The 18th 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, 18 March 1934. Belgian

Gaston Rebry Gaston Rebry (29 January 1905 – 3 July 1953) was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935. In 1934, Rebry became the third of nine riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same year; he also won ...

won the

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. Of the 158 starting cyclists, 48 reached the finish.

Route

The race started in

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and covered 239 km on the way to the finish in

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. The course featured 3 categorized climbs: *

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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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Race report

After a number of escapes, Gaston Rebry formed a leading group along the coast with 7 riders. One by one, Gaston Rebry left his fellow escapees behind and rode solo to the finish line. Rebry completed the race with an average of 34.142 km/h.

General classification

Final general classification

References

External links

* Tour of Flanders 1934 in Belgian sport 1934 in road cycling {{TourofFlanders-race-stub