2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

For the women's race, see 2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race.

2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2016 UCI Europe Tour
Event poster with previous winner Ian Stannard
Event poster with previous winner Ian Stannard
Race details
Dates27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)
Stages1
Distance200.8 km (124.8 mi)
Winning time4h 54' 12"
Results
  Winner  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)
  Second  Peter Sagan (SVK) (Tinkoff)
  Third  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal)
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The 71st edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was held on 27 February 2016.[1] It was won by Belgian Greg Van Avermaet in a five-man sprint before Peter Sagan and Tiesj Benoot.[2]

Podium of the race: Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet and Tiesj Benoot

The race started and finished in Ghent, Belgium, covering 200.8 km.[3] The Omloop marked the start of the cobbled classics season in Europe and was rated as a 1.HC event of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour.

  1. ^ "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite 2016 - Classic". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ^ Benson, Daniel; Decaluwé, Brecht. "Van Avermaet wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Roadmap" (PDF). omloophetnieuwsblad.be. Flanders Classics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.