Podium history of the Tour of Flanders | 1953 edition | 1951 edition

258 km. 210 starters, 43 classified finishers. Four riders were tied for 37th place.

Ascents: Kwaremont, Kruisberg, Edelareberg, Muur van Geraardsbergen

Roger Decock

Complete results:

1. Roger Decock (Bertin-d'Alessandro) 7hr 27min 0sec. 34.63 km/hr
2. Loretto Petrucci (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.

3. Breik Schotte (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
4. Wim Van Est (Garin-Wolber) @ 15sec
5. Attilio Redolfi (Mercier-Leducq) @ 23sec
6. Louison Bobet (Stella-Huret-Dunlop) @ 1min 17sec
7. Désiré Keteleer (Garin-Wolber) @ 1min 53sec
8. Valère Ollivier (Bertin-d'Alessandro) @ 2min 17sec
9. Jacques Dupont (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 2min 25sec
10. Lode Anthonis (Terrot-Hutchinson) @ 11min 4sec
11. Marcel Rijckaert (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
12. Rodolfo Falzoni (Guerra-Ursus) s.t.
13. André Rosseel (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
14. Gérard Buyl @ 13min 10sec
15. Germain Derycke (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
16. Marcel De Mulder s.t.
17. Nello Sforacchi s.t.
18. Maurice Bloome s.t.
19. Raphaël Jonckheere (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
20. Roger Desmet (Terrot-Hutchinson) @ 15min 59sec
21. Alain Moineau (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 16min 7sec
22. Marcel Verschueren (Terrot-Hutchinson) @ 16min 27sec

23. Armand Baeyens @ 17min 1sec
24. Maurice Neyt @ 19min 32sec
25. Basile Wambeke @ 19min 47sec
26. Piet De Vries @ 20min 0sec
27. Louis Wouters s.t.
28. Robert Varnajo (Gitane-Hutchinson) @ 21min 0sec
29. Hein Van Breenen @ 25min 0sec
30. Raymond Guégan (Gitane-Hutchinson) @ 27min 0sec
31. Aloïs Van Steenkist (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
32. Lucien Mathys (Groene Leeuw) s.t.
33. Vincenzo Rossello (Arbos-Pirelli) s.t.
34. Heinrich Schwarzer (Rabeneick) s.t.
35. Aldo Bini (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
36. Jan Lambrichs s.t.
37. Valentin Petry s.t.
37. Marcel Deneve (Rochet-Dunlop) s.t.
37. Jean Breuer (Rochet-Dunlop) s.t.
37. Karel Elsoucht (Plume Sport) s.t.
41. Boudewijn Devos (Bertin-d'Alessandro) s.t.
42. Florent Mathieu (Rochet-Dunlop) s.t.
43. Jan Pauwels s.t.

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