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1978 Gent - Wevelgem,
Belgium
Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)
40th edition, April 12, 1978
Gent - Wevelgem podium history | 1977 edition | 1979 edition
246 km / 38.44 km/hr
183 starters, 40 classified finishers
Winner Fedi Van den Haute
Complete Results:
| 1 | Ferdi Van Den Haute (Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia) | 6hr 24min |
| 2 | Walter Planckaert (C & A) | @ 1min 5sec |
| 3 | Francesco Moser (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 4 | Jan Raas (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 5 | Ludo Peeters (Ijsboerke-Gios) | @ 1min 15sec |
| 6 | Roger De Vlaeminck (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 7 | Rik Van Linden (Bianchi-Faema) | @ 2min 10sec |
| 8 | Ronald De Witte (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 9 | Freddy Maertens (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | s.t. |
| 10 | Michel Pollentier (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | s.t. |
| 11 | Marc Demeyer (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | @ 5min 45sec |
| 12 | Etienne Van Der Helst (C & A) | s.t. |
| 13 | Piet Van Katwijk (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 14 | Wilfried Wesemael (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 15 | Pol Verschuere (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | @ 7min 5sec |
| 16 | Ronny Bossant (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 17 | Herman Van Der Slagmolen (Sanson) | @ 7min 30sec |
| 18 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot-Esso-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 19 | Eddy Cael (Mini Flat-Boule d'Or-Colnago) | s.t. |
| 20 | Herman Beyssens (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | s.t. |
| 21 | Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (Safir-Beyers-Ludo) | @ 7min 55sec |
| 22 | Johnny Vanderveken (Old Lords-Splendor-KSB) | @ 8min 0sec |
| 23 | Roger Verschaeve (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | @ 8min 5sec |
| 24 | Willy De Geest (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 25 | Cees Priem (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 26 | Rudy Pevenage (Ijsboerke-Gios) | s.t. |
| 27 | Gerrie Knetemann (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 28 | Phil Edwards (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 29 | Dirk Baert (Carlos-Galli-Alan) | @ 10min 50sec |
| 30 | Johan Van Der Meer (Jet Star Jeans) | @ 11min 20sec |
| 31 | Henri Vandenbrande (Safir-Beyers-Ludo) | s.t. |
| 32 | Ludo Delcroix (Ijsboerke-Gios) | s.t. |
| 33 | Walter Naegels (Avia-Groene Leeuw) | s.t. |
| 34 | Cees Bal (Bode Deuren-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 35 | Aad Van Den Hoek (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 36 | Geert Malfait (Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia) | s.t. |
| 37 | Albert Van Vlierberghe (Flandria-Velda-Lano) | s.t. |
| 38 | Johan Van Der Velde (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 39 | Henk Lubberding (TI-Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 40 | Fabrizio Fabbri (Sanson) | s.t. |