2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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.