1975 Tour of Flanders

6 April 1975 1 255 km 6h 16' Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes–Watneys Marc Demeyer BEL Flandria–Carpenter 1974 1976 The 59th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1975. Belgian Eddy Merckx won the classic a second time.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p174McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1975-tour-of-flanders.html 1975 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 1 June 2015 The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove). Course World champion Eddy Merckx concluded his second win after another memorable raid to the finish. Merckx broke clear from the peloton on the Oude Kwaremont together with fellow Belgian Frans Verbeeck with 104 km to ride. Merckx and Verbeeck continued working for the remainder of the course, until Merckx distanced his worn-out companion in Denderwindeke, 6 km before the finish in Meerbeke. The best of the other riders came in at more than five minutes.Vanwalleghem, Rik (2003), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lannoo, Belgium, 90-20951-37-8, p42Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p161-163 Climbs There were eight categorized climbs: Oude Kwaremont Nieuwe Kruisberg Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Varent Muur Bosberg Results CyclistTeamTime1Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 6h 16' 00"2Frans Verbeeck BEL Maes–Watneys + 13"3Marc Demeyer BEL Flandria–Carpenter + 5'02"4Walter Planckaert BEL Maes–Watneys + 5'08"5Rik Van Linden BEL Bianchi–Campagnolo s.t.6Gerben Karstens NED Gitane s.t.7Staf Van Roosbroeck BEL Alsaver-Jeunet s.t.8Freddy Maertens BEL Flandria–Carpenter s.t.9Roger Rosiers BEL Super Ser s.t.10Willem Peeters BEL Maes–Watneys s.t. References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1975 Super Prestige Pernod