1972 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"
27th edition: March 4, 1972
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1971 edition | 1973 edition
Gent - Gent, 198 km / 40.824 km/hr
149 starters / 71 classified finishers
Winner Frans Verbeeck talks with Eddy Merckx before the start of the race.
Frans Verbeeck pulls the lead group part way through the race with Eddy Merckx on his wheel.
Complete Results:
1 | Frans Verbeeck | Watney-Avia | 4hr 51min |
2 | André Dierickx | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
3 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | s.t. |
4 | Willy De Geest | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
5 | Joseph Abelshausen | Watney-Avia | @ 16sec |
6 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Rokado | s.t. |
7 | Walter Godefroot | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | 28'' |
8 | Walter Planckaert | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
9 | Noël Vantyghem | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
10 | Jacky Mourioux | Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
11 | Georges Claes | Goldor-IJsboerke | s.t. |
12 | Willy Vekemans | Rokado | s.t. |
13 | Emile Cambre | s.t. | |
14 | Frans Mintjens | Molteni | s.t. |
15 | Herman Vrijders | Goldor-IJsboerke | 34'' |
16 | Daniel Verplancke | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
17 | Georges Pintens | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
18 | Gilbert Wuytack | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
19 | Ronald De Witte | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
20 | Valère Van Sweevelt | Goldor-IJsboerke | s.t. |
21 | Joseph Bruyère | Molteni | s.t. |
22 | Alain Santy | Bic | 4'00'' |
23 | Wim Kelleners | Rokado | 4'52'' |
24 | Leopold Van Den Neste | Siriki-Munck-Gitane | s.t. |
25 | Eddy Peelman | Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
26 | Dirk Baert | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
27 | Raphael Hooyberghs | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
28 | Barry Hoban | Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
29 | Enzo Mattioda | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
30 | Hubert Hutsebaut | Goldor-IJsboerke | s.t. |
31 | Ronny Christiaens | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
32 | Willy Abbeloos | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
33 | Guy Santy | Bic | s.t. |
34 | Mathijs De Koning | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
35 | Eddy Cael | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
36 | Adolf Huysmans | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
37 | Rudy De Groote | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
38 | André Peirsman | Hertekamp | s.t. |
39 | Frans Verhaegen | Hertekamp | s.t. |
40 | Roger Gilson | Rokado | s.t. |
41 | Hugo De Haes | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
42 | Jan Page | Siriki-Munck-Gitane | s.t. |
43 | Ghislain Van Landeghem | Hertekamp | s.t. |
44 | Johan Hinneman | Siriki-Munck-Gitane | s.t. |
45 | Francis Ducreux | Bic | s.t. |
46 | Pieter Nassen | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
47 | Michel Van Vlierden | Molteni | s.t. |
48 | Charles De Smit | Hertekamp | s.t. |
49 | Aimé Delaere | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
50 | Marc Sohet | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
51 | Noël De Pauw | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
52 | Michel Coulon | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
53 | Jan Krekels | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
54 | Marc Demeyer | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
55 | Joop Zoetemelk | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |
56 | Francis Campaner | Bic | s.t. |
57 | Ben Janbroers | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
58 | Daniel Rebillard | Sonolor | s.t. |
59 | Roger Desmarets | Bic | s.t. |
60 | Désiré Letort | Bic | s.t. |
61 | Albert Fritz | Rokado | s.t. |
62 | Huub Harings | s.t. | |
63 | Louis Pfenninger | Rokado | s.t. |
64 | Adri Duycker | Novy-Dubble Bubble | s.t. |
65 | Romain Maes | s.t. | |
66 | André Doyen | Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy | s.t. |
67 | Lucien van Impe | Sonolor | s.t. |
68 | Giovanni José Jimenez | Hertekamp | s.t. |
69 | Marc Lievens | Molteni | s.t. |
70 | Guy Maingon | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
71 | Herman Van Der Slagmolen | Flandria-Beaulieu | s.t. |