1975 Tour of Flanders

Race details
Dates	6 April 1975
Stages	1
Distance	255 km (158.4 mi)
Winning time	6h 16'
Results
Winner   Eddy Merckx  (BEL) (Molteni)   Second   Frans Verbeeck  (BEL) (Maes–Watneys)   Third   Marc Demeyer  (BEL) (Flandria–Carpenter)
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The 59th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1975. Belgian Eddy Merckx won the classic a second time. ^{[1] [2]} The race started in Ghent and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

Course

World champion Eddy Merckx concluded his second win after another memorable raid to the finish. Merckx broke clear from the peloton on the Oude Kwaremont together with fellow Belgian Frans Verbeeck 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, 6 km before the finish in Meerbeke. The best of the other riders came in at more than five minutes. ^{[3] [4]}

Climbs

There were eight categorized climbs:

Oude Kwaremont Nieuwe Kruisberg Taaienberg Eikenberg

Volkegemberg Varent Muur Bosberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Eddy Merckx  (BEL)	Molteni	6h 16' 00"
2	Frans Verbeeck  (BEL)	Maes–Watneys	+ 13"
3	Marc Demeyer  (BEL)	Flandria–Carpenter	+ 5'02"
4	Walter Planckaert  (BEL)	Maes–Watneys	+ 5'08"
5	Rik Van Linden  (BEL)	Bianchi–Campagnolo	s.t.
6	Gerben Karstens  (NED)	Gitane	s.t.
7	Staf Van Roosbroeck  (BEL)	Alsaver-Jeunet	s.t.
8	Freddy Maertens  (BEL)	Flandria–Carpenter	s.t.
9	Roger Rosiers  (BEL)	Super Ser	s.t.
10	Willem Peeters  (BEL)	Maes–Watneys	s.t.

References

1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN   90-73322-02-2, p174
2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1975 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, Arkansas: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
3. Vanwalleghem, Rik (2003), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lannoo, Belgium, ISBN   90-20951-37-8, p42
4. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN   90-73322-02-2, p161-163