Omloop van het Waasland | |
Date: | March |
Region: | Waasland, Belgium |
English: | Tour of Waasland |
Localnames: | Omloop van het Waasland |
Discipline: | Road |
Competition: | National calendar |
Type: | Single-day |
Number: | 58 (as of 2024) |
Mostwins: | (3 wins) |
Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. From 2005 to 2016, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour before being moved to the national calendar. In 2024, the race returned to the UCI Europe Tour.
It is also known for being the last professional cycling race in which Eddy Merckx took part before retiring in 1978.