The 46th Tour of Flanders
cycling classic
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...
was held on Sunday, 1 April 1962. It was won by Belgian
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (born 20 December 1933 in Grobbendonk) is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post- war period, nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived). He ...
after an ultimate solo attack in
Wetteren
Wetteren () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of , and Wetteren proper. In 2021, Wetteren had a total population of 26,206. The total area is 36.68 km².
Educational ...
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[Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 130] 48 of 151 riders finished.
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 i ...
and finished in
Gentbrugge
Gentbrugge is one of 25 districts ("wijken") of the city of Ghent, Belgium in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Gentbrugge together with Oud Gentbrugge had been a separate municipality before 1 January 1977, when it fused with Ghent.
Neighborhoods ...
for the first time – covering 254 km. The finish was on the
Emile Verhaeren
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*'' Emil and the Detecti ...
laan, where riders had to finish an additional 2.3 km lap. There were six categorized climbs:
Results
References
Tour of Flanders
1962 in road cycling
1962 in Belgian sport
1962 Super Prestige Pernod
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