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1955 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

39th edition: Sunday, March 27, 1955

Podium history of the Tour of Flanders | 1956 edition | 1954 edition

263 km. 203 starters, 47 classified finishers

Ascents: Kluisberg, Kruisberg, Edelareberg, Kloosterstraat

Louison Bobet

Louison Bobet in 1955

Complete results:

  1. Louison Bobet (Mercier-A.Leducq) 7hr 27min 0sec. 35.30 km/hr
  2. Hugo Koblet (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
  3. Tour of Flanders, the Inside Story
  4. Rik van Steenbergen (Elvé-Girardengo) s.t.
  5. Bernard Gauthier (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)@ 5sec
  6. Karel de Baere (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) @ 22sec
  7. Jean Bellay (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
  8. Roger Decock (Van Hauwaert-Maes) @ 28sec
  9. Marcel Rijckaert (Tebag) @ 33sec
  10. Germain Derycke (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  11. Lode Anthonis (L'Avenir) s.t.
  12. André Vlayen (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  13. Léopold Degraeveleyn @ 1min 38sec
  14. Ernest Sterckx s.t.
  15. Jan Zagers (Libertas-Girardengo-Huret) s.t.
  16. Alphonse Vandenbrande (Libertas-Girardengo-Huret) s.t.
  17. Joseph Hendrickx s.t.
  18. Valère Ollivier (Bertin-d'Alessandro-The Dura) s.t.
  19. André Noyelle (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  20. Joseph de Feyter s.t.
  21. Hilaire Couvreur s.t.
  22. Karel Borgmans s.t.
  23. Armand Baeyens s.t.
  24. Joseph Plas s.t.
  25. Briek Schotte (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  26. Jozef Schils (Van Hauwaert-Maes) s.t.
  27. Jan Storms s.t.
  28. Roland Callebout (Bertin-d'Alessandro-the Dura) s.t.
  29. Attilio Redolfi (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) @ 10min
  30. Roger De Corte (Groene Leeuw) @ 13min
  31. Gilbert Pertry (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
  32. René Mertens (Groen Leeuw) s.t.
  33. Isaac Vitré (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
  34. Stanislaus Bober (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
  35. Frans Gielen s.t.
  36. Lucien Malfait s.t.
  37. Ernest Heyvaert (Libertas-Girardengo-Huret) s.t.
  38. Hein van Breenen s.t.
  39. Jan Adriaensens s.t.
  40. Joseph Parmentier s.t.
  41. Louis Wouters s.t.
  42. Serge Meneghetti (Bertin-d'Alessandro-The Dura) s.t.
  43. Pol Taeldeman s.t.
  44. Michel Vuylsteke (Bertin-d'Alessandro-The Dura) s.t.
  45. Maurice Meersman (Bertin-d'Alessandro-The Dura) s.t.
  46. Karel van Dormael s.t.
  47. Frans Siroyt (Van Hauwaert-Maes) s.t.
  48. Martin Vandenbroeck (Tebag) s.t.