50th Tour of Flanders | |
Date: | 9 April 1966 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 243 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 5h 53' 00" |
Speed: | 41.303 |
First: | Edward Sels |
First Nat: | BEL |
First Team: | Solo–Superia |
Second: | Adriano Durante |
Second Nat: | ITA |
Second Team: | Salvarani |
Third: | Georges Vandenberghe |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Third Team: | Romeo–Smiths |
Previous: | 1965 |
Next: | 1967 |
The 50th Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday, 9 April 1966. The race was won by Belgian rider Edward Sels in a sprint before Italian Adriano Durante.[1] 60 of 151 riders finished.[2]
The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 243 km. For the first time since the 1940s the Kwaremont climbs was not addressed because of road works. There were six categorized climbs:[1]
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