1970 Tour of Flanders

5 April 1970 1 265 km 6h 24' Eric Leman BEL Flandria–Mars Walter Godefroot BEL Salvarani-Chiorda Eddy Merckx BEL Faemino 1970 1969 1971 The 54th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 5 April 1970. Belgian Eric Leman won ahead of Walter Godefroot and Eddy Merckx, winning his first of three in the classicVanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p150McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1970-tour-of-flanders.html 1970 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 1 June 2015 The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge. 37 out of 173 riders arrived. Course On the ascent of the Muur van Geraardsbergen Frenchman Roger Pingeon broke clear from the peloton. Eddy Merckx was the favourite to win the race and counter-attacked with Walter Godefroot and Eric Leman. They caught Pingeon on the Bosberg, the climb that made its first appearance in the Tour of Flanders. Pingeon was distanced in the finale and Merckx suffered a puncture in the ultimate kilometer. Leman beat Godefroot in a highly contested two-man sprint and won the race, Merckx finished third.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p169-170 Climbs There were eight categorized climbs: 22em Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Steenbeekberg Muur van Geraardsbergen Bosberg Valkenberg Semmerzake Results CyclistTeamTime1Eric Leman BEL Flandria–Mars 6h 24'2Walter Godefroot BEL Salvarani-Chiorda s.t.3Eddy Merckx BEL Faemino 1970 + 10"4Frans Verbeeck BEL Geens–Watney s.t.5Roger Rosiers BEL Bic s.t.6Jean-Pierre Monseré BEL Flandria–Mars + 25"7Patrick Sercu BEL Dreher s.t.8Jan Janssen NED Bic s.t.9Daniel Van Ryckeghem BEL Mann–Grundig s.t.10Evert Dolman NED Willem II–Gazelle s.t. References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1970 Super Prestige Pernod