1987 Tour of Flanders
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| Dates | 5 April 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 274 km (170.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 15' 30" | ||||||||||||
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The 71st running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race was held on 5 April 1987. It was won by Claude Criquielion after a 10 km solo breakaway. 88 of 233 starters finished the race.[1][2]
Race report
Danish rider Jesper Skibby was in the early breakaway, before going solo. On the slippery cobbles of the Koppenberg, he fell onto the road banking and was subsequently run over by an official's car. After the Koppenberg, a group of ten riders, containing most favourites, broke clear. Claude Criquielion broke away from the elite group just after the Bosberg, the last climb of the day, and powered on to the finish. Sean Kelly won the sprint for second place before Eric Vanderaerden. Criquielion was the first French-speaking Belgian rider to win the Tour of Flanders and the only one until Philippe Gilbert won the 2017 Tour of Flanders.[1]
Route
The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 275 km. The course featured 13 categorized climbs:
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Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Claude Criquielion (BEL)
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Hitachi | 7h 15' 30" |
| 2 |  Sean Kelly (IRL)
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KAS | + 1' 00" |
| 3 | Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
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Panasonic | s.t. |
| 4 |  Steve Bauer (CAN)
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Toshiba–La Vie Claire | s.t. |
| 5 | Marc Sergeant (BEL)
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Lotto–Merckx | s.t. |
| 6 |  Steven Rooks (NED)
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PDM | s.t. |
| 7 | Ronny Van Holen (BEL)
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Lucas–Mullers | s.t. |
| 8 | Adrie van der Poel (NED)
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PDM | s.t. |
| 9 | Ludo Peeters (BEL)
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Superconfex | s.t. |
| 10 |  Allan Peiper (AUS)
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Panasonic | s.t. |
External links
Video of the 1987 Tour of Flanders[permanent dead link] on Sporza (in Dutch)
References
- ^ a b Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p206
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1987 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
