2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2026 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 36
Event poster with previous winners Søren Wærenskjold and Lotte Claes
Race details
Dates28 February 2026
Stages1
Distance207 km (129 mi)
Winning time4h 53' 55"
Results
  Winner  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) (Alpecin–Premier Tech)
  Second  Tim van Dijke (NED) (Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe)
  Third  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)

The 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 February in Belgium, starting in Ghent and finishing in Ninove. It was the 81st edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the fourth event of the 2026 UCI World Tour.

The race was won by Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin–Premier Tech, after attacking on the Muur van Geraardsbergen and riding 16 kilometres solo to the finish.