Tag: belgium
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2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Livestream
A happy Saturday and Omloop to you, cycling fan. The kick-off to the cycling season is finally here. The cobbles and bergs of Belgium are dusted off and revisited today at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This 200km cobble Classic features some of the best one-day racers in the world, including Thor Hushovd, Tom Boonen, Phillipe…
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and K-B-K Video with Team 1t4i
And so it begins. Classics season is underway, and we jump start the season with a few predictions, a little insight and a video of this weekend’s two big races, Omloop and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Thanks to Shimano, fans can see the reconning mission of pro racers just before the race. For one team, this is…
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2011 in Review: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Tomorrow marks the real start of the European professional calendar: Omloop. The less Eurocentric audience may fall into the amateurish and immature habit of referring to this Belgian Classic as Ompoop, which, though funny, is an insult to a great race that demands respect. I would caution against ompooping around more familiar cycling fans. Ompoop.