The 1973 La Flèche Wallonne was the 37th edition of
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...
cycle race and was held on 19 April 1973. The race started in
Verviers
Verviers (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Ensival, Heusy, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Verviers. It is also the cent ...
and finished in
Marcinelle
Marcinelle (; ) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Until 1977, it was a municipality of its own.
The town of Marcinelle is renowned as the home ...
. The race was won by
André Dierickx
André Dierickx (born 29 October 1947) is a Belgian former professional Bicycle road racing, road racing cyclist who competed between 1969 and 1981. He competed in the Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, individua ...
of the
Flandria team.
General classification
References
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