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1974 World Pro Road Cycling Championships

41st edition: Sunday, August 25, 1974
Montreal, Canada

World Road Cycling Championships podium history | 1975 edition | 1973 edition |

66 riders started, 18 classified finishers.
21 laps of 12.5 km totalling 262.5 km. Winner's average speed: 38.19 km/hr

Eddy Merckx at th 1974 Tour de France

Eddy Merckx at the 1974 Tour de France

Complete Results:

  1. Eddy Merckx (Belgium) 6hr 52min 22sec
  2. Raymond Poulidor (France) @ 2sec
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  4. Mariano Martinez (France) @ 37sec
  5. Giacinto Santambrogio (Italy) @ 39sec
  6. Bernard Thévenet (France) @ 2min 10sec
  7. Herman van Springel (Belgium) @ 2min 19sec
  8. Francesco Moser (Italy) @ 3min 10sec
  9. Domingo Perurena (Spain) @ 3mn 39sec
  10. Andres Oliva (Spain) s.t.
  11. Giovanni Battaglin (Italy) @ 4min 18sec
  12. Emilio Martin "Cochise" Rodriguez (Colombia) @ 10min 43sec
  13. Josef Fuchs (Switzerland) s.t.
  14. Fabrizio Fabbri (Italy) @ 11min 53sec
  15. Tino Tabak (Netherlands) s.t.
  16. Gerben Karstens (Netherlands) @ 14min 44sec
  17. Roland Salm (Switzerland) s.t.
  18. Gösta Pettersson (Sweden) s.t.
  19. Jurgen Tschan (Germany) s.t.