1960, Sport: Tour of Flanders

The 44th edition of the Tour of Flanders was held on 3 April 1960 over a distance of 227 km. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren. The winner recorded an average speed of 38.690 km/h. Of the 164 riders who started, 72 completed the race.

Finish in Wetteren

As the defending champion from 1959, Rik Van Looy was the overwhelming favourite. He reached Wetteren in a leading group of around twenty riders. In the final sprint, however, Tuur Decabooter proved too fast for him after responding to a late attack by Jean Graczyk, and took the victory.

Detail: 1. Tuur Decabooter, 2. Jean Graczyk, 3. Rik Van Looy 

General Classification

Rnk	Rider	Time
1	Decabooter Arthur (Belgium)	5:52:00
2	Graczyk Jean (France)	,,
3	Van Looy Rik (Belgium)	,,
4	Desmet Gilbert (Belgium)	,,
5	De Wolf Henri (Belgium)	,,
6	De Mulder Frans (Belgium)	,,
7	Ruby Pierre (France)	,,
8	Impanis Raymond (Belgium)	,,
9	Schoubben Frans (Belgium)	,,
10	Hermans Alfons (Belgium)	,,
11	Planckaert Joseph (Belgium)	,,
12	De Bruyne Alfred (Belgium)	,,
13	Gaggero Stefano (Italy)	,,
14	Anquetil Jacques (France)	,,
15	Elliott Seamus (Ireland)	0:06
16	Schroeders Willy (Belgium)	0:15
17	Schils Joseph (Belgium)	,,
18	Molenaers Yvo (Belgium)	,,
19	Paulissen Valère (Belgium)	,,
20	Mahé François (France)	,,
21	Gauthier Bernard (France)	,,
22	Defilippis Nino (Italy)	1:32
23	Haelterman Willy (Belgium)	1:35
24	Rosseel Léopold (Belgium)	1:42
25	Van Gompel Jan (Belgium)	,,
26	Van Geneugden Martin (Belgium)	,,
27	de Haan Jo (Netherlands)	,,
28	Maliepaard Bas (Netherlands)	,,
29	Declercq Oswald (Belgium)	,,
30	Zagers Jan (Belgium)	,,
31	Forlini Dominique (France)	,,
31	Martin Walter (Italy)	,,
31	Desmet Armand (Belgium)	,,
31	Anglade Henry (France)	,,
31	Delberghe Edouard (France)	,,
31	Lefebvre Jean-Claude (France)	,,
31	Van Aerde Michel (Belgium)	,,
31	Noyelle André (Belgium)	,,
31	Derycke Germain (Belgium)	,,
31	Baens Roger (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Meenen René (Belgium)	,,
31	Ongenae Marcel (Belgium)	,,
31	Couvreur Hilaire (Belgium)	,,
31	De Keyser Constant (Belgium)	,,
31	Van den Brande Alfons (Belgium)	,,
31	Le Menn Camille (France)	,,
31	Foré Noël (Belgium)	,,
31	Pizzoglio Ezio (Italy)	,,
31	Beuffeuil Pierre (France)	,,
31	Vlayen André (Belgium)	,,
31	Schepens Julien (Belgium)	,,
31	Demunster Lucien (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Steenbergen Rik (Belgium)	,,
31	Seynaeve Marcel (Belgium)	,,
31	Van Tieghem Norbert (Belgium)	,,
56	Oellibrandt Piet (Belgium)	,,
57	Scribante Pierre (France)	,,
58	Damen Piet (Netherlands)	,,
59	Huyskens Cyriel (Belgium)	,,
60	Champion Jacques (France)	,,
61	Brandolini Fernando (Italy)	,,
62	Van Looveren Frans (Belgium)	,,
63	Ferlenghi Gianni (Italy)	,,
64	Kersten Jaap (Netherlands)	,,
65	Murray Ronald (Australia)	,,
66	Groussard Joseph (France)	,,
67	Le Buhotel Félix (France)	,,
68	Cazala Robert (France)	,,
69	Aerenhouts Frans (Belgium)	,,
70	Sweeck Alfons (Belgium)	,,
71	Van Daele Leon (Belgium)	,,
72	Scodeller Gilbert (France)	,

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