Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022 [FULL RACE] (ladies)

February 26, 2022

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022 WE – Ghent – Ninove : 128,4 km

The 2017 Tour of Britain is a eight-stage men’s professional road cycling race. It is the fourteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 77th British tour in total. The race starts on 3 September in Edinburgh and finishes on 10 September in Cardiff. The race is part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) won her second Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, beating Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) in a two-up sprint.

Several small groups came together just before the Bosberg, the final climb of the race, where Van Vleuten put in a trademark seated acceleration.

She dropped the rest of the group, only Vollering just managed to get back into her wheel. And that’s where Vollering stayed until the final kilometre, not taking any turns at all as she had two teammates in the chasing group.

Van Vleuten launched her sprint through the penultimate corner, and although Vollering came alongside, she faltered on the last 100 metres, and Van Vleuten took the win. Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) won the sprint of the peloton for third place.

“The Bosberg was my last chance to drop the others, but I was surprised that only one of them could stay with me. I talked to Vollering in the final, but she didn’t want to take any turns as she had two teammates behind. It was hard for me, but I thought ‘just keep riding’. My whole career I have tried not to let myself get frustrated by things I can’t control but to accept the situation and make the best of it,” Van Vleuten looked back on the final.

“I know that she is faster than me on paper, but also that I get faster after a hard race. I thought ‘maybe I can surprise her’. I really went kamikaze into that corner, that was my chance to get in front before the roundabout, it was a 600-metre sprint. She came out of my wheel, but then I still had a bit left to give,” said the 39-year old, describing the sprint.

How it unfolded
On a sunny afternoon, 140 riders from 24 teams set out from Gent for the first women’s classic of the 2022 season.

A breakaway of six riders including Emily Newsom (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), Kylie Waterreus (Lotto Soudal Ladies), Svenja Betz (IBCT), Fien Delbaere (Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team), Anastasia Carbonari (Valcar-Travel & Service), and Laura Tomasi (UAE Team ADQ) held a lead of four minutes but was caught with 40 kilometres to go.

The Haaghoek, the longest cobblestone section of the race, saw no attacks, but Marlen Reusser (Team SD Worx) made a move on the Leberg that immediately followed. Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo), Anna Henderson (Team Jumbo-Visma), and Liane Lippert (Team DSM) went with the Swiss champion, and together the four riders increased their advantage to over a minute with 25km to go. Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) tried to bridge to the front on her own but did not succeed and was reeled back in by the peloton where Movistar Team, Canyon-SRAM and FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope worked to close the gap.

The gap had fallen to only 30 seconds as the breakaway came onto the Vesten, the Geraardsbergen market street at the start of the climb up the Muur. Henderson lost contact with the other three riders on the steepest part of the Muur while Van Vleuten launched an attack in a bid to get to the front of the race, taking Vollering with her and picking up Henderson on the descent.

Mainly driven by Van Vleuten, this group of three reached the front before the Bosberg, with solo chaser Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) also making contact just before the final climb where Van Vleuten attacked again. Reusser unsuccessfully tried to keep up, meaning that Vollering had to go around her teammate to get into Van Vleuten’s wheel. The two had a five-second advantage at the top of the climb, 13 kilometres from the line, and this quickly increased to 43 seconds with 9km to go.

Unperturbed by Vollering sitting in her wheel, Van Vleuten continued to pedal towards Ninove, further extending the gap to over a minute two kilometres from the line while the chase group was eventually caught by the peloton. On the final kilometre, Vollering briefly took the lead, then Van Vleuten started sprinting through the penultimate corner with 600 metres to go, holding off Vollering to take the victory.

Twenty-five seconds later, Wiebes beat world champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and Clara Copponi (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) in the sprint for third place.

Results :
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 3:25:54
2 Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx 0:00:00
3 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM Women 0:00:25
4 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women
5 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
6 Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Den) Movistar Team Women
7 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women
8 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
9 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
10 Julie Leth (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
11 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
12 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
13 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
14 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG by Experza
15 Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
16 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
17 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women
18 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM Women
19 Mareille Meijering (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
20 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Le Col Wahoo
21 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
22 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
23 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
24 Anouska Koster (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
25 Georgia Baker (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
26 Chloe Dygert (USA) Canyon-Sram Racing
27 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx
28 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Canyon-Sram Racing
29 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM Women
30 Eugenia Bujak (Slo) UAE Team ADQ
31 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
32 Grace Brown (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
33 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
34 Elizabeth Holden (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
35 Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Can) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
36 Marlen Reusser (Swi) SD Worx 0:00:35
37 Valerie Demey (Bel) Liv Racing Xstra
38 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) SD Worx
39 Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
40 Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
41 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-Sram Racing
42 Elena Cecchini (Ita) SD Worx
43 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:51
44 Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team 0:02:13
45 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM Women
46 Maike Van der Duin (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
47 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM Women 0:02:15
48 Katrijn De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
49 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Team
50 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
51 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:00:25
52 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop-Hitec Products
53 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
54 Femke Gerritse (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
55 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
56 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women
57 Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women 0:02:19
58 Eleonora Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
59 Alessia Patuelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
60 Kristen Faulkner (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
61 Alice Towers (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
62 Victoire Berteau (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
63 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
64 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
65 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Women
66 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Spa) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
67 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
68 Valentine Fortin (Fra) Cofidis Women Team 0:02:23
69 Danique Braam (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 0:04:22
70 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop-Hitec Products
71 Maria Van ‘T Geloof (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
72 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Cofidis Women Team
73 Maud Rijnbeek (Ned) NXTG by Experza
74 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
75 Laura Tomasi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
76 Anna Trevisi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
77 Teniel Campbell (TTo) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
78 Josie Knight (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:05:34
79 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
80 Kylie Waterreus (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
81 Mijntje Geurts (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
82 Mieke Docx (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
83 Marta Lach (Pol) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
84 Karolina Kumiega (Pol) Valcar-Travel & Service
85 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
86 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
87 Alice Sharpe (Irl) IBCT
88 Emily Newsom (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
89 Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies
90 Nina Kessler (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
91 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Team DSM Women
92 Gaia Masetti (Ita) NXTG by Experza
93 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:05:37
94 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
95 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
96 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Team
97 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-Sram Racing
98 Lone Meertens (Bel) NXTG by Experza
99 Pauline Allin (Fra) Arkea Team
100 April Tacey (GBr) Le Col Wahoo 0:07:53
101 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
102 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Coop-Hitec Products
103 Rebecca Koerner (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women 0:09:49
104 Sarah Roy (Aus) Canyon-Sram Racing
105 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) NXTG by Experza
106 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
107 Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) Arkea Team
108 Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo Women
109 Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
110 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
111 Anne Van Rooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
112 Greta Richioud (Fra) Arkea Team
113 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) IBCT
114 Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
115 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) SD Worx
116 Mylene de Zoete (Ned) NXTG by Experza
117 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
118 Anastasia Carbonari (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
DNF Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) IBCT
DNF Julie Hendrickx (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Svenja Betz (Ger) IBCT
DNF Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) IBCT
DNF Fien Van Eynde (Bel) IBCT
DNF Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
DNF Alana Castrique (Bel) Cofidis Women Team
DNF Naomi De Roeck (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Noa Jansen (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Minke Bakker (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing Xstra
DNF Jessica Roberts (GBr) Team Coop-Hitec Products
DNF Bente Van Teeseling (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
DNF Pernille Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Team Coop-Hitec Products
DNF Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
DNF Emma Langley (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
DNF Pien Limpens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Leonie Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNF Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Team
DNF Sara Maes (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
DNF Megan Panton (GBr) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
DNF Emma Boogaard (Ned) Team Coop-Hitec Products