1987 Tour of Flanders

71st Tour of Flanders 5 April 1987 1 274 km 7h 15' 30" Claude Criquielion BEL Hitachi Sean Kelly IRL KAS Eric Vanderaerden BEL Panasonic 1986 1988 The 71st running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race was held on 5 April 1987. It was won by Claude Criquielion after a 10 km solo breakaway. 88 of 233 starters finished the race.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p206McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1987-tour-of-flanders.html 1987 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Race report Danish rider Jesper Skibby was in the early breakaway, before going solo. On the slippery cobbles of the Koppenberg, he fell onto the road banking and was subsequently run over by an official's car. After the Koppenberg, a group of ten riders, containing most favourites, broke clear. Claude Criquielion broke away from the elite group just after the Bosberg, the last climb of the day, and powered on to the finish. Sean Kelly won the sprint for second place before Eric Vanderaerden. Criquielion was the first French-speaking Belgian rider to win the Tour of Flanders and the only one until Philippe Gilbert won the 2017 Tour of Flanders. Route The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 275 km. The course featured 13 categorized climbs: 22em Molenberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Koppenberg Taaienberg Berg ten Houte Eikenberg Varent Keiweg-Leberg Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Pollareberg Results 1 Claude Criquielion BEL Hitachi 7h 15' 30" 2 Sean Kelly IRL KAS + 1' 00" 3 Eric Vanderaerden BEL Panasonic s.t. 4 Steve Bauer CAN Toshiba–La Vie Claire s.t. 5 Marc Sergeant BEL LTS 1987a s.t. 6 Steven Rooks NED PDM s.t. 7 Ronny Van Holen BEL Lucas–Mullers s.t. 8 Adrie van der Poel NED PDM s.t. 9 Ludo Peeters BEL Superconfex s.t. 10 Allan Peiper AUS Panasonic s.t. External links Video of the 1987 Tour of FlandersJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes on Sporza (in Dutch) References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1987 Super Prestige Pernod International