1968 Tour de Romandie

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1968 Tour de Romandie
Race details
Dates9–12 May 1968
Stages4
Distance806.6[1] km (501.2 mi)
Winning time21h 55' 58"
Results
  Winner  Eddy Merckx (BEL)
  Second  Raymond Delisle (FRA)
  Third  Robert Hagmann (SUI)
← 1967
1969 →

The 1968 Tour de Romandie was the 22nd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 9 May to 12 May 1968. The race started and finished in Geneva.[2] The race was won by Eddy Merckx.

General classification[edit]

Final general classification[2][3]
Rank Rider Time
1  Eddy Merckx (BEL) 21h 55' 58"
2  Raymond Delisle (FRA) + 1' 14"
3  Robert Hagmann (SUI) + 1' 27"
4  Mariano Díaz (ESP) + 2' 38"
5  Edy Schütz (LUX) + 2' 43"
6  Jean Dumont (FRA) + 2' 49"
7  Joaquim Galera (ESP) + 3' 01"
8  Michele Dancelli (ITA) + 3' 19"
9  André Bayssière (FRA) + 3' 40"
10  Italo Zilioli (ITA) + 3' 50"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tour of Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "22ème Tour de Romandie 1968". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 March 2005.
  3. ^ "1968 Tour de Romandie". First Cycling. Retrieved 8 January 2018.