1951 Tour of Flanders

35th Tour of Flanders 1951_Tour_of_Flanders.png Event poster 1 April 1951 1 274 km 7h 43' 03" Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna Bernard Gauthier FRA Mercier–Hutchinson Attilio Redolfi FRA Mercier–A.Magne 1950 1952 The 35th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1951. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race with a five-and-a-half minute lead over Frenchman Bernard Gauthier. It was Magni's third consecutive victory in the Tour of Flanders; the first and to date only rider to achieve this feat.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 104 30 of 196 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1951-tour-of-flanders.html 1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Muur van Geraardsbergen Results 1 Fiorenzo Magni ITA Ganna 7h 43' 03" 2 Bernard Gauthier FRA Mercier–Hutchinson + 5' 35" 3 Attilio Redolfi N Attilio Redolfi, born Italian, was naturalized French in 1949.Atillio Redolfi http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4365 siteducyclisme.net 3 March 2016 FRA Mercier–A.Magne + 10' 32" 4 Loretto Petrucci ITA Taurea s.t. 5 Jean Baldassari FRA Mercier–Le Greves + 11' 50" 6 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Mercier–Hutchinson + 12' 30" 7 Raymond Impanis BEL Alcyon–Dunlop + 14' 06" 8 André Pieters BEL Devos Sport + 15' 30" 9 André Declerck BEL Bertin + 15' 50" 10 Valère Ollivier BEL Mercier–Hutchinson + 18' 05" Notes N References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders