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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
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Vermandel's Fast Finish
The 5th edition of the Tour of Flanders was held on March 13, 1921. Ninety riders came to the start line in Gent and thirty-two finished on the Arsenal Velodrome in Gentbrugge.
Defending champion Jules Van Hevel seemed eager to repeat as the Flanders champion. Aggressively a breakaway group of six formed with pre-race favorite Van Hevel leading the group.
The defending champion dominated the race throughout but could not shake a persistent Rene Vermandel in the closing kilometers. On the final laps of the velodrome, Vermandel used superior sprinting speed to beat Van Hevel by half-a-wheel.
Flanders March 13, 1921 |
262 Km, Gent to Gentbrugge (Arsenal Velodrome) |
1.
Rene VERMANDEL (Bel) 9h56'00” |
2.
Jules Van Hevel (Bel) |
3.
Louis Budts (Bel) |
Starters: 90 |
Finishers: 32 |
Average Speed: 26.380 km/h |
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