'This is the first test' – Cobbled classics season starts at Omloop and Kuurne

The peloton races through the Belgian countryside during the 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The peloton races through the Belgian countryside during the 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Image credit: Vincent Kalut - Pool/Getty Images)

The Opening Weekend of racing at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne heralds the start of the Belgian racing season and, with it, something of a reset following the warm weather starters in January and February.

The riders who took the start of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in Gent this morning will face off again and again at the spring Classics over the coming months, taking on the same cobbles and hills of Flanders in the lead-up to the Monuments of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

Dani Ostanek
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