Date | March 1, 2025 |
Start location | Ghent |
Finish location | Ninove |
Distance | 197km |
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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
Date | Stage | Start time | Finish time |
|---|---|---|---|
March 1, 2025 | Elite Men | 11:15 CET | 16:00 CET |
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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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