1913 Tour of Flanders

1913 Tour of Flanders 25 May 1913 1 324 km 12h 03' 10" Paul Deman BEL Automoto Joseph Van Daele BEL JB Louvet Victor Doms fr BEL Automoto 1914 The first edition of the Tour of Flanders, a cycling race in Belgium, was held on 25 May 1913. Paul Deman won the event in a five-man sprint before Joseph Van Daele and Victor Doms.http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1913-tour-of-flanders.html A Belgian Monument is Born Barry Boyce Cycling Revealed McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 1 April 2013 The event was created by sports journalist Karel Van Wijnendaele and organized by sports newspaper Sportwereld. The event started in Ghent and finished in Mariakerke, on the outskirts of Ghent, covering a distance of 324 km 1 off. It finished on the velodrome of Mariakerke, a wooden track built around a pond, with four final laps before the official finish. 37 riders started the race, there were 16 classified finishers. Route The race started in Ghent, East Flanders, before heading eastward to Sint-Niklaas and making a clockwise circle along Aalst, Oudenaarde, Kortrijk and Veurne. Subsequently, the course followed the North Seashore until Ostend and headed east via Roeselare back to Ghent. With this route, the race addressed all the major cities of the two western provinces of Flanders.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 16 With a total distance of 324 km 1 off, it was the event's longest edition ever.Bouvet, Philippe, e.a.(2007), De klassiekers, Atrium, Belgium, 978-90811691-10, p92 There were no categorized climbs. thumb|right|Paul Deman (pictured at the 1913 Tour de France) won the inaugural Tour of Flanders. Results CyclistTeamTime 1Paul Deman BELAutomoto 12h 03' 10" 2Joseph Van Daele BELJ.B.Louvet s.t. 3Victor Doms fr BELAutomoto s.t. 4August Dierickx BEL s.t. 5Arthur Maertens BELLa Française s.t. 6Jan Van Ingelghem BELPeugeot-Wolber + 1' 00" 7Achille Depauw BELLiberator-Hutchinson + 1' 00" 8Auguste Benoît it BELLa Française + 6' 50" 9Adrien Kranskens BEL + 17' 50" 10Hector Billiet BEL + 17' 50" References External links https://www.rondevanvlaanderen.be/en Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1913 in road cycling Category:1913 in Belgian sport Category:May 1913 sports events in Europe