1978 Tour of Flanders

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| name = 62nd Tour of Flanders

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| date = 9 April 1978

| stages = 1

| distance = 260

| unit = km

| time = 6h 12'

| speed = 41.935

| first = Walter Godefroot

| first_nat = BEL

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| first_team = IJsboerke–Gios

| second = Michel Pollentier

| second_nat = BEL

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| second_team = Flandria–Velda

| third = Gregor Braun

| third_nat = FRG

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| third_team = Peugeot–Esso

| previous = 1977

| next = 1979

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The 62nd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 9 April 1978. The race was won by Belgian Walter Godefroot in a three-man sprint with Michel Pollentier and Gregor Braun. It was Godefroot's second win in the Tour of Flanders, after the 1968 event.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, {{ISBN|90-73322-02-2}}, p 178{{cite web|title=Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7924|website=siteducyclisme.net|accessdate=7 March 2016|language=French}} 47 of 174 riders finished.{{cite web|last1=McGann|last2=McGann|first1=Bill|first2=Carol|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1978-tour-of-flanders.html |title= 1978 Ronde van Vlaanderen results |work=BikeRaceInfo|publisher=McGann Publishing|location=Cherokee Village, Arkansas|accessdate=7 March 2016}}