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Brett Horton
San Francisco, California USA
1974 Professional Mens World Championship - Road
MONTREAL (Canada), 262.5 km
1. Eddy MERCKX (Bel) en 6h52'22"
2. Raymond Poulidor (Fra) à 2"
3. Mariano Martinez (Fra) à 37"
4. Giacinto Santambrogio (Ita) à 39"
5. Bernard Thevenet (Fra) à 2'10"
6. Herman Van Springel (Bel) à 2'19"
7. Francesco Moser (Ita) à 3'10"
8. Domingo Perurena (Esp) à 3'39"
9. Andres Oliva (Esp)
10. Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) à 4'18"
11. Emilio-Martin Rodriguez (Col) à 10'43"
12. Josef Fuchs (Sui)
13. Frabrizio Fabbri (Ita) à 11'53"
14. Tino Tabak (Hol)
15. Gerben Karstens (Hol) à 14'44"
16. Roland Salm (Sui)
17. Gosta Pettersson (Sue)
18. Jurgen Tschan (All)
Participants : 66
Finishers : 18
Average Speed : 38.194 km/h
Start List :
GERMANY
HARITZ Gunther
KUSTER Karl-Heinz
MUDDEMANN Karl-Heinz
RUCH Johannes
TSCHAN Jurgen
AUSTRALIA
CLARK Danny
Mc VILLEY Graham
BAHAMAS
MILLIER Leonard
BELGIUM
BRUYERE Joseph
DELCROIX Ludo
DE VLAEMINCK Roger
DE WITTE Ronald
MAERTENS Freddy
MERCKX Eddy
SERCU Patrick
SWERTS Roger
VAN SPRINGEL Herman
VERBEECK Frans
COLOMBIA
NINO Rafael
MARTIN RODRIGUEZ Emilio
DENMARK
RITTER Ole
SPAIN
LASA Miguel-Maria
LAZCANO Santiago
LOPEZ CARRIL Vicente
MANZANEQUE Jesus
MARTOS Antonio
OCANA Luis
OLIVA Andres
DOMINGO Perurena
PESARRODONA José
ZURANO Juan
USA
KUND William
SNEDDON Tom
FRANCE
CAMPANER Francis
DANGUILLAUME Jean-Pierre
ESCLASSAN Jacques
MARTINEZ Mariano
MISAC Jean-Claude
MOLINERIS Jean-Luc
POULIDOR Raymond
RAYMOND Christian
TALBOURDET Georges
THEVENET Bernard
HOLLAND
BAL Cees
KARSTENS Gerben
KNETEMANN Gerrit
PIJNEN René
PRIEM Cees
SCHIPPER Adrianus "Jos"
SCHUITEN Roy
TABAK Tino
VAN KATWIJK Piet
VIANEN Gerard
ITALY
BASSO Marino
BATTAGLIN Giovanni
BITOSSI Franco
CONTI Costantino
FABBRI Fabrizio
GIMONDI Felice
MOSER Francesco
PANIZZA Wladimiro
PAOLINI Enrico
POGGIALI Roberto
SANTAMBROGIO Giacinto
JAPAN
SATO Tadaschi
SATO Torao
NORWAY
KNUDSEN Knut
SWEDEN
PETTERSON Gosta
SWITZERLAND
FUCHS Joseph
SALM Roland