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1948 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)

This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"

4th edition: March 14, 1948

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1947 edition | 1949 edition

Gent - Gent, 240 km / 35.997 km/hr
215 starters / 63 classified finishers

Sylvain Grysolle

Winner Sylvain Grysolle in an undated photo

Complete Results:

Fausto Coppi crossed the finish line first, but was relegated to second because of an illegal wheel change.

1	Sylvain Grysolle	Rochet-Dunlop	6hr 40min 2sec
2	Fausto Coppi	Bianchi	s.t.
3	Marcel Hendrickx		s.t.
4	André Rosseel		s.t.
5	Frans Leenen	Belgium	s.t.
6	Georges Claes		s.t.
7	Michel Remue		s.t.
8	Maurice Meersman		s.t.
9	Albert Ramon	Belgium	s.t.
10	Roger Chupin		s.t.
11	Guillaume Cappelmans		s.t.
12	Henk De Hoog		s.t.
13	Theo Middelkamp	Garin-Wolber	s.t.
14	Roger Gyselinck	Rochet-Dunlop	s.t.
15	Ernest Sterckx		s.t.
16	Theo Pirmez		s.t.
17	Marcel Ryckaert	Mercier-Hutchinson	2'25''
18	André Declercq		s.t.
19	Lucien Vlaemynck		s.t.
20	Gérard Delepeleire		s.t.
21	Gérard Buyl	Belgium	s.t.
22	Camille Beeckman		s.t.
23	Maurice Mollin		3'00''
24	Léon Clabeau		s.t.
25	Albert Paepe		s.t.
26	Florent Rondele		s.t.
27	Gaston De Wachter		3'55''
28	Alphonse Hendrickx		s.t.
29	Michel Hermie		s.t.
30	Alfons Wouters		s.t.
31	Robert Minnaert	Belgium	s.t.
32	Elias Walckiers		s.t.
33	Arthur Vandebinderie		s.t.
34	Zenon Crahay		s.t.
35	Roger Missine		7'30''
36	Léon Jomaux		7'55''
37	Constant Lauwers	Belgium	8'00''
38	Julien Heernaert		8'10''
39	Léon Daenekynt		8'55''
40	Robert Claeys		8'56''
41	Gustave Bonvarlez		9'05''
42	Hilaire Couvreur	Belgium	s.t.
43	Julien Janssens		s.t.
44	Désiré Marien		s.t.
45	Chris Smits		s.t.
46	Maurice Van Der Elst		s.t.
47	Albert Anutchin	Arliguie-Hutchinson	s.t.
48	Daniel Taillieu		s.t.
49	Georges Desplenter		s.t.
50	Eloi Meulenberg		s.t.
51	Albert Descamps	Belgium	s.t.
52	Louis Saen		s.t.
53	Frans Gielen	Belgium	s.t.
54	Gérard Heynen		s.t.
55	Lucien Buyze		s.t.
56	Louis Brusselmans		s.t.
57	Roger Cnockaert		s.t.
58	Cor Bakker		s.t.
59	Jules Depoorter		s.t.
60	Camille Blomme		s.t.
61	Marcel Vermeiren		s.t.
62	Jean-baptiste Verpoorten	Belgium	s.t.
63	Joseph Sermon		s.t.