1953 Tour of Flanders

37th Tour of Flanders 5 April 1953 1 253 km 7h 19' Wim van Est NED Garin Désiré Keteleer BEL Garin Bernard Gauthier FRA Mercier–Hutchinson 1952 1954 The 37th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1953. Dutch rider Wim van Est won the race in a two-man sprint with Désiré Keteleer in Wetteren.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 108 44 of 213 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1953-tour-of-flanders.html 1953 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 253 km. The course featured five categorized climbs: Kluisberg Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen) Results 1 Wim van Est NED Garin 7h 19' 00" 2 Désiré Keteleer BEL Garin s.t. 3 Bernard Gauthier FRA Mercier–Hutchinson + 45" 4 Louison Bobet FRA Stella–Wolber–Dunlop + 1' 40" 5 Loretto Petrucci ITA Bianchi–Pirelli s.t. 6 Attilio Redolfi FRA Mercier–Leducq + 2' 40" 7 Jacques Dupont FRA Dilecta–Wolber–Bouvet + 4' 48" 8 Hilaire Couvreur BEL Terrot–Hutchinson + 5' 50" 9 Stanislas Bober FRA Alcyon–Dunlop + 5' 54" 10 Valère Ollivier BEL Bertin–d'Alessandro + 6' 10" References 1953 Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders