1950 Tour of Flanders
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| Dates | 2 April 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 275 km (170.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8h 15' | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 34th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 2 April 1950. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race with a two-minute lead over Briek Schotte. Frenchman Louis Caput was third at more than nine minutes. It was Magni's second consecutive victory in the Tour of Flanders.[1] 21 of 220 riders finished.[2]
Route
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 275 km. The course featured five categorized climbs:
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) |
Ganna | 8h 15' 00" |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Briek Schotte (BEL) |
Alcyon–Dunlop | + 2' 10" |
| 3 |  Louis Caput (FRA) |
Olympia–Dunlop | + 9' 20" |
| 4 | Maurice Diot (FRA) |
Mercier–Hutchinson | s.t. |
| 5 | André Maelbrancke (BEL) |
Star Nord | s.t. |
| 6 | Eugène van Roosbroeck (BEL) |
Alcyon–Dunlop | s.t. |
| 7 | Valère Ollivier (BEL) |
Bertin–Wolber | + 12' 15" |
| 8 | Roger Gyselinck (BEL) |
Groene Leeuw | s.t. |
| 9 | Basiel Wambeke (BEL) |
Condor | + 13' 15" |
| 10 | César Marcelak (FRA) |
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 15' 10" |
References
- ↑ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 100
- ↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1950 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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