2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2022 UCI World Tour, race 2 of 32
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad-2022 poster.png
Event poster with previous winner Davide Ballerini
Race details
Dates26 February 2022
Stages1
Distance204.2 km (126.9 mi)
Results
  WinnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
  SecondFlag of Italy.svg  Sonny Colbrelli  (ITA) (Team Bahrain Victorious)
  ThirdFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) (AG2R Citroën Team)
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The 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 26 February 2022 in Belgium, starting in Gent and finishing in Ninove. [1] It was the 77th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the second event of the 2022 UCI World Tour. [2]

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a race that is usually won by a solo rider or is decided by a sprint from a small group of several riders. This year was no exception, winner Wout van Aert attacked with 13 km to go from the group of favorites. [3] Victor Campenaerts was the first to try chase Van Aert down from the group of 20 riders. van Aert held his lead to the line extending the gap to 22 seconds. The group of 20 sprint out for the rest of the places of the podium with Sonny Colbrelli beating Greg Van Avermaet. [4] [5]

Teams

Twenty-five teams participated in the race, including all eighteen UCI WorldTour teams and seven UCI ProTeams. Each team entered seven riders, except for Team BikeExchange–Jayco who entered five, [6] and Movistar Team and Groupama–FDJ who entered six each, for a total of 171 riders. [7] [8] [9]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

Result

Result [10] [11]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 50' 46"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Sonny Colbrelli  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 22"
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 22"
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Oliver Naesen  (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 22"
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 22"
6Flag of Norway.svg  Rasmus Tiller  (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 22"
7Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Trentin  (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 22"
8Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Pasqualon  (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 22"
9Flag of France.svg  Florian Sénéchal  (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 22"
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jasper Stuyven  (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 22"

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References

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