34th Tour of Flanders | |
Date: | 2 April 1950 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 275 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 8h 15' |
Speed: | 33.333 |
Organizer: | Het Nieuwsblad |
First: | Fiorenzo Magni |
First Nat: | ITA |
First Team: | Ganna |
Second: | Briek Schotte |
Second Nat: | BEL |
Second Team: | Alcyon–Dunlop |
Third: | Louis Caput |
Third Nat: | FRA |
Third Team: | Olympia–Dunlop |
Previous: | 1949 |
Next: | 1951 |
The 34th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 2 April 1950. Italian Fiorenzo Magni won the race with a two-minute lead over Briek Schotte. Frenchman Louis Caput was third at more than nine minutes. It was Magni's second consecutive victory in the Tour of Flanders.[1] 21 of 220 riders finished.[2]
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 275 km. The course featured five categorized climbs:
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