Start the Belgian calendar with an unmissable event. The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad This will be the first race World Tour on European soil this year. A total of 202 kilometers on Belgian soil with paved sections and elevations that will delight all spectators. A celebration of cycling in a race once dominated by Belgian riders. This year’s edition will feature a lavish line-up, including the participation of the last two winners Wout van Aert and Dylan Van Baarle.
The race will start at 11 am on Saturday, February 24 at Ghent and the first classified is expected to cross the finish line before 4 pm The 18 teams in the World Tour will be joined by seven more teams that will seek to compete with the best in the world.
Participating teams
- Team Visma | Rent a Bike
- Alpecin – Deceuninck
- Soudal – Quick Step
- Intermarché – Difficult
- Arkea – B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bahrain – Successful
- BORA – hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
- EF Education – EasyPost
- Groupama – FDJ
- INEOS Grenadiers
- Lidl – Travel
- Movistar team
- Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
- Team Jayco AlUla
- UAE Team Emirates
- Lotto Dstny
- Team Flanders – Baloise
- Bingoal WB
- Israel – Premier Tech
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- Uno-X Mobility
Some of the best riders in the peloton will seek victory in a race that this year reaches its 79th edition. Looking forward to the Team Visma Dominate the race with your cast of specialists. Van Aert, Benoot, Laporte, Affini, Van Baarle, Jorgenson and Tratnik form a formidable team. However, the terrain is conducive to individual attacks in specific sections which could prove decisive.
Top favorites
- Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Rent a bike)
- Tiesj Benoot (Team Visma | Rent a bike)
- Dylan van Baarle (Team Visma | Rent a bike)
- Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Rent a bike)
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin – Deceuninck)
- Matej Mohoric (Bahrain – Win)
- Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
- Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
- Stefan Küng (Groupama – FDJ)
Source: La Verdad
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