1994 Tour of Flanders

1994 Tour of Flanders

Gianni Bugno, winner of the Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		3 April 1994
Distance
Winning time		6h 45' 20"
Palmares
	Winner	Gianni Bugno (ITA)	(Team Polti)
	Second	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	(MG-MG)
	Third	Andrei Tchmil (MDA)	(Lotto)

The 78th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 3 April 1994. Italian Gianni Bugno won in a four-man sprint ahead of Johan Museeuw and Andrei Tchmil. The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

Race Summary

Defending champion Johan Museeuw had fallen behind early in the race because of a massive crash on the Oude Kwaremont and made his team chase in pursuit for half an hour before returning to the front. On the climb of Berendries, 35 km from the finish, a group of five was formed with Museeuw, Franco Ballerini, Andrei Tchmil, Gianni Bugno and Johan Capiot. Capiot was distanced on the Muur van Geraardsbergen and the four others headed to the finish. Museeuw, considered the fastest sprinter, reacted too late when Bugno initiated his sprint and failed to get past the Italian. At the finish line, the difference between Bugno and Museeuw was 7 mm, the smallest winning margin in the history of the Tour of Flanders.

Climbs

There were 16 categorized climbs:

Tiegemberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Hoogberg-Hotond

Kruisberg Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent Leberg

Molenberg Berendries Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gianni Bugno (ITA)	Team Polti	6h 45' 20"
2	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	MG-GB	s.t.
3	Andrei Tchmil (MDA)	Lotto	s.t.
4	Franco Ballerini (ITA)	Mapei-Clas	s.t.
5	Johan Capiot (BEL)	TVM	+ 1' 11"
6	Fabio Baldato (ITA)	GB-MG	+ 1' 54"
7	Guido Bontempi (ITA)	Gewiss	s.t.
8	Marc Sergeant (BEL)	Histor-Novemail	s.t.
9	Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)	WordPerfect	s.t.
10	Frank Corvers (BEL)	Collstrop	s.t.

External link

• Video recap of the 1994 race