1987 Tour of Flanders

71st Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		5 April 1987
Distance		274 km (170.3 mi)
Winning time		7h 15' 30" (37.793 km/h or 23.483 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Claude Criquielion (BEL)	(Hitachi)
	Second	Sean Kelly (IRL)	(KAS)
	Third	Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)	(Panasonic)

The 71st running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race was held on 5 April 1987. It was won by Claude Criquielion after a 10 km solo breakaway. 88 of 233 starters finished the race.^[1]^[2]

Race report

Danish rider Jesper Skibby was in the early breakaway, before going solo. On the slippery cobbles of the Koppenberg, he fell onto the road banking and was subsequently run over by an official's car. After the Koppenberg, a group of ten riders, containing most favourites, broke clear. Claude Criquielion, broke away from the elite group just after the Bosberg, the last climb of the day, and powered on to the finish. Sean Kelly won the sprint for second place before Eric Vanderaerden. Criquielion was the first and to date only French-speaking Belgian to win the Tour of Flanders. ^[1]

Route

The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 275 km. The course featured 13 categorized climbs:

Results

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Claude Criquielion (BEL)	Hitachi	7h 15' 30"
2	Sean Kelly (IRL)	KAS	+ 1' 00"
3	Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)	Panasonic	s.t.
4	Steve Bauer (CAN)	Toshiba–La Vie Claire	s.t.
5	Marc Sergeant (BEL)	Lotto–Merckx	s.t.
6	Steven Rooks (NED)	PDM	s.t.
7	Ronny Van Holen (BEL)	Lucas–Mullers	s.t.
8	Adrie van der Poel (NED)	PDM	s.t.
9	Ludo Peeters (BEL)	Superconfex	s.t.
10	Allan Peiper (AUS)	Panasonic	s.t.

External links

Video of the 1987 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch)

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p206
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1987 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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