Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and holds significant prestige because of it. Since 2017, the race is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's top-tier professional events.
Marta Bastianelli is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. Bastianelli won the women's road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships ahead of Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini, and also won the equivalent race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, again beating Vos.
Chloe Hosking is Australia's most successful female professional road racing cyclist, with 39 professional wins. Hosking has represented Australia at junior and then senior levels since 2007. Following success in a number of international events she turned professional in 2010. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, and won the women's road race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Jolien D'hoore is a Belgian former track and road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Ridley, Lotto–Belisol Ladies, Wiggle High5, Mitchelton–Scott and SD Worx teams. D'hoore is a 29-time national track champion as well as a four-time national road champion at all competition levels. She won the bronze medal in the omnium at the 2016 Olympics and during her career was one of the strongest sprinters in the women's peloton. Since retiring as a rider, D'hoore now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.
The 2013 Omloop van het Hageland was the ninth running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 3 March 2013 over a distance of 122.3 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. The race ran in one line of 55.3 kilometres, followed by 5 local laps of 13.4 kilometres each. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was part of the 2013 Lotto Cycling Cup.
Sofie De Vuyst is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019. Between 2010 and 2016 she competed in every UCI Road World Championships. She was voted 2019 Flandrienne of the Year.
Lotta Pauliina Henttala is a Finnish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. She has won the Finnish National Road Race Championships seven times, consecutively between 2012 and 2018.
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.
The 2014 Omloop van het Hageland was the tenth running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 9 March 2014, over a distance of 122.3 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was won by British rider Lizzie Armitstead of the Boels–Dolmans.
Roxane Fournier is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.
Florian Sénéchal is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.
Kaat Hannes is a Belgian former road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2017, and also in 2020, for the Lotto–Belisol Ladies, Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo, Lensworld–Kuota and Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus teams. She participated at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.
The 2015 Omloop van het Hageland was the eleventh running of the Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 8 March 2015, over a distance of 120.1 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was won by Belgian rider Jolien D'Hoore of the Wiggle–Honda team, who won the sprint from a front group of eleven riders.
Jip van den Bos is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Team Visma–Lease a Bike.
Timothy Dupont is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Tarteletto–Isorex. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.
Christina Malling Siggaard is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2021 for the Firefighters Upsala CK, Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling, Team Virtu Cycling and Lotto–Soudal Ladies teams. Siggaard represented Denmark at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race, and also represented Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships and the European Road Championships.
Valerie Demey is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv Racing TeqFind. She was among the many openly LGBT athletes who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team. Her major victories include winning stage six of the 2021 Giro Rosa and stage six of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes.
Lorena Wiebes is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. She rode for Parkhotel Valkenburg in the women's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. She won the gold medal in road cycling at the 2019 European Games, beating her compatriot Marianne Vos in the sprint for the line. In May 2022, Wiebes won all three stages of the RideLondon Classique. In July 2022, she won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes.
Charlotte Kool is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team Team dsm-firmenich PostNL. In October 2020, she rode in the 2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne race in Belgium.
Ludivine Henrion (BEL)
Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Kristen Faulkner (USA)
