Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025

Norwegian Soren Waerenskjold of Uno-X Mobility, Belgian Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck and French Paul Magnier of Soudal Quick-Step sprint to the finish of the men's one-day cycling race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (UCI World Tour), 197km from Gent to Ninove, Saturday 01 March 2025. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo by DIRK WAEM / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by DIRK WAEM/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Wærenskjold celebrates as the victory is confirmed to him past the finish line

Wærenskjold celebrates as the victory is confirmed to him past the finish line at the 2025 Omloop Nieuwsblad with a surprise solo attack (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Omloop Nieuwsblad 2025 information

Date

March 1, 2025

Start location

Ghent

Finish location

Ninove

Distance

197km

Previous edition

2024 Omloop Het Niuwsblad

Previous winner

Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Søren Wærenskjold takes surprise victory in thrilling bunch sprint finish / As it happened

The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad provided its usual fantastically bonkers start to the Classics seasons with attacks, tactical headaches, crashes and cobbles, but after all that it came down to a bunch sprint with Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) taking a surprise win ahead of Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). 

Omloop Nieuwsblad route

The route for the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad follows the usual path, starting at 't Kuipke in Gent and using the same run-out to the cluster of loops to hit all of the important hellingen outside of Oudenaarde.

See the full 2025 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad route.

Omloop Nieuwsblad Schedule

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Date

Stage

Start time

Finish time

March 1, 2025

Elite Men

11:15 CET

16:00 CET

How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025

Omloop Nieuwsblad teams

  • Alpecin-Deceuninck
  • Arkéa-B&B Hotels
  • Bahrain Victorious
  • Bora-Hansgrohe
  • Cofidis
  • Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
  • EF Education-EasyPost
  • Groupama-FDJ
  • Ineos Grenadiers
  • Intermarché-Wanty
  • Jayco-AlUla
  • Lidl-Trek
  • Movistar Team
  • Soudal-Quickstep
  • Team Picnic-PostNL
  • UAE Team Emirates
  • Visma-Lease a Bike
  • XDS Astana Qazaqstan
  • Israel-Premier Tech
  • Lotto
  • Uno-X Mobility
  • Flanders-Baloise
  • Q36.5 Pro Cycling
  • Tudor Pro Cycling
  • Unibet Tietema Rockets

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