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1953 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

37th edition: Sunday, April 5, 1953

Podium history of the Tour of Flanders | 1954 edition | 1952 edition

253 km. 172 starters, 44 classified finishers

Ascents: Kluisberg, Kwaremont, Kruisberg, Edelareberg, Kloosterstraat

Wim van Est

Wim van Est

Complete results:

  1. Wim Van Est (Garin-Wolber): 7hr 19min 0sec. 34.58 km/hr
  2. Désiré Keteleer (Garin-Wolber) @ 2sec
  3. Tour of Flanders, the Inside Story
  4. Bernard Gauthier (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 45sec
  5. Louison Bobet (Stella-Wolber-Dunlop) @ 1min 40sec
  6. Loretto Petrucci (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
  7. Attilio Redolfi (Mercier-Leducq) @ 2min 10sec
  8. Jacques Dupont (Dilecta-Wolber-J.B. Louvet) @ 5min 48sec
  9. Hilaire Couvreur (Terrot-Hutchinson) @ 5min 50sec
  10. Stanislas Bober (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 5min 54sec
  11. Valère Ollivier (Bertin-d'Alessandro) @ 6min 10sec
  12. Roger Decock (Bertin-d'Alessandro) s.t.
  13. Jozef De Feyter s.t.
  14. Maurice Mollin (Libertas) s.t.
  15. Basiel Wambeke s.t.
  16. Briek Schotte (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  17. Maurice Bloome s.t.
  18. André Rosseel (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
  19. Eugène Telotte (Mercier-F. Pélissier) s.t.
  20. Omer Braeckevelt (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
  21. Léopold Schaeken s.t.
  22. Aloïs De Hartog (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  23. Alfred Tonello @ 8min 20sec
  24. Lucien Mathys (Groene Leeuw) @ 9min 12sec
  25. Julien Van Dycke (Bertin-d'Alessandro)s.t.
  26. Joseph Hendrickx @ 10min 10sec
  27. Germain Derycke (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  28. François Mahé (Dilecta-JB Louvet-Wolber) s.t.
  29. Maurice Diot (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 13min 0sec
  30. Marcel Ricjkaert (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
  31. Florent Rondelé (Bertin-d'Alessandro) s.t.
  32. Aloïs Van Steenkiste (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
  33. Arthur Cleenewerck (Bertin-d'Alessandro) @ 15min 0sec
  34. Joseph Plas (Garin-Wolber) s.t.
  35. Edward Peeters @ 18min 0sec
  36. Jean Pasinetti (Garin-Wolber) s.t.
  37. Antoine De Keyser s.t.
  38. Julien D'haene (Groene Leeuw) s.t.
  39. Isidore De Ryck (Dilecta-JB Louvet-Wolber) s.t.
  40. Roger Gyselinck (Groene Leeuw) s.t.
  41. Maurice Nyet s.t.
  42. Jan Adriaensens s.t.
  43. Gilbert Desmet 1 s.t.
  44. Camille Beeckman s.t.