1914 Tour of Flanders

2nd Tour of Flanders Marcel Buysse 1913.jpg Marcel Buysse, winner of the second Tour of Flanders in 1914 240 22 March 1914 1 280 km 10h 20' Marcel Buysse BEL Alcyon-Soly Henri Van Lerberghe BEL Liberator Pierre Van De Velde fr BEL Flandria–Carpenter 1913 1919 The second running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday, 22 March 1914. Belgian Marcel Buysse won the race in a sprint of a seven-strong group on the velodrome of Evergem, part of Ghent.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 16 19 of 47 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1914-tour-of-flanders.html 1914 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 5 March 2016 The race started and finished in Ghent. Route The race started in Ghent, East Flanders, before heading eastward to Sint-Niklaas and making a clockwise circle along Aalst, Oudenaarde, Kortrijk, Veurne and Roeselare. The race finished back in Ghent – for a total distance of 280 km. With this route, the race addressed all the major cities of the two western provinces of Flanders. The course was similar to the previous edition's, but organizers had cancelled the leg to the coast in order to scale down the distance to 284 km.Bouvet, Philippe, e.a.(2007), De klassiekers, Atrium, Belgium, 978-90811691-10, p92 There were no categorized climbs. Race summary Henri Van Lerberghe was caught by nine riders after a long solo breakaway. Despite late breakaway attempts by Marcel Buysse, Van Lerberghe and Vandevelde, the race ended in a sprint on the wooden outdoor velodrome of Evergem. Van Lerberghe went high in the bend and Buysse, an experienced track rider, dove in the gap and powered on to victory. Background The stars of Belgian cycling at the time – notably Cyrille Van Hauwaert, Odile Defraye, Louis Mottiat and Jules Masselis – did not participate in the event, because their French teams had forbidden Belgian riders to enter.Vanwalleghem, Rik, Het Wonder van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-09-X, p65-66 However, there were hints of the growing status of the race as a symbol of Flemish nationalism and Marcel Buysse, one of Flanders' cycling icons in the early 20th century, had promised organizers he would start. Buysse insisted on entering the race, against the instructions of his Alcyon team, and won the second edition, much to the content of fans and organizers.Schroeders, Fer (1999), Les Classiques du 20ème Siècle, De Eeclonaar, Belgium, 90-74128-58-0, p147 It was the last Tour of Flanders before the race was suspended for five years because of World War I. As from 1919 the event has been organized without interruptions.Vanwalleghem, Rik (2003), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lannoo, Belgium, 90-20951-37-8, p54 Results 1 Marcel Buysse BEL Alcyon-Soly 10h 20' 00" 2 Henri Van Lerberghe BEL Liberator s.t. 3 Pierre Van De Velde fr BEL - s.t. 4 Aloïs Persyn fr BEL - s.t. 5 Achille Depauw BEL - s.t. 6 August Dierickx BEL - s.t. 7 Georges Monseur BEL La Française-Hutchinson s.t. 8 Alfons Spiessens BEL J.B.Louvet-Continental s.t. 9 Auguste Benoît it BEL J.B.Louvet-Continental + 2' 00" 10 Julien Tuytten BEL - + 8' 00" References Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1914 in road cycling Tour of Flanders Category:Sports competitions in Ghent Category:March 1914 sports events in Europe Category:20th century in Ghent