1986 Tour of Flanders

6 April 1986 1 275 km 7h 10' 50" Adrie van der Poel NED Kwantum Hallen-Decosol Sean Kelly IRL KAS Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande BEL Hitachi-Marc-Splendor 1985 1987 The 70th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race was held on 6 April 1986. It was won by Dutch rider Adrie van der Poel in a four-man sprint before Ireland's Sean Kelly.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p204McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1986-tour-of-flanders.html 1986 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Race summary A breakaway of ten riders was formed after the Koppenberg, from which Belgian Eddy Planckaert and Canadian Steve Bauer broke clear at 30 km from the finish. Bauer dropped Planckaert on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, but was joined by Sean Kelly, Adrie van der Poel and Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande at 7 km from the finish. In a four-man sprint, Dutchman van der Poel surprisingly beat Kelly. Vandenbrande was third, Bauer – the first Canadian cyclist in the top-10 – fourth. Route The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 274 km. The course featured 12 categorized climbs: 22em Molenberg Oude Kwaremont Koppenberg Taaienberg Berg ten Houte Eikenberg Varent Keiweg-Leberg Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Pollareberg Results CyclistTeamTime 1 NED Adrie van der Poel Kwantum Hallen-Decosol 7 h 10 min 50 s 2 IRL Seán Kelly KAS s.t. 3 BEL Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande Hitachi-Marc-Splendor s.t. 4 CAN Steve Bauer La Vie Claire s.t. 5 BEL Ronny Van Holen LTS 1986a + 30" 6 BEL Fons de Wolf Skala-Skil s.t. 7 ITA Bruno Leali Carrera-Inoxpran s.t. 8 BEL Claude Criquielion Hitachi-Marc-Splendor s.t. 9 FRA Yvon Madiot Système U s.t. 10 BEL Eric Vanderaerden Panasonic + 1' 00" External links Video of the 1986 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160315055655/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.993767 2016-03-15 on Sporza (in Dutch) References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1986 Super Prestige Pernod International