Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a

bicycle road race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

held annually in the Belgian region of

Waasland The Waasland (, archaically "Waesland") or Land van Waas () is a historic region in northern Belgium. It is part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The other borders are with the Scheldt and Durme rivers (east and south) and, to the north, ...

. From 2005 to 2016, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and ove ...

before being moved to the national calendar. In 2024, the race returned to the UCI Europe Tour. It is also known for being the last professional cycling race in which

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an ...

took part before retiring in 1978.

Winners

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omloop Van Het Waasland Cycle races in Belgium UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1965 1965 establishments in Belgium Sport in East Flanders