1978 Tour of Flanders

62nd Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		9 April 1978
Distance		260 km (161.6 mi)
Winning time		6h 12' (41.935 km/h or 26.057 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	(IJsboerke–Gios)
	Second	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	(Flandria–Velda)
	Third	Gregor Braun (FRG)	(Peugeot–Esso)

The 62nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 9 April 1978. The race was won by Belgian Walter Godefroot in a three-man sprint with Michel Pollentier and Gregor Braun. It was Godefroot's second win in the Tour of Flanders, after the 1968 event.^[1]^[2] 47 of 174 riders finished.^[3]

Route

The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 260 km. There were eight categorized climbs:^[1]

Volkegemberg
Boigneberg
Muur van Geraardsbergen
Bosberg

Results

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Walter Godefroot (BEL)	IJsboerke–Gios	6h 12' 00"
2	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Flandria–De Clerck	s.t.
3	Gregor Braun (FRG)	Peugeot–Esso	s.t.
4	Jos Jacobs (BEL)	IJsboerke–Gios	+ 50"
5	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Peugeot–Esso	s.t.
6	Herman Van Springel (BEL)	Zeepcentrale Marc	s.t.
7	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Sanson	s.t.
8	Freddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria–De Clerck	s.t.
9	Walter Planckaert (BEL)	C&A	s.t.
10	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Sanson	s.t.

References

1 2 Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 178
↑ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1978 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

External links

Video of the 1978 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch)

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