1949 Tour of Flanders

33rd Tour of Flanders 10 April 1949 1 260 km 7h 21' 00" Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna Valère Ollivier BEL Bertin–Wolber Briek Schotte BEL Alcyon–Dunlop 1948 1950 The 33rd edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic took place on Sunday, 10 April 1949. Italian cyclist Fiorenzo Magni emerged victorious in a sprint finish involving 18 riders, with Belgians Valère Ollivier and Briek Schotte securing second and third place, respectively. Magni's victory marked the second time a non-Belgian rider had won the Tour of Flanders and also established him as the first Italian to achieve this feat.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 100 Out of the 225 participating riders, 52 successfully completed the race.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1949-tour-of-flanders.html 1949 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 260 km. The course featured three categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Results 1 Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna 7h 21' 00" 2 Valère Ollivier BEL Bertin–Wolber s.t. 3 Briek Schotte BEL Alcyon–Dunlop s.t. 4 Ernest Sterckx BEL Alcyon–Dunlop s.t. 5 Raymond Impanis BEL Alcyon–Dunlop s.t. 6 André Declerck BEL Bertin–Wolber s.t. 7 Louis Caput FRA Olympia–Dunlop s.t. 8 Lode Anthonis BEL Erka s.t. 9 Maurice Diot FRA Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Martin van den Broeck BEL Starnord–Wolber s.t. References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders