The 36th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 6 April 1952. Belgian Roger Decock won the race in a three-man sprint before...
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race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organized by Flanders Classics. Its nickname is Vlaanderens Mooiste (Dutch for "Flanders' Finest")...
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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...
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Roger Decock (category Cyclists from West Flanders)
ultimately finished the Tour in 17th. The following year he had the biggest victory of his career when he won the 1952 Tour of Flanders. As the finish line...
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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 two-man sprint with...
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Wim van Est (category Dutch Tour de France stage winners)
Off The Aubisque and Koblet Was King". Felix Lowe of Eurosport. 25 June 2020. "1952 Tour of Flanders Winner Roger Decock dies at 93". Cycling News. 26...
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Louison Bobet (category French Tour de France stage winners)
Paris–Nice (1952), Grand Prix des Nations (1952), world road championship (1954), Tour of Flanders (1955), Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1955), Tour de Luxembourg...
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Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (redirect from Championship of Flanders)
(part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2015, Jens Debusschere crossed...
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Briek Schotte (category Sportspeople from West Flanders)
stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946...
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Dwars door Vlaanderen (redirect from Across Flanders)
the Wednesday before the Tour of Flanders, Flanders's foremost cycling classic, held on Sunday. Since 2012, a women's edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen is...
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