1982 Tour of Flanders

Cycling race

The 66th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 4 April 1982. Belgian rider René Martens claimed a surprise victory after breaking away solo on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Eddy Planckaert won the sprint for second at 20 seconds, ahead of Rudy Pevenage.^[1][2] It was by and large Martens' biggest career victory. 51 of 212 riders finished.^[3]

Route

The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were 11 categorized climbs:^[1]

Results

References

1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 182
2. "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1982". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
3. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1982 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

External links

• Video of the 1982 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)