1937 Tour of Flanders

The 21st edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic race was held on Sunday, 21 March 1937. Belgian Michel d'Hooghe won the Monument. Of the 181 starting cyclists, 43 reached the finish.

Route
The race started in Ghent and covered 267 km on the way to the finish in Wetteren.

The course featured 3 categorized climbs:


 * Kwaremont
 * Kruisberg
 * Edelareberg

Race report
25 year-old D'Hooghe won the bunch sprint from a group of ten. He completed the race with an average of 35,679 km/h.

Notable
Like many other cyclists of his generation, Michel D'Hooghe's professional career was cut short due to the Second World War, during which he died as a result of an aerial bombardment over the city of Lokeren in May 1940.