Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2017: Riders

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad brings the first clash of two of 2016's greatest champions: Greg Van Avermaet and Peter Sagan. Besides the Olympic and World Champion the startlist features the likes of Tom Boonen, Sep Vanmarcke, Lars Boom, and Ian Stannard. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Stijn Vandenbergh, Oliver Naesen, Julien Duval, Alexis Gougeard, Hugo Houle, Quentin Jauregui, Gediminas Bagdonas, Nico Denz

Astana Pro Team
Laurens De Vreese, Matti Breschel, Oscar Gatto, Andrei Grivko, Arman Kamyshev, Truls Engen Korsaeth, Ruslan Tleubayev, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Sonny Colbrelli, Borut Bozic, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Jon Ander Insausti, Antonio Nibali, Domen Novak, David Per, Luka Pibernik

BMC Racing Team
Greg Van Avermaet, Martin Elmiger, Floris Gerts, Stefan Küng, Daniel Oss, Michael Schar, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Francisco Ventoso

Bora – Hansgrohe
Peter Sagan, Marcus Burghardt, Michael Kolar, Christoph Pfingsten, Lukas Pöstlberger, Maciej Bodnar, Aleksejs Saramotins, Andreas Schillinger

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Sep Vanmarcke, Tom Van Asbroeck, Sebastian Langeveld, Taylor Phinney, Thomas Scully, Patrick Bevin, Dylan van Baarle, Kristijan Koren

FDJ
Arnaud Démare, Marc Fournier, Jacopo Guarnieri, Daniel Hoelgaard, Ignatas Konovalovas, Matthieu Ladagnous, Olivier Le Gac, Marc Sarreau

Lotto Soudal
Tiesj Benoot, Jasper De Buyst, Jens Debusschere, Frederik Frison, Nikolas Maes, Jürgen Roelandts, James Callum Shaw, Jelle Wallays

LottoNL-Jumbo
Lars Boom, Gijs Van Hoecke, Dylan Groenewegen, Tom Leezer, Timo Roosen, Bram Tankink, Jos van Emden, Maarten Wynants

ORICA-Scott
Jens Keukeleire, Luke Durbridge, Mathew Hayman, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Sam Bewley, Magnus Cort, Svein Tuft

Quick-Step Floors
Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Iljo Keisse, Yves Lampaert, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra, Matteo Trentin, Julien Vermote

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Jenthe Biermans, Baptiste Planckaert, Reto Hollenstein, Alexander Kristoff, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Tony Martin, Michael Mørkøv, Sven Erik Bystrøm

Team Sky
Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Gianni Moscon, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Danny van Poppel, Łukasz Wiśniowski

Team Sunweb
Roy Curvers, Bert De Backer, Ramon Sinkeldam, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen, Zico Waeytens, Max Walscheid, Søren Kragh Andersen

Trek – Segafredo
Edward Theuns, Jasper Stuyven, Markel Irizar, Mads Pedersen, Gregory Rast, Fabio Felline, Matthias Brändle, Marco Coledan

Procontinental teams

Aqua Blue Sport
Adam Blythe, Matthew Brammeier, Conor Dunne, Andrew Fenn, Aaron Gate, Lasse Norman Hansen, Leigh Howard, Peter Koning

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Dimitri Claeys, Hugo Hofstetter, Christophe Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Florian Sénéchal, Anthony Turgis, Jimmy Turgis, Kenneth Vanbilsen

Direct Energie
Ryan Anderson, Thomas Boudat, Romain Cardis, Sylvain Chavanel, Bryan Coquard, Antoine Duchesne, Julien Morice, Adrien Petit

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Franck Bonnamour, Erwann Corbel, Maxime Daniel, Benoit Jarrier, Daniel McLay, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Florian Vachon, Boris Vallée

Israel Cycling Academy
Guillaume Boivin, Zakkari Dempster, Ben Perry, Mihkel Raim, Hamish Schreurs, Dennis van Winden, Tyler Williams, Aviv Yechezkel

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Jesper Asselman, Berden de Vries, Pim Ligthart, Elmar Reinders, Jens Mouris, Taco van der Hoorn, Brian van Goethem, Coen Vermeltfoort

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Aime De Gendt, Maxime Farazijn, Edward Planckaert, Kevin Deltombe, Thomas Sprengers, Stijn Steels, Preben Van Hecke, Bert Van Lerberghe

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Gaetan Bille, Sander Cordeel, Dries De Bondt, Stijn Devolder, Huub Duyn, Timothy Dupont, Michael Goolaerts, Aidis Kruopis

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Simone Antonini, Frederik Backaert, Wesley Kreder, Yoann Offredo, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Kevin Van Melsen, Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Jerome Baugnies

WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
Justin Jules, Julien Stassen, Kevyn Ista, Alex Kirsch, Lawrence Naesen, Olivier Pardini, Lukas Spengler, Maxime Vantomme