Royal Bernard Drôme Classic offer muscular terrain that suits puncheurs and climbers alike.

Mathieu van der Poel will miss Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad due to a fever and the flu, his team announced.

The Belgian's return to the spring classics is sooner than expected, as teams adjust to possible race cancellations in Italy.

Classics stars like Zdenek Stybar, Chantal Blaak, and Mads Petersen will be in Gent this coming weekend for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

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After a last-minute call-up to race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Alex Howes makes the breakaway in "a different universe" of pro cycling.

Though he is a perennial favorite on the cobblestones, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019 is Zdenek Stybar's first big win in the northern classics.

Could Van Avermaet have won Omloop if he'd played the tactics differently? We debate an exciting classics opener and look ahead to the spring season.

With back-to-back wins in Belgian opener, Deceuninck-Quick-Step puts classics rivals on notice.

Zdenek Stybar played off the strength of his adversaries and used a perfectly time attack in the final kilometres to win his first Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Chantal Blaak took a solo victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, attacking between the Muur and the Bosberg to come into Ninove alone, giving her Boels-Dolmans team its first win of 2019.

Stybar attacks from select lead group to go solo over the line, punishing Van Avermaet's earlier aggression.

As the spring classics begin in earnest, all eyes are on Deceuninck-Quick-Step to see if it can again dominate on the cobbles.

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It is opening weekend in Belgium as cobbled classics kick off with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Sunday.

We are approaching one of the most exciting times of the cycling season — spring classics. Here is what to expect on opening weekend in Belgium.

Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the start of the 2019 classics season.

Movistar's leader for the Giro d'Italia finds himself in the hospital after breaking collarbone in first day of Mallorca Challenge.

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Astana impressed at the first cobbled race of the season, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. How did young Michael Valgren pull off this big win?

We sound off on the new (old) Muur/Bosberg finale, Astana, Lotto-Soudal, and more in this first roundtable of classics season.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad began the 2018 classics season in style with the famous Muur van Geraardsbergen featuring in the finale of the race.

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Michael Valgren and Christina Siggaard were victorious on Saturday in the men's and women's editions of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Michael Valgren won the 2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday in Meerbeke with an attack in the final kilometers out of a select group.

Peter Sagan will sit out this weekend's races. So who will eat the Haribo gummy bears?

Ambitious young Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria heads to Omloop with dreams of monument victories.

Omloop Het Nieusblad is the official start to cobbled classics season, and it looks to be a good one.

A revamped route could result in Greg Van Avermaet's third consecutive win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this weekend.

Cobbled classics begin this weekend at Omloop! We look ahead to the start of the classics and recap Oman, Algarve, and more.

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We dissect exciting first week of cobbles racing — why didn't Vanmarcke attack? Is Kuurne better now? Plus, a talk about exercise addiction.

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What happened in the final sprint? Should they be allowed on the sidewalks? How about Sagan's post-race remarks? Time for an Omloop roundtable!

In a dramatic three-man sprint, Greg Van Avermaet wins his second Omloop title in a row ahead of Peter Sagan.

Olympic champ Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on home soil during the opening classic of the season on Saturday.

Classics riders in Belgian, grand tour climbers in Abu Dhabi and mostly domestic teams in the south of France all face their biggest early targets of the 2017 season this weekend.

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Despite starting the semi-classic Omloop race 14 times, Tom Boonen has never won it. And this may be the wrong year for him to try.