Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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UCI WorldTour race one-day road cycling race professional cycling race

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a prominent early-season Belgian one-day professional cycling race, known for its cobbled climbs and role as the opening classic of the European road racing calendar.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 1
Omloop Het Volk 1
Omloop Het Volk 1970 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UCI WorldTour race ⓘ
one-day road cycling race ⓘ
professional cycling race ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
currentNameAdopted 2009 ⓘ
discipline road cycling ⓘ
finishLocation Ninove NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEdition 1945 ⓘ
formerFinishLocation Lokeren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merelbeke NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerNewspaperAssociation Het Volk NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory men ⓘ
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimbType Flemish Ardennes hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSectorType cobbled sectors ⓘ
hasWomenEdition Omloop Het Nieuwsblad vrouwen NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
laterName Omloop Het Volk NERFINISHED ⓘ
localName Omloop Het Nieuwsblad NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameChangeReason merger of newspapers Het Volk and Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
newspaperAssociation Het Nieuwsblad NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature narrow cobbled roads ⓘ
often cold and windy weather ⓘ
short steep climbs ⓘ
openingRaceOf Belgian cycling season ⓘ
European cobbled classics campaign ⓘ
organiser Flanders Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalName Omloop van Vlaanderen NERFINISHED ⓘ
pairedWith Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Flemish Cycling Week opening weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ
raceFormat single-day ⓘ
raceType classic ⓘ
cobbled classic ⓘ
region Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
role opening classic of the European road racing calendar ⓘ
seasonContext early-season form test for classics specialists ⓘ
startList UCI ProTeams NERFINISHED ⓘ
UCI WorldTeams NERFINISHED ⓘ
startLocation Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface asphalt ⓘ
cobblestones ⓘ
terrain cobbled climbs ⓘ
typicalDistanceKm around 200 km ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld February ⓘ
typicalRaceStyle aggressive GENERATED ⓘ
uciCategory UCI WorldTour NERFINISHED ⓘ
womenEditionInstanceOf women's one-day road cycling race ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flanders Classics → hasNotableEvent → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
spring classics → includesRace → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Flanders Classics → organizes → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Flanders Classics → organizes → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women
Geraardsbergen → sportsEvent → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Flemish Ardennes → usedIn → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Michelbeke → usedInEvent → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Taaienberg → usedInRace → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
Ninove → wasFinishOf → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omloop Het Volk
Herman Van Springel → won → Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omloop Het Volk 1970