Road Cycling World Championships 1974 at Montréal (can) Men: Road Race August 25: (Montréal, 262.5 km) 1. Eddy Merckx (bel) 6h52:22 2. Raymond Poulidor (fra) + 0:02 3. Mariano Martinez (fra) + 0:37 4. Giacinto Santambrogio (ita) + 0:39 5. Bernard Thévenet (fra) + 2:10 6. Herman van Springel (bel) + 2:19 7. Francesco Moser (ita) + 3:10 8. Domingo Perurena (spa) + 3:39 9. Andrés Oliva (spa) s.t. 10. Giovanni Battaglin (ita) + 4:18