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1971 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"
26th edition: March 25, 1971
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1970 edition | 1972 edition
Gent - Gent, 198 km / 41.684 km/hr
131 starters / 55 classified finishers
Eddy Merckx wins the 1971 Omloop Het Volk.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | 4hr 45min |
| 2 | Roger Rosiers | Bic | @ 1min 53sec |
| 3 | Noël Vantyghem | Hertekamp-Magniflex-Novy | s.t. |
| 4 | Joseph Bruyère | Molteni | s.t. |
| 5 | Joseph Abelshausen | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
| 6 | Jos De Schoenmaecker | Molteni | s.t. |
| 7 | Joseph Huysmans | Molteni | 2'00'' |
| 8 | Guido Reybrouck | Salvarani | 2'27'' |
| 9 | Jürgen Tschan | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
| 10 | Cees Rentmeester | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 11 | Harry Steevens | Goudsmit-Hoff | 2'40'' |
| 12 | Frans Kerremans | Hertekamp-Magniflex-Novy | s.t. |
| 13 | Roger Swerts | Molteni | 2'45'' |
| 14 | Willy Scheers | Goldor | 3'55'' |
| 15 | Raymond Steegmans | Hertekamp-Magniflex-Novy | s.t. |
| 16 | Walter Planckaert | Goldor | s.t. |
| 17 | Walter Godefroot | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
| 18 | Jacky Mourioux | Fagor-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 19 | Gerben Karstens | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 20 | Emile Bodart | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
| 21 | Jan Janssen | Bic | s.t. |
| 22 | Harrie Jansen | Sonolor-Lejeune | s.t. |
| 23 | Jan Krekels | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 24 | Marinus Wagtmans | Molteni | s.t. |
| 25 | Michael Wright | Bic | s.t. |
| 26 | André Mollet | Peugeot-Michelin-BP | s.t. |
| 27 | Pol Mahieu | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
| 28 | Eric Leman | Mars-Flandria | s.t. |
| 29 | André Dierickx | Watney-Avia | s.t. |
| 30 | Joseph Spruyt | Molteni | s.t. |
| 31 | Frans Mintjens | Molteni | s.t. |
| 32 | Jacques Cadiou | Fagor-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 33 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Mars-Flandria | s.t. |
| 34 | Willy In't Ven | Mars-Flandria | 4'11'' |
| 35 | Eddy Peelman | Fagor-Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 36 | José Catieau | Sonolor-Lejeune | 5'25'' |
| 37 | Marc Sohet | Bic | s.t. |
| 38 | Daniel Verplancke | Mars-Flandria | s.t. |
| 39 | Franky Ebo | Goldor | s.t. |
| 40 | Désiré Letort | Bic | s.t. |
| 41 | Eddy Goossens | Siriki - Munck | s.t. |
| 42 | Herman Van Springel | Molteni | s.t. |
| 43 | Willy Van Den Eynde | Watney-Avia | 13'15'' |
| 44 | Daan Holst | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 45 | Jean-pierre Berckmans | Hertekamp-Magniflex-Novy | s.t. |
| 46 | Jean-Jacques Sanquer | Sonolor-Lejeune | s.t. |
| 47 | Karl-heinz Muddemann | Mars-Flandria | s.t. |
| 48 | Robert Mintkiewicz | Sonolor-Lejeune | s.t. |
| 49 | Jacques Botherel | Hoover-De Gribaldy-Wolber | s.t. |
| 50 | Wim Prinsen | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 51 | Alain Vasseur | Bic | s.t. |
| 52 | Gérard Harings | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 53 | Jan Van Katwijk | Goudsmit-Hoff | s.t. |
| 54 | Yves Hézard | Sonolor-Lejeune | s.t. |
| 55 | Serge Guillaume | Hoover-De Gribaldy-Wolber | mt |