1953 Tour of Flanders

37th Tour of Flanders

Race details
Date		5 April 1953
Distance		253 km (157.2 mi)
Winning time		7h 19' (34.578 km/h or 21.486 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Wim van Est (NED)	(Garin)
	Second	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)	(Garin)
	Third	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)	(Mercier–Hutchinson)

The 37th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1953. Dutch rider Wim van Est won the race in a tw-man sprint with Désiré Keteleer in Wetteren.^[1] 44 of 213 riders finished.^[2]

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 253 km. The course featured five categorized climbs:

• Kluisberg
• Kwaremont
• Kruisberg
• Edelareberg
• Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen)

Results

Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wim van Est (NED)	Garin	7h 19' 00"
2	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)	Garin	s.t.
3	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)	Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 45"
4	Louison Bobet (FRA)	Stella–Wolber–Dunlop	+ 1' 40"
5	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	s.t.
6	Attilio Redolfi (FRA)	Mercier–Leducq	+ 2' 40"
7	Jacques Dupont (FRA)	Dilecta–Wolber–Bouvet	+ 4' 48"
8	Hilaire Couvreur (BEL)	Terrot–Hutchinson	+ 5' 50"
9	Stanislas Bober (FRA)	Alcyon–Dunlop	+ 5' 54"
10	Valère Ollivier (BEL)	Bertin–d'Alessandro	+ 6' 10"

References

1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 108
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1953 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.