2023 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (World Tour),
Belgium

78th edition: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Complete results

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Gent - Ninove, 207.3 km

Dylan Van Baarle gives his 2023 classics season an impressive start. His nearest chaser is 20 seconds back.

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Weather at the finish city of Ninove at 1:50 PM, local time: 7C (44F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The Race: Here's the organizer's race summary.

The 78th edition of Omloop het Nieuwsblad was right up Dylan van Baarle's alley. The Dutchman soloed to victory on the Elisabethlaan in Ninove. He made it ahead of De Lie and Laporte.

At 10.55 am the starting gun sounded for the 78th edition of Omloop het Nieuwsblad for the men. 't Kuipke opened its doors wide again for the fans to cheer on their favourite at the start. 207 km between Ghent and Ninove, that's what was on the menu.

Not long after the start signal, the early break was already in full swing. There were seven of them, the men who would colour the first hours of the race: Louis Blouwe (Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles), Alex Colman and Gilles De Wilde (Team Flanders-Baloise), Adam de Vos (Human Powered Health), Mathis Le Berre (Team Arkea-Samsic), Mathias Norsgaard (Movistar Team) and Jelle Wallays (Cofidis). Their lead was up to seven minutes.

In the peloton, it was Jumbo-Visma that took control of the race and set the pace in the peloton. With Jan Tratnik, they sent a man on the counter-attack. He was joined by Haller (Bora-Hansgrohe), O'Brien (Team Jayco Alula), Swift (INEOS Grenadiers), Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) and Wright (Bahrain Victorious). But their attack did not really carry far. The peloton did not let up and the lead of the break began to shrink.

Just over 50km from the line, top favourite Arnaud de Lie went to ground. The young Belgian of Lotto Dstny had to change bikes and was forced into the chase. He was soon able to rejoin the peloton, however, just before the final began. Leading up to that final, the leading group also began to shrink. At the front, only Wallays, Norsgaard and Le Berre remained.

Jumbo-Visma meanwhile rushed to the foot of the Molenberg, where Van Hooydonck opened the throttle. That also meant the immediate end of the breakaway. A group of about 25 riders formed. Jumbo-Visma clearly wanted to make it a tough race. Van Baarle was the next to shake the tree. He was joined by Milan (Bahrain Victorious), Vermeersch (Lotto Dstny) and Le Berre, who was also in the early breakaway. At the back, Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) and Geniets (Groupama FDJ) tried to cross on the Haaghoek, while a regrouping followed in the peloton. After the final Leberg, Stuyven and Geniets were joined by Van Moer (Lotto Dstny), Eekhoorn (Team DSM) Tratnik (Jumbo-Visma) and Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates).

On the Berendries, things at the front went too fast for Milan. Meanwhile, it was Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroen Team) leading the forcing in the peloton. Organisation did not come, a new attack did. Tim Wellens tried it in turn on Elverenberg - Vossenhol. Not much later, Pidcock also did his bit. In the meantime, it was Van Baarle at the front who went full out in search of victory. The only one who could follow was Le Berre. In the peloton, Jumbo-Visma put the block on it.

Meanwhile, at the front, Van Baarle was the favourite. Bahrain Victorious tried to rectify the lopsided situation at the back. The gap was around 40 seconds leading up to the Muur van Geraardsbergen. On the Vesten, it was over and out for Le Berre. Van Baarle started the climb of Muur and Kapelmuur solo. In the peloton, it was Wellens who upped the tempo. Together with Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), he went in search of the lone leader. De Lie, with Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) in his wheel, also went smoothly over the Wall. That group of four went in search of leader Van Baarle.

Also on the Bosberg, Van Baarle successfully defended his lead of 15 seconds over the quartet. He started the final 12 km solo towards the new finish on the Elisabethlaan in Ninove. In the sprint for second place, it was De Lie who made it ahead of Laporte.

The sprint for second: Arnaud de Lie (left) beats Christophe Laporte.

Complete results:

Photos

173 riders on the start list, 2 non-starters, 48 abandons. 125 classified finishers

207.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.189 km/hr

1	Dylan Van Baarle	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 54min 49sec
2	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	@ 20sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
19	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	@ 28sec
28	Jonas Koch	Bora-hansgrohe	0:32
29	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:37
30	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	0:42
31	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	0:58
32	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	1:42
33	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:46
36	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
39	Sean Flynn	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
41	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
44	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
47	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
49	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
51	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
55	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
57	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
63	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
73	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	2:53
76	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	3:22
77	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	5:47
78	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	6:24
80	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	6:47
83	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
84	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
93	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
94	Jan Tratnik	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
98	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	9:31
99	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:56
100	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	12:22
101	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
102	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	s.t.
105	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
106	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
111	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
112	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
113	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
118	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
119	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
122	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Kelland O'Brien	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
124	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
125	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Course map & profile

2023 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

He's gone. Dylan Van Baarle motors up the Grammont.

Soudal Quick-Step rider Florian Senechel.

I believe this is Jan Tratnik climbing the cobbled hill.

Trek-Segafredo rider Edward Theuns

Dylan Van Baarle can sit up and enjoy the moment. He has just won the year's first classic.

The podium, from left: Arnaud De Lie (2nd), Dylan Van Baarle (1st) & Christophe Laporte (3rd)

2023 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Dylan Van Baarle

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Startlist with back numbers and names of team directors:

	JUMBO-VISMA
	DS: Arthur Van Dongen
1	Tiesj Benoot
2	Edoardo Affini
3	Christophe Laporte
4	Jan Tratnik
5	Dylan Van Baarle
6	Tim Van Dijke
7	Nathan Van Hooydonck
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
	DS: Wilfried Peeters
11	Yves Lampaert
12	Davide Ballerini
13	Tim Declercq
14	Stan Van Tricht
15	Casper Pedersen
16	Florian Sénéchal
17	Jannik Steimle
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
	DS: Hilaire Van Der Schuren
21	Sven Erik Bystrøm
22	Rune Herregodts
23	Arne Marit
24	Hugo Page
25	Baptiste Planckaert
26	Mike Teunissen
27	Laurenz Rex
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
	DS: Frederik Willems
31	Jasper Philipsen
32	Dries De Bondt
33	Michael Gogl
34	Søren Kragh Andersen
35	Oscar Riesebeek
36	Robert Stannard
37	Gianni Vermeersch
	AG2R-CITROËN TEAM
	DS: Nicolas Guille
41	Greg Van Avermaet
42	Oliver Naesen
43	Lawrence Naesen
44	Stan Dewulf
45	Benoît Cosnefroy
46	Michael Schär
47	Damien Touzé
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
	DS: Stefano Zanini
51	Leonardo Basso
52	Luis León Sánchez
53	Manuele Boaro
54	Yevgeniy Gidich
55	Yevgeniy Fedorov
56	Martin Laas
57	Gleb Syritsa
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
	DS: Enrico Poitschke
61	Matej Mohoric
62	Filip Maciejuk
63	Jonathan Milan
64	Andrea Pasqualon
65	Dusan Rajovic
66	Jasha Sütterlin
67	Fred Wright
	BORA-HANSGROHE
	DS: Torsten Schmidt
71	Jordi Meeus
72	Nico Denz
73	Marco Haller
74	Jonas Koch
75	Luis-Joe Lührs
76	Nils Politt
77	Ide Schelling
	COFIDIS
	DS: Alain Deloeuil
81	Axel Zingle
82	André Carvalho
83	Wesley Kreder
84	Christophe Noppe
85	Alexis Renard
86	Jelle Wallays
87	Piet Allegaert
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
	DS: Andreas Klier
91	Jens Keukeleire
92	Owain Doull
93	Stefan Bissegger
94	Jonas Rutsch
95	Thomas Scully
96	James Shaw
97	Julius Van Den Berg
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
	DS: Marc Madiot
101	Stefan Küng
102	Lewis Askey
103	Kevin Geniets
104	Olivier Le Gac
105	Fabian Lienhard
106	Jake Stewart
107	Sam Watson
	INEOS GRENADIERS
	DS: Ian Stannard
111	Tom Pidcock
112	Brandon Rivera
113	Michal Kwiatkowski
114	Luke Rowe
115	Magnus Sheffield
116	Connor Swift
117	Ben Turner
	MOVISTAR TEAM
	DS: José Garcia Acosta
121	Imanol Erviti
122	Iván García Cortina
123	Mathias Norsgaard
124	Matteo Jorgenson
125	Max Kanter
126	Lluis Mas
127	Ivan Romeo
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
	DS: Sebastien Hinault
131	Jenthe Biermans
132	Alan Riou
133	Donavan Grondin
134	Mathis Le Berre
135	Matis Louvel
136	Daniel Mclay
137	Clément Russo
	TEAM DSM
	DS: Pim Ligthart
141	John Degenkolb
142	Patrick Bevin
143	Pavel Bittner
144	Nils Eekhoff
145	Marius Mayrhofer
146	Sean Flynn
147	Kevin Vermaerke
	JAYCO-ALULA
	DS: Mathew Hayman
151	Zdenek Stybar
152	Felix Engelhardt
153	Luke Durbridge
154	Kelland O'Brien
155	Alexandre Balmer
156	Lukas Pöstlberger
157	Christopher Juul-Jensen
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	DS: Steven De Jongh
161	Jasper Stuyven
162	Daan Hoole
163	Alex Kirsch
164	Bauke Mollema
165	Toms Skujins
166	Edward Theuns
167	Mathias Vacek
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
	DS: Marco Marcato
171	Tim Wellens
172	Pascal Ackermann
173	Rui Oliveira
174	Sjoerd Bax
175	Ivo Oliveira
176	Matteo Trentin
177	Michael Vink
	LOTTO DSTNY
	DS: Marc Wauters
181	Victor Campenaerts
182	Cédric Beullens
183	Jasper De Buyst
184	Frederik Frison
185	Arnaud De Lie
186	Brent Van Moer
187	Florian Vermeersch
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
	DS: Dirk Demol
191	Sep Vanmarcke
192	Guillaume Boivin
193	Reto Hollenstein
194	Krists Neilands
195	Jens Reynders
196	Guy Sagiv
197	Tom Van Asbroeck
	TOTALENERGIES
	DS: Jan Valach
201	Peter Sagan
202	Edvald Boasson-Hagen
203	Sandy Dujardin
204	Daniel Oss
205	Lorrenzo Manzin
206	Anthony Turgis
207	Dries Van Gestel
	BINGOAL-WB
	DS: Sebastien Demarbaix
211	Louis Blouwe
212	Julian Mertens
213	Remy Mertz
214	Ludovic Robeet
215	Luca Van Boven
216	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
217	Dorian De Maeght
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
	DS: Hendrik Redant
221	Stephen Bassett
222	Pier-André Côté
223	Adam De Vos
224	Colin Joyce
225	Barnabas Peak
226	Ben Perry
227	Gijs Van Hoecke
	TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
	DS: Walter Planckaert
231	Sander De Pestel
232	Gilles De Wilde
233	Vincent Van Hemelen
234	Vito Braet
235	Alex Colman
236	Ruben Apers
237	Ward Vanhoof
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
	DS: Gino Van Oudenhove
241	Alexander Kristoff
242	Jonas Abrahamsen
243	Urianstad Bugge Martin
244	William Blume Levy
245	Erik Resell
246	Anders Skaarseth
247	Rasmus Tiller