1952 Tour of Flanders

36th Tour of Flanders

Race details
Dates	6 April 1952
Stages	1
Distance	258 km (160.3 mi)
Winning time	7h 27'
Results
Winner  Roger Decock (BEL) (Bertin–d'Alessandro)   Second  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (Bianchi–Pirelli)   Third  Briek Schotte (BEL) (Alcyon–Dunlop)

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 Loretto Petrucci and Briek Schotte.^[1] 43 of 210 riders finished.^[2]

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 258 km. The course featured four categorized climbs:

• Kwaremont
• Kruisberg
• Edelareberg
• Muur van Geraardsbergen

Results

Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Roger Decock (BEL)	Bertin–d'Alessandro	7h 27' 00"
2	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	s.t.
3	Briek Schotte (BEL)	Alcyon–Dunlop	s.t.
4	Wim van Est (NED)	Garin–Wolber	+ 15"
5	Attilio Redolfi (FRA)	Mercier–Leducq	+ 23"
6	Louison Bobet (FRA)	Stella–Huret–Dunlop	+ 1' 17"
7	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)	Garin–Wolber	+ 1' 53"
8	Valère Ollivier (BEL)	Bertin–d'Alessandro	+ 2' 17"
9	Jacques Dupont (FRA)	Dilecta–Wolber	+ 2' 25"
10	Lode Anthonis (BEL)	Terrot–Hutchinson	+ 11' 04"

References

1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 104
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1952 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.