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1953 Omloop Het Volk
Race details
Dates8 March 1953
Stages1
Distance220 [1] km (136.7 mi)
Winning time6h 07' 00"
Results
  Winner   Ernest Sterckx ( BEL)
  Second   Maurice Mollin ( BEL)
  Third   Marcel Ryckaert ( BEL)
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The 1953 Omloop Het Volk was the ninth edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 8 March 1953. [2] The race started and finished in Ghent. [3] The race was won by Ernest Sterckx.

General classification

Final general classification [3] [4]
Rank Rider Time
1   Ernest Sterckx ( BEL) 6h 07' 00"
2   Maurice Mollin ( BEL) + 0"
3   Marcel Ryckaert ( BEL) + 0"
4   Claude Rouer ( FRA) + 0"
5   Gerard Buyl ( BEL) + 0"
6   Henri van Kerckhove ( BEL) + 0"
7   Valentin Petry ( FRG) + 0"
8   Alfons Van den Brande ( BEL) + 0"
9   René Mertens ( BEL) + 0"
10   Edward Peeters ( BEL) + 0"

References

  1. ^ "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ "1953 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "9ème Het Volk 1953". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004.
  4. ^ "1953 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". First Cycling. Retrieved 12 February 2018.