The 1936 La Flèche Wallonne was the inaugural edition of

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

cycle race and was held on 13 April 1936. The race started in

Tournai Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by ...

and finished in

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

. The race was won by

Philémon De Meersman Philémon De Meersman (15 November 1914 in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe – 2 April 2005 in Dilbeek) was a Belgian cyclist. Palmares ;1936 :1st La Flèche Wallonne ;1939 :1st Stage 7 Tour du Nord References

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General classification

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1936 in road cycling

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

1936 in Belgian sport {{La Flèche Wallonne-race-stub