The 52nd Tour of Flanders

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was held on Saturday, 30 March 1968. The race was won by Belgian sprinter

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ahead of

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, who was being led out by

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. After the race, Reybrouck tested positive for doping and

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was promoted to second place.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 148 82 of 175 riders finished.

Route

The race started in

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and finished in

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– covering 249 km. There were four categorized climbs: *

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* Kloosterstraat (

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) * Valkenberg * Kasteelstraat

Results

References

External links

Video of the 1968 Tour of Flanders
on

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