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1973 Gent - Wevelgem,
Belgium
Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)
35th edition, April 3, 1973
Gent - Wevelgem podium history | 1972 edition | 1974 edition
250 km / 39.68 km/hr
191 starters, 57 classified finishers
Eddy Merckx just outsprinting Frans Verbeeck to win 1973 Ghent-Wevelgem
Complete Results:
| 1 | Eddy Merckx (Molteni) | 6hr 18min |
| 2 | Frans Verbeeck (Watney-Maes Pils) | s.t. |
| 3 | Walter Planckaert (Watney-Maes Pils) | @ 55sec |
| 4 | Walter Godefroot (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 5 | Freddy Maertens (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 6 | Frans Mintjens (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 7 | Eric Leman (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 8 | Roger Rosiers (Bic) | s.t. |
| 9 | Joseph Abelshausen (Ijsboerk-Bertin) | @ 6min 4sec |
| 10 | Eddy Peelman (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 11 | Régis Delépine (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 12 | Ronald De Witte (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 13 | Englebert Opdebeeck (Watney-Maes Pils) | s.t. |
| 14 | Leif Mortensen (Bic) | s.t. |
| 15 | Cyrille Guimard (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 16 | Rik Van Linden (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 17 | Barry Hoban (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 18 | Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 19 | Joseph Bruyère (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 20 | Noël Van Clooster (Ijsboerk-Bertin) | s.t. |
| 21 | Régis Ovion (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 22 | August Herijgers (Ijsboerk-Bertin) | s.t. |
| 23 | Marc Lievens (Molteni) | s.t. |
| 24 | Jacques De Boever (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 25 | Wilfried David (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 26 | Raymond Poulidor (Gan-Mercier-Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 27 | Adriano Passuello (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 28 | Ludo Van Stayen (Watney-Maes Pils) | 8'55" |
| 29 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | 9'55" |
| 30 | Dirk Baert (Novy-Romy Pils-Total) | 10'10" |
| 31 | Johan Van Katwijck (Ijsboerk-Bertin) | s.t. |
| 32 | Tony Gakens (Hertekamp) | 10'35" |
| 33 | Georges Claes (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 34 | Marc Demeyer (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 35 | Julien Van Lint (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 36 | José De Cauwer (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 37 | Frans Van Looy (Novy-Romy Pils-Total) | s.t. |
| 38 | Gerry Catteeuw (Ijsboerk-Bertin) | s.t. |
| 39 | Robert Mintkiewicz (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 40 | Alain Vasseur (Bic) | s.t. |
| 41 | Romain Maes (Hertekamp) | s.t. |
| 42 | Willy Abbeloos (Watney-Maes Pils) | s.t. |
| 43 | Franky Ebo (Goldor-Herka) | s.t. |
| 44 | Adolf Huysmans (Goldor-Herka) | s.t. |
| 45 | Daniel Verplancke (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 46 | Hennie Kuiper (Rokado) | s.t. |
| 47 | Ronny Vanmarcke (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 48 | Charly Rouxel (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 49 | Yves Hézard (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 50 | Dave Lloyd (TI-Raleigh) | 15'10" |
| 51 | Dave Watson (TI-Raleigh) | 15'20" |
| 52 | Jacques-André Hochart (De Kova-Lejeune) | 21'10" |
| 53 | Bernard Masson (Gitane-Frigecreme) | s.t. |
| 54 | Harry Van Leeuwen (Canada Dry-Gazelle) | s.t. |
| 55 | Michel Roques (Sonolor) | s.t. |
| 56 | Herman Van Der Slagmolen (Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 57 | Giovanni Jimenez Ocampo (Hertekamp) | s.t. |