The 50th Tour of Flanders

cycling classic The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...

was held on Saturday, 9 April 1966. The race was won by Belgian rider

Edward Sels Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stage ...

in a sprint before Italian

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.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 144 60 of 151 riders finished.

Route

The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 243 km. For the first time since the 1940s the

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climbs was not addressed because of road works. There were six categorized climbs:

Results

References

External links

Video of the 1966 Tour of Flanders
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