Can anyone beat Wout van Aert and Lotte Kopecky at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad?

With Visma-Lease A Bike and SD Worx fielding fearsome line-ups, does anyone else stand a chance?

Wout Van Aert wins the 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
(Image credit: Getty Images / AFP / Kristof Van Accom)

Are we about to see a repeat of last year's opening cobbled races, where Jumbo-Visma and SD Worx swept all before them, with everyone else unable to do anything about it?

Well. the teams' line-ups at tomorrow's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – the opening race of Opening Weekend – look, if anything, stronger than last year.

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