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1976 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad"
31st edition: March 6, 1976
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1975 edition | 1977 edition
Gent - Gent, 202 km / 42.377 km/hr
154 starters / 38 classified finishers
1976 Omloop Het Volk winner Willem Peeters has just dropped World Champion Hennie Kuiper as he approaches the line.
Complete Results:
The day was extremely cold, probably explaining the small number of classified finishers. In the final kilometers winner Willem Peeters sat on Hennie Kuiper's wheel and then close to the line, Peeters took off to win the race.
| 1 | Willem Peeters | IJsboerke-Colnago | 4hr 46min |
| 2 | Hennie Kuiper | TI-Raleigh | 6sec |
| 3 | Patrick Sercu | Brooklyn | 1min 4sec |
| 4 | Walter Planckaert | Maes Pils-Rokado | s.t. |
| 5 | Luc Leman | Miko-De Gribaldy-Superia | s.t. |
| 6 | Cees Bal | Molteni-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 7 | Frans Verhaegen | Flandria-Velda | s.t. |
| 8 | Frans Verbeeck | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 9 | Jan Raas | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 10 | Wilfried Wesemael | Miko-De Gribaldy-Superia | s.t. |
| 11 | Walter Godefroot | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 12 | Eric Leman | Zoppas-Splendor-Sinalco | s.t. |
| 13 | Freddy Maertens | Flandria-Velda | s.t. |
| 14 | Joseph Jacobs | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 15 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 16 | André Dierickx | Maes Pils-Rokado | s.t. |
| 17 | Ludo Peeters | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 18 | Willy Teirlinck | Gitane-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 19 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Brooklyn | s.t. |
| 20 | Wilfried David | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 21 | Dietrich Thurau | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 22 | Ferdi Van Den Haute | Ebo-Cinzia | s.t. |
| 23 | Dirk Ongenae | Flandria-Velda | s.t. |
| 24 | Guido Van Sweevelt | IJsboerke-Colnago | s.t. |
| 25 | Dirk Baert | Carlos | s.t. |
| 26 | Gerben Karstens | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 27 | Marc Lievens | Molteni-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 28 | Piet van Katwijk | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 29 | Roger Swerts | Molteni-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 30 | Michel Pollentier | Flandria-Velda | s.t. |
| 31 | Luis Balague | Super Ser | s.t. |
| 31 | Walter Dalgal | Carlos | s.t. |
| 31 | Gerrie Knetemann | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 31 | André Mollet | Maes Pils-Rokado | s.t. |
| 31 | Luis Ocana | Super Ser | s.t. |
| 31 | Tino Tabak | Flandria-Velda | s.t. |
| 31 | Jurgen Tschan | Peugeot-Esso | s.t. |
| 31 | Johnny Van der Veken | Ebo-Cinzia | s.t. |