2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)

For the men's race, see 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

The 15th running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad women's race in Belgium was held on 29 February 2020. Widely regarded as the start of the Classics season, it is a 1.1 event of the women's international calendar. The race started in Ghent and finished in Ninove. The total distance was 126.5 km (78.6 mi), covering ten classified climbs in the Flemish Ardennes.^[1]

2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)

Race details
Dates	29 February 2020
Stages	1
Distance	126.5 km (78.60 mi)
Winning time	3h 34' 55"
Results
Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Second  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) (Alé BTC Ljubljana)   Third  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (Team Sunweb)
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Teams

Twenty-four teams will participate in the race. Each team has a maximum of six riders:^[2]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

• Alé BTC Ljubljana
• Canyon–SRAM
• CCC Liv
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Team Sunweb
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI Women's Continental Teams

• Boels–Dolmans
• Chevalmeire Cycling Team
• Lotto–Soudal Ladies
• Multum Accountants–LSK Ladies
• Ciclotel
• Biehler Krush Pro Cycling
• Rally Cycling
• Drops
• Hitec Products–Birk Sport
• NXTG Racing
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Valcar–Travel & Service
• WCC Team
• Bigla–Katusha
• Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport

Results

Final general classification[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott 3h 34' 55" 2  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé BTC Ljubljana + 42" 3  Floortje Mackaij (NED) Team Sunweb + 42" 4  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 42" 5  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 44" 6  Lizzy Banks (UK) Bigla–Katusha + 1' 13" 7  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) Alé BTC Ljubljana + 1' 13" 8  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Rally Cycling + 1' 30" 9  Jip van den Bos (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 1' 30" 10  Aude Biannic (FRA) Movistar Team + 1' 30"

See also

• 2020 in women's road cycling