1975 Tour of Flanders

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Race details
Dates6 April 1975
Stages1
Distance255 km (158.4 mi)
Winning time6h 16'
Results
  Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (Molteni)
  Second  Frans Verbeeck (BEL) (Maes–Watneys)
  Third  Marc Demeyer (BEL) (
Flandria–Carpenter)
← 1974
 →

The 59th running of the

cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1975. Belgian Eddy Merckx won the classic a second time.[1][2] The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove
).

Course

Denderwindeke, 6 km before the finish in Meerbeke. The best of the other riders came in at more than five minutes.[3][4]

Climbs

There were eight categorized climbs:

Results

Cyclist Team Time
1  Eddy Merckx (BEL) Molteni 6h 16' 00"
2  Frans Verbeeck (BEL) Maes–Watneys + 13"
3  Marc Demeyer (BEL)
Flandria–Carpenter
+ 5'02"
4  Walter Planckaert (BEL) Maes–Watneys + 5'08"
5  Rik Van Linden (BEL)
Bianchi–Campagnolo
s.t.
6  Gerben Karstens (NED) Gitane s.t.
7  
Staf Van Roosbroeck
 (BEL)
Alsaver-Jeunet s.t.
8  Freddy Maertens (BEL)
Flandria–Carpenter
s.t.
9  Roger Rosiers (BEL) Super Ser s.t.
10  Willem Peeters (BEL) Maes–Watneys s.t.

References

  1. , p174
  2. ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1975 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, Arkansas: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. , p42
  4. , p161-163