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| Dates | 30 March 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 259 km (160.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 20' | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 53rd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 30 March 1969. Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx won ahead of Italians Felice Gimondi and Marino Basso, winning his first of two in the Flemish classic.[1][2] The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge.
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p150
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1969 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, Arkansas: McGann Publishing. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.