1968 Tour of Flanders

52nd Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		30 March 1968
Distance		249 km (154.7 mi)
Winning time		5h 52'
Results
	Winner	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	(Flandria)
	Second	Rudi Altig (FRG)	(Salvarani)
	Third	Jan Janssen (NED)	(Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune)

The 52nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday, 30 March 1968. The race was won by Belgian sprinter Walter Godefroot ahead of Guido Reybrouck, who was being led out by Eddy Merckx. After the race, Reybrouck tested positive for doping and Rudi Altig was promoted to second place.^[1]^[2] 82 of 175 riders finished.^[3]

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 249 km. There were four categorized climbs:^[1]

Kwaremont
Kloosterstraat (Geraardsbergen)
Valkenberg
Kasteelstraat

Results

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	Flandria–De Clerck	5h 52' 00"
2	~~Guido Reybrouck~~ (BEL)	~~Romeo–Smiths~~	~~s.t.~~
2	Rudi Altig (FRG)	Salvarani	s.t.
3	Jan Janssen (NED)	Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune	s.t.
4	Daniel Van Ryckeghem (BEL)	Mann–Grundig–Libertas	s.t.
5	Roger Rosiers (BEL)	Mann–Grundig–Libertas	s.t.
6	Jo de Roo (NED)	Willem II–Gazelle	s.t.
7	Bernard Van De Kerckhove (BEL)	Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune	s.t.
8	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Faema	s.t.
9	Ludo Vandromme (BEL)	Flandria–De Clerck	s.t.
10	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Willem II–Gazelle	s.t.

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 148
↑ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1968 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

External links

Video of the 1968 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch)

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