Greatest Spring Classics Races – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Originally named Omloop van Vlaanderen, the race was created by newspaper Het Volk to compete against rival Het Nieuwsblad’s Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen).
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
All my posts that mention or include Omloop het Nieuwsblad in some way.
An even better weekend for the Brits…
It only seems like last weekend when I posted about the impact Brits have had so far this season, but they’ve done it again during the first week of the Spring Classics season winning both Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne. On Saturday, Ian Stannard managed to win Omloop het Nieuwsblad for the second …
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2015
Spring is here! The Spring Classics season begins this Saturday with the Omloop het Nieuwsblad race in Belgium. Omloop is often used a warmup event for the Tour de Flanders later on as it uses a fair number of the same short, sharp, cobbled climbs. Not quite a classic in its own right, it’s a …
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2014 Preview
2015 version here! The Spring is here! At least in cycling terms that is… Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the start of the Belgian cobbled Classics season and it’s probably one of the most hotly anticipated years ever. I’ll be doing a full write-up for the Spring Classics so for now I’ll just focus on Omloop …