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1969 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

53rd edition: Sunday, March 30, 1969

Podium history of the Tour of Flanders | 1970 edition | 1968 edition

259 km. 178 starters, 40 classified finishers

Ascents: Kwaremont, Kloosterstraat, Valkenberg, Kasteelstraat

Eddy Merckx and Frans Verbeeck

Eddy Merckx and Frans Verbeeck in the 1975 Tour of Flanders

Complete results:

  1. Eddy Merckx (Faema) 6hr 20min 0sec. 40.9 km/hr
  2. Felice Gimondi (Salvarani) @ 5min 36sec
  3. Tour of Flanders, the Inside Story
  4. Marino Basso (Molteni) @ 8min 8sec
  5. Franco Bitossi (Filotex) s.t.
  6. Bernard Van der Kerkhove (Faema) s.t.
  7. Michele Dancelli (Molteni) s.t.
  8. Barry Hoban (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
  9. Frans Verbeeck (Geens-Diamant) s.t.
  10. Georges Claes s.t.
  11. Jozef Spruyt (Faema) @ 8min 10sec
  12. Julien Stevens (Faema) @ 9min 12sec
  13. Eric de Vlaeminck (Flandria-De Clerck-Krüger) 14min 9sec
  14. Walter Godefroot (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) @ 14min 12sec
  15. Willy Bocklant (Pull Over Centrale-Tasmanie-Novy) s.t.
  16. Roger Rosiers (Dr. Mann-Grundig) s.t.
  17. Jos Schoeters (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) @ 14min 19sec
  18. Jan Janssen (Bic) @ 15min 4sec
  19. Julien Delocht (Faema) s.t.
  20. Willy de Geest (Pull Over Centrale-Tasmanie-Novy) @ 15min 14sec
  21. Noël Van Clooster (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) @ 15min 25sec
  22. Antoon Houbrechts (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) s.t.
  23. Eric Leman (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) @ 15min 35sec
  24. Raymond Steegmans (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka) @ 15min 47sec
  25. Evert Dolman (Willem II-Gazelle) s.t.
  26. Robert Lelangue (Goldor-Heterkamp-Gerka) @ 15min 48sec
  27. René Pijnen (Willem II-Gazelle) s.t.
  28. Herman Flabat (Pull Over Centrale-Tasmanie-Novy) @ 15min 50sec
  29. Roland Van de Rijse (Pull Over Centrale-Tasmanie-Novy) s.t.
  30. Ronny Van de Wijver (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) @ 16min 20sec
  31. Cees Zoontjes (Caballero) s.t.
  32. Flaviano Vicentini (Filotex) @ 16min 24sec
  33. Jacques Cadiou (Frimatic-Viva-De Gribaldy) @ 16min 35sec
  34. Tony Daelemans (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka) @ 23min 15sec
  35. Willy Van den Eynde (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka) s.t.
  36. Leo van Dam (Geens-Diamant) s.t.
  37. Philippe Crépel (Sonolor-Lejeune) s.t.
  38. Urbain de Brauwer (Etalo-Siriki-Ventura) s.t.
  39. Erich Spahn (Zimba Automatic-Mondia) @ 23min 30sec
  40. Pieter Nassan (Flandria-De Clercq-Krüger) s.t.
  41. Roger Jochmans (Geens-Diamant) s.t.