8 conclusions from Opening Weekend 2023

Dylan van Baarle, Lotte Kopecky, Tiesj Benoot won at 2023 Opening Weekend
Dylan van Baarle, Lotte Kopecky, Tiesj Benoot won at 2023 Opening Weekend (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Kurt Desplenter/David Pintens/Getty Images)

Following a six-week introduction to the 2023 season held in the sunshine of Australia, the Middle East, South America, and southern Europe, the grit and grime of the Belgian racing season began with a bang at Opening Weekend.

The men's and women's pelotons hit the cobbles and hills of Flanders hard at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, plus the women's Omloop and Omloop van het Hageland, heralding the start of spring Classics season and laying down markers ahead of the coming weeks of racing in Belgium and northern France.

Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.