1971 Tour of Flanders

1971 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		4 April 1971
Distance		268 km (166.5 mi)
Winning time		6h 12' (43.226 km/h or 26.859 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Evert Dolman (NED)	(Flandria-Mars)
	Second	Frans Kerremans (BEL)	(Hertekamp - Magniflex - Novy)
	Third	Cyrille Guimard (FRA)	(Fagor - Mercier - Hutchinson)

The 55th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 4 April 1971, won by Dutchman Evert Dolman. The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge, over a 268 km course. The race was considered one of the weakest editions of the Tour of Flanders ever, causing organizers to restyle the route in subsequent years.^[1]^[2]

Course

Eddy Merckx tried to break clear on the Kwaremont and the Muur, but was unable to make a decisive move. At 15 km from the finish, a group of 15 relative outsiders was formed. Evert Dolman, practically unknown, made an ultimate attack and finished two seconds ahead of the group. Frans Kerremans won the sprint for second place ahead of Cyrille Guimard.^[1]

Climbs

There were eight categorized climbs:

Kwaremont
Kruisberg
Edelareberg
Stokstraat

Muur
Bosberg
Valkenberg
Berg Hostellerie

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Evert Dolman (NED)	Bic	6h 12'
2	Frans Kerremans (BEL)	Hertekamp - Magniflex - Novy	+ 2"
3	Cyrille Guimard (FRA)	Fagor - Mercier - Hutchinson	s.t.
4	Georges Van Coningsloo (BEL)	Molteni	s.t.
5	Frans Mintjens (BEL)	Molteni	s.t.
6	Jan Janssen (NED)	Bic	s.t.
7	Jan Krekels (NED)	Goudsmit-Hoff	s.t.
8	Tony Houbrechts (BEL)	Salvarani	s.t.
9	Ole Ritter (DEN)	Dreher	s.t.
10	Frans Maes (BEL)	Goldor	s.t.

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p164
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1971 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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