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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
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Bobet Sails Over the Stars
All the stars of cycling came to Flanders in 1955. There were 203 starts on a cold, dry day. Rik Van Steenbergen, looking for his first victory of the year, attacked over the Kruisberg shattering the peloton. World champion Louison Bobet was in a hard chasing group over 3 minutes behind.
The chase began to take back time on the leaders and a downed railroad crossing slowed the leaders. By the steep climb of the Muur de Grammont the front groups came back together. The elites of the race flew through the finishing circuits when Van Steenbergen threw caution to the wind and led out the sprint from 500 meters. Bobet and Koblet held his wheel and jumped past the tiring Belgian. Louison Bobet took the victory with Koblet second and a disappointed Van Steenbergen third.
| Flanders March 27, 1955 |
| 263 Km, Gent to Wetteren |
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Louison BOBET (Fra) 7h27'00" |
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Hugo Koblet (Sui)
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3.
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
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| Starters: 203 |
| Finishers: 47 |
| Average Speed: 35.300 km/h |
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39th Ronde van Vlaanderen 1955 / Tour of Flanders (Belgium) 
