Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2025
Latest News from the Race
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Spectator who threw drink at Marianne Vos to be questioned by police
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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig suffers fractured sacrum in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad crash
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Date | March 1, 2025 |
Distance | 137.9km |
Start location | Gent |
End location | Ninove |
Previous winner | Marianne Vos |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women Information
The Spring Classics kicks off annually at 'opening weekend' with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and this year, it takes place on March 1, 2025. The women race 137.9km between Ghent and the finish in Ninove.
Now in its 20th edition, the race upgraded from the Pro Series to the Women's WorldTour in 2023.
Organisers Flanders Classics currently oversees six of the most popular Spring Classics, beginning with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and continuing with Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Tour of Flanders, Scheldeprijs and Brabantse Pijl.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite Women History
Opening Weekend is a two-race show on the women's calendar beginning at the top-tier Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite Women, held on March 1 in Belgium and Omloop van het Hageland on March 2. This year marks the 20th edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite Women.
The inaugural winner was Suzanne de Goede in 2006, who won again in 2009. The one-day race has seen a host of champions on the top step of the podium, including Mie Lacota, Kirsten Wild, Emma Johansson (twice), Loes Gunnewijk, Tiffany Cromwell, Amy Pieters, Anna van der Breggen (twice), Lizzie Deignan, Lucinda Brand, Christina Siggaard, Chantal van den Broek-Blaak and Annemiek van Vleuten (twice) and Lotte Kopecky.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2025 Start List
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2025 Schedule
Date | Event | Start | Finish |
March 1, 2025 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women | 13:20 CET | 17:19 CET |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Row 2 - Cell 1 | Row 2 - Cell 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
Races
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 20251 March 2025 | Ghent | Women's WorldTour
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Elite Women2025-03-01
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![Marianne Vos at the start of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which she won on her race debut](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yKcNjuTXrFthwcLJECBnxT-320-80.jpg)
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![NINOVE BELGIUM FEBRUARY 24 LR Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team LidlTrek Marianne Vos of The Netherlands and Team Visma Lease A Bike and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD WorxProtime compete in the breakaway climbing the Muur van Geraardsbergen while fans cheer during the 16th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2024 Womens Elite a 1271km one day race from Ghent to Ninove UCIWWT on February 24 2024 in Ninove Belgium Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zDieuC94xKdh6MFoskdy4d-320-80.jpg)
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Marianne Vos savours 'dream' Omloop Het Nieuwsblad debut
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New wheels and a SRAM derailleur spotted on Visma's Omloop winning bikes
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![NINOVE, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 24: (L-R) Elisa Longo Borghini ofElisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) on the attack en route to third place at the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Italy and Team Lidl-Trek and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx-Protime compete in the breakaway during the 16th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2024, Women's Elite a 127.1km one day race from Ghent to Ninove / #UCIWWT / on February 24, 2024 in Ninove, Belgium. (Photo by Rafa Gomez - Pool/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pMidnHTt2n8e7RsA9DwgBY-320-80.jpg)
'We're not here boiling eggs' – Lidl-Trek the aggressors at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Longo Borghini and Van Anrooij animate race to grab third and fourth at first Belgian Classic of the season
![Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering compete climbing the Muur van Geraardsbergen while fans cheer during the 16th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EWdtoT7y2FmLMmqasSc2DP-320-80.jpg)
Niewiadoma: 'no legs' on Muur but 'stoked' for Vos' Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victory
By Lukas Knöfler, Daniel Ostanek published
News 'From that point of view, it was a great race, but for us, a pity' says Canyon-SRAM rider
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