The 14th edition of the
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 14 April 1930. Belgian
Frans Bonduel
Frans Bonduel (26 September 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Belgian road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1929
:Criterium du Midi
:Omloop van België
:Wilrijk
;1930
:Mere
:Paris — Lille
:Tour of Flanders
:Schaal Sels
:Stekene
:Wilrijk
:To ...
won the
Monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...
. Of the 92 starting cyclists, 29 reached the finish.
Route
The race started in
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
and covered 227 km on the way to the finish in
Wetteren
Wetteren () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders
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, settlement_type = Province of Belgium
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, fl ...
.
The course featured 4 categorized climbs:
* Tiegemberg
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Kwaremont
Kluisbergen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, along the Scheldt river. The municipality comprises the towns of , Kwaremont, and which fused in 1971. In 2021, Kluisbergen had a total population of 6,682. The ...
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Kruisberg
The Kruisberg, also known as Oude Kruisberg or Oude Kruisens, is a hill and road in the city of Ronse, in Flanders, Belgium. With its top at 122 m altitude, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, in the south of East-Flande ...
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Edelareberg
Race report
The final winner was Frans Bonduel, who arrived solo in Wetteren with a huge advantage. Aimé Dossche finished second, while the Émile Joly took the third place. Bonduel completed the race with an average of 32.198 km/h.
General classification
Final general classification
References
External links
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Tour of Flanders
1930 in road cycling
1930 in Belgian sport
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