2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2018 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 37
Event poster with previous winner Greg Van Avermaet
Event poster with previous winner Greg Van Avermaet
Race details
Dates24 February 2018
Stages1
Distance196.2 km (121.9 mi)
Winning time4h 50' 14"[1]
Results
  Winner  Michael Valgren (DEN) (Astana)
  Second  Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL) (Team Sky)
  Third  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale)
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The 2018 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 24 February 2018 in Belgium. It was the 73rd edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the fourth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.[2][3] It was won by Danish rider Michael Valgren for the Astana team, soloing to victory by 12 seconds ahead of Team Sky's Łukasz Wiśniowski of Poland, with the podium completed by the highest-placed home rider Sep Vanmarcke (EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale).[1]

Final 140 km of the race
  1. ^ a b "Uitslag - Résultat - Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.