Complex sentence: Since 2005 it is included in the UCI Europe Tour; in 2016 it was upgraded to a 1.HC event, the same ranking as Omloop Het Newsblad.
Split into simpler sentences: Since 2005 it is included in the UCI Europe Tour. In 2016 it was upgraded to 1.HC on the Europe Tour calendar, the same ranking as Omloop Het Newsblad.