The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race was raced on 28 February 2015. It was the 10th women's edition of the

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

. The race started and finished in

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, totaling in the province of

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. Dutch rider

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won in a two-up sprint with

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time ...

Teams

25 teams were confirmed for the race giving 200 riders in total.

UCI Women's Teams

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National teams

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Domestic teams

* *Isorex *Keukens Redant *Napoleon Ladies *Sprinters Malderen

Race

After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with dominating the race. With to go

escaped from a front group of 15 riders on the ''Molenberg'' with

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 Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion. Deignan is ...

sprinted to third place.

Results

References

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