1953 Tour of Flanders

The 37th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1953. Dutch rider Wim van Est won the race in a tw-man sprint with Désiré Keteleer in Wetteren.[1] 44 of 213 riders finished.[2]

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 253 km. The course featured five categorized climbs:

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wim van Est (NED)	Garin	7h 19' 00"
2	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)	Garin	s.t.
3	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)	Mercier–Hutchinson	+ 45"
4	Louison Bobet (FRA)	Stella–Wolber–Dunlop	+ 1' 40"
5	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	s.t.
6	Attilio Redolfi (FRA)	Mercier–Leducq	+ 2' 40"
7	Jacques Dupont (FRA)	Dilecta–Wolber–Bouvet	+ 4' 48"
8	Hilaire Couvreur (BEL)	Terrot–Hutchinson	+ 5' 50"
9	Stanislas Bober (FRA)	Alcyon–Dunlop	+ 5' 54"
10	Valère Ollivier (BEL)	Bertin–d'Alessandro	+ 6' 10"

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Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 108
McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1953 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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