Debutants
Jose Vanackere is the youngest debutant in Dwars door België / À travers la Belgique in 1972. There are 29 debutants.
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VANACKERE Jose | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 22y + 36d |
| 2 | DEMEYER Marc | Beaulieu - Flandria | 22y + 129d |
| 3 | MAES Romain | Hertekamp | 22y + 132d |
| 4 | AERTS Paul | Watney - Avia | 22y + 254d |
| 5 | CHRISTIAENS Ronny | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 22y + 324d |
| 6 | DE GUCHTENAERE Robert | Beaulieu - Flandria | 22y + 345d |
| 7 | BAERT Dirk | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 194d |
| 8 | VAN DEN DAELE Luc | Watney - Avia | 23y + 228d |
| 9 | PEIRSMAN André | Hertekamp | 23y + 241d |
| 10 | VAN DE WIELE Jan | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 297d |
| 11 | VAN DER SLAGMOLEN Herman | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 300d |
| 12 | VERPLANCKE Daniel | Beaulieu - Flandria | 23y + 340d |
| 13 | VERSTRAETEN Eddy | Watney - Avia | 23y + 346d |
| 14 | DE GROOTE Rudy | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 23y + 352d |
| 15 | VAN LANDEGHEM Ghislain | Hertekamp | 24y + 39d |
| 16 | ZWAENEPOEL Jacques | Hertekamp | 24y + 156d |
| 17 | WIJCKAERT Eric | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 24y + 181d |
| 18 | KERREMANS Frans | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 24y + 311d |
| 19 | VANTYGHEM Noël | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 24y + 322d |
| 20 | VERMEEREN Hervé | Hertekamp | 24y + 353d |
| 21 | ANTHEUNIS Etienne | Watney - Avia | 25y + 72d |
| 22 | MAES Frans | Goldor - Ijsboerke | 25y + 101d |
| 23 | VRIJDERS Herman | Goldor - Ijsboerke | 26y + 28d |
| 24 | BUKACKI Richard | Goldor - Ijsboerke | 26y + 95d |
| 25 | EBO Franky | Siriki - Munck | 26y + 301d |
| 26 | VAN DE VIJVER Ronny | Goldor - Ijsboerke | 26y + 319d |
| 27 | MAES Marcel | Hertekamp | 27y + 251d |
| 28 | MAHIEU Pol | Novy - Dubble Bubble | 28y + 33d |
| 29 | JIMENEZ Giovanni | Hertekamp | 30y + 57d |