1988 Tour of Flanders

The 72nd running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on 3 April 1988. It was won by Eddy Planckaert in a two-man sprint with Australian Phil Anderson. 88 of 197 starters finished the race.[1][2]

72nd Tour of Flanders
Race details
Dates3 April 1988
Stages1
Distance279 km (173.4 mi)
Winning time7h 27' 28"
Results
  Winner  Eddy Planckaert (BEL) (ADR)
  Second  Phil Anderson (AUS) (TVM)
  Third  Adrie van der Poel (NED) (PDM)

Race report

On the Berendries, 30 km from the finish, Marc Sergeant, Rudy Dhaenens and Phil Anderson broke clear, but Sean Kelly made his team work in pursuit. At the top of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, three riders, Adrie van der Poel, Eddy Planckaert and Phil Anderson, were ahead of the peloton. Van der Poel was dropped on the Bosberg and Anderson made several frantic efforts to distance the fast Planckaert on the final run-in towards Meerbeke. Planckaert, relying on his strong sprint finish, easily beat Anderson at the line. Van der Poel won the sprint for third place, 18 seconds behind Planckaert.[1] Eddy Planckaert won his first monument classic, 12 years after his brother Walter Planckaert won the Tour of Flanders.[1]

Route

The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – totaling 279 km. The course featured 12 categorized climbs:

Results
Result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Eddy Planckaert (BEL) ADR 7h 27' 28"
2  Phil Anderson (AUS) TVM s.t.
3  Adrie van der Poel (NED) PDM + 18"
4  Sean Kelly (IRL) KAS s.t.
5  Steven Rooks (NED) PDM s.t.
6  Marc Sergeant (BEL) Hitachi s.t.
7  Charly Mottet (FRA) Système U–Gitane s.t.
8  Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) PDM s.t.
9  Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED) PDM s.t.
10  Giuseppe Calcaterra (ITA) Atala + 3' 19"

Video of the 1988 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)

References
  1. Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p208
  2. McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1988 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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