2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (World Tour),
Belgium

77th edition: Saturday, February 26, 2022
Complete results

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Gent - Ninove, 204.2 km

Wout Van Aert is the first across the line.

Weather at the finish city of Ninove at 1:55 PM, local time: 8C (47F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

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The Race: Lotto Soudal released this statement: "Tim Wellens will not take the start of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad after all. The 30-year-old rider got sick during the night before the race. The winner of Trofeo Tramuntana and a stage in the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var had problems with his stomach. After consultation with the medical staff, the decision was made not to start. UCI regulations stipulate that Wellens cannot be replaced."

Here's is the organizer's race summary:

With a solid attack at the foot of the Bosberg, Belgian champion Van Aert completely turned the final of the opening classic to his advantage. He steadily increased his lead and crossed the line in Ninove on his own. The second place was for European champion Colbrelli, who beat Van Avermaet in the sprint.

At exactly 11am the time has come. The 77th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad takes off in Ghent after the riders have been presented to the public in 't Kuipke. Under a blue sky and bright sunshine, the peloton starts the opening classic, a 204 km ride towards Ninove.

After 8 km we get an early breakaway with 7 riders: Apers (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Ben Healy (EF Education - EasyPost), Juri Hollman (Movistar Team), Alexander Konychev (Team BikeExchange - Jayco), Quentin Jauregui (B&B Hotels - KTM), Donovan Grondin (Team Arkea-Samsic) and Morten Hulgaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team). Their maximum lead eventually got to just over 8 minutes.

In the peloton, it is mainly Jumbo-Visma and Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team who control the race. The more cobbles and hills they pass, the smaller the difference between the front group and the peloton. At the front, the first names start to drop out: Jauregui is the first child of the bill.

On the Wolvenberg it is time for action in the peloton. Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) and Loïc Vliegen (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) join forces and soon after are joined by Stefan Küng (Groupama - FDJ). In the meantime, it's raining flat tires and several crashes in the background, including one of Lotto Soudal's leaders, Victor Campenaerts. The world time record holder does everything he can to rejoin the peloton and has to change bikes, while Peter Sagan (Total Energies) also has his share of bad luck.

In the meantime a front group of nine has formed. Vliegen, Vermeersch and Küng join Apers, Healy, Hollmann, Hulgaard, Grondin and Konychev. Nathan Van Hooydonck takes the lead at the last passage on the Leberg. He tries to break up the peloton with a hard acceleration. Naesen among others follows, while the teammates of Küng and Vliegen neutralise Van Hooydonck's attack.

Van Hooydonck tries a second time. Lampaert is also eager to race, while the gap of the peloton is slowly approaching one minute. At the front, there are still six riders and behind the leading group, it gets nervous. On the Berendries, Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) shakes the tree. He gets leader Van Aert, Narvaez and Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) along. Colbrelli also joins them shortly after. The five join the leading group quite quickly.

In the peloton it is Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl that has to straighten out the situation, with Trek-Segafredo in support. They are up against Benoot, who is doing a great job for leader Van Aert at the front. At 20km from the finish Van Aert lets his partner Benoot go. The man from Ghent pulled out all the stops and began a solo run-up to the Muur of Geraardsbergen.

On the Muur the peloton rejoins the chasers. Benoot does what he can, but he also loses meters to the chapel and gets the company of the peloton in the descent. Just before the Bosberg, Belgian champion Van Aert goes in the attack. With a nine-second lead, he flies solo into the final with 12 kilometres to go. He doesn't relinquish his lead, on the contrary. Van Aert finishes with a smile and wins the Omloop in the tricolore, while Colbrelli in pursuit wins the sprint for second place ahead of Van Avermaet.

Complete Results:

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204.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.137 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 50min 46sec
2	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	@ 22sec
3	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
5	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
7	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Florian Senechal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
10	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	0:25
12	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
14	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
19	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
20	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	0:42
21	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20
22	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:30
23	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Dries van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
29	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
30	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
31	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
37	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
43	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
45	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
52	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
57	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
58	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
63	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
64	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
73	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Luis Leon Sanchez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
77	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:16
83	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:31
84	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:04
85	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
86	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
87	Erik Resell	Uno-X Pro	s.t.
88	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:49
89	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
90	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
95	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
96	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
100	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
101	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
103	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
104	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:33
105	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
106	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
107	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
108	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Jan Maas	Team BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
110	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
112	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
113	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
114	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Lukas Postlberger	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
117	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	11:56
118	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
120	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
121	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
122	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
124	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.

 

Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

On the start line. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) and Greg van Avermaet (Ag2r Citroen) await the roll off.

Looks like it's time to race.

TotalEnergies rider Daniel Oss

Peter Sagan, with the blue leg warmers

Wout van Aert crossing some pavé.

Matteo Trentin

Edvald Boasson Hagen

Victor Campanaerts

Fernando Gaviria

Wout van Aert on the Mur di Grammont

Matteo Trentin leads Sonny Colbrelli on the Mur di Grammont

Kasper Asgreen

Guillaume Boivin

Jasper Stuyven

Peter Sagan not enjoying the Grammont.

Tiesj Benoot

No other riders in sight as Wout van Aert wins the race.

The podium, from left: Sonny Colbrelli (2nd), Wout van Aert (1st) and Greg Van Avermaet (3rd)

Course map & profile:

Map of the 2022 course.

Profile of the 2022 course

Startlist with back numbers and names of team directors: February 25, 2022:

171 riders listed

	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL
DS	PEETERS Wilfried
1	LAMPAERT Yves
2	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
3	CERNY Josef
4	KEISSE Iljo
5	ASGREEN Kasper
6	SENECHAL Florian
7	STYBAR Zdenek
	JUMBO-VISMA
DS	VAN DONGEN Arthur
11	VAN AERT Wout
12	EENKHOORN Pascal
13	AFFINI Edoardo
14	TEUNISSEN Mike
15	BENOOT Tiesj
16	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
17	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
	LOTTO SOUDAL
DS	MAES Nikolas
21	GILBERT Philippe
22	CAMPENAERTS Victor
23	DE BUYST Jasper
24	VAN MOER Brent
25	VERMEERSCH Florian
26	WELLENS Tim
27	SWEENY Harry
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
DS	VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire
31	BYSTROM Sven Erik
32	CLAEYS Dimitri
33	DE GENDT Aimé
34	PASQUALON Andrea
35	PETIT Adrien
36	KRISTOFF Alexander
37	VLIEGEN Loïc
	AG2R CITROEN TEAM
DS	JURDIE Julien
41	VAN AVERMAET Greg
42	NAESEN Oliver
43	NAESEN Lawrence
44	SCHÄR Michael
45	TOUZÉ Damien
46	DEWULF Stan
47	VAN HOECKE Gijs
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS	DE JONGH Steven
51	STUYVEN Jasper
52	THEUNS Edward
53	KIRSCH Alex
54	SKUJINS Toms
55	HOELGAARD Markus
56	HOOLE Daan
57	VERGAERDE Otto
	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN
DS	ZANINI Stefano
61	MOSCON Gianni
62	FEDOROV Yevgeniy
63	GAZZOLI Michele
64	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
65	LUTSENKO Alexey
66	BASSO Leonardo
67	MARTINELLI Davide
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
DS	POITSCHKE Enrico
71	COLBRELLI Sonny
72	HAUSSLER Heinrich
73	BAUHAUS Phil
74	MOHORIC Matej
75	GRADEK Kamil
76	SANCHEZ Luis Leon
77	WRIGHT Fred
	BORA-HANSGROHE
DS	HEYNDERICKX Jean-Pierre
81	GAMPER Patrick
82	HALLER Marco
83	KOCH Jonas
84	MEEUS Jordi
85	POLITT Nils
86	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
87	SCHELLING Ide
	COFIDIS
DS	DELOEUIL Alain
91	COQUARD Bryan
92	BOHLI Tom
93	ALLEGAERT Piet
94	FINÉ Eddy
95	VANBILSEN Kenneth
96	CONSONNI Simone
97	SAJNOK Szymon
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
DS	KLIER Andreas
101	KEUKELEIRE Jens
102	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
103	DOULL Owain
104	HEALY Ben
105	SCULLY Thomas
106	VAN DEN BERG Julius
107	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS	GUESDON Frederic
111	ASKEY Lewis
113	KÜNG Stefan
114	LE GAC Olivier
115	LIENHARD Fabian
116	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
117	DUCHESNE Antoine
	INEOS GRENADIERS
DS	HAMMOND Roger
121	PIDCOCK Thomas
122	HAYTER Ethan
123	WURF Cameron
124	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan
125	TURNER Ben
126	SHEFFIELD Magnus
127	SWIFT Ben
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
DS	DEMOL Dirk
131	VANMARCKE Sep
132	BOIVIN Guillaume
133	CLARKE Simon
134	STRONG Corbin
135	HOULE Hugo
136	VAN ASBROECK Tom
137	BIERMANS Jenthe
	MOVISTAR TEAM
DS	GARCIA ACOSTA Jose
141	ARANBURU Alex
142	LAZKANO Oier
143	GARCIA Ivan
144	HOLLMANN Juri
145	JACOBS Johan
146	MAS BONET Lluis
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO
DS	HOFFMAN Trustan
151	CRADDOCK Lawson
152	DURBRIDGE Luke
153	KONYCHEV Alexander
154	SMITH Dion
155	MAAS Jan
	TEAM DSM
DS	LIGTHART Pim
161	DEGENKOLB John
162	MAYRHOFER Marius
163	EEKHOFF Nils
164	HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby
165	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
166	ARNDT Nikias
167	HEINSCHKE Leon
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
DS	BALDATO Fabio
171	GAVIRIA Fernando
172	COVI Alessandro
173	GIBBONS Ryan
174	LAENGEN Vegard Stake
175	TROIA Oliviero
176	OLIVEIRA Rui
177	TRENTIN Matteo
	ALPECIN-FENIX
DS	CORNELISSE Michel
181	DE BONDT Dries
182	BAYER Tobias
183	GOGL Michael
184	MEURISSE Xandro
185	LEYSEN Senne
186	BALLERSTEDT Maurice
187	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
DS	ENGOULVENT Jimmy
191	BARTHE Cyril
192	JAUREGUI Quentin
193	LECROQ Jérémy
194	LEMOINE Cyril
195	MORICE Julien
196	MOZZATO Luca
197	WARLOP Jordi
	BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB
DS	DETILLOUX Christophe
201	DUPONT Timothy
202	LIVYNS Arjen
203	ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
204	BLOUWE Louis
205	REX Laurenz
206	ROBEET Ludovic
207	PAASSCHENS Mathijs
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS	PLANCKAERT Walter
211	DE PESTEL Sander
212	DE VYLDER Lindsay
213	APERS Ruben
214	MARIT Arne
215	VERWILST Aaron
216	VAN ROOY Kenneth
217	VANHOOF Ward
	TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC
DS	HINAULT Sebastien
221	CAPIOT Amaury
222	GRONDIN Donovan
223	LOUVEL Matis
224	MCLAY Daniel
225	VAUQUELIN Kevin
226	RUSSO Clement
227	SWIFT Connor
	TOTALENERGIES
DS	ARNOULD Dominique
231	SAGAN Peter
232	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
233	VAN GESTEL Dries
234	OSS Daniel
235	SOUPE Geoffrey
236	LAWLESS Christopher
237	TURGIS Anthony
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
DS	VANOUDENHOVE Gino
241	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
242	DVERSNES Frederik
243	HULGAARD Morten Alexander
244	JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
245	RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
246	SKAARSETH Anders
247	TILLER Rasmus Fossum