1996 Tour of Flanders

1996 Tour of Flanders Michele BARTOLI.jpg Michele Bartoli sealed the seventh Italian victory in the Tour of Flanders 265 1996 UCI Road World Cup 2 7 April 1996 1 269 km 6h 27' 00" Michele Bartoli ITA MAG 1996 Fabio Baldato ITA MAG 1996 Johan Museeuw BEL MAP 1996 1995 1997 The 80th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 7 April 1996. Italian Michele Bartoli won the monument classic ahead of Fabio Baldato and Johan Museeuw.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1996-tour-of-flanders.html 1996 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 1 June 2015 The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove). Race summary A group of 11, containing all favourites, was at the foot of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, when defending champion and race favourite Johan Museeuw had a lingering rear wheel and was distanced on the climb. Michele Bartoli attacked on the steep upper slopes of the Muur and pushed on over the Bosberg towards the finish. The stylish Italian won with a minute lead over the chase group where team mate Fabio Baldato won the sprint ahead of a returning Museeuw. Climbs There were sixteen categorized climbs: 22em Tiegemberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent Leberg Molenberg Berendries Valkenberg Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results CyclistTeamTime1Michele Bartoli ITAMAG 19966h 27' 00"2Fabio Baldato ITAMAG 1996 + 55"3Johan Museeuw BELMAP 1996s.t.4Viatcheslav Ekimov RUSRAB 1996s.t.5Fabiano Fontanelli ITAMAG 1996s.t.6Andrei Tchmil UKRLOT 1996s.t.7Laurent Brochard FRAFES 1996s.t.8Alexander Gontchenkov UKRROS 1996s.t.9Rolf Sörensen DENRAB 1996s.t.10Peter Van Petegem BELTVM 1996s.t. External links Recap of the 1996 Tour of Flanders (Flemish television) https://web.archive.org/web/20150930004815/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.992920 2015-09-30 References 1996 Category:1996 in Belgian sport Category:1996 UCI Road World Cup Category:April 1996 sports events in Europe