1966 Tour of Flanders

50th Tour of Flanders 9 April 1966 1 243 km 5h 53' 00" Edward Sels BEL Solo–Superia Adriano Durante ITA Salvarani Georges Vandenberghe BEL Romeo–Smiths 1965 1967 The 50th Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday, 9 April 1966. The race was won by Belgian rider Edward Sels in a sprint before Italian Adriano Durante.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 144 60 of 151 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1966-tour-of-flanders.html 1966 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 5 March 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 243 km. For the first time since the 1940s the Kwaremont climbs was not addressed because of road works. There were six categorized climbs: Kluisberg Kruisberg Edelareberg Valkenberg Kasteelstraat Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen) Results 1 Edward Sels BEL Solo–Superia 5h 53' 00" 2 Adriano Durante ITA Salvarani s.t. 3 Georges Vandenberghe BEL Romeo–Smiths s.t. 4 Guido Reybroeck BEL Romeo–Smiths s.t. 5 Willy Planckaert BEL Romeo–Smiths s.t. 6 Gianni Motta ITA Molteni s.t. 7 Willy Bocklant BEL Mann–Grundig s.t. 8 Jan Nolmans BEL Mann–Grundig s.t. 9 Vittorio Adorni ITA Salvarani s.t. 10 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani s.t. References External links Video of the 1966 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Category:1966 in road cycling Category:1966 in Belgian sport Category:1966 Super Prestige Pernod