The 74th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the opening of the Belgian cycling calendar and features a lot of climbs from the Tour of Flanders. The finale takes in both the Wall of Geraardsbergen and Bosberg, while the race finishes in Ninove.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019 (Merelbeke – Ninove 200km) LIVE STREAM: Saturday, 02 March, starts at 14:15pm CET (Central Europe), 08:15am U.S. Eastern
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019 profile:
Favourites for the stage win:
***** Zdenek Stybar, Sep Vanmarcke, Greg Van Avermaet
**** Philippe Gilbert, Matteo Trentin, Wout Van Aert, Søren Kragh Andersen
*** Niki Terpstra, Michael Valgren, Yves Lampaert, Tim Wellens, Oliver Naesen, Alexey Lutsenko, Sonny Colbrelli, Tiesj Benoot, Dylan Van Baarle, Jasper Stuyven, Michael Matthews
** Edvald Boasson Hagen, Jens Keukeleire, Jurgen Roelandts, Daniel Oss, Lars Boom, Arnaud Demare, Christophe Laporte, Bob Jungels
* Ian Stannard, Baptiste Planckaert, Taylor Phinney, Stefan Kung, Damien Gaudin, Jimmy Janssens, Florian Senechal, Jasper Philipsen, Luke Rowe, Edward Theuns, Nils Politt
