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1974 Tour of Flanders

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Dates
  
31 March 1974

Distance
  
256 km (159.1 mi)

Winner
  
Cees Bal (NED)

Stages
  
1

Winning time
  
6h 10'

Second
  
Frans Verbeeck (BEL)

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. The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

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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.

Climbs

There were seven categorized climbs:

Results

Note: third-place finished Walter Godefroot tested positive for doping after the race and was disqualified, moving Merckx up to third.

References

1974 Tour of Flanders Wikipedia