The 59th running of the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...

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in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1975. Belgian

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...

won the classic a second time.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p174 The race started in

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and finished in

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(

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Course

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concluded his second win after another memorable raid to the finish. Merckx broke clear from the peloton on the

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together with fellow Belgian

Frans Verbeeck Frans Verbeeck or Frans Verbeeck the Elder (c. 1510 – 24 July 1570, Mechelen) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish painter and draughtsman to whom have been attributed a number of works depicting fantastical and grotesque scenes carrying a moral ...

with 104 km to ride. Merckx and Verbeeck continued working for the remainder of the course, until Merckx distanced his worn-out companion in

Denderwindeke Ninove () is a city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. It is situated on the river Dender, and is part of the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Ninove proper and since the 1976 merger of ...

, 6 km before the finish in

. The best of the other riders came in at more than five minutes.Vanwalleghem, Rik (2003), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lannoo, Belgium, , p42Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p161-163

Climbs

There were eight categorized climbs:

Results

References

Tour of Flanders

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