2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)

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2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)
2021 UCI Women's ProSeries, race 1 of 7
Race details
Dates27 February 2021
Stages1
Distance124.4 km (77.30 mi)
Winning time3h 21' 00"
Results
  WinnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED) (SD Worx)
  SecondFlag of Denmark.svg  Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen  (DEN) (Movistar Team)
  ThirdFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Amy Pieters  (NED) (SD Worx)
  2020
2022  

The 16th running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad women's race in Belgium was held on 27 February 2021. Widely regarded as the start of the Classics season, it was a 1.Pro event on the women's international calendar. The race followed a similar route to that of the men's race, but was shorter and more straightforward at only 124.4 kilometres (77.3 mi), starting in Ghent and finishing in Ninove. For the first time, the women's race finished an hour after the men's race, allowing for the final hour to be broadcast live on television. [1]

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Teams

Twenty-four teams, made up of all nine UCI Women's WorldTeams and fifteen UCI Women's Continental Teams, participated in the race. Each team entered a squad of six riders for a total of 144 riders, of which 111 finished. [2]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Result

Result [3] [4]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED) SD Worx 3h 21' 00"
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen  (DEN) Movistar Team + 23"
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Amy Pieters  (NED) SD Worx + 23"
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lotte Kopecky  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 23"
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Barnes  (GBR) Canyon–SRAM + 23"
6Flag of Italy.svg  Marta Bastianelli  (ITA) Alé BTC Ljubljana + 23"
7Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Brennauer  (GER) Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling + 23"
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 23"
9Flag of Italy.svg  Marta Cavalli  (ITA) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope + 23"
10Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 26"

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