1937_Tour_of_Flanders

1937 Tour of Flanders

1937 Tour of Flanders

Cycling race

The 21st edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 21 March 1937.[1] Belgian Michel d'Hooghe won the Monument. Of the 181 starting cyclists, 43 reached the finish.[2]

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Route

The race started in Ghent and covered 267 km on the way to the finish in Wetteren.[3]

The course featured 3 categorized climbs:

Race report

25 year-old D'Hooghe won the bunch sprint from a group of ten. He completed the race with an average of 35,679 km/h.[4]

Notable

Like many other cyclists of his generation, Michel D'Hooghe's professional career was cut short due to the Second World War, during which he died as a result of an aerial bombardment over the city of Lokeren in May 1940.[5]

General classification

Final general classification

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References

  1. [1]
    "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1937". FirstCycling.com. 24 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Cyclisme sur route - Tour des Flandres - 1937 - Résultats détaillés". les-sports.info (in French). 24 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    "21ème Ronde van Vlaanderen 1937". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "1937»21stRonde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres". ProcyclingStats. 24 September 2023.
  5. [5]
    "80 jaar geleden won Michel D'Hooghe de Ronde van Vlaanderen" [80 years ago Michel D'Hooghe won the Tour of Flanders] (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 April 2017.


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