How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025 – Live streams, TV channels for opening Classic

Watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad today to see the men’s and women’s WorldTour pelotons in action at the first one-day Classic of the season, with all the details here on live streams and TV channels wherever you are in the world.

The first of two races that form the Flemish Opening Weekend, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the beginning of the Spring Classics (alongside Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne) and will see the riders take on the cobbled climbs of Flanders for the first time in 2025.

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) headlines the field for the men's race, but his teammate Marianne Vos won't be there to defend the women's title, which is likely to see a new winner given the world champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) is also absent.

The men will race 197km and the women 138km on similar courses running from Ghent to Ninove, on many of the same roads that have featured in the Tour of Flanders over the years, including cobbled climbs such as the Molenberg, Wolvenberg, Berendries, Bosberg and the Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Both races will take place on Saturday 1st March, with the men’s race taking place ahead the women’s race later that day. There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium and the Netherlands. Read on for all the details on how to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for free?

The 2025 edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will have free-to-air coverage for viewers in the host country of Belgium via Flemish broadcaster Sporza / VRT. 

TV viewers can watch the action from both the men's and women's races on VRT 1 while those looking to stream Omloop Het Nieuwsblad online can watch through the VRT Max streaming platform, or simply on the Sporza website through a browser player that does not require registration. 

Over the border in the Netherlands, public broadcaster NOS has the rights to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which will be streamed on the NPO Start platform.

If you are based in Belgium or the Netherlands but currently abroad, then you can still tune in by using a virtual private network (VPN) - more on that below.

How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad from anywhere

If you're outside your usual country when Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is on, you might think you can’t watch the race due to geo-restrictions, but you’d be wrong. 

A VPN is a nifty piece of internet security software that can alter your device’s IP address to make it seem like it’s in any country in the world. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to unblock your usual streaming services and enjoy your coverage as if you were back home. 

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Where can I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on TNT Sports 2 and Discovery+, with coverage starting at 12:00 GMT on Saturday. 

This is the first major race on TNT Sports following the closure of Eurosport on February 28. TV viewers will need to upgrade their TV package accordingly. 

Likewise, streaming via Discovery+ has now shot up in price, with subscriptions increasing from £6.99-a-month to £30.99. 

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Where can I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the USA and Canada?

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada.

A subscription to the streaming service will cost US$30 / CAN$39.99 a month, with reductions for yearly plans at US$150 / CAN$203.88.

Why can’t I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in Australia?

Unfortunately for cycling fans in Australia, they will not have a live broadcast for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this year. 

SBS aren't showing the race this year, and the new streaming distribution service Staylive does not have the rights to show it in Australia. It is, however, available to subscribers in New Zealand, where plans cost $9.99 a month.

Who to watch at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

In the men’s race, last year’s winner Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) returns with a new team to defend his victory, with former teammate Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and compatriot Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) also in attendance. 

Joining them on the startlist are former winners, such as Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) and Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana), along with some more notable favourites in Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto).

Having won last year’s edition, Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) has opted not to return to the race this season, as she is set to begin her 2025 campaign at the inaugural Milano-Sanremo Donne in March. In fact, Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) is the only former winner in attendance, meaning that we are more than likely to see a new winner at this year’s race. 

Among the favourites on the startlist are the likes of Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and Marlen Reusser (Movistar), as well as the two main protagonists of last year’s Tour de France Femmes in Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ).

Full list of broadcasters for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

• Sporza / VRT - Belgium
• ORF - Austria
• NOS - Netherlands
• L'Equipe - France
• FloBikes - USA & Canda
• TV2 Sport (men's race only) - Denmark
• SuperSport (men's race only) - Sub-Saharan Africa
• Eurosport - Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Indonesia, Malaysia, Macau, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka
• ESPN (men's race only) - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos
• Staylive (men's race only) - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Gaza Strip, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (the Republic of), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Helena and Ascension,, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The British Virgin Islands, The Caiman Islands, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turk & Caicos, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.