35th Tour of Flanders | |
Date: | 1 April 1951 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 274 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 7h 43' 03" |
Speed: | 35.508 |
Organizer: | Het Nieuwsblad |
First: | Fiorenzo Magni |
First Nat: | ITA |
First Team: | Ganna |
Second: | Bernard Gauthier |
Second Nat: | FRA |
Second Team: | Mercier–Hutchinson |
Third: | Attilio Redolfi |
Third Nat: | FRA |
Third Team: | Mercier–A.Magne |
Previous: | 1950 |
Next: | 1952 |
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: