1964 Tour of Flanders

48th Tour of Flanders 5 April 1964 1 236 km 5h 43' 27" Rudi Altig FRG Saint-Raphael–Gitane–Dunlop Benoni Beheyt BEL Mercier–Hutchinson Jo de Roo NED Saint-Raphael–Gitane–Hutchinson 1963 1965 The 48th Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1964. The race was won by West German rider Rudi Altig after a 60 km solo breakaway. At four minutes, Benoni Beheyt won the sprint for second place before Jo de Roo.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 140 51 of 119 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1964-tour-of-flanders.html 1964 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 5 March 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 240 km. There were six categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Edelareberg Valkenberg Kasteelstraat Grotenberge Results 1 Rudi Altig FRG Saint-Raphael–Gitane–Dunlop 5h 43' 27" 2 Benoni Beheyt BEL Wiels–Groene Leeuw + 4' 05" 3 Jo de Roo NED Saint-Raphael–Gitane–Hutchinson s.t. 4 Edward Sels BEL Solo–Superia s.t. 5 Georges Vanconingsloo BEL Peugeot–BP–Englebert s.t. 6 Arthur Decabooter BEL Solo–Superia s.t. 7 Jos Verachtert BEL Dr.Mann s.t. 8 Gustaaf De Smet BEL Wiels–Groene Leeuw s.t. 9 Gilbert Desmet BEL Wiels–Groene Leeuw s.t. 10 Rik Van Looy BEL Solo–Superia s.t. References External links Video of the 1964 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234505/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.1260794 2016-03-14 on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1964 in road cycling Category:1964 in Belgian sport Category:1964 Super Prestige Pernod