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| Dates | 1 April 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 267 km (165.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 31' | ||||||||||||
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The 63rd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1979. The race was won by Dutch rider Jan Raas in Meerbeke after a 15 km solo attack.[1][2] 34 of 180 riders finished.[3]
- ^ Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 180
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1979 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, Arkansas: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.