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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
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. |