The 68th running of the 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, 1 April 1984. Dutch rider
Johan Lammerts
Johan Lammerts (born 2 October 1960 in Bergen-op-Zoom, North Brabant) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1992. His biggest success came in 1984, when he won the Tour of Flanders and the ...
won the ''monument'' race in his first attempt, following a late escape from a six-man group. Ireland's
Sean Kelly won the sprint for second place at 25 seconds.
[Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 188] 40 of 181 riders finished.
Route
The race started in
Sint Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas (; french: Saint-Nicolas, ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and .
Sint-Nikl ...
and finished in
Meerbeke
Meerbeke is a village in the Denderstreek in the province of East Flanders in Belgium. Administratively it is part of the municipality of Ninove. This rural community is located along the Dender River on the western border of what is known as "Pajo ...
(
Ninove) – covering 268 km. There were 12 categorized climbs:
Results
References
External links
Video of the 1984 Tour of Flanders on
Sporza (in Dutch)
Tour of Flanders
1984 in road cycling
1984 in Belgian sport
1984 Super Prestige Pernod International
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