Omloop Het Nieuwsblad kicks off what is known as Opening Weekend – the first races in northern Europe of the classics season. The 207.3km route from Ghent to Ninove tackles 13 hellingen – the bone-rattling cobbled climbs of Flanders – as well as seven more flat cobblestone sectors. The final 20km traces the old run-in of the Tour of Flanders, featuring the mythical duo of the Muur van Geeraardsbergen and the Bosberg.

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40 Comments

  1. Team Jumbo is absolutely stacked with talent this year. In fact, they have the potential to win ALL of the spring classics this year. Hopefully it's going to make for some very exciting racing.

  2. Yes! Yes! Fuck, yes! The cobbled classic season begins. My absolute favorite part of the road season. This race was my introduction into the cobbled races when I read about Eddy Planckaert winning it back in the 80's (no YouTube back then). Go, van Baarle! I can't wait until Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders.

  3. Oh, geez…. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ The countryside and the small towns and villages look so wonderful! ๐Ÿ˜
    I wish I could visit. ๐Ÿ˜ข

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  4. I don't think a team blocking the road to give their rider a major time gap and advantage can be accredited as a superior ride. To be fair, he should have been challenged and win based on a better performance. All these riders complaining that Ineos is old school etc. but they have one of the best development programmes and these riders just going to other teams after their development. Jumbo Visma is a good team, but cheeky tactics in my book makes you lose points.

  5. Good race but unfortunate that the GCN+ stream switched away from the podium to the womenโ€™s race. Two streams were showing the womenโ€™s race! Would have liked to have seen the menโ€™s podium celebration.

  6. Belle victoire au sprint de Dylan Van Barle & magnifique 39 รจ place pour le Franรงais Chistophe Laporte. Avec 2 coureurs sur le podium, Jumbo-Visma toujours semblable ร  elle-mรชme! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’Ÿ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ€๐ŸŽญโ˜ฏโ˜ฎ๐Ÿณโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ !

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