1995 Tour of Flanders

1995 Tour of Flanders

1995 UCI Road World Cup, race 2
Race details
Date		2 April 1995
Distance
Winning time		6h 36' 24"
Palmares
	Winner	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	(Mapei-GB)
	Second	Fabio Baldato (ITA)	(MG-Technogym)
	Third	Andrei Tchmil (MDA)	(Lotto)

The 79th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 2 April 1995. It was the second leg of the 1995 UCI Road World Cup. Belgian Johan Museeuw won his second victory in the monument classic. The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

Race summary

Pre-race favourite Johan Museeuw punctured on the Paddestraat, but returned before the race finale. Museeuw attacked on the Berendries climb, 33 km before the finish, in pursuit of Fabio Baldato and the two worked together until the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Museeuw distanced Baldato on the steep upper slopes of the Muur and powered on to the finish, taking his second win. Andrei Tchmil caught Baldato in the final kilometers, but was beaten by the Italian in the sprint for second place.

Climbs

There were fifteen categorized climbs:

Tiegemberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg

Kortekeer Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent

Leberg Molenberg Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	Mapei-GB	6h 36' 24"
2	Fabio Baldato (ITA)	MG-Technogym	+ 1' 27"
3	Andrei Tchmil (MDA)	Lotto	s.t.
4	Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)	Carrera	+ 2' 03"
5	Gianluca Bortolami (ITA)	Mapei-GB	s.t.
6	Jesper Skibby (DEN)	TVM	s.t.
7	Michele Bartoli (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 2' 05"
8	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	Novell Team	+ 3' 25"
9	Max Sciandri (GBR)	MG-Technogym	s.t.
10	Franco Ballerini (ITA)	Mapei-GB	s.t.

External link

Recap of the race (Flemish televion)