1993 Tour of Flanders

The 77th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 4 April 1993.^[1]

Tour of Flanders

1993 UCI Road World Cup, race 2 of 11
Museeuw finishing first in the 1993 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Dates	4 April 1993
Stages	1
Distance	263 km (163.4 mi)
Winning time	6h 33' 00"
Results
Winner  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (GB-MG)   Second  Frans Maassen (NED) (WordPerfect)   Third  Dario Bottaro (ITA) (Lotto)
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It was the second leg of the 1993 UCI Road World Cup. Belgian Johan Museeuw won his first Tour of Flanders in a two-man sprint against Frans Maassen.^[2] The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).^[3]

Race Summary

At 68 km from the finish, eight riders broke away, with twofold winner Edwig Van Hooydonck and Belgian national champion Johan Museeuw at the front. Museeuw attacked on Tenbosse climb, followed by Dutchman Frans Maassen. Maassen, considered the slower sprinter, refused to work after the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Museeuw and Maassen stayed ahead, with Museeuw controlling the sprint and taking his first win in the World Cup race. Dario Bottaro won the sprint for third.

Climbs

There were 16 categorized climbs:

Tiegemberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Hoogberg-Hotond

Kruisberg Bossenaarberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent Leberg

Molenberg (Zwalm) Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg

Results

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	GB–MG Maglificio	6h 33' 00"
2	Frans Maassen (NED)	WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca	s.t.
3	Dario Bottaro (ITA)	Mecair–Ballan	+ 22"
4	Marc Sergeant (BEL)	Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer	+ 33"
5	Max Sciandri (ITA)	Motorola	+ 46"
6	Franco Ballerini (ITA)	GB–MG Maglificio	s.t.
7	Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)	WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca	s.t.
8	Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)	Lampre–Polti	s.t.
9	Olaf Ludwig (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 1' 03"
10	Johan Capiot (BEL)	TVM–Bison Kit	s.t.