The 65th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1981. Dutch rider Hennie Kuiper claimed a solo victory ahead of his fellow Dutchmen Frits Pirard and Jan Raas.[1][2] 45 of 184 riders finished.[3]
Route
The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were 11 categorized climbs:[1]
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hennie Kuiper (NED)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | 6h 32' 37" |
| 2 | Frits Pirard (NED)
|
Boule d'Or–Sunair–Colnago | + 1' 03" |
| 3 | Jan Raas (NED)
|
TI–Raleigh–Creda | + 1' 06" |
| 4 |  Jacques Bossis (FRA)
|
Peugeot–Esso–Michelin | s.t. |
| 5 |  Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
|
La Redoute–Motobecane | s.t. |
| 6 | Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | + 1' 13" |
| 7 | Fons De Wolf (BEL)
|
Vermeer Thijs–Mimo Salons–Gios | s.t. |
| 8 |  Sean Kelly (IRL)
|
Splendor–Wickes | s.t. |
| 9 |  Stefan Mutter (SUI)
|
Cilo–Aufina | s.t. |
| 10 | Daniel Willems (BEL)
|
Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata | s.t. |
References
- ^ a b Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 182
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1981". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1981 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
External links
- Video of the 1981 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)
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