Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2018: Riders

Featuring the Wall of Geraardsbergen and Bosberg, the finale of the 2018 edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is old school Tour of Flanders. Defending champion Greg Van Avermaet is lining up in the opener of the Flemish Opening Weekend. Check out the Omloop's start list at Cyclingstage.com. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Gediminas Bagdonas, Nico Denz, Silvan Dillier, Julien Duval, Alexis Gougeard, Oliver Naesen, Stijn Vandenbergh

Astana Pro Team
Laurens De Vreese, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Truls Korsaeth, Alexey Loetsenko, Magnus Cort, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Grega Bole, Borut Bozic, Sonny Colbrelli, David Per, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Kristijan Koren, Luka Pibernik

BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Francisco Ventoso, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Stefan Küng, Jürgen Roelandts, Michael Schar, Nathan Van Hooydonck

BORA – hansgrohe
Marcus Burghardt, Daniel Oss, Christoph Pfingsten, Lukas Pöstlberger, Aleksejs Saramotins, Andreas Schillinger, Michael Schwarzmann

Dimension Data
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Nick Dougall, Bernhard Eisel, Ryan Gibbons, Jay Robert Thomson, Scott Thwaites, Julien Vermote

FDJ
Arnaud Démare, Antoine Duchesne, Mickaël Delage, Daniel Hoelgaard, Ignatas Konovalovas, Olivier Le Gac, Ramon Sinkeldam

Lotto Soudal
Lars Bak, Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Jens Keukeleire, Lawrence Naesen, Jelle Wallays, Tim Wellens

LottoNL-Jumbo
Koen Bouwman, Grondahl Amund Jansen, Tom Leezer, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Timo Roosen, Bram Tankink, Maarten Wynants

Mitchelton-Scott
Lucas Hamilton, Luke Durbridge, Alexander Edmondson, Mathew Hayman, Michael Hepburn, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Matteo Trentin

Quick-Step Floors
Dries Devenyns, Fernando Gaviria, Philippe Gilbert, Iljo Keisse, Yves Lampaert, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Matti Breschel, Mitchell Docker, Sebastian Langeveld, Sacha Modolo, Thomas Scully, Logan Owen, Sep Vanmarcke

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Jenthe Biermans, Reto Hollenstein, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Marco Mathis, Baptiste Planckaert, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt

Team Sky
Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Christopher Lawless, Dylan van Baarle, Łukasz Wiśniowski

Team Sunweb
Kragh Søren Andersen, Roy Curvers, , Laurens ten Dam, Michael Matthews, Tom Stamsnijder, Edward Theuns, Martijn Tusveld

Trek – Segafredo
Fabio Felline, Ryan Mullen, Giacomo Nizzolo, Gregory Rast, Kiel Reijnen, Jasper Stuyven, Boy van Poppel, Mads Pedersen

UAE-Team Emirates
Matteo Bono, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Marco Marcato, Alexandr Riabushenko, Ben Swift, Oliviero Troia

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Dimitri Claeys, Michael Van Staeyen, Hugo Hofstetter, Cyril Lemoine, Anthony Turgis, Bert Van Lerberghe, Kenneth Vanbilsen

Fortuneo – Samsic
Michael Carbel, Maxime Daniel, Arnaud Gerard, Benoit Jarrier, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Florian Vachon, Bram Welten

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Tim Ariesen, Floris Gerts, Pim Ligthart, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Brian Van Goethem, Coen Vermeltfoort, Pieter Weening

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Amaury Capiot, Aime De Gendt, Thomas Sprengers, Edward Planckaert, Benjamin Declercq, Dries Van Gestel, Preben Van Hecke

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Sean De Bie, Dries De Bondt, Stijn Devolder, Huub Duyn, Stijn Steels, Wout Van Aert, Zico Waeytens

Vital Concept Cycling Club
Kris Boeckmans, Bryan Coquard, Bert De Backer, Johan Le Bon, Patrick Müller, Julien Morice, Jonas Van Genechten

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Frederik Backaert, Tom Devriendt, Wesley Kreder, Yoann Offredo, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Dion Smith, Pieter Vanspeybrouck

WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
Ludwig De Winter, Kevyn Ista, Justin Jules, Alex Kirsch, Lukas Spengler, Julien Stassen, Maxime Vantomme

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