1957 Tour of Flanders

April 2021 41st Tour of Flanders 31 March 1957 1 242 km 5h 58' Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi Jozef Planckaert BEL Peugeot–BP Norbert Kerckhove BEL Faema–Guerra 1956 1958 The 41st running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 31 March 1957. Belgian rider Fred De Bruyne won the race in the sprint of a ten-man group in Wetteren.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p. 120 85 of the 174 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1957-tour-of-flanders.html 1957 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Ark. 5 March 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – covering 242 km. The course featured four categorized climbs: Kwaremont Statieberg Berg Ten Stene Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen) Results 1 Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi 5h 58' 00" 2 Jef Planckaert BEL Peugeot–BP s.t. 3 Norbert Kerckhove BEL Bertin s.t. 4 Nicolas Barone FRA Saint Raphael–Geminiani–Quinquina s.t. 5 Yvo Molenaers BEL Plume Sport s.t. 6 Gastone Nencini ITA Leo–Chlorodont s.t. 7 Seamus Elliot IRL Helyett–Potin s.t. 8 Frans Schoubben BEL Peugeot–BP s.t. 9 Agostino Coletto ITA Carpano–Coppi s.t. 10 Désiré Keteleer BEL Carpano–Coppi s.t. References 1957 Category:1957 in road cycling Category:1957 in Belgian sport Category:1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Category:March 1957 sports events in Europe