2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (World Tour),
Belgium
75th edition: Saturday, February 29, 2020
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Gent - Ninove, 200.0 km
Jasper Stuyven wins the 75th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Sirotti photo
Weather at the finish city of Ninove at 1:50 PM, local time: 9C (48F), rain showers & windy. The wind is from the southwest at 35 km/hr (22 mph). The rain is forecast to end around 3:15.
The race: Here's the report from 3rd-place Soren Andersen's Team Sunweb.
The cobbled classic began today with the first race of the “Opening Weekend”, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. With a tough 200 kilometre long parcours awaiting the riders, combined with swirling winds and strong rain, it proved to be a really tough day out in the saddle.
An early break was able to form after the flag drop and they quickly built up their lead to over seven minutes at one point. Yet, with exposed sections of road looming in the distance, the bunch soon increased the pace and the gap began to tumble.
The peloton split into several groups, with Nils Eekhoff riding strongly to make the front group of 16. However, the route then turned into a headwind and the pace once again slowed down and the peloton was able to regroup. Tiesj Benoot made some testing attacks but wasn’t able to make anything stick before Søren Kragh Andersen escaped in a breakaway group with 70 kilometres to go.
With a lot of teams represented, their advantage grew out to over two minutes as the number of cobble sections, climbs and kilometres ticked by. In the peloton behind Benoot did a great job to follow and mark any dangerous attacks and as the race entered the final 20 kilometres Kragh Andersen’s group held a lead of one minute and 40 seconds.
On the famous Muur, Lampaert and Stuyven put the pressure on in the breakaway, splitting the group. Kragh Andersen dug deep to gain contact with them over the top and the trio worked well over the Bosberg to hold off the chasers. Heading into the final three kilometres to go they had an advantage of 20 seconds and the attacks started. On his limit, Kragh Andersen was unable to follow the duo, but dug deep and crossed the line for a strong third place in what was his opening race of the season.
“Guys were starting to jump in the headwind and I followed a few attacks,” explained Kragh Andersen at the finish. “After a few times I thought I would try to go myself as we wanted to be active in the front. Suddenly we had a gap and a good group, and we worked together so the gap got bigger and bigger. I felt my legs on the Muur and the Bosberg. The other two were slightly stronger than me on the climbs so I was gambling for a sprint against them, and hoping they were empty. They attacked and I had nothing left so just tried to come as fast as possible to the finish. I’m really happy to finish on the podium at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, it is a big race and everyone is in top shape. Also for the team to start the classics campaign with a podium is really good. We aim for the win in the future and of course would have liked to win today but we have to start somewhere so I’m really happy and the team is really happy with the result.”
Team Sunweb coach Marc Reef added: “I think in general that we can be happy with the result and how we raced today. Søren made the attack with 70 kilometres to go and got some good riders with him. Tiesj was able to follow any moves behind to protect Søren and we were always in the game at the front or in the bunch. In the final Søren could follow Lampaert and Stuyven who were the best of the group. It turned out the third place was the best result possible and we can be happy with the podium spot in the first classics race of the season.”
Complete Results:
200.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.552 km/hr
| 1 | STUYVEN Jasper | Trek-Segafredo | 5hr 3min 24sec |
| 2 | LAMPAERT Yves | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 3 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren | Team Sunweb | @ 6sec |
| 4 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | 0:39 |
| 5 | DECLERCQ Tim | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:28 |
| 6 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 7 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 9 | KUNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 10 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 11 | VAN AERT Wout | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 12 | DRUCKER Jempy | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 13 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 14 | BENOOT Tiesj | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 15 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 16 | ROELANDTS Jurgen | Movistar | s.t. |
| 17 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | TEUNS Dylan | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 19 | DE GENDT Aime | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 20 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:10 |
| 21 | VALGREN Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 22 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:20 |
| 23 | VANMARCKE Sep | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 24 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 25 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 26 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 27 | JACOBS Johan | Movistar | s.t. |
| 28 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 29 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 30 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 31 | SCHAR Michael | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 32 | JUNGELS Bob | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 33 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 34 | VAN MOER Brent | Lotto-Soudal | 2:24 |
| 35 | ASGREEN Kasper | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:03 |
| 36 | STYBAR Zdenek | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 37 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 38 | SWIFT Ben | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 39 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Jumbo-Visma | 4:48 |
| 40 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:53 |
| 41 | VENTURINI Clement | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 5:58 |
| 44 | WARLOP Jordi | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 45 | KIRSCH Alex | Trek-Segafredo | 6:00 |
| 46 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | 7:26 |
| 47 | POLITT Nils | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 48 | MARCATO Marco | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 49 | STANNARD Ian | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 50 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 51 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 52 | SMITH Dion | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 53 | AFFINI Edoardo | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 54 | MOSCON Gianni | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 55 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | Israel Start-Up Nation | 9:32 |
| 56 | SCHELLING Ide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 57 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 58 | KONYCHEV Alexander | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 59 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 60 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 61 | LEMOINE Cyril | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 62 | SWIFT Connor | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 63 | MAES Nikolas | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 64 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 65 | VAKOC Petr | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 66 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 67 | WYNANTS Maarten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 68 | FELLINE Fabio | Astana | s.t. |
| 69 | WRIGHT Alfred | Bahrain-McLaren | 9:46 |
2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad map & profile:
2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad map
2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad profile
2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Yves Lampaert is dressed for a February Belgian race as his Deceuninck-Quick Step team is presented during the starting ceremonies.
World road champion Mads Pedersen
Alexander Kristoff
Team Israel Start-Up Nation
Niki Terpstra on the Haaghoek sector
Bob Jungels pounds up the Grammont
Michael Valgreen Andersen
Nils Politt
Sep Vanmarcke
Florian Senechal
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Vegard Stake Laengen
Jasper Stuyven has won a big one.
Jasper Stuyven celebrates his win.
Matteo Trentin finishes fourth.
Tim Declercq is fifth.
Heinrich Haussler leads in a group for 22nd place.
Winner Jasper Stuyven just after the race.
Second-place Yves Lampaert doesn't have the same crowd.
Race winner Jasper Stuyven
The podium, from left: Yves Lampaert (2nd), Jasper Stuyven (1st) & Soren Andersen (3rd)
Start list with back numbers, February 28, 2020:
| Deceninck-Quick Step | |
| 1 | STYBAR Zdenek |
| 2 | ASGREEN Kasper |
| 3 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 4 | JUNGELS Bob |
| 5 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 6 | LAMPAERT Yves |
| 7 | SENECHAL Florian |
| Trek-Segafredo | |
| 11 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 12 | SIMMONS Quinn |
| 13 | KIRSCH Alex |
| 14 | LIEPINS Emils |
| 15 | MULLEN Ryan |
| 16 | STUYVEN Jasper |
| 17 | THEUNS Edward |
| Lotto-Soudal | |
| 21 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 22 | FRISON Frederik |
| 23 | MAES Nikolas |
| 24 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
| 25 | VAN MOER Brent |
| 26 | DIBBEN Jonathan |
| 27 | WELLENS Tim |
| CCC Team | |
| 31 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
| 32 | KOCH Jonas |
| 33 | SCHAR Michael |
| 34 | TRENTIN Matteo |
| 35 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 36 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| 37 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume |
| Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 41 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 42 | DILLIER Silvan |
| 43 | DUVAL Julien |
| 44 | GODON Dorian |
| 45 | GOUGEARD Alexis |
| 46 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 47 | VANDENBERGH Stijn |
| EF Education First | |
| 51 | VANMARCKE Sep |
| 52 | HOFLAND Moreno |
| 53 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 54 | OWEN Logan |
| 55 | RUTSCH Jonas |
| 56 | SCULLY Thomas |
| 57 | VAN DEN BERG Julius |
| Astana | |
| 61 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 62 | ARANBURU DEBA Alex |
| 63 | FELLINE Fabio |
| 64 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 65 | HOULE Hugo |
| 66 | BOARO Manuele |
| 67 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
| Bahrain-McLaren | |
| 71 | TEUNS Dylan |
| 72 | SIEBERG Marcel |
| 73 | BOLE Grega |
| 74 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
| 75 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 76 | PIBERNIK Luka |
| 77 | WRIGHT Fred |
| Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 81 | BASKA Erik |
| 82 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre |
| 83 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 84 | LAAS Martin |
| 85 | POSTLBERGER Lukas |
| 86 | SCHELLING Ide |
| 87 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
| Cofidis | |
| 91 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 92 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 93 | LEMOINE Cyril |
| 94 | MORIN Emmanuel |
| 95 | TOUZE Damien |
| 96 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 97 | VERMOTE Julien |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 101 | KUNG Stefan |
| 102 | SARREAU Marc |
| 103 | DELAGE Mickael |
| 104 | GENIETS Kevin |
| 105 | LE GAC Olivier |
| 106 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 107 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
| Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 111 | POLITT Nils |
| 112 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 113 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 114 | MCCABE Travis |
| 115 | WURTZ SCHMIDT Mads |
| 116 | NEILANDS Krists |
| 117 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 121 | AFFINI Edoardo |
| 122 | BEWLEY Sam |
| 123 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 124 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 125 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| 126 | SMITH Dion |
| 127 | STANNARD Robert |
| Movistar | |
| 131 | ROELANDTS Jurgen |
| 132 | CULLAIGH Gabriel |
| 133 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| 134 | JACOBS Johan |
| 135 | JORGENSON Matteo |
| 136 | MAS BONET Lluis |
| 137 | PRADES REVERTE Eduard |
| Team INEOS | |
| 141 | STANNARD Ian |
| 142 | DOULL Owain |
| 143 | LAWLESS Christopher |
| 144 | MOSCON Gianni |
| 145 | ROWE Luke |
| 146 | SWIFT Ben |
| 147 | BASSO Leonardo |
| Jumbo-Visma | |
| 151 | VAN AERT Wout |
| 152 | EENKHOORN Pascal |
| 153 | JANSEN Amund Grondahl |
| 154 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 155 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
| 156 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 157 | WYNANTS Maarten |
| NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 161 | VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
| 162 | GOGL Michael |
| 163 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
| 164 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 165 | STOKBRO NIELSEN Andreas |
| 166 | TILLER Rasmus |
| 167 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
| Team Sunweb | |
| 171 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 172 | ARNDT Nikias |
| 173 | DENZ Nico |
| 174 | EEKHOFF Nils |
| 175 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren |
| 176 | PEDERSEN Casper |
| 177 | SUTTERLIN Jasha |
| UAE-Team Emirates | |
| 181 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 182 | BJERG Mikkel |
| 183 | BOHLI Tom |
| 184 | COVI Alessandro |
| 185 | LAENGEN Vegard |
| 186 | MARCATO Marco |
| 187 | MOLANO Juan |
| Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 191 | DE TIER Floris |
| 192 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 193 | LEYSEN Senne |
| 194 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 195 | THWAITES Scott |
| 196 | VAKOC Petr |
| 197 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| Wallonie-Bruxelles | |
| 201 | LIETAER Eliot |
| 202 | NOMMELA Aksel |
| 203 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs |
| 204 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 205 | SIX Franklin |
| 206 | SUTER Joel |
| 207 | TAMINIAUX Lionel |
| Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
| 211 | DE GENDT Aime |
| 212 | DE WINTER Ludwig |
| 213 | OFFREDO Yoann |
| 214 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| 215 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 216 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| 217 | VLIEGEN Loïc |
| Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 221 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 222 | DE WILDE Gilles |
| 223 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 224 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 225 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 226 | BEULLENS Cedric |
| 227 | WARLOP Jordi |
| Arkea-Samsic | |
| 231 | JARRIER Benoit |
| 232 | LEDANOIS Kevin |
| 233 | MCLAY Daniel |
| 234 | NOPPE Christophe |
| 235 | RUSSO Clement |
| 236 | SWIFT Connor |
| 237 | WELTEN Bram |
| Total Direct Energie | |
| 241 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| 242 | GAUDIN Damien |
| 243 | MANZIN Lorrenzo |
| 244 | PETIT Adrien |
| 245 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 246 | TURGIS Anthony |
| 247 | VAN GESTEL Dries |