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1955 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)

This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"

11th edition: March 6, 1955

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1954 edition | 1956 edition

Gent - Gent, 233 km / 33.049 km/hr
108 starters / 27 classified finishers

Lode Anthonis

1955 Omloop Het Volk winner Lode Anthonis in an undated photo

Complete Results:

1 Lode Anthonis L'Avenir 7hr 3min
2 André Rosseel Elve-Peugeot s.t.
3 André Vlayen Alcyon-Dunlop s.t.
4 Karel Borgmans Van Hauwaert-Maes s.t.
5 Joseph Theuns s.t.
6 Isidoor De Ryck Dossche Sport-Titan @ 40sec
7 Karel Debaere Mercie-Hutchinson s.t.
8 Marcel Ryckaert Tebag s.t.
9 Germain Derijcke Alcyo-Dunlop s.t.
10 Marcel Hendrickx Elv-Peugeot s.t.
11 Joseph Van Stayen s.t.
12 René Mertens Groene Leeuw s.t.
13 Eugène Telotte Mercie-Hutchinson s.t.
14 René 'Flanders' Janssens s.t.
15 Marcel Janssens Elve-Peugeot s.t.
16 Marcel Harry 1'40''
17 Edgard Sorgeloos Elve-Peugeot 1'50''
18 Armand Baeyens s.t.
19 Jan Zagers Girardengo s.t.
20 Léopold Schaeken s.t.
21 Jozef Planckaert Elve-Peugeot s.t.
22 Maurice Neyt 2'05''
23 Lucien Victor Bertin s.t.
24 Joseph Wouters s.t.
25 Jean Bellay Mercier-Hutchinson s.t.
26 Max Cohen Rochet s.t.
27 Henri Van Kerckhove Van Hauwaert-Maes s.t.