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1953 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Het Nieuwsblad"
9th edition: March 8, 1953
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1952 edition | 1954 edition
Gent - Gent, 220 km / 35.967 km/hr
165 starters / 42 classified finishers
1952, '53 & '56 Het Volk winner Ernest Sterckx in an undated picture
Complete Results:
A four-way tie was awarded for 18th place.
| 1 | Ernest Sterckx | Peugeot-Dunlop | 6hr 7min |
| 2 | Maurice Mollin | Libertas | s.t. |
| 3 | Marcel Ryckaert | Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 4 | Claude Rouer | Mercier-A. Leducq | s.t. |
| 5 | Gérard Buyl | Dilecta | s.t. |
| 6 | Henri Van Kerckhove | Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 7 | Valentin Petry | Bauer | s.t. |
| 8 | Alfons Van Den Brande | Stella-Wolber-Dunlop | s.t. |
| 9 | René Mertens | Groene Leeuw | s.t. |
| 10 | Ward Peeters | Van Hauwaert | s.t. |
| 11 | Karel Borgmans | La Francais-Dunlop | s.t. |
| 12 | Joseph Wouters | s.t. | |
| 13 | Liévin Lerno | s.t. | |
| 14 | Jan Lambrichs | s.t. | |
| 15 | Briek Schotte | Alcyon-Dunlop | s.t. |
| 16 | Alois De Hertog | s.t. | |
| 17 | Joseph Hendrickx | s.t. | |
| 18 | Roger Decock | s.t. | |
| 18 | Eugène Van Roosbroeck | s.t. | |
| 18 | Marcel Driessen | s.t. | |
| 18 | Joseph Theuns | s.t. | |
| 22 | Léopold Schaeken | s.t. | |
| 23 | Omer Braekevelt | s.t. | |
| 24 | Willem Hendrickx | s.t. | |
| 25 | Jan Zagers | s.t. | |
| 26 | Maurice Blomme | s.t. | |
| 27 | Henri Denys | @ 1min 28sec | |
| 28 | Léon Delathouwer | Van Hauwaert | s.t. |
| 29 | Joseph Plas | 3'00'' | |
| 30 | Marcel Hendrickx | Plume Sport | 10'00'' |
| 31 | Paul Taeldeman | s.t. | |
| 32 | Omer Dhaenens | s.t. | |
| 33 | Edmond Van Heghe | s.t. | |
| 34 | Willy Geers | s.t. | |
| 35 | Florent Rondele | s.t. | |
| 36 | Edmond Rottiers | s.t. | |
| 37 | Maurice Geryl | s.t. | |
| 38 | Anton Van Oers | s.t. | |
| 39 | Arthur Cleenewerck | s.t. | |
| 40 | Jan Adriaensens | Libertas | s.t. |
| 41 | Julien Pascal | s.t. | |
| 42 | Henri Sitek | Mercier-Hutchinson | s.t. |