1990 Tour of Flanders

74rd Tour of Flanders
Race details
1990 UCI Road World Cup, race 2
Date		1 April 1990
Distance		262 km (162.8 mi)
Winning time		6h 47' 25" (39.026 km/h or 24.250 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Moreno Argentin (ITA)	(Ariostea)
	Second	Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)	(PDM–Concorde)
	Third	John Talen (NED)	(Panasonic–Sportlife)

The 74rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1990. Italian Moreno Argentin won the race in a two-man sprint with Rudy Dhaenens. 102 of 194 riders finished the race.^[1]^[2]

Race report

The race was run in exceptionally warm and sunny April weather. Italian Fabio Roscioli was the last survivor of an early breakaway, but was caught by a seven-man group on the Eikenberg. 30 from the finish, Laurent Fignon and Per Pedersen broke away from the group, but were counterattacked and dropped by Moreno Argentin and Rudy Dhaenens. Argentin, a four-time winner of Liège–Bastogne–Liège easily won the two-man sprint. ^[1]

Route

The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 262 km.
The course featured 13 categorized climbs:

Kouterberg
Eikenberg
Varent
Leberg
Molenberg

Results

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Moreno Argentin (ITA)	Ariostea	6h 47' 25"
2	Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)	PDM–Concorde	s.t.
3	John Talen (NED)	Panasonic–Sportlife	+ 11"
4	Carlo Bomans (BEL)	Weinmann	s.t.
5	Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)	Del Tongo	+ 14"
6	Jan Schur (GDR)	Chateau d'Ax	+ 23"
7	Niki Rüttimann (SUI)	Helvetia–Fichtel & Sachs	s.t.
8	Claude Criquielion (BEL)	Lotto–Superclub	+ 37"
9	Jean-Claude Colotti (FRA)	RMO	s.t.
10	Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)	Del Tongo	s.t.

External links

Video of the 1990 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch)

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 212
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1990 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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