1963 Tour of Flanders

47th Tour of Flanders 31 March 1963 1 249 km 6h 08' Noël Foré BEL Flandria–Faema Frans Melckenbeeck BEL Mercier–Hutchinson Tom Simpson GBR Peugeot–BP–Englebert 1962 1964 The 47th Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 31 March 1963. It was won by Belgian Noël Foré in a three-man sprint with Frans Melckenbeeck and Tom Simpson.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 140 Foré set a new record speed average of 40.683 kph on. 35 of 127 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1963-tour-of-flanders.html 1963 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 5 March 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 249 km on. There were six categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Valkenberg Kasteelstraat Grotenberge Results 1 Noël Foré BEL Flandria–Faema 6h 08' 00" 2 Frans Melckenbeeck BEL Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 3 Tom Simpson GBR Peugeot–BP–Englebert s.t. 4 Willy Vannitsen BEL Peugeot–BP–Englebert + 36" 5 Jos Wouters BEL Solo–Terrot s.t. 6 Rik Van Looy BEL GBC–Libertas s.t. 7 Michel Van Aerde BEL Solo–Terrot s.t. 8 Emile Daems BEL Peugeot–BP–Englebert s.t. 9 Raymond Poulidor FRA Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Jo de Roo NED Saint-Raphael–Gitane–Hutchinson s.t. References External links Video of the 1963 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20150930001833/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.1260797 2015-09-30 on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1963 in road cycling Category:1963 in Belgian sport Category:1963 Super Prestige Pernod