1939 Tour of Flanders

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1939 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Dates2 April 1939
Stages1
Distance230 km (142.9 mi)
Winning time6h 32' 00"
Results
  Winner  Karel Kaers (BEL)
  Second  Romain Maes (BEL)
  Third  Edward Vissers (BEL)
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The 23rd edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 2 April 1939.[1] Belgian Karel Kaers won the Monument. Of the 169 starting cyclists, 47 reached the finish.[2]

Route

The race started in Ghent and covered 230 km on the way to the finish in Wetteren.[3]

The course featured 3 categorized climbs:

Race report

Karel Kaers, the youngest road world champion in history, won the race unintentionally.[4] For him, the race was intended as training for Paris-Roubaix.[5] He drove to Kwaremont near Kluisbergen, parked his car and rode 40 km with his bicycle to the start in Ghent. His plan was to start the race with his usual training partner, stop the race when he got to his car and then head home. Knowing that he wasn't going to run the whole race, Kaers broke away from the peloton to train on his own, and reached Kwaremont with a one-minute lead.[6] Meanwhile, his manager had parked his car further back to force Kaers to continue. With his car gone and still feeling great, Kaers continued the race and won.[7]

General classification

Final general classification

Rank Rider Team Time
1  Karel Kaers (BEL) Alcyon–Dunlop 6h 32' 00"
2  Romain Maes (BEL) Individual + 10"
3  Edward Vissers (BEL) Alcyon–Dunlop s.t.
4  Roger van den Driessche (BEL) Essor + 1' 15"
5  Auguste Toubeau (BEL) Essor + 2' 30"
6  Frans Spiessens (BEL) Helyett–Hutchinson s.t.
7  Sylvain Grysolle (BEL) Dilecta–Wolber + 2' 40"
8  Joseph Moerenhout (BEL) Colin s.t.
9  Frans Bonduel (BEL) Dilecta–Wolber s.t.
10  Albert Hendrickx (BEL) Labor–Dunlop s.t.

Notes

  1. ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1939". FirstCycling.com. 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Cyclisme sur route - Tour des Flandres - 1939 - Résultats détaillés". les-sports.info (in French). 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "23ème Ronde van Vlaanderen 1939". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Karel Van Wijnendaele, Het rijke Vlaamsche wielerleven · dbnl". dbnl.org.
  5. ^ Cycling Weekly, UK, non-daté
  6. ^ "Sportwereld - Woensdag 5 april 1939". uurl.kbr.be (in Dutch). 5 April 1939.
  7. ^ "1939»23thRonde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres". ProcyclingStats. 24 September 2023.

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