1988 Dwars door België
Eddy Planckaert arriving in 1988 Dwars door België in Waregem (Collection KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport) | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 24 March 1988 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 230 km (140 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 10' 00" | |||||||||
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The 1988 Dwars door België was the 43rd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 24 March 1988. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was initially won by Eddy Planckaert. However, in September 1988, he had to relinquish this victory to secondly placed John Talen, because of a positive test of the prohibited substance codeine, though the team doctor claimed that Planckaert on the day of the race took two "antigrippines" in good faith.