1975 Tour of Flanders

1975 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		6 April 1975
Distance		255 km (158.4 mi)
Winning time		6h 16' (40.691 km/h or 25.284 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	(Molteni)
	Second	Frans Verbeeck (BEL)	(Maes-Watneys)
	Third	Marc Demeyer (BEL)	(Flandria-Carpenter)

The 59th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1975. Belgian Eddy Merckx won the classic a second time.^[1]^[2] The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

Course

World champion Eddy Merckx concluded his second win after another memorable raid to the finish. Merckx broke clear from the peloton on the Oude Kwaremont together with fellow Belgian Frans Verbeeck with 104 km to ride. Merckx and Verbeeck continued working for the remainder of the course, until Merckx distanced his worn-out companion in Denderwindeke, 6 km before the finish in Meerbeke. The best of the other riders came in at more than five minutes. ^[3]^[4]

Climbs

There were eight categorized climbs:

Oude Kwaremont
Nieuwe Kruisberg
Taaienberg
Eikenberg

Volkegemberg
Varent
Muur
Bosberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Molteni	6h 16' 00"
2	Frans Verbeeck (BEL)	Maes-Watneys	+ 13"
3	Marc Demeyer (BEL)	Flandria-Carpenter	+ 5'02"
4	Walter Planckaert (BEL)	Maes-Watneys	+ 5'08"
5	Rik Van Linden (BEL)	Bianchi-Campagnolo	s.t.
6	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Gitane	s.t.
7	Staf Van Roosbroeck (BEL)	Alsaver-Jeunet	s.t.
8	Freddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria-Carpenter	s.t.
9	Roger Rosiers (BEL)	Super-Ser	s.t.
10	Willem Peeters (BEL)	Maes-Watneys	s.t.

References

↑ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p174
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1975 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
↑ Vanwalleghem, Rik (2003), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lannoo, Belgium, ISBN 90-20951-37-8, p42
↑ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p161-163

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