1949 Tour of Flanders

33rd Tour of Flanders
Race details
Dates	10 April 1949
Stages	1
Distance	260 km (161.6 mi)
Winning time	7h 21' 00"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	← 1948 1950 →

The 33rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 10 April 1949. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race in an 18-man sprint before Belgians Valère Ollivier and Briek Schotte. Magni was the second non-Belgian rider to win the Tour of Flanders, as well as the first Italian.^[1] 52 of 225 riders finished.^[2]

Route[]

The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 260 km. The course featured three categorized climbs:

Results[]

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)	Ganna	7h 21' 00"
2	Valère Ollivier (BEL)	Bertin–Wolber	s.t.
3	Briek Schotte (BEL)	Alcyon–Dunlop	s.t.
4	Ernest Sterckx (BEL)	Alcyon–Dunlop	s.t.
5	Raymond Impanis (BEL)	Alcyon–Dunlop	s.t.
6	André Declerck (BEL)	Bertin–Wolber	s.t.
7	Louis Caput (FRA)	Olympia–Dunlop	s.t.
8	Lode Anthonis (BEL)	Erka	s.t.
9	Maurice Diot (FRA)	Mercier–Hutchinson	s.t.
10	(BEL)	Starnord–Wolber	s.t.

References[]

^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 100
^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1949 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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[Vanwalleghem_p_100-1] Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 100

[2] McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1949 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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