The 2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a
road cycling one-day race that took place on 27 February 2021 in
Belgium, starting in
Gent and finishing in
Ninove. It was the 76th edition of the
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the second event of the
2021 UCI World Tour
The 2021 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included twenty-nine road cycling events throughout the 2021 cycling season. The tour started with the opening stage of the UAE Tour on 21 February, and concluded with Il Lombardia on 9 Octobe ...
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The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is a race that is usually won by a solo rider or is decided by a sprint from a small group of several riders. However, this year, the good weather and the race conditions contributed to a comparatively large group of over 50 riders that contested the final sprint. led from the front as their lead-out train, including current World Road Race champion
Julian Alaphilippe, tried to set up in-form sprinter
Davide Ballerini for the win. In the ensuing sprint, Ballerini won easily, having not been troubled by any of the other sprinters. Behind him, neo-pro
Jake Stewart slipped past
2012
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winner
Sep Vanmarcke along the barriers to take second. For his part, Vanmarcke held off
Heinrich Haussler with the bike throw on the line to secure third, that being the former's third third-place result in the race after back-to-back third places in
2017
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and
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Teams
Twenty-five teams participated in the race, including all nineteen
UCI WorldTour teams and six
UCI ProTeams. Each team entered seven riders for a total of 175 riders, of which 140 finished.
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Result
References
External links
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2021 UCI World Tour
2021
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