Jan Raas won Omloop Het Volk (predecessor of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad) He was the best from a four-man breakaway group on a cold and wet race.
Rass was only the third non-Belgian rider, who won the Omloop since 1945.
Top5 of the race
1 Jan Raas (TI-Raleigh-Creda) 5hr 45min
2 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot-Esso-Michelin) s.t.
3 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (La Redoute-Motobecane) s.t.
4 Frank Hoste (TI-Raleigh-Creda) s. t.
5 Wies Van Dongen (HB Alarmsystemen) 2min 12sec