The 32nd running 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 ...

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was held on Sunday, 18 April 1948. Belgian

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won the race in a four-man sprint. It was Schotte's second win in the Tour of Flanders, after

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.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 88 265 riders, of which 50 non-Belgians, started the race, an all-time record. 85 of them finished.

Route

The race started in

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and finished in

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– totaling 257 km. The course featured three categorized climbs:

Results

References

Tour of Flanders 1948 in road cycling 1948 in Belgian sport

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