Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of

Waasland The Waasland is a Belgian region. It is part of the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and Antwerp. The other borders of the Land van Waas are with the Scheldt and Durme rivers. The (informal) capital and major city of the region is Sint-Niklaas ...

. Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

. It is also known for being the last professional cycling race in which

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...

took part before retiring in 1978.

Winners

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omloop Van Het Waasland Cycle races in Belgium UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1965 1965 establishments in Belgium Sport in East Flanders