Competitors without next year contract
| # | Rider | PCS Season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERCKX Eddy | 1 | |
| 2 | SWERTS Roger | 7 | |
| 3 | ZOETEMELK Joop | 10 | |
| 4 | THÉVENET Bernard | 11 | |
| 5 | HÉZARD Yves | 12 | |
| 6 | VAN IMPE Lucien | 15 | |
| 7 | MORTENSEN Leif | 18 | |
| 8 | AGOSTINHO Joaquim | 19 | |
| 9 | VAN SPRINGEL Herman | 26 | |
| 10 | DELISLE Raymond | 28 | |
| 11 | DE GEEST Willy | 31 | |
| 12 | VAN NESTE Willy | 32 | |
| 13 | KARSTENS Gerben | 40 | |
| 14 | PINTENS Georges | 47 | |
| 15 | HOBAN Barry | 63 | |
| 16 | SCHEPERS Wim | 64 | |
| 17 | JANSSENS Ward | 65 | |
| 18 | VAN SCHIL Victor | 66 | |
| 19 | DANGUILLAUME Jean-Pierre | 68 | |
| 20 | SANTY Alain | 69 | |
| 21 | BELLONE Gilbert | 70 | |
| 22 | AIMAR Lucien | 82 | |
| 23 | BOULOUX Robert | 94 | |
| 24 | VAN DER VLEUTEN Jos | 99 | |
| 25 | VAN MALDERGHEM Willy | 102 | |
| 26 | TABAK Tino | 108 | |
| 27 | VAN STAEYEN Ludo | 118 | |
| 28 | BRACKE Ferdinand | 129 | |
| 29 | SPRUYT Jos | 141 | |
| 30 | MOLLET André | 142 | |
| 31 | POPPE André | 156 | |
| 32 | DE MUYNCK Johan | 158 | |
| 33 | KUNDE Karl-Heinz | 160 | |
| 34 | CAEL Eddy | 188 | |
| 35 | PRINSEN Wim | 196 | |
| 36 | GENTY Jean-Claude | 198 | |
| 37 | DELAERE Aimé | 244 | |
| 38 | COULON Michel | 260 | |
| 39 | SANQUER Jean-Jacques | 263 | |
| 40 | WIJCKAERT Eric | 272 | |
| 41 | VAN GOIDSENHOVEN Luc | 283 | |
| 42 | PALKA Christian | 366 |