Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2018 Definitive Startlist

It’s time for the first Classic of the season, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2018. International cycling doubles its focus between the hot shores of Abu Dhabi and the cold and cloudy Flemish plain, thanks to which the curtain of historical European races goes up. In the second World Tour one day race of the year (the first European World Tour event), scheduled for Saturday 24 February, will take part 25 teams, 17 of which are World Teams. The only squad that declined the organisers’ invitation is Movistar, whose absence allow the number of Professional teams to increase to eight. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), who is the former winner of this race, has already confirmed his presence to the 2018 edition.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2018 Startlist

BMC Racing Team 
1 VAN AVERMAET, Greg
2 VENTOSO, Francisco
3 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre
4 KÜNG, Stefan
5 ROELANDTS, Jurgen
6 SCHÄR, Michael
7 VAN HOOYDONCK, Nathan

Ag2r La Mondiale 
11 BAGDONAS, Gediminas
12 DENZ, Nico
13 DILLIER, Silvan
14 DUVAL, Julien
15 GOUGEARD, Alexis
16 NAESEN, Oliver
17 VANDENBERGH, Stijn

Astana Pro Team 
21 DE VREESE, Laurens
22 GATTO, Oscar
23 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy
24 KORSAETH, Truls
25 LUTSENKO, Alexey
26 NIELSEN, Magnus Cort
27 VALGREN ANDERSEN, Michael

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 
31 BOLE, Grega
32 BOZIC, Borut
33 COLBRELLI, Sonny
34 GARCIA CORTINA, Ivan
35 PER, David
36 KOREN, Kristjan
37 PIBERNIK, Luka

Bora- Hansgrohe 
41 BURGHARDT, Marcus
42 OSS, Daniel
43 PFINGSTEN, Christoph
44 POSTLBERGER, Lukas
45 SARAMOTINS, Aleksejs
46 SCHILLINGER, Andreas
47 SCHWARZMANN, Michael

EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 
51 BRESCHEL, Matti
52 DOCKER, Mitchell
53 LANGEVELD, Sebastian
54 MODOLO, Sacha
55 SCULLY, Thomas
56 VAN ASBROECK, Tom
57 VANMARCKE, Sep

FDJ 
61 DEMARE, Arnaud
62 DUCHESNE, Antoine
63 DELAGE, Mickael
64 HOELGAARD, Daniel
65 KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas
66 LE GAC, Olivier
67 SINKELDAM, Ramon

Lotto – Soudal 
71 BENOOT, Tiesj
72 DE BUYST, Jasper
73 KEUKELEIRE, Jens
74 BAK, Lars Ytting
75 NAESEN, Lawrence
76 WALLAYS, Jelle
77 WELLENS, Tim

Mitchelton – Scott 

81 HAMILTON, Lucas
82 DURBRIDGE, Luke
83 EDMONDSON, Alexander
84 HAYMAN, Mathew
85 HEPBURN, Michael
86 JUUL JENSEN, Christopher
87 TRENTIN, Matteo

Quick-Step Floors 
91 DEVENYNS, Dries
92 GAVIRIA, Fernando
93 GILBERT, Phillippe
94 KEISSE, Iljo
95 LAMPAERT, Yves
96 STYBAR, Zdenek
97 TERPSTRA, Niki

Team Dimension Data 
101 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald
102 DOUGALL, Nicolas
103 EISEL, Bernhard
104 GIBBONS, Ryan
105 THOMSON, Jay Robert
106 THWAITES, Scott
107 VERMOTE, Julien

Team Katusha – Alpecin
111 BIERMANS, Jenthe
112 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto
113 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav
114 MATHIS, Marco
115 PLANCKAERT, Baptiste
116 POLITT, Nils
117 SCHMIDT, Mads Würtz

Team Lotto NL – Jumbo 
121 BOUWMAN, Koen
122 JANSEN, Amund Grondahl
123 LEEZER, Thomas
124 LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan
125 ROOSEN, Timo
126 TANKINK, Bram
127 WYNANTS, Maarten

Team Sky 
131 DIBBEN, Jonathan
132 DOULL, Owain
133 GOLAS, Michal
134 KNEES, Christian
135 LAWLESS, Christopher
136 VAN BAARLE, Dylan
137 WISNIOWSKI, Lukasz

Team Sunweb 
141 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh
142 CURVERS, Roy
143 HINDLEY, Jai
144 MATTHEWS, Michael
145 STAMSNIJDER, Tom
146 THEUNS, Edward
147 TUSVELD, Martijn

Trek-Segafredo
151 FELLINE, Fabio
152 MULLEN, Ryan
153 NIZZOLO, Giacomo
154 RAST, Gregory
155 PEDERSEN, Mads
156 STUYVEN, Jasper
157 VAN POPPEL, Boy

UAE Team Emirates 
161 BONO, Matteo
162 CONSONNI, Simone
163 GANNA, Filippo
164 MARCATO, Marco
165 RIABUSHENKO, Aleksandr
166 SWIFT, Ben
167 TROIA, Oliviero

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 
171 CLAEYS, Dimitri
172 VAN STAEYEN, Michael
173 LAPORTE, Christophe
174 LEMOINE, Cyril
175 TURGIS, Anthony
176 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert
177 VANBILSEN, Kenneth

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
181 ARIESEN, Tim
182 GERTS, Floris
183 LIGTHART, Pim
184 REINDERS, Elmar
185 VAN GINNEKEN, Sjoerd
186 VAN GOETHEM, Brian
187 VERMELTFOORT, Coen

Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 

191 CAPIOT, Amaury
192 DE GENDT, Aimé
193 SPRENGERS, Thomas
194 PLANCKAERT, Edward
195 RICKAERT, Jonas
196 VAN GESTEL, Dries
197 VAN HECKE, Preben

Team Fortuneo-Samsic
201 CARBEL SVENDGAARD, Michael
202 DANIEL, Maxime
203 GERARD, Arnaud
204 JARRIER, Benoit
205 PERICHON, Pierre-Luc
206 VACHON, Florian
207 WELTEN, Bram

Veranda’s Willems-Crelan
211 DE BIE, Sean
212 DE BONDT, Dries
213 DEVOLDER, Stijn
214 DUIJN, Huub
215 STEELS, Stijn
216 VAN AERT, Wout
217 LEYSEN, Senne

Vital Concept Cycling Club 
221 BOECKMANS, Kris
222 COQUARD, Bryan
223 DE BACKER, Bert
224 LEBON, Johan
225 MULLER, Patrick
226 MORICE, Julien
227 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas

Wanty – Groupe Gobert 
231 BACKAERT, Frederik
232 DEVRIENDT, Tom
233 KREDER, Wesley
234 OFFREDO, Yoann
235 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume
236 SMITH, Dion
237 VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter

WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 
241 DE WINTER, Ludwig
242 ISTA, Kevyn
243 JULES, Justin
244 KIRSCH, Alex
245 STASSEN Julien
246 SPRENGLER, Lukas
247 VANTOMME, Maxime

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