| Race details | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1 April 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 274 km (170.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 43' 03" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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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. [1] 30 of 196 riders finished. [2]
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs:
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Fiorenzo Magni (
ITA)
|
Ganna | 7h 43' 03" |
| 2 | 
Bernard Gauthier (
FRA)
|
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 5' 35" |
| 3 |
Attilio Redolfi
[N 1] (
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" |
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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| Race details | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 1 April 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 274 km (170.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 43' 03" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
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. [1] 30 of 196 riders finished. [2]
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs:
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fiorenzo Magni (
ITA)
|
Ganna | 7h 43' 03" |
| 2 |
Bernard Gauthier (
FRA)
|
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 5' 35" |
| 3 |
Attilio Redolfi
[N 1] (
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" |
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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