1978 Tour of Flanders

62nd Tour of Flanders 9 April 1978 1 260 km 6h 12' Walter Godefroot BEL IJsboerke–Gios Michel Pollentier BEL Flandria–Velda Gregor Braun FRG Peugeot–Esso 1977 1979 The 62nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 9 April 1978. The race was won by Belgian Walter Godefroot in a three-man sprint with Michel Pollentier and Gregor Braun. It was Godefroot's second win in the Tour of Flanders, after the 1968 event.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 178Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968 http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7924 siteducyclisme.net 7 March 2016 French 47 of 174 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1978-tour-of-flanders.html 1978 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 7 March 2016 Route The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 260 km. There were eight categorized climbs: Oude Kwaremont Koppenberg Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Boigneberg Muur van Geraardsbergen Bosberg Results 1 Walter Godefroot BEL IJsboerke–Gios 6h 12' 00" 2 Michel Pollentier BEL Flandria–De Clerck s.t. 3 Gregor Braun FRG Peugeot–Esso s.t. 4 Jos Jacobs BEL IJsboerke–Gios + 50" 5 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke BEL Peugeot–Esso s.t. 6 Herman Van Springel BEL Zeepcentrale Marc s.t. 7 Francesco Moser ITA Sanson s.t. 8 Freddy Maertens BEL Flandria–De Clerck s.t. 9 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 10 Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Sanson s.t. References External links Video of the 1978 Tour of Flanders https://web.archive.org/web/20160315055634/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.1244589 2016-03-15 on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1978 Super Prestige Pernod