Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Date
Sat 27th February 2021 (UTC)
Sat 27th February 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-02-27T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
UCI World Tour

Season
2021

Round
2

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The 2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 27 February 2021 in Belgium, starting in Gent and finishing in Ninove. It was the 76th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the second event of the 2021 UCI World Tour.

The 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. However, this year, the good weather and the race conditions contributed to a comparatively large group of over 50 riders that would contest the final sprint. Deceuninck–Quick-Step led from the front as their lead-out train, including current World Road Race champion Julian Alaphilippe, tried to set up in-form sprinter Davide Ballerini for the win. In the ensuing sprint, Ballerini won easily, having not been troubled by any of the other sprinters. Behind him, neo-pro Jake Stewart slipped past 2012 winner Sep Vanmarcke along the barriers to take second. For his part, Vanmarcke held off Heinrich Haussler with the bike throw on the line to secure third, that being the former's third third-place result in the race after back-to-back third places in 2017 and 2018.

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Result List

Davide Ballerini

4h 43' 03"

Result Description
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Davide Ballerini (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 43' 03"
2 Jake Stewart (GBR) Groupama–FDJ + 0"
3 Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"
4 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0"
5 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"
6 Alex Aranburu (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 0"
7 Florian Sénéchal (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
8 Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0"
9 Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 0"
10 Nils Politt (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"

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