1974 Tour of Flanders
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 31 March 1974 | ||
| Distance | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||
| Winning time | 6h 10' | ||
| Palmares | |||
| Winner |  Cees Bal (NED) |
(Gan-Mercier) | |
| Second |  Frans Verbeeck (BEL) |
(Maes-Watneys) | |
| Third | |
(Flandria-Carpenter) | |
The 58th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 31 March 1974. Dutchman Cees Bal won the classic ahead of Frans Verbeeck and Eddy Merckx.[1][2] The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).
Contents
Course
A group of 40 was formed after the Oude Kwaremont, further reduced on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. At six kilometers from the finish Cees Bal broke clear from the group, powering on to the victory in Meerbeke.[1]
Climbs
There were seven categorized climbs:
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cees Bal (NED) |
Gan-Mercier | 6h 10' 00" |
| 2 | Frans Verbeeck (BEL) |
Watneys-Maes | + 19" |
| 3 | |
Flandria-Carpenter | s.t. |
| 4 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
Molteni | s.t. |
| 5 | Eric Leman (BEL) |
Mic-Ludo | s.t. |
| 6 | Marc Demeyer (BEL) |
Flandria-Carpenter | + 0'45" |
| 7 | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
Bic | +0'51" |
| 8 | Rik Van Linden] (BEL) |
IJsboerke-Colner | s.t. |
| 9 | Patrick Sercu (BEL) |
Brooklyn (cycling team) | s.t. |
| 10 | Wilfried Wesemael (BEL) |
Mic-Ludo | + 1' 23" |
Note: third-place finished Walter Godefroot tested positive for doping after the race and was disqualified, moving Merckx up to third.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p168
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
