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1953 Gent - Wevelgem

Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)

15th edition, March 29, 1953

Gent - Wevelgem podium history | 1952 edition | 1954 edition

240 km / 33.207 km/hr
166 starters, 34 classified finishers

Raymond Impanis

1953 Gent-Wevelgem winner Raymond Impanis

Complete Results:

1 Raymond Impanis 7hr 16min
2 Wim Van Est (Garin - Wolber) 1min 20sec
3 Germain Derijcke (Welter) 2'30"
4 Rik Van Steenbergen 2'34"
5 Désiré Keteleer (Bianchi - Pirelli) s.t.
6 Hein Van Breenen 3'20"
7 Jean Storms 5'12"
8 André Rosseel s.t.
9 Roger Decock s.t.
10 Boudewijn Devos 11'18"
11 Valère Ollivier (Bertin) 13'18"
12 Maurice Blomme s.t.
13 Hilaire Couvreur s.t.
14 Basiel Wambeke s.t.
15 Robert Vanderstockt 14'12"
16 Gérard Buyl (Dilecta) 16'45"
17 Florent Rondele 18'12"
18 Gilbert Desmet s.t.
19 Julien Dhaene 19'08"
20 Omer Braekevelt 23'00"
21 Thijs Roks s.t.
22 Gilbert Vermote s.t.
23 Maurice Neyt 23'28"
24 Julien Pascal 27'22"
25 Marcel Ryckaert s.t.
26 Gabriel Lameire s.t.
27 Briek Schotte (Alcyon - Dunlop) s.t.
28 Alois Van Steenkiste s.t.
29 Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami (Peugeot - Dunlop) s.t.
30 Lucien Mathys (Groene Leeuw) s.t.
31 Marcel Verschueren s.t.
32 Henri Van Kerckhove s.t.
33 Isidoor De Ryck s.t.
34 Raymond De Smedt s.t.