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1959 Omloop Het Volk
Race details
Dates5 April 1959
Stages1
Distance210 [1] km (130.5 mi)
Winning time5h 15' 34"
Results
  Winner   Seamus Elliott ( IRL)
  Second   Fred De Bruyne ( BEL)
  Third   Théo Dingens ( BEL)
←  1958
1961 →

The 1959 Omloop Het Volk was the 15th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 5 April 1959. [2] The race started and finished in Ghent. [3] The race was won by Seamus Elliott.

General classification

Final general classification [3] [4]
Rank Rider Time
1   Seamus Elliott ( IRL) 5h 15' 34"
2   Fred De Bruyne ( BEL) + 10"
3   Théo Dingens ( BEL) + 12"
4   Piet van Est ( NED) + 12"
5   Leon Vandaele ( BEL) + 17"
6   Martin Van Geneugden ( BEL) + 17"
7   Maurice Meuleman ( BEL) + 17"
8   Arthur Decabooter ( BEL) + 17"
9   Marcel Ryckaert ( BEL) + 17"
10   Joop Captein ( NED) + 17"

References

  1. ^ "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ^ "1959 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "15ème Het Volk 1959". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004.
  4. ^ "1959 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". First Cycling. Retrieved 28 January 2018.