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1973 Amstel Gold Race
8th Edition: Saturday, April 7, 1973
Complete Amstel Gold Race podium history | 1974 edition | 1972 edition
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Heerlen - Meerssen, Netherlands
238 km, 35.86 km/hr
Complete results:
165 starters, 28 classified finishers
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Molteni) | 6hr 38min 16sec |
| 2 | Frans Verbeeck (Watney-Maes) | @ 3'13" |
| 3 | Herman Van Springel (Rokado) | 3'15" |
| 4 | Joop Zoetemelk (Gitane-Frigecreme) | 3'49" |
| 5 | Hennie Kuiper (Rokado) | 4'15" |
| 6 | Albert Van Vlierberghe (Rokado) | 5'35" |
| 7 | Ronald De Witte (Flandria-Shimano-Carpenter) | 5'40" |
| 8 | Freddy Maertens (Flandria-Shimano-Carpenter) | 5'59" |
| 9 | Walter Godefroot (Flandria-Shimano-Carpenter) | 8'05" |
| 10 | Santiago Lazcano Labaca (KAS-Kaskol) | 8'10" |
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| 11 | Georges Pintens (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 12 | Noël Van Clooster (Ijsboerke-Bertin) | 9'30" |
| 13 | Roger Rosiers (Bic) | 9'34" |
| 14 | Marc Lievens (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 15 | Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck (Rokado) | 9'59" |
| 16 | Antoine Houbrechts (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 17 | Joseph Schoeters (Ijsboerke-Bertin) | 10'22" |
| 18 | Ludo Van Stayen (Watney-Maes) | s.t. |
| 19 | Joseph Huysmans (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 20 | José Catieau (Bic) | s.t. |
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| 21 | Robert Bouloux (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 22 | Michel Périn (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | 10'34" |
| 23 | Ben Janbroers (Canada Dry-Gazelle) | 10'40" |
| 24 | Eddy Cael (Novy-Total) | 10'54" |
| 25 | Romain Maes (Hertekamp) | 11'00" |
| 26 | Roger Gilson (Rokado) | 11'43" |
| 27 | Gérard Vianen (Gitane-Frigecreme) | 12'08" |
| 28 | Wim Schepers (Rokado) | 12'16" |
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