2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2020 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 21
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad-2020 banner.jpg
Event poster with previous winners Chantal Blaak and Zdeněk Štybar
Race details
Dates29 February 2020
Stages1
Distance200 km (124.3 mi)
Winning time5h 03' 24"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jasper Stuyven  (BEL) (Trek–Segafredo)
  SecondFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yves Lampaert  (BEL) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)
  ThirdFlag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN) (Team Sunweb)
  2019
2021  

The 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 February 2020 in Belgium, starting in Gent and finishing in Ninove. [1] It was the 75th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the fourth event of the 2020 UCI World Tour. [2]

Contents

Belgian rider Jasper Stuyven of Trek–Segafredo beat fellow Belgian rider Yves Lampaert of Deceuninck–Quick-Step in a two-up sprint to take the victory. Danish rider Søren Kragh Andersen of Team Sunweb, who had been dropped by the Belgian duo within the last three kilometers, finished solo to take third place. [3]

Teams

Twenty-five teams were invited to the race, which included all nineteen UCI WorldTour teams and six UCI Professional Continental teams. [4] [5] Each team started with seven riders for a total of 175 riders; of these, only 69 riders finished. [3]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

Pre-race favourites

Mathieu van der Poel was the favourite to win, but was forced to withdraw through illness. [6] The 2016 and 2017 winner, Greg Van Avermaet, was the subsequent favourite for victory. The 2019 winner, Zdeněk Štybar, also returned to defend his title. [7]

Result

Result [3] [8]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jasper Stuyven  (BEL) Trek–Segafredo 5h 03' 24"
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yves Lampaert  (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN) Team Sunweb + 6"
4Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Trentin  (ITA) CCC Team + 39"
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Declercq  (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 28"
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mike Teunissen  (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 28"
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Oliver Naesen  (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 1' 28"
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 28"
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Stefan Küng  (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 28"
10Flag of France.svg  Florian Sénéchal  (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 28"

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