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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
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Schotte's Brilliant Attack
MOORSLEDE (Belgium), 284 km |
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Average Speed: 36.263 km/h
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Racecourse: 284 km road Circuit around Ypres and Moorslede:
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Two 10.5 km Circuits (around Ypres)
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68.5 km Circuit (Ypres, Mont Noir, Kemel, Ypres)
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48 km Circuit (Ypres, Moorslede, Ypres)
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49.5 km Circuit again, (Ypres, Mont Noir, Kemel, Ypres)
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19 km from Ypres to Moorslede
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and finally, 7 laps on the 10.5 km Circuit (around Moorslede).
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The 1950 World Championship Road Race was held in Moorslede, Belgium. The 284 km race course in West Flanders was extremely challenging.
Talented Belgian Alberic “Briek” Schotte attacked late and broke away from an elite group to gain his second World Championship. Dutchman Theo Middlekamp, World Champion in 1947, finished second 59 seconds behind Schotte.
UCI WCRR 1950 Podium |
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Briek SCHOTTE (Bel) 7h49'54” |
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Theo Middlekamp (Ned) +59” |
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Ferdi Kubler (Sui) +1'48” |
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WCRR 1949 WCRR 1951
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