1939 Tour of Flanders

1939 Tour of Flanders 2 April 1939 1 230 km 6h 32' 00" Karel Kaers BEL Romain Maes BEL Edward Vissers BEL 1938 1940 The 23rd edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 2 April 1939.24 September 2023 Ronde van Vlaanderen 1939 https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=5&y=1939 FirstCycling.com en Belgian Karel Kaers won the Monument. Of the 169 starting cyclists, 47 reached the finish.24 September 2023 Cyclisme sur route - Tour des Flandres - 1939 - Résultats détaillés https://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-sur-route-tour-des-flandres-resultats-1939-epr9587.html les-sports.info fr Route The race started in Ghent and covered 230 km on the way to the finish in Wetteren.23ème Ronde van Vlaanderen 1939 http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/cla_belgique/ronde39.php 23 September 2023 Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu fr The course featured 3 categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Race report Karel Kaers, the youngest road world champion in history, won the race unintentionally.Karel Van Wijnendaele, Het rijke Vlaamsche wielerleven · dbnl http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/wijn012rijk01_01/wijn012rijk01_01_0047.htm dbnl.org For him, the race was intended as training for Paris-Roubaix.Cycling Weekly, UK, non-daté He drove to Kwaremont near Kluisbergen, parked his car and rode 40 km with his bicycle to the start in Ghent. His plan was to start the race with his usual training partner, stop the race when he got to his car and then head home. Knowing that he wasn't going to run the whole race, Kaers broke away from the peloton to train on his own, and reached Kwaremont with a one-minute lead.5 April 1939 Sportwereld - Woensdag 5 april 1939 https://uurl.kbr.be/1421493 BelgicaPress nl nl Meanwhile, his manager had parked his car further back to force Kaers to continue. With his car gone and still feeling great, Kaers continued the race and won.24 September 2023 1939»23thRonde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen/1939/result ProcyclingStats en General classification Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time1 Karel Kaers BEL Alcyon–Dunlop 6h 32' 00"2 Romain Maes BEL Individual + 10"3 Edward Vissers BEL Alcyon–Dunlop s.t.4 Roger van den Driessche BEL Essor + 1' 15"5 Auguste Toubeau BEL Essor + 2' 30"6 Frans Spiessens BEL Helyett–Hutchinson s.t.7 Sylvain Grysolle BEL Dilecta–Wolber + 2' 40"8 Joseph Moerenhout BEL Colin s.t.9 Frans Bonduel BEL Dilecta–Wolber s.t.10 Albert Hendrickx BEL Labor–Dunlop s.t. Notes References Résultats sur siteducyclisme.net Résultats sur cyclebase.nl Résultats sur les-sports.info External links http://www.rvv.be/fr/ Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1939 in road cycling Category:1939 in Belgian sport