1981 Tour of Flanders

65th Tour of Flanders 5 April 1981 1 267 km 6h 32' 37" Hennie Kuiper NED Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle Frits Pirard NED Boule d'Or–Sunair–Colnago Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh–Creda 1980 1982 The 65th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1981. Dutch rider Hennie Kuiper claimed a solo victory ahead of his fellow Dutchmen Frits Pirard and Jan Raas.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 182Ronde van Vlaanderen 1981 http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7927 siteducyclisme.net 7 March 2016 French 45 of 184 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1981-tour-of-flanders.html 1981 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 7 March 2016 Route The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were 11 categorized climbs: Oude Kwaremont Koppenberg Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent Steenberg Pijpketel Muur van Geraardsbergen Bosberg Nellekensberg Results 1 Hennie Kuiper NED Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle 6h 32' 37" 2 Frits Pirard NED Boule d'Or–Sunair–Colnago + 1' 03" 3 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh–Creda + 1' 06" 4 Jacques Bossis FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke BEL La Redoute–Motobecane s.t. 6 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle + 1' 13" 7 Fons De Wolf BEL Vermeer Thijs–Mimo Salons–Gios s.t. 8 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor–Wickes s.t. 9 Stefan Mutter SUI Cilo–Aufina s.t. 10 Daniel Willems BEL Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata s.t. References External links Video of the 1981 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20150930022144/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.1244587 2015-09-30 on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Flanders, Tour of