Overview of the year 1979
Fleurence - Paris | total distance: 3765.0 km | number of stages: 24
Winner: Bernard Hinault | Renault | France | age: 24
time: 103hr 6min 50sec | average speed: 36.513 km/h
2nd place: Joop Zoetemelk (+ 13min 7sec)
3rd place: Joaquim Agostinho (+ 26min 53sec)
winning team: Renault - Gitane
number of participants: 150 (finished: 90 |not finished: 60)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1979
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
P | Fleurance - | Fleurance | 5.0 km | Gerrie KNETEMANN | 0:05:59 | 50.1 km/h |
1 | Fleurance - | Luchon | 225.0 km | René BITTINGER | 6:51:12 | 32.8 km/h |
2 | Luchon - | Superbagnères | 23.9 km | Bernard HINAULT | 0:53:59 | 26.6 km/h |
3 | Luchon - | Pau | 180.5 km | Bernard HINAULT | 4:58:29 | 36.3 km/h |
4 | Captieux - | Bordeaux | 87.5 km | Raleigh | 1:47:15 | 48.9 km/h |
5 | Neuville-de-Poitou - | Angers | 145.5 km | Jan RAAS | 3:38:00 | 40.8 km/h |
6 | Angers - | Saint-Brieuc | 238.5 km | Jos JACOBS | 6:24:15 | 37.2 km/h |
7 | Saint-Hilaire du Harcouët - | Deauville | 158.2 km | Léo VAN VLIET | 4:05:51 | 38.6 km/h |
8 | Deauville - | Le Havre | 90.2 km | Raleigh | 1:50:27 | 49.0 km/h |
9 | Amiens - | Roubaix | 201.2 km | Ludo DELCROIX | 4:49:03 | 42.1 km/h |
10 | Roubaix - | Brussel | 124.0 km | Jo MAAS | 2:44:42 | 45.2 km/h |
11 | Brussel - | Brussel | 33.4 km | Bernard HINAULT | 0:43:01 | 46.6 km/h |
12 | Rochefort - | Metz | 193.0 km | Christian SEZNEC | 4:42:40 | 41.0 km/h |
13 | Metz - | Ballon d´Alsace | 202.0 km | Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE | 4:56:23 | 40.9 km/h |
14 | Belfort - | Evian | 248.2 km | Marc DEMEYER | 6:45:10 | 36.8 km/h |
15 | Evian - | Avoriaz | 54.2 km | Bernard HINAULT | 1:33:35 | 34.7 km/h |
16 | Morzine-Avoriaz - | Les Menuires | 201.3 km | Lucien VAN IMPE | 6:05:16 | 33.1 km/h |
17 | Les Menuires - | Alpe d’Huez | 166.5 km | Joaquim AGOSTINHO | 6:12:55 | 26.8 km/h |
18 | Alpe d’Huez - | Alpe d’Huez | 118.5 km | Joop ZOETEMELK | 4:23:28 | 27.0 km/h |
19 | Bourg d’Oisans - | Saint-Priest | 166.0 km | Dietrich THURAU | 4:48:40 | 34.5 km/h |
20 | Saint-Priest - | Dijon | 239.6 km | Serge PARSANI | 6:52:24 | 34.9 km/h |
21 | Dijon - | Dijon | 48.8 km | Bernard HINAULT | 1:08:53 | 42.5 km/h |
22 | Dijon - | Auxerre | 189.0 km | Gerrie KNETEMANN | 5:32:22 | 34.1 km/h |
23 | Auxerre - | Nogent-sur-Marne | 205.0 km | Bernard HINAULT | 5:52:56 | 34.9 km/h |
24 | Le Perreux - | Paris | 181.3 km | Bernard HINAULT | 4:47:45 | 37.8 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1979 by nations (6):
FRA » 10 | NED » 8 | BEL » 4 | ITA » 1 | POR » 1 | GER » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1979 by cyclists (17):
Bernard HINAULT » 7 | Gerrie KNETEMANN » 2 | Raleigh » 2 | Ludo DELCROIX » 1 | Lucien VAN IMPE » 1 | Jos JACOBS » 1 | Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE » 1 | Dietrich THURAU » 1 | Jo MAAS » 1 | Joaquim AGOSTINHO » 1 | René BITTINGER » 1 | Léo VAN VLIET » 1 | Marc DEMEYER » 1 | Serge PARSANI » 1 | Jan RAAS » 1 | Christian SEZNEC » 1 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 1 |
Climbs in 1979
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1979 by nations (5):
FRA » 12 | NED » 3 | BEL » 3 | ITA » 1 | POR » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1979 by cyclists (12):
Bernard HINAULT » 5 | Lucien VAN IMPE » 3 | Mariano MARTINEZ » 2 | Henk LUBBERDING » 2 | Bernard BOURREAU » 1 | René BITTINGER » 1 | Jean-René BERNAUDEAU » 1 | Joaquim AGOSTINHO » 1 | Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE » 1 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 1 | Giovanni BATTAGLIN » 1 | Bernard VALLET » 1 |