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Cycling race
1955 Gent–Wevelgem
Race details
Dates3 April 1955
Stages1
Distance228 km (141.7 mi)
Winning time6h 15' 00"
Results
  Winner  Briek Schotte (BEL)
  Second  Désiré Keteleer (BEL)
  Third  Raymond Impanis (BEL)
← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Gent–Wevelgem was the 17th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 3 April 1955. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Briek Schotte.

General classification

Final general classification
Rank Rider Time
1  Briek Schotte (BEL) 6h 15' 00"
2  Désiré Keteleer (BEL) + 2' 36"
3  Raymond Impanis (BEL) + 2' 36"
4  André Noyelle (BEL) + 2' 36"
5  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) + 2' 36"
6  René Mertens (BEL) + 3' 00"
7  Lode Anthonis (BEL) + 3' 00"
8  Marcel Ryckaert (BEL) + 3' 00"
9  Ernest Sterckx (BEL) + 3' 00"
10  Léopold Degraeveleyn (BEL) + 3' 00"

References

  1. "Gent - Wevelgem (World Tour), Belgium". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. "1955 Gent - Wevelgem, Belgium". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. "17ème Gand-Wevelgem 1955". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004.
  4. "1955 Gent - Wevelgem in Flanders Fields". First Cycling. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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