26 February 1981 – Jan Raas won Omloop Het Volk
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