1990 Tour of Flanders
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 74th Tour of Flanders
| image =
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| series = 1990 UCI Road World Cup
| race_no = 2
| season_no = 13
| date = 1 April 1990
| stages = 1
| distance = 262
| unit = km
| time = 6h 47' 25"
| speed = 39.026
| organizer = Het Nieuwsblad
| first = Moreno Argentin
| first_nat = ITA
| first_natvar =
| first_team = Ariostea
| second = Rudy Dhaenens
| second_nat = BEL
| second_natvar =
| second_team = PDM–Concorde
| third = John Talen
| third_nat = NED
| third_natvar =
| third_team = Panasonic–Sportlife
| previous = 1989
| next = 1991
}}
The 74th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1990. Italian Moreno Argentin won the race in a two-man sprint with Rudy Dhaenens. 102 of 194 riders finished the race.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, {{ISBN|90-73322-02-2}}, p 212{{cite web|last1=McGann|last2=McGann|first1=Bill|first2=Carol|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1990-tour-of-flanders.html |title= 1990 Ronde van Vlaanderen results |work=BikeRaceInfo|publisher=McGann Publishing|location=Cherokee Village, AR|accessdate=29 February 2016}}
Race report
The race was run in exceptionally warm and sunny April weather. Italian Fabio Roscioli was the last survivor of an early breakaway, but was caught by a seven-man group on the Eikenberg. 30 from the finish, Laurent Fignon and Per Pedersen broke away from the group, but were counterattacked and dropped by Moreno Argentin and Rudy Dhaenens. Argentin, a four-time winner of Liège–Bastogne–Liège easily won the two-man sprint.
Route
The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 262 km.
The course featured 13 categorized climbs:
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Results
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! !Cyclist !Team !Time |
| 1
|{{flagathlete|Moreno Argentin|ITA}} |{{UCI team code|ARI|1990}} | align="right" |{{nowrap|6h 47' 25"}} |
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| 2
|{{Flagathlete|Rudy Dhaenens|BEL}} |{{UCI team code|PDM|1990}} | align="right" |s.t. |
| 3
|{{Flagathlete|John Talen|NED}} |{{UCI team code|Panasonic|1990}} | align="right" |+ 11" |
| 4
|{{Flagathlete|Carlo Bomans|BEL}} |{{UCI team code|Weinmann|1990}} | align="right" |s.t. |
| 5
|{{flagathlete|Maurizio Fondriest|ITA}} |{{UCI team code|DEL|1990}} | align="right" |+ 14" |
| 6
|{{flagathlete|Jan Schur|GDR}} |{{UCI team code|GAT|1990}} | align="right" |+ 23" |
| 7
|{{flagathlete|Niki Rüttimann|SUI}} |{{UCI team code|HEL|1990}} | align="right" |s.t. |
| 8
|{{Flagathlete|Claude Criquielion|BEL}} |{{UCI team code|LOT|1990}} | align="right" |+ 37" |
| 9
|{{flagathlete|Jean-Claude Colotti|FRA}} |{{UCI team code|RMO|1990}} | align="right" |s.t. |
| 10
|{{flagathlete|Franco Ballerini|ITA}} |{{UCI team code|DEL|1990}} | align="right" |s.t. |
External links
- [http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.751536 Video of the 1990 Tour of Flanders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930033055/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.751536 |date=2015-09-30 }} on Sporza (in Dutch)
References
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{{Tour of Flanders}}
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{{1990 UCI Road World Cup}}
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Category:1990 in Belgian sport
Category:1990 UCI Road World Cup
Category:April 1990 sports events in Europe
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