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1972 La Flèche Wallonne
36th Edition: April 23, 1972
La Flèche Wallonne podium history | 1971 edition | 1973 edition
Verviers - Marcinelle,
249 km, 38.81 km/hr
132 starters, 55 classified finishers
1972 Flèche Wallone winner Eddy Merckx
Complete results:
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Molteni) | 6hr 25min |
| 2 | Raymond Poulidor (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 3 | Willy Van Neste (Flandria-Beaulieu) | s.t. |
| 4 | Gilbert Bellone (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 5 | Georges Pintens (Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy) | s.t. |
| 6 | Alain Santy (Bic) | s.t. |
| 7 | Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 8 | Wim Schepers (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 9 | Leif Mortensen (Bic) | s.t. |
| 10 | Roger Swerts (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 11 | Joop Zoetemelk (Flandria-Beaulieu) | s.t. |
| 12 | Roger Rosiers (Bic) | s.t. |
| 13 | Herman Van Springel (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 14 | Raymond Delisle (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 15 | Joseph Spruyt (Molteni) | @ 31sec |
| 16 | Eddy Cael (Novy-Dubble Bubble) | s.t. |
| 17 | François Cocquery (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | 55" |
| 18 | Willy Teirlinck (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 19 | Cyrille Guimard (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 20 | Victor Van Schil (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 21 | Michel Coulon (Watney - Avia) | @ 1min 5sec |
| 22 | Roland Berland (Bic) | 1'50" |
| 23 | Robert Bouloux (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 24 | Willy Van Malderghem (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 25 | Eddy Verstraeten (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 26 | Lucien Van Impe (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 27 | Eric Leman (Bic) | s.t. |
| 28 | Jos Deschoenmaker | s.t. |
| 29 | Joaquim Agostinho (Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy) | s.t. |
| 30 | Johan De Muynck (Flandria-Beaulieu) | s.t. |
| 31 | Dieter Puschel (Rokado) | 1'55" |
| 32 | Jean-pierre Berckmans (Rokado) | 3'29" |
| 33 | Eric Wijckaert (Novy-Dubble Bubble) | 3'40" |
| 34 | Ferdinand Bracke (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 35 | Jürgen Tschan (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 36 | Raymond Riotte (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 37 | Etienne Antheunis (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 38 | Lucien Aimar (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 39 | Roger Kindt (Van Cauter-Magniflex-De Gribaldy) | s.t. |
| 40 | Désiré Letort (Bic) | 4'30" |
| 41 | Michel Périn (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 42 | Johnny Schleck (Bic) | s.t. |
| 43 | Luc Van Goidsenhoven (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 44 | Maurice Dury (Hertekamp) | s.t. |
| 45 | Willy Planckaert (Goldor-Ijsboerke) | s.t. |
| 46 | José Catieau (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 47 | Pierre Martelozzo (Peugeot-Michelin-BP) | s.t. |
| 48 | Aimé Delaere (Novy-Dubble Bubble) | s.t. |
| 49 | Bernard Guyot (Sonolor) | 8'35" |
| 50 | André Peirsman (Hertekamp) | 18'32" |
| 51 | Pieter Nassen (Watney-Avia) | s.t. |
| 52 | Frans Mintjens (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 53 | Frans Kerremans (Novy-Dubble Bubble) | s.t. |
| 54 | Julien Knockaert (Flandria-Beaulieu) | s.t. |
| 55 | Emile Cambre | s.t. |