1.
GV. STARTING PLACE
0.03

2.
CU. GROUSSAR (FRANCE)
0.06

3.
CU. STARBLINSKY (FRANCE) SIGNING IN
0.10

4.
CU. ALTIG (GERMAN CHAMPION) SIGNING
0.14

5.
GV.PAN...CROWD
0.16

6.
GV.PAN...START, AND RIDERS PAST
0.28

7.
SV.PAN...ALTIG NO.51 PAST CAMERA
0.35

8.
SV. TRACKING WORLD CHAMPION BEHEYT
0.45

9.
SV.ALTIG TRACKING SHOT
0.52

10.
RV.RIDERS ON ROAD BETWEEN ANTWERP AND GHENT NOS. 45, 59, 4, DRIES (BELGIUM) MALIEPAARD (HOLLAND) DESMET (BELGIUM)
0.55

11.
GV. CROWD AT FINISH
0.57

12.
GV.NO.15 RACES PAST CAMERA TO WIN
1.02

13.
CU.WINNER SCRAYEN (BELGIUM)
1.05

14.
CU.TRACKING SHOT AS HE WALKS THROUGH CROWD
1.13



Initials DS/V/RM/JG


SPORT: CYCLING

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Background: THE FORTY-EIGHT TOUR OF BELGIUM CYCLING CLASSIC GOT UNDERWAY IN BRUSSELS TODAY, (MONDAY), WITH ONE HUNDRED TOP PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS FROM BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, HOLLAND AND IRELAND SETTING OUT IN PURSUIT OF THE BIG MONEY.

THE RIDERS HAVE BEEN DIVIDED UP INTO TEN TEAMS OF TEN MEN EACH AND AMONG THEM ARE SOME OF THE TOP CYCLISTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS. THE PRESENT WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION, BENONI BEHEYT, OF BELGIUM, LEADS ONE TEAM AS DOES LAST YEAR'S WINNER, PETER POST OF HOLLAND. ALSO LEADING TEAMS ARE HENRI VAN LOOY, THE BELGIAN CHAMPION AND JEAN STABLINSKI, THE FRENCH TITLEHOLDER.

WINNER OF THE FIRST STAGE WAS THE BELGIAN CYCLIST HUGO SCRAYEN, (NUMBER 15), WHO CROSSED THE FINISH LINE JUST SECONDS AHEAD OF THE WORLD CHAMPION BEHEYT (NUMBER 1).