1968 Tour of Flanders

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| name = 52nd Tour of Flanders

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| date = 30 March 1968

| stages = 1

| distance = 249

| unit = km

| time = 5h 52'

| speed = 42.443

| first = Walter Godefroot

| first_nat = BEL

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| first_team = Flandria

| second = Rudi Altig

| second_nat = FRG

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| second_team = Salvarani

| third = Jan Janssen

| third_nat = NED

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| third_team = Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune

| previous = 1967

| next = 1969

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The 52nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Saturday, 30 March 1968. The race was won by Belgian sprinter Walter Godefroot ahead of Guido Reybrouck, who was being led out by Eddy Merckx. After the race, Reybrouck tested positive for doping and Rudi Altig was promoted to second place.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, {{ISBN|90-73322-02-2}}, p 148{{cite web|title=Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7809|website=siteducyclisme.net|accessdate=6 March 2016|language=French}} 82 of 175 riders finished.{{cite web|last1=McGann|last2=McGann|first1=Bill|first2=Carol|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1968-tour-of-flanders.html |title= 1968 Ronde van Vlaanderen results |work=BikeRaceInfo|publisher=McGann Publishing|location=Cherokee Village, Arkansas|accessdate=5 March 2016}}