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1949 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)

This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"

5th edition: March 13, 1949

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1948 edition | 1950 edition

Gent - Gent, 239 km / 33.271 km/hr
157 starters / 42 classified finishers

Andre Declercq

Winner André Declercq in an undated photo

Complete Results:

1 André Declercq Titan 7hr 11min
2 Frans Leenen Starnord @ 50 meters
3 Maurice Mollin Mercier-Hutchinson @ 100 meters
4 Maurice Blomme Bertin @ 10sec
5 Lode Anthonis @ 40sec
6 Ernest Sterckx Ganna @ 2min 2sec
7 Valère Ollivier Ganna s.t.
8 Désiré Keteleer s.t.
9 Emmanuel Thoma 2'10''
10 Lionel Van Brabant Mercier-Hutchinson s.t.
11 André Pieters Arliguie s.t.
12 Albert Anutchin s.t.
13 Joseph Van Staeyen 3'50''
14 Liévin Lerno 3'55''
15 René Janssens s.t.
16 Florent Rondele s.t.
17 Marcel Boumon s.t.
18 Maurice De Wannemaeker s.t.
19 Karel Leysen s.t.
20 Marcel Ryckaert s.t.
21 Maurice Desimpelaere s.t.
22 Briek Schotte s.t.
23 Gustave Speeckaert s.t.
24 Marcel De Mulder s.t.
25 Roger Gyselinck s.t.
26 Camille Beeckman s.t.
27 Désiré De Wilde s.t.
28 Maurice Holsbeek s.t.
29 Ward Peeters Garin-Wolber s.t.
30 Alphonse Wauters s.t.
31 Julien Janssens s.t.
32 Robert Van Eenaeme s.t.
33 Paul Giguet s.t.
34 Eugène Van Roosbroeck s.t.
35 Joseph Didden s.t.
36 Michel Wallyn s.t.
37 Jacques Marinelli Alcyon-Dunlop s.t.
38 Jean Bolly s.t.
39 Albert Decin s.t.
40 Albert Beirnaert s.t.
41 Jules Depraetere s.t.
42 Marcel Dossche s.t.