1959 Tour of Flanders

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 43rd Tour of Flanders

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| series =

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 30 March 1959

| stages = 1

| distance = 242

| unit = km

| time = 6h 14'

| speed = 38.82

| organizer = Het Nieuwsblad

| first = Rik Van Looy

| first_nat = BEL

| first_natvar =

| first_team = Faema–Guerra

| second = Frans Schoubben

| second_nat = BEL

| second_natvar =

| second_team = Peugeot–BP–Dunlop

| third = Gilbert Desmet

| third_nat = BEL

| third_natvar =

| third_team = Faema–Guerra

| previous = 1958

| next = 1960

}}

The 43rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 30 March 1959 {{Verify source|reason= 30 March was a Monday. Was the race held on Monday, March 30 or Sunday, March 29?|date=March 2024}}. Belgian Rik Van Looy won the race in a three-man sprint with Frans Schoubben and Gilbert Desmet.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, {{ISBN|90-73322-02-2}}, p 124 58 of 143 riders finished.{{cite web|last1=McGann|last2=McGann|first1=Bill|first2=Carol|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1959-tour-of-flanders.html |title= 1959 Ronde van Vlaanderen results |work=BikeRaceInfo|publisher=McGann Publishing|location=Cherokee Village, AR|accessdate=29 February 2016}}