1951 Tour of Flanders
Cycling race
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Dates | 1 April 1951 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 274 km (170.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 7h 43' 03" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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← 1950 1952 → |
The 35th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1951. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race with a five-and-a-half minute lead over Frenchman Bernard Gauthier. It was Magni's third consecutive victory in the Tour of Flanders; the first and to date only rider to achieve this feat.[1] 30 of 196 riders finished.[2]
Route
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs:
- Kwaremont
- Kruisberg
- Edelareberg
- Muur van Geraardsbergen
Results
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | Ganna | 7h 43' 03" |
2 | Bernard Gauthier (FRA) | Mercier–Hutchinson | + 5' 35" |
3 | Attilio Redolfi [N 1] (FRA) | Mercier–A.Magne | + 10' 32" |
4 | Loretto Petrucci (ITA) | Taurea | s.t. |
5 | Jean Baldassari (FRA) | Mercier–Le Greves | + 11' 50" |
6 | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) | Mercier–Hutchinson | + 12' 30" |
7 | Raymond Impanis (BEL) | Alcyon–Dunlop | + 14' 06" |
8 | André Pieters (BEL) | Devos Sport | + 15' 30" |
9 | André Declerck (BEL) | Bertin | + 15' 50" |
10 | Valère Ollivier (BEL) | Mercier–Hutchinson | + 18' 05" |
Notes
- ^ Attilio Redolfi, born Italian, was naturalized French in 1949.[3]
References
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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