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1961 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"
16th edition: March 4, 1961
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1959 edition (1960 race was cancelled) | 1962 edition
Gent - Gent, 177km / 42.996 km/hr
182 starters / 86 classified finishers
1961 Omloop Het Volk winner Arthur Decabooter in an undated photo
Complete Results:
A 24th-place tie was awarded to the riders who came in after 23rd-place Kamiel Lamote
| 1 | Arthur Decabooter | Groene Leeuw | 4hr 7min |
| 2 | Frans Schoubben | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 3 | Georges Decraeye | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 4 | Henri De Wolf | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 5 | Jacques Van Der Klundert | Radium | s.t. |
| 6 | Marcel Ongenae | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 7 | Hubert Ferrer | Mercier-Hutchinson-BP | @ 18sec |
| 8 | Michel Van Aerde | Carpano | 25'' |
| 9 | Bastiaan Maliepaard | Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop | s.t. |
| 10 | Coen Niesten | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 11 | Norbert Kerckhove | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 12 | Jacques Marcellan | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 13 | Lode Troonbeeckx | Dr. Mann | 50'' |
| 14 | Georges Mortiers | Solo-Terrot | s.t. |
| 15 | Jan Zagers | Libertas | s.t. |
| 16 | Joop Van Der Putten | Televizier | s.t. |
| 17 | André Noyelle | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 18 | Léopold Schaeken | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 19 | Louis Proost | Faema | s.t. |
| 20 | Aimé Van Avermaet | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 21 | Jan Van Gompel | Libertas | s.t. |
| 22 | Albert Daenekindt | Helyett-Fynsec | s.t. |
| 23 | Kamiel Lamote | Bertin | s.t. |
| 24 | André Van Houtven | Libertas | s.t. |
| 24 | Frans De Mulder | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Julien De Pre | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Oswald Declercq | Groene Leeuw | s.t. |
| 24 | Roger Decock | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Daniel Doom | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Robert Duerinckx | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Seamus Elliott | Helyett-Fynsec | s.t. |
| 24 | Friedhelm Fischerkeller | Faema | s.t. |
| 24 | Constant De Keyser | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Jean-baptiste Claes | Groene Leeuw | s.t. |
| 24 | Georges Volckaert | Bertin | s.t. |
| 24 | Jorg Andress | Mittelholzer | s.t. |
| 24 | Robert Aubry | KAS-Royal Asport | s.t. |
| 24 | Roger Baens | Bertin | s.t. |
| 24 | Marcel Blavier | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Max Bleneau | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 24 | Gabriel Borra | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 24 | Jean Callaerts | Libertas | s.t. |
| 24 | Noël Fore | Groene Leeuw | s.t. |
| 24 | Elio Gerussi | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 24 | Roger Vindevogel | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 24 | Leon Vandaele | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Joseph Van Bael | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 24 | Horst Tüller | Ruberg | s.t. |
| 24 | Willy Truye | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Ludwig Troche | Ruberg | s.t. |
| 24 | Marcel Seynaeve | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Valère Schmidt | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Joseph Schils | Mercier-Hutchinson-BP | s.t. |
| 24 | Alfons Van Den Brande | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Ab Van Egmond | Televizier | s.t. |
| 24 | Louis Van Huyck | Solo-Terrot | s.t. |
| 24 | Hugo Verlinden | Mercier-Hutchinson-BP | s.t. |
| 24 | Emile Verheyden | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Romain Van Wynsberghe | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Etienne Van Vlierberghe | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 24 | Gustave Van Vaerenbergh | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 24 | Julien Van Oostende | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | René Van Meenen | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Georges Van Maeckelberghe | Helyett-Fynsec | s.t. |
| 24 | Julien Schepens | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Jean Riou | s.t. | |
| 24 | Joseph Marien | s.t. | |
| 24 | Henri Luyten | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Eugène Letendre | Licor 43 | s.t. |
| 24 | André Le Dissez | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 24 | Marcel Janssens | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 24 | Marc Huart | Liberia-Grammont | s.t. |
| 24 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | Alcyon-Leroux | s.t. |
| 24 | Joseph Hinsen | Libertas | s.t. |
| 24 | Bruno Martinato | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | Lucien Mathys | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Orphée Meneghini | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 24 | Jacques Rebiffe | Liberia-Grammont | s.t. |
| 24 | Jozef Planckaert | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | René Pavard | Helyett-Fynsec | s.t. |
| 24 | Eddy Pauwels | Dr. Mann | s.t. |
| 24 | Yvo Molenaers | Carpano | s.t. |
| 24 | Roger Molenaers | Bertin | s.t. |
| 24 | Maurice Meuleman | Wiel's | s.t. |
| 24 | André Messelis | Sinalco | s.t. |
| 24 | Léon Gevaert | Sinalco | s.t. |