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SHOCKING: Lotte claes - What They Never Told You

Kopecky, Wiebes, Vollering ready to battle after last year's upset – Analysing the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women contenders

Who will come out on top in Ninove, and how will they do it? We run through our favourites for Saturday

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'The team’s management ultimately felt it made sense to include her' – Lotte Claes will defend her Omloop Het Nieuwsblad title after all

Belgian will wear the number one dossard on Saturday after initially being left out of six-rider squad

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Five ways to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – From the familiar formulas to ways to outwit the competition

Attack early or wait until the Bosberg? Go it alone or back yourself in a sprint? We take a closer look at some of the ways the opening spring Classic can be decided

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'In a way, I do find it a shame' – Defending champion Lotte Claes not selected for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Surprise winner of 2025 race initially disappointed to miss Belgian season opener before her team confirms she will be selected, after all

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'When you think cycling might be getting predictable, the most dramatic things can happen' – the Cycling Weekly team's races of the year

Let's just hope for just as many thrills in 2026...

Cycling Weekly

Belgian Road Championships: Lotte Kopecky claims seventh straight time trial title

Road world champion tops Goossens, Claes

Cycling News

Six conclusions from Opening Weekend 2025 – fascinating big team weaknesses, a new women's balance of power and Alpecin-Deceuninck's great start

The major talking points from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

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Lotte Claes: nurse, duathlete, reality TV star, and now Omloop Het Nieuwsblad champion

The Belgian had a little help opening the champers from someone who's been there, done that

Cycling Weekly

'I had to believe I could do it' - Lotte Claes on surprising Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women victory

Belgian claims first victory after two years of professional racing

Cycling News

Lotte Claes wins Omloop Nieuwsblad from race-long breakaway

Belgium's Claes outsprints breakaway rival Aurela Nerlo as the favourites mark each other out of the reckoning

Cycling Weekly

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women: Lotte Claes takes shock victory from early breakaway as the favourites get it all wrong

Aurela Nerlo takes second in bizarre two-up sprint as Demi Vollering takes third over three minutes down

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As it happened: Breakaway shocks the peloton at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

Peloton allow huge gap to breakaway as favourites denied chance to fight for win

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