You might wonder why an edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (or as it was called back in those day, Omloop Het Volk) was held so late in the spring classic calendar. The Omloop is one of the earliest races of the season, it always has been, because the creators of the competition wanted to have … Read more
This was Roger De Vlaeminck first professional race ever. He won Omloop Het Volk again in 1979.
Trek – Segafredo 1 STUYVEN Jasper 2 PEDERSEN Mads 3 THEUNS Edward 4 MULLEN Ryan 5 EGHOLM Jakob 6 QUARTERMAN Charlie 7 KIRSCH Alex Deceuninck – Quick Step 11 ALAPHILIPPE Julian 12 ASGREEN Kasper 13 BALLERINI Davide 14 DECLERCQ Tim 15 LAMPAERT Yves 16 SÉNÉCHAL Florian 17 ŠTYBAR Zdeněk Lotto Soudal 21 GILBERT Philippe 22 … Read more
Jan Raas won Omloop Het Volk (predecessor of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad) He was the best from a four-man breakaway group on a cold and wet race. Rass was only the third non-Belgian rider, who won the Omloop since 1945. Top5 of the race 1 Jan Raas (TI-Raleigh-Creda) 5hr 45min 2 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot-Esso-Michelin) s.t. 3 … Read more