The 46th Tour of Flanderscycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1962. It was won by Belgian Rik Van Looy after an ultimate solo attack in Wetteren.[1] 48 of 151 riders finished.[2]
The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge for the first time – covering 254 km. The finish was on the Emile Verhaerenlaan, where riders had to finish an additional 2.3 km lap. There were six categorized climbs:
1962, tour, flanders, 46th, tour, flanders, cycling, classic, held, sunday, april, 1962, belgian, looy, after, ultimate, solo, attack, wetteren, riders, finished, 46th, tour, flandersrace, detailsdates1, april, 1962stages1distance254, winning, time6h, results,. The 46th Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday 1 April 1962 It was won by Belgian Rik Van Looy after an ultimate solo attack in Wetteren 1 48 of 151 riders finished 2 46th Tour of FlandersRace detailsDates1 April 1962Stages1Distance254 km 157 8 mi Winning time6h 39 00 Results Winner Rik Van Looy BEL Flandria Faema Clement Second Michel Van Aerde BEL Carpano Third Norbert Kerckhove BEL Dr Mann 19611963 Route editThe race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge for the first time covering 254 km The finish was on the Emile Verhaerenlaan where riders had to finish an additional 2 3 km lap There were six categorized climbs Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Valkenberg Kasteelstraat GrotenbergeResults editResult Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Rik Van Looy BEL Flandria Faema Clement 6h 39 00 2 nbsp Michel Van Aerde BEL Carpano 9 3 nbsp Norbert Kerckhove BEL Dr Mann s t 4 nbsp Noel Fore BEL Flandria Faema Clement s t 5 nbsp Tom Simpson GBR Gitane Leroux s t 6 nbsp Jef Planckaert BEL Flandria Faema Clement 12 7 nbsp Willy Vannitsen BEL Wiels Groene Leeuw 4 08 8 nbsp Mies Stolker NED Saint Raphael Helyett Hutchinson s t 9 nbsp Edgard Sorgeloos BEL Flandria Faema Clement s t 10 nbsp Jos Wouters BEL Solo Van Steenbergen 4 25 References edit Vanwalleghem Rik 1991 De Ronde van Vlaanderen Pinguin Belgium ISBN 90 73322 02 2 p 130 McGann Bill McGann Carol 1962 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo Cherokee Village Arkansas McGann Publishing Retrieved 5 March 2016 nbsp This Tour of Flanders race article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1962 Tour of Flanders amp oldid 1140511048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
