Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2026, February 28

[Netserk]

the train helps us watch more of the race

 

[Netserk]

qs and alpecin led the peloton on the wet paddestraat

 

[Boehmand]

Danish TV2 reports it has started raining, right as they hit the 2nd pavé.

No live pics here yet.

 

[Samamba]

Could be that wind isn't perfect for echelons just after Oudenaarde, but should be later on then. Not sure.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brilliant monument!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Quickstep helping control the break apparently

 

[Samamba]

First splits!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Brilliant monument!

Another one of Gaudí's unfinished pieces.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Brilliant monument!

I guess they found that to be the only real quality of Boonen.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Brilliant monument!

So it's not just a saying "I didn't have the legs today"

 

[Samamba]

Nothing really happened yet it seems. At least that means that we haven't missed anything

 

[Netserk]

live images

 

[Boehmand]

Live pics

 

[Potomac]

Present and correct

 

[Netserk]

okay , hard to see anything but crashes before eikenberg

 

[Samamba]

Looks like lot of riders are struggling with cold hands

 

[Didinho]

Time for some wind from the side now. But the peloton not getting nervous yet.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They'd be kicking lumps out of each other in the crosswinds by now were this the prestigious Alula Tour

 

[Boehmand]

It's beyond me that UCI has still not mandated that rain jackets should have numbers

 

[Didinho]

It's beyond me that UCI has still not mandated that rain jackets should have numbers

And all teammates the same jacket. Most teams also have black ones.

 

[Samamba]

Time for some wind from the side now. But the peloton not getting nervous yet.

It's headwind?

They should have gotten some crosswind before but seems like no one tried.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Someone's mum with a Van Aert sign on the side of the road

 

[Boehmand]

It's headwind?

They should have gotten some crosswind before but seems like no one tried.

It's mostly the last 65K crosswinds come into play.

 

[Samamba]

It's mostly the last 65K crosswinds come into play.

There have been spots where it was already cross tailwind. Just nothing happened. Yes more in the final.

 

[Boehmand]

There have been spots where it was already cross tailwind. Just nothing happened. Yes more in the final.

Yeah, but nobody will go for it when they know a long headwind passage is coming up after, it's wasted effort.

The last 65K crosswinds will be more constant.