1990 Tour of Flanders

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.^[1][2]

74th Tour of Flanders

1990 UCI Road World Cup, race 2 of 13
Race details
Dates	1 April 1990
Stages	1
Distance	262 km (162.8 mi)
Winning time	6h 47' 25"
Results
Winner  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (Ariostea)   Second  Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) (PDM–Concorde)   Third  John Talen (NED) (Panasonic–Sportlife)
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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. ^[1]

Route

The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 262 km.
The course featured 13 categorized climbs:

Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Berg ten Houte

Kouterberg Eikenberg Varent Leberg Molenberg

Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Moreno Argentin (ITA)	Ariostea	6h 47' 25"
2	Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)	PDM–Concorde–Ultima	s.t.
3	John Talen (NED)	Panasonic–Sportlife	+ 11"
4	Carlo Bomans (BEL)	Weinmann–SMM–Uster	s.t.
5	Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)	Del Tongo	+ 14"
6	Jan Schur (GDR)	Chateau d'Ax–Salotti	+ 23"
7	Niki Rüttimann (SUI)	Helvetia–La Suisse	s.t.
8	Claude Criquielion (BEL)	Lotto–Superclub	+ 37"
9	Jean-Claude Colotti (FRA)	RMO	s.t.
10	Franco Ballerini (ITA)	Del Tongo	s.t.

External links

• Video of the 1990 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)