Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2015 start list

Provisional list of riders for the 2015 edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, February 28

(Image credit: Watson)

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad kicks off the pro racing season in northern Europe on Saturday, February 28.

Last year's edition of the Belgian race saw British rider Ian Stannard (Sky) taking the honours. Stannard returns this year, sporting the number one plate in a team that also includes Bradley Wiggins as he warms up for a tilt at Paris-Nice in April.

Aside from Stannard and Wiggins, British riders include Andy Fenn, Luke Rowe (both Sky), Scott Thwaites (Bora-Argon 18), Russell Downing (Cult Energy) and Dan McLay (Bretagne).

Team Sky

1 Ian Stannard

2 Bernhard Eisel

3 Andy Fenn

4 Christian Knees

5 Salvatore Puccio

6 Luke Rowe

7 Chris Sutton

8 Bradley Wiggins

Ag2r La Mondiale

11 Gediminia Bagdonas

12 Damien Gaudin

13 Alexis Gougeard

14 Hugo Houle

15 Sebastien Minard

16 Lloyd Mondory

17 Sebastien Turgot

18 Johan Vansummeren

BMC Racing Team

21 Marcus Burghardt

22 Jean-Pierre Drucker

23 Philippe Gilbert

24 Stefan Kueng

25 Michael Schar

26 Dylan Teuns

27 Greg Van Avermaet

28 Rick Zabel

Etixx-QuickStep

31 Tom Boonen

32 Iljo Keisse

33 Nikolas Maes

34 Zdenek Stybar

35 Niki Terpstra

36 Matteo Trentin

37 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

38 Stijn Vandenbergh

FDJ

41 William Bonnet

42 David Boucher

43 Mickael Delage

44 Arnaud Demare

45 Anthony Geslin

46 Matthieu Ladagnous

47 Johan Le Bon

48 Yoann Offredo

IAM Cycling

51 Marcel Aregger

52 Matthias Brändle

53 Sylvain Chavanel

54 Dries Devenyns

55 Martin Elmiger

56 Jerome Pineau

57 Vicente Reynes

58 Aleksejs Saramotins

Lotto-Soudal

61 Tiesj Benoot

62 Stig Broeckx

63 Sean De Bie

64 Jens Debusschere

65 Gert Dockx

66 Pim Ligthart

67 Jurgen Roelandts

68 Marcel Sieberg

Giant-Alpecin

71 Nikias Arndt

72 Roy Curvers

73 Bert De Backer

74 Koen De Kort

75 Ramon Sinkeldam

76 Tom Stamsnijder

77 Albert Timmer

78 Zico Waeytens

Katusha

81 Sven Erik Bystrøm

82 Marco Haller

83 Vladimir Isaychev

84 Alexander Kristoff

85 Viacheslav Kuznetsov

86 Rudiger Selig

87 Gatis Smukulis

88 Aleksei Tcatevich

Lotto NL-Jumbo

91 Thomas Leezer

92 Bram Tankink

93 Maarten Tjallingii

94 Tom Van Ashbroeck

95 Jos Van Emden

96 Sep Vanmarcke

97 Robert Wagner

98 Maarten Wynants

Androni Giocattoli

101 Marco Bandiera

102 Francesco Chicchi

103 Tiziano Dall'Antonia

104 Marco Frapporti

105 Oscar Gatto

Bora-Argon 18

111 Shane Archbold

112 Zak Dempster

113 Andreas Schillinger

114 Daniel Schorn

115 Michael Schwarsmann

116 Bjorn Thurau

117 Scott Thwaites

118 Paul Voss

Bretagne-Seche Environnement

121 Frederic Brun

122 Maxime Cam

123 Romain Feillu

124 Benoit Jarrier

125 Christophe Laborie

126 Dan McLay

127 Pierre-Luc Perichon

128 Florian Vachon

CCC Sprandi Polkowice

131 Josef Cerny

132 Tomasz Kiendys

133 Adrian Kurek

134 Jaroslaw Marycz

135 Nikolay Mihaylov

136 Marek Rutkiewicz

137 Grzegorz Stepniak

138 Mateusz Taciak

Cofidis

141 Gert Joearr

142 Christophe Laporte

143 Cyril Lemoine

144 Adrien Petit

145 Florian Senechal

146 Anthony Turgis

147 Kenneth Vanbilsen

148 Louis Verhelst

Cult Energy

151 Russell Downing

152 Alex Kirsch

153 Martin Mortensen

154 Mads Pedersen

155 Michael Reihs

156 Michael Svendgaard

157 Troels Vinther

158 Joel Zangerle

MTN-Qhubeka

161 Edvald Boasson Hagen

162 Gerald Ciolek

163 Tyler Farrar

164 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg

165 Youcef Reguigui

166 Kristian Sbaragli

168 Jay Robert Thomson

167 Andreas Stauff

Nippo-Vini Fantini

171 Daniele Colli

172 Pier De Negri

173 Eduard Grosu

174 Alessandro Malaguti

175 Nicolas Marini

176 Mattia Pozzo

177 Riccardo Stacchiotti

178 Antonio Viola

Southeast

181 Manuel Belletti

182 Giorgio Cecchinel

183 Andrea Dal Col

184 Elia Favilli

185 Mauro Finetto

186 Jakub Mareczko

187 Alessandro Petacchi

188 Eugert Zhupa

Europcar

191 Antoine Duchesne

192 Yohann Gene

193 Tony Hurel

194 Vincent Jerome

195 Tannick Martinez

196 Julien Morice

197 Alexandre Pichot

198 Angelo Tulik

Roompot

201 Jesper Asselman

202 Berden De Vries

203 Huub Duijn

204 Johnny Hoogerland

205 Tim Kerkhof

206 Wesley Kreder

207 Mike Terpstra

208 Brian Van Goethem

Topsport-Vlaanderen

211 Tim Declercq

212 Sander Helven

213 Oliver Naesen

214 Edward Theuns

215 Gijs Van Hoecke

216 Bert Van Lerberghe

217 Pieter Vanspeybrouck

218 Jelle Wallays

Wanty-Groupe Gobert

221 Frederik Backaert

222 Jerome Baugnies

223 Bjorn Leukemans

224 Marco Marcato

225 Mirko Selvaggi

226 Kevin Van Melsen

227 James Vanlandschoot

228 Frederik Veuchelen

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