7th Tour of Flanders | |
Date: | 18 March 1923 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 243 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 9h 16' 15" |
Speed: | 26.21 |
Organizer: | Sportwereld |
First: | Heiri Suter |
First Nat: | SUI |
First Team: | Gurtner–Hutchinson |
Second: | Charles Deruyter |
Second Nat: | BEL |
Second Team: | Gurtner–Hutchinson |
Third: | Albert Dejonghe |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Third Team: | La Française |
Previous: | 1922 |
Next: | 1924 |
The seventh running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 18 March 1923. Swiss rider Heiri Suter won the race in a three-man sprint with Belgians Charles Deruyter and Albert Dejonghe.[1] Suter became the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders. 43 of 86 riders finished.[2]
The race started and finished in Ghent – totaling 243 km. The course featured two categorized climbs:[1]