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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:

Results

Result
Rank Rider Team Time
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

  1. ^ Attilio Redolfi, born Italian, was naturalized French in 1949.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
  2. ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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