1968 Tour of Flanders

52nd Tour of Flanders 30 March 1968 1 249 km 5h 52' Walter Godefroot BEL Flandria Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani Jan Janssen NED Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune 1967 1969 The 52nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday, 30 March 1968. The race was won by Belgian sprinter Walter Godefroot ahead of Guido Reybrouck, who was being led out by Eddy Merckx. After the race, Reybrouck tested positive for doping and Rudi Altig was promoted to second place.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 148Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968 http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7809 siteducyclisme.net 6 March 2016 French 82 of 175 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1968-tour-of-flanders.html 1968 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 5 March 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 249 km. There were four categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen) Valkenberg Kasteelstraat Results 1 Walter Godefroot BEL Flandria–De Clerck 5h 52' 00" 2 Guido Reybrouck BEL Romeo–Smiths s.t. 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani s.t. 3 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune s.t. 4 Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Mann–Grundig–Libertas s.t. 5 Roger Rosiers BEL Mann–Grundig–Libertas s.t. 6 Jo de Roo NED Willem II–Gazelle s.t. 7 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune s.t. 8 Eddy Merckx BEL Faema s.t. 9 Ludo Vandromme BEL Flandria–De Clerck s.t. 10 Rik Van Looy BEL Willem II–Gazelle s.t. References External links Video of the 1968 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160314235957/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.1245548 2016-03-14 on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1968 in road cycling Category:1968 in Belgian sport Category:1968 Super Prestige Pernod