2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race

2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race

Podium (left to right: Ellen van Dijk, Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Armitstead
Race details
Distance		125 km (77.67 mi)
Palmares
	Winner	Anna van der Breggen	(Rabo–Liv)
	Second	Ellen van Dijk	(Boels–Dolmans)
	Third	Lizzie Armitstead	(Boels–Dolmans)

The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race. It was the 10th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended in Ghent, Belgium and spanned 125 km (77.7 mi) in the province of East Flanders.

Teams

25 teams were confirmed for this year's event giving 200 riders in total.^[1]

UCI Womens Teams

• Alé-Cipollini-Galassia
• BePink-La Classica
• Bigla Pro Cycling Team
• Boels-Dolmans
• Hitec Products
• Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi
• Lensworld.eu-Zannata
• Liv-Plantur
• Lointek
• Lotto-Soudal Ladies
• Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling
• Orica-AIS
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
• Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
• Team Rytger
• Topsport Vlaanderen-Pro-Duo
• Velocio-SRAM
• Wiggle High5

International teams

 United States National team

National teams

• Isorex
• Napoleon Ladies
• Kitchens Redant
• Autoglass Wetteren
• Sprinters Malderen

Race

After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with Boels–Dolmans dominating the race. With 30 km to go Ellen van Dijk escaped from a front group of 15 riders on the Molenberg with Anna van der Breggen the only one who could follow her. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where Van Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them Armitstead sprinted to the third place.^[2]

Results

Source:^[3][4]

Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	3h 32' 16"
2	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 0"
3	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
4	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
5	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Velocio–SRAM	+ 14"
6	Elena Cecchini (ITA)	Lotto–Soudal Ladies	+ 14"
7	Amy Pieters (NED)	Team Liv–Plantur	+ 14"
8	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
9	Trixi Worrack (GER)	Velocio–SRAM	+ 14"
10	Roxane Knetemann (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 14"

References

1. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/womens-news-shorts-25-teams-confirmed-for-omloop-het-nieuwsblad
2. "Anna van der Breggen bests Ellen van Dijk in European opener". cyclingtips.com.au. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
3. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=151361
4. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-elite-women-2015/results