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35th Tour of Flanders

Race details
Dates	1 April 1951
Stages	1
Distance	274 km (170.3 mi)
Winning time	7h 43' 03"
Results
Winner  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (Ganna)   Second  Bernard Gauthier (FRA) (Mercier–Hutchinson)   Third  Attilio Redolfi (FRA) (Mercier–A.Magne)
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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. 30 of 196 riders finished.

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  (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.

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.

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