2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race | |
Date: | 28 February 2015 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 120.5 |
Unit: | km |
First: | Anna van der Breggen |
First Nat: | NED |
Second: | Ellen van Dijk |
Second Nat: | NED |
Third: | Lizzie Armitstead |
Third Nat: | GBR |
Previous: | 2014 |
Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race took place on 28 February 2015. It was the 10th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The race started and finished in Ghent, Belgium, totaling 120.5km (74.9miles) in the province of East Flanders. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won in a two-up sprint with Ellen van Dijk.
25 teams were confirmed for the race giving 200 riders in total.[1]
After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with dominating the race. With 30km (20miles) to go Ellen van Dijk escaped from a front group of 15 riders on the Molenberg with Anna van der Breggen the only one who could follow her. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where van Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them Lizzie Armitstead sprinted to third place.[2]