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Cycling season is well underway and the spring Classics are back with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marking the start of the 2024 Belgian racing season.
Both the men’s race and the Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will be run on Saturday, February 24 and will see the cream of the crop of the peloton’s Classics riders come together to do battle in Flanders over the famous cobbles and hills including the Kapelmuur, Bosberg, and Berendries.
Cyclingnews will bring you full live coverage, reports, results, news, interviews and analysis of the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Read on to find out how to watch the race via live stream, no matter your location, with ExpressVPN.
Visma-Lease A Bike head up the 2024 men’s start list with reigning champion Dylan van Baarle, as well as Wout van Aert, Christophe Laporte, and Tiesj Benoot. Their main spring Classics rivals, Soudal-QuickStep, line up with Julian Alaphilippe, Kasper Asgreen, and Yves Lampaert in the squad.
Elsewhere in the men’s peloton, look out for Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), Jasper Stuyen (Lidl-Trek), and more.
The women’s start list is unsurprisingly dominated by the SD Worx lineup of Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser, and Lorena Wiebes. Lidl-Trek also look strong with Elisa Balsamo, Lizzie Deignan, and Elisa Longo Borghini in their team.
Other major names taking on the women’s race include Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram), Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez), Emma Norsgaard (Movistar), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike), Alison Jackson (EF-Cannondale), and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health).
Check below for the full start lists of both races.
How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will be aired by FloBikes in both the USA and in Canada.
A subscription to the streaming service will set you back US$149.99 / CAN$150 for the year or US$29.99 / CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the race will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.
A ‘standard’ subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport’s cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad around the world
If you fancy a local flavour to the action, then you can find the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will be aired live and in full in Belgium via Sporza/VRT. The stream is free-to-air in Belgium, though geo-blocked for those outside the country.
Best VPN for streaming live cycling
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it’s home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
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2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad schedule
| Race | Date | Location | Times (CET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s | February 24 | Gent – Ninove | 11:00 – 15:51 |
| Women’s | February 24 | Gent – Ninove | 13:35 – 17:06 |
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