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]
Route
The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 274 km. The course featured four categorized climbs:
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
|
Ganna | 7h 43' 03" |
| 2 |  Bernard Gauthier (FRA)
|
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 5' 35" |
| 3 | Attilio Redolfi [N 1] (FRA)
|
Mercier–A.Magne | + 10' 32" |
| 4 | Loretto Petrucci (ITA)
|
Taurea | s.t. |
| 5 | Jean Baldassari (FRA)
|
Mercier–Le Greves | + 11' 50" |
| 6 |  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
|
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 12' 30" |
| 7 | Raymond Impanis (BEL)
|
Alcyon–Dunlop | + 14' 06" |
| 8 | André Pieters (BEL)
|
Devos Sport | + 15' 30" |
| 9 | André Declerck (BEL)
|
Bertin | + 15' 50" |
| 10 | Valère Ollivier (BEL)
|
Mercier–Hutchinson | + 18' 05" |
Notes
References
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1951 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Atillio Redolfi". siteducyclisme.net. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
