The 67th running of the Tour of Flanders

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was held on Sunday, 3 April 1983. Dutch rider Jan Raas claimed his second win in the ''monument'' race following a 20 km solo attack. His teammate Ludo Peeters won the sprint for second place at one-and-a-half minute.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 188 38 of 188 riders finished.

Route

The race started in

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and finished in

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( Ninove) – covering 272 km. There were 12 categorized climbs:

Results

References

External links

Video of the 1983 Tour of Flanders
on Sporza (in Dutch) Tour of Flanders 1983 in road cycling 1983 in Belgian sport 1983 Super Prestige Pernod {{TourofFlanders-race-stub