2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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Event poster with previous winner Ian Stannard | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 27 February 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 200.8 km (124.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 54' 12" | ||||||||||||
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The 71st edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was held on 27 February 2016. It was won by Belgian Greg Van Avermaet in a five-man sprint before Peter Sagan and Tiesj Benoot.
The race started and finished in Ghent, Belgium, covering 200.8 km. The Omloop marked the start of the cobbled classics season in Europe and was rated as a 1.HC event of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour.