2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

The 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 February 2020 in Belgium, starting in Gent and finishing in Ninove. It was the 75th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the fourth event of the 2020 UCI World Tour.

Belgian rider Jasper Stuyven of beat fellow Belgian rider Yves Lampaert of  in a two-up sprint to take the victory. Danish rider Søren Kragh Andersen of, who had been dropped by the Belgian duo within the last three kilometers, finished solo to take third place.

Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to the race, which included all nineteen UCI WorldTour teams and six UCI Professional Continental teams. Each team started with seven riders for a total of 175 riders; of these, only 69 riders finished.

UCI WorldTeams



UCI Professional Continental Teams



Pre-race favourites
Mathieu van der Poel was the favourite to win, but was forced to withdraw through illness. The 2016 and 2017 winner, Greg Van Avermaet, was the subsequent favourite for victory. The 2019 winner, Zdeněk Štybar, also returned to defend his title.