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1978 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad"
33rd edition: March 4, 1978
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1977 edition | 1979 edition
Gent - Gent, 218 km / 42.536 km/hr
172 starters / 31 classified finishers
1978 Omloop Het Volk winner Freddy Maertens outsprints Alfons van Katwijk (mostly hidden, on left) and Jan Raas. Didi Thurau, fifth, is on the right
Complete Results:
| 1 | Freddy Maertens | Flandria-Velda-Lano | 5hr 7min 30sec |
| 2 | Fons van Katwijk | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | s.t. |
| 3 | Jan Raas | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 4 | André Dierickx | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 5 | Dietrich Thurau | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 6 | Etienne van der Helst | C & A | @ 5sec |
| 7 | Ronan De Meyer | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | 25sec |
| 8 | Guido Van Calster | C & A | 38sec |
| 9 | Marc Demeyer | Flandria-Velda-Lano | s.t. |
| 10 | Walter Godefroot | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 11 | Jos Jacobs | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 12 | Wilfried Wesemael | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 13 | Jean Vanderstappen | Mini Flat-Boule d'Or-Colnago | s.t. |
| 14 | Eric Van De Wiele | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 15 | Rudy Pevenage | IJsboerke-Gios | s.t. |
| 16 | Jan Aling | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | s.t. |
| 17 | Walter Planckaert | C & A | s.t. |
| 18 | Herman Van Springel | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | s.t. |
| 19 | Ferdi Van Den Haute | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | s.t. |
| 20 | Gerrie Knetemann | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 21 | Hennie Kuiper | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 22 | Michel Pollentier | Flandria-Velda-Lano | s.t. |
| 23 | Patrick Lefevere | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | 4min 0sec |
| 24 | Cees Priem | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 25 | Jacques Bossis | Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo | s.t. |
| 26 | José de Cauwer | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 27 | Ad van den Hoek | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |
| 28 | Bernard Bourreau | Peugeot | s.t. |
| 29 | Rudy Colman | Mini Flat-Boule d'Or-Colnago | s.t. |
| 30 | Eddy Schepers | C & A | s.t. |
| 31 | Johan van der Velde | TI-Raleigh | s.t. |