1959 Tour of Flanders

43rd Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		30 March 1959
Distance		242 km (150.4 mi)
Winning time		6h 14' (38.82 km/h or 24.12 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	(Faema–Guerra)
	Second	Frans Schoubben (BEL)	(Peugeot–BP–Dunlop)
	Third	Gilbert Desmet (BEL)	(Faema–Guerra)

The 43rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 30 March 1959. Belgian Rik Van Looy won the race in a three-man sprint with Frans Schoubben and Gilbert Desmet.^[1] 58 of 143 riders finished.^[2]

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – covering 242 km. The course featured five categorized climbs:^[1]

Kwaremont
Kruisberg
Statieberg
Valkenberg
Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen)

Results

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Faema–Guerra	6h 14' 00"
2	Frans Schoubben (BEL)	Peugeot–BP–Dunlop	s.t.
3	Gilbert Desmet (BEL)	Faema–Guerra	+ 3"
4	Arthur Decabooter (BEL)	Groene Leeuw–Sas-Sinalco	+ 10"
5	Jaap Kersten (NED)	Magneet–Vredestein	s.t.
6	Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL)	Faema–Guerra	s.t.
7	Jean-Claude Annaert (FRA)	Rapha–Gem–Dunlop	s.t.
8	Norbert Vantieghem (BEL)	Flandria–Dr.Mann	s.t.
9	Seamus Elliot (IRL)	Helyett–Leroux–Fynsec–Hutchinson	s.t.
10	Henri Denijs (BEL)	Groene Leeuw–Sas-Sinalco	s.t.

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 124
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1959 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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