Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2025
Latest News from the Race
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Six conclusions from Opening Weekend 2025 – fascinating big team weaknesses, a new women's balance of power and Alpecin-Deceuninck's great start
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Top teams shift blame after failed bluff backfires in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women
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'I had to believe I could do it' - Lotte Claes on surprising Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women victory
Belgian claims first victory after two years of professional racing
Date | March 1, 2025 |
Distance | 137.9km |
Start location | Gent |
End location | Ninove |
Previous winner | Marianne Vos |
Lotte Claes takes shock victory from early breakaway as the favourites get it all wrong / As it happened
Lotte Claes (Arkea-B&B Hotels) won the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, outsprinting Aurela Nerlo (Winspace Orange Seal) in the streets of Ninove after a day-long breakaway. Over three minutes behind, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) beat Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) in the sprint for third, just ahead of what remained of the peloton.
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 |
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 20251 March 2025 | Ghent | Women's WorldTour
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Dutch star had liquid thrown at her from roadside ahead of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victory last weekend
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