Omloop van het Hageland 2023 [FULL RACE] (ladies) (flemish)

February 26, 2023

Omloop van het Hageland 2023 WE – Aarschot – Tielt-Winge : 123,9 km

The Omloop van het Hageland is an elite women’s professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in the Hageland area of Belgium. Originally a 1.2 rated race by the UCI, it is now a 1.1 category race. Before 2011 the race was a criterium of category 1.NE and was called Tielt-Winge (Wielertrofee Vlaanderen). The race route is usually flat with a few stretches of cobbles and the repeated ascent of the Roeselberg.

SD Worx have capped off a successful weekend of classics racing as Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory at Omloop van het Hageland, just one day after her teammate Lotte Kopecky secured a solo win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Wiebes won the sprint for second place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad the previous day, giving SD Worx a 1-2 in the classics opener.

However, on Sunday’s Omloop van het Hageland, a reduced peloton arrived at the final together, where Wiebes was able to show off her winning sprint taking the victory ahead of Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Zaaf Cycling).

The field raced 123.9km from Aarschot to Tielt-Winge, however, several crashes marred the race along the cobblestone sections.

Arianna Fidanza (Ceratizit-WNT) and Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) were part of the most decisive breakaway of the day. The effort of SD Worx, that were riding for their sprinter Wiebes, reduced the gap to the breakaway unit a reduced field was back together for the final.

The small field arrived for the final where SD Worx proved to have the strongest lead-out delivering Wiebes to the day’s victory.

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