Startlist Omloop het Nieuwsblad WE 2026 | Riders: Wiebes, Kopecky, Vollering, Backstedt, Ferguson and more

The women's peloton will be racing the Omloop het Nieuwsblad on the 28th of February. The Belgian classic, the first cobbled one of the spring, is a key point as riders test their winter form on the classic bergs of Flanders including the brutal Muur de Geraardsbergen. We take a look at its startlist.

First raced back in 2006, the women's Omloop het Nieuwsblad follows a similar course to that of the men and carries a significant amount of history, with plenty quality winners in the past. In the last decade alone we've had victors such as Anna van der Breggen, Lucinda Brand, Lizzie Deingnen, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky and Marianne Vos. The 2025 edition saw a shocking outcome as Lotte Claes too the victory from the day's breakaway, which was given a massive gap late into the race.

Download the startlist in A4. We have Team SD Worx - ProTime present with Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes at the start, but they will not go unrivalled as Demi Vollering is leading in FDJ United - Suez into the Belgian classic. The likes of Elisa Balsamo, Juliette Berthet, Zoe Bäckstedt, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Elisa Chabbey and Cat Ferguson are also set to take to the start.

1 Claes, Lotte

2 Couzens, Millie

3 Kuijpers, Evy

4 Perkins, Flora

5 Schweinberger, Christina

6 Truyen, Marthe

11 Bossuyt, Shari

12 Borghesi, Letizia

13 Castrique, Alana

14 Goossens, Marthe

15 Pluimers, Ilse

16 Verhulst-Wild, Gladys

21 Backstedt, Zoe

22 Consonni, Chiara

23 Cromwell, Tiffany

24 Kolesava, Nastya

25 Niewiadoma, Katarzyna

26 Skalniak-Sójka, Agnieszka

31 Berton, Nina

32 Kerbaol, Cédrine

33 Knaven, Mirre

34 Magner, Alexis

35 Wolf, Babette van der

36 Volstad, Alex

41 Vollering, Demi

42 Berthet, Juliette

43 Chabbey, Elise

44 Guazzini, Vittoria

45 Koch, Franziska

46 Agt, Eva van

51 Jong, Thalita de

52 Coles-Lyster, Maggie

53 Pikulik, Daria

54 Jaskulska, Marta

55 Schweinberger, Kathrin

56 Williams, Lily

61 Balsamo, Elisa

62 Adegeest, Loes

63 Henderson, Anna

64 Moors, Fleur

65 Anrooij, Shirin van

66 Vanpachtenbeke, Margot

71 Paternoster, Letizia

72 Andersson, Caroline

73 Jansen, Noä

74 Korevaar, Jeanne

75 Roseman-Gannon, Ruby

76 Ton, Quinty

81 Ferguson, Cat

82 Biannic, Aude

83 Gutiérrez, Sheyla

84 Lippert, Liane

85 Lloyd, Carys

86 Sierra, Arlenis

91 Keersmaeker, Audrey De

92 Fityus, Lucie

93 Griffin, Mia

94 Hezinová, Daniela

95 Nelson, Josie

96 Roldan, Mara

101 Kopecky, Lotte

102 Bredewold, Mischa

103 Cecchini, Elena

104 Markus, Femke

105 Breggen, Anna van der

106 Wiebes, Lorena

111 Hengeveld, Daniek

112 Reijnhout, Rosita

113 Sadnik, Katharina

114 Veenhoven, Nienke

115 Wolff, Imogen

121 Backstedt, Elynor

122 Gasparrini, Eleonora

123 Gillespie, Lara

124 Jastrab, Megan

125 Swinkels, Karlijn

126 Chapman, Brodie

131 Andersen, Susanne

132 Beekhuis, Teuntje

133 Aasebø, Kamilla

134 Tomasi, Laura

135 Vigilia, Alessia

136 Zanetti, Linda

141 Alzini, Martina

142 Berteau, Victoire

143 Borras, Marion

144 Burlová, Kristýna

145 Fortin, Valentine

146 Mul, Malwina

151 Eraso, Idoia

152 Fidanza, Arianna

153 Fiorin, Sara

154 Amondarain, Naia

155 Aranguren, Irati

156 Geloof, Marjolein van 't

161 Clercq, Katrijn De

162 Wittevrongel, Lani

163 Meert, Marieke

164 Riedmann, Linda

165 Teutenberg, Lea Lin

166 Wersch, Anna van

171 Abgrall, Noémie

172 Avoine, Alison

173 Latimier, Clémence

174 Marasco, Margot

175 Rouat, Ilona

181 Gegu, Justine

182 Lylyk, Kiara

183 Mangan, Fiona

184 Mrugal, Allison

185 Quinn, Natalie

186 Valentin, Constance

191 Chereau, Clémence

192 González, Alicia

193 Grangier, India

194 Jackson, Alison

195 Roussel, Elyne

196 Wreszin, Caroline

201 Knijnenburg, Anne

202 Peperkamp, Esmée

203 Rijnbeek, Maud

204 Schoens, Quinty

205 Berswordt, Sophie von

206 Hulst, Amber van der

211 Grave, Britt de

212 Kiekens, Cleo

213 Knaven, Britt

214 Dam, Yonna van

215 Eijnden, Jony van den

216 Rooijen, Eline van

221 Rånes Bye, Camilla

222 Fortin, Emilie

223 Lindén, Ursula

224 Lundmark, Clara

225 Nothum, Gwen

226 Verkerk, Katja