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unusual facts about Tour of Flanders


Anthony McCrossan

He has commentated live, and voiced over thousands of hours of television, covering all the major races in the world including The Tour De France, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, Tour of California and every major classic including Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Liege Bastogne Liege, Amstel Gold, Milan San Remo, as well as the World Road and Track Championships.


1913 Tour of Flanders

The 1913 Tour of Flanders was the 1st edition of the Tour of Flanders single-day cycling race, known as one of the Monument classics.

Jesper Skibby

In the 1987 Tour of Flanders, he was the hero, in that his bike got driven over by a race director car on the Koppenberg, resulting in a deformed wheel.

Johan Lammerts

His biggest success came in 1984, when he won the Tour of Flanders and the Ronde van Nederland.


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Jacky Durand

Jacky Durand won the Tour of Flanders, or Tour of Flanders, in 1992, 36 years after the last French winner, Jean Forestier, in 1956.