The 51st 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 Sunday, 2 April 1967. The race was won by Italian rider

Dino Zandegù Dino Zandegù (born 31 May 1940) is a former Italian professional cyclist. He is most known for winning the Points Classification at the 1967 Giro d'Italia. He also won the Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), ...

in a two-man sprint with

Noël Foré Noël Foré (23 December 1932 – 16 February 1994) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His greatest victories were Paris–Roubaix in 1959 and the Tour of Flanders in 1963. Palmarès ;1957 :Dwars door Vlaanderen/Dwars door Be ...

. Eddy Merckx won the sprint for third place.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 148 92 of 139 riders finished.

Route

The race started in

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and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 245 km. The

Kwaremont Kluisbergen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, along the Scheldt river. The municipality comprises the towns of , Kwaremont, and which fused in 1971. In 2021, Kluisbergen had a total population of 6,682. The ...

was re-included after the road works had suppressed it the previous years. There were four categorized climbs: *

* Kloosterstraat (

Geraardsbergen Geraardsbergen (; french: Grammont, ) is a city and municipality located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Geraardsbergen prop ...

) * Valkenberg * Kasteelstraat

Results

References

External links

Video of the 1967 Tour of Flanders
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