2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)

2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race

Podium (left to right: Ellen van Dijk, Anna van der Breggen, Lizzie Armitstead)
Race details
Dates	28 February 2015
Stages	1
Distance	125 km (77.67 mi)
Results
Winner Anna van der Breggen (Rabo–Liv)   Second Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans)   Third Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans)

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. The race started and finished in Ghent, Belgium, totaling 125 km (77.7 mi) in the province of East Flanders. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won in a two-up sprint with Ellen van Dijk.^[1]

Teams

25 teams were confirmed for this year's event giving 200 riders in total.^[2]

Race

After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with Boels–Dolmans dominating the race. With 30 km 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 Armitstead sprinted to the third place.^[1]

Results

Source:^[3][4]

Race winner van der Breggen being honoured on the podium after the race

Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	3h 32' 16"
2	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 0"
3	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
4	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
5	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Velocio–SRAM	+ 14"
6	Elena Cecchini (ITA)	Lotto–Soudal Ladies	+ 14"
7	Amy Pieters (NED)	Team Liv–Plantur	+ 14"
8	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 14"
9	Trixi Worrack (GER)	Velocio–SRAM	+ 14"
10	Roxane Knetemann (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 14"

References