1951 Tour of Flanders

35th Tour of Flanders

Race details
Date		1 April 1951
Distance		274 km (170.3 mi)
Winning time		7h 43' 03" (35.508 km/h or 22.064 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	(Ganna)
	Second	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)	(Mercier–Hutchinson)
	Third	Attilio Redolfi (FRA)	(Mercier–A.Magne)

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.^[1] 30 of 196 riders finished.^[2]

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

Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	Ganna	7h 43' 03"
2	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)	Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 5' 35"
3	Attilio Redolfi [N 1] (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

1. Attilio Redolfi, born Italian, was naturalized French in 1949.^[3]

References

1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
3. "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.