1989 Tour of Flanders

73rd Tour of Flanders 1989 UCI Road World Cup 2 12 2 April 1989 1 264 km 7h 01' 00" Edwig Van Hooydonck BEL Superconfex Herman Frison BEL Histor–Sigma Dag-Otto Lauritzen NOR 7-Eleven–American Airlines 1988 1990 The 73rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on 2 April 1989. It was won by Edwig Van Hooydonck after a 12-kilometer solo. 77 of 177 riders finished the race.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 210McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1989-tour-of-flanders.html 1989 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Race report A group of seven with Edwig Van Hooydonck, Dag-Otto Lauritzen and Rolf Sørensen makes the decisive breakaway on the Berendries, 30 km from the finish. Lauritzen tries to go solo, but is caught by Van Hooydonck, who places a fierce attack on the Bosberg, 12 km from the finish, and maintains his effort to the line. Herman Frison wins the sprint for second before Lauritzen. At 22, Van Hooydonck becomes the youngest post-War winner of the Tour of Flanders.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 205-211 Route The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 264 km. The course featured 12 categorized climbs: Molenberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Berg ten Houte Eikenberg Varent Leberg Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results 1 Edwig Van Hooydonck BEL Superconfex–Yoko 7h 01' 28" 2 Herman Frison BEL Histor–Sigma + 22" 3 Dag-Otto Lauritzen NOR 7-Eleven–American Airlines s.t. 4 Rolf Sørensen DEN Ariostea s.t. 5 Mathieu Hermans NED Caja Rural s.t. 6 Marc Sergeant BEL Hitachi s.t. 7 Allan Peiper AUS Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 Dirk De Wolf BEL Hitachi + 1' 45" 9 Johan Lammerts NED ADR–Santini s.t. 10 Steve Bauer CAN Helvetia–La Suisse + 1' 53" External links Video of the 1989 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160315060947/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.515322 2016-03-15 on Sporza (in Dutch) References 1989 Category:1989 in Belgian sport Category:1989 UCI Road World Cup Category:April 1989 sports events in Europe