1927 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen
11th edition: Sunday, April 3, 1927
Podium history of the Tour of Flanders | 1928 edition | 1926 edition
217 km. 96 starters, 41 classified finishers
Ascents: Tiegemberg, Kwaremont
Gérard Debaets throws in Alfred Letourner on a steeply banked track in a undated photo.
Complete results:
- Gérard Debaets (JB Louvet) 6hr 39min. 30.83 km/hr
- Gustaaf van Slembroeck (JB Louvet) @ 1min 35sec
- Maurice Dewaele (Wonder) @ 2min 20sec
- Léon Degravelinck (La Française) s.t.
- Julien Vervaecke (Peugeot-Dunlop) s.t.
- Gaston Rebry (Peugeot-Dunlop) s.t.
- Maurice Depauw (Thomann-Dunlop) @ 5min 55sec
- Henri Hoevenaers (Automoto) @ 7min 30sec
- Georges Ronsse (Automoto) @ 7min 40sec
- Leander Ghyssels (Griffon) @ 7min 50sec
- Maurice van Hyfte @ 10min 40sec
- Jules Huyvaert s.t.
- Raymond Decorte s.t.
- André Verbist s.t.
- Aimé Dossche @ 10min 50sec
- Joseph van Damne @ 11min 30sec
- Jules Deschepper @ 13min
- Raoul Degroote s.t.
- Leopold Matton s.t.
- Emile Hardy s.t.
- Léon van Aken s.t.
- Maurice Geldhof s.t.
- August Baumans s.t.
- Arthur Dewit @ 13min 30sec
- Rémy Maes s.t.
- Marcel Hesselmans @ 19min
- Eugène Greau s.t.
- Alexandre Maes s.t.
- Alfred Hamerlinck s.t.
- Jérôme Landsheer s.t.
- Désiré Louesse @ 30min
- Omer Vermeulen @ 31min
- Pierre Claes @ 35min
- Hector Martin s.t.
- Odiel Tailleu s.t.
- Armand Segers @ 37min
- Joseph Hemelsoet s.t.
- Joseph Wouters s.t.
- Adelin Benoît s.t.
- Dieudonné Smets s.t.
- Oscar Voet s.t.
Bill Mallon was kind enough to share this picture of Gerard Dabaets with this note: [A picture] of my Dad from the 1940s. He is the guy on the left on the photo. Standing next to him - the non-rider was his coach in northern New Jersey in the 30s and 40 - Gerry Debaets - a top 6-day rider and Tour of Flanders champion in 1924 & 1927. Just an FYI. He was my a close friend of my father and when I was 4-5 years old (circa 1957) I remember hanging around his bike shop on Saturdays with my Dad and playing with the gears and getting all dirty and greasy.
Another photo of Dabaets from his racing days.