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)

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. 1 2 "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.
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