Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2026: Riders

fotobureau Cor VosOmloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the start of the Flemish Opening Weekend. Former winners Dylan van Baarle and Davide Ballerini line up in a bid to reclaim their crowns in a field that also includes defending champion Søren Wærenskjold, Mathieu van der Poel, Tom Pidcock, Arnaud De Lie, Mathias Vacek and Tim Wellens. Cyclingstage.com brings you the final start list for the Omloop.

This is the final start list - last updated 28 February 2026

World Tour Teams

Alpecin - Premier Tech
Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen, Kaden Groves, Florian Sénéchal, Tobias Bayer, Lennert Belmans, Edward Planckaert

Bahrain Victorious
Matej Mohoric, Attila Valter, Robert Stannard, Alec Segaert, Pau Miquel, Kamil Gradek, Vlad Van Mechelen

Decathlon CMA CGM
Oliver Naesen, Stefan Bissegger, Cees Bol, Tobias Lund Andresen, Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen, Sander De Pestel, Stan Dewulf

EF Education - EasyPost
Kasper Asgreen, Vincenzo Albanese, Noah Hobbs, Mikkel Honoré, Luke Lamperti, Colby Simmons, Marijn van den Berg

Groupama - FDJ United
Valentin Madouas, Axel Huens, Cyril Barthe, Thibaud Gruel, Johan Jacobs, Clément Russo, Bastien Tronchon

INEOS Grenadiers
Magnus Sheffield, Ben Swift, Michal Kwiatkowski, Kim Heiduk, Artem Shmidt, Samuel Watson, Ben Turner

Lidl - Trek
Søren Kragh Andersen, Mathias Vacek, Otto Vergaerde, Toms Skujins, Tim Torn Teutenberg, Edward Theuns, Albert Withen Philipsen

Lotto - Intermarché
Arnaud De Lie, Sébastien Grignard, Jenno Berckmoes, Roel van Sintmaartensdijk, Luca Van Boven, Cedric Beullens, Vito Braet

Movistar
Iván García, Roger Adrià, Orluis Aular, Jon Barrenetxea, Carlos Canal, Manlio Moro, Filip Maciejuk

NSN Cycling
Biniam Girmay, Lewis Askey, Guillaume Boivin, Matis Louvel, Ryan Mullen, Riley Sheehan, Tom Van Asbroeck

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Gianni Vermeersch, Mick van Dijke, Tim van Dijke, Jordi Meeus, Jarrad Drizners, Laurence Pithie, Arne Marit

Soudal - QuickStep
Dylan van Baarle, Yves Lampaert, Paul Magnier, Casper Pedersen, Dries Van Gestel, Pepijn Reinderink, Jonathan Vervenne

Team Jayco AlUla
Anders Foldager, Dries De Bondt, Amaury Capiot, Dries De Pooter, Robert Donaldson, Jelte Krijnsen, Kelland O'Brien

Team Picnic PostNL
Frank van den Broek, John Degenkolb, Timo de Jong, Sean Flynn, Henri-François Renard-Haquin, Timo Roosen, Julius van den Berg

UAE Emirates - XRG
Tim Wellens, Florian Vermeersch, Rui Oliveira, Rune Herregodts, Nils Politt, Sebastián Molano, Julius Johansen

Uno-X Mobility
Søren Wærenskjold, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Jonas Abrahamsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Markus Hoelgaard, Erik Nordsæter Resell, Rasmus Tiller

Visma | Lease a Bike
Christophe Laporte, Matthew Brennan, Axel Zingle, Edoardo Affini, Timo Kielich, Per Strand Hagenes, Pietro Mattio

XDS Astana Team
Alberto Bettiol, Mike Teunissen, Davide Ballerini, Aaron Gate, Alessandro Romele, Arjen Livyns, Lenev Gonov

ProTeams

Burgos Burpellet BH
Clément Alleno, Daniel Cavia, Vojtěch Kmínek, César Macías, Georgios Bouglas, Josh Burnett, Alexandre Mayer

Cofidis
Dylan Teuns, Alex Kirsch, Stanisław Aniolkowski, Jenthe Biermans, Hugo Page, Alexis Renard, Piet Allegaert

Flanders - Baloise
Michiel Lambrecht, Siebe Deweirdt, Milan Lanhove, Vincent Van Hemelen, Dylan Vandenstorme, Ward Vanhoof, Victor Vercouillie

Pinarello Q 36.5
Tom Pidcock, Brent Van Moer, Fred Wright, Aimé De Gendt, Frederik Frison, Xandro Meurisse, Kamil Malecki

TotalEnergies
Alexys Brunel, Sandy Dujardin, Thomas Gachignard, Anthony Turgis, Samuel Leroux, Baptiste Vadic, Thomas Bonnet

Tudor
Stefan Küng, Matteo Trentin, Marco Haller, Petr Kelemen, Luca Mozzato, Rick Pluimers, Aivaras Mikutis

Unibet Rose Rockets
Joren Bloem, Karsten Larsen Feldmann, Tomáš Kopecky, Lukáš Kubis, Niklas Larsen, Martijn Rasenberg, Matyás Kopecky