Stage finishes in 1979
back to details of 1979| 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 | René BITTINGER » 1 | Léo VAN VLIET » 1 | Marc DEMEYER » 1 | Serge PARSANI » 1 | Jan RAAS » 1 | Christian SEZNEC » 1 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 1 | Ludo DELCROIX » 1 | Lucien VAN IMPE » 1 | Jos JACOBS » 1 | Pierre-Raymond VILLEMIANE » 1 | Dietrich THURAU » 1 | Jo MAAS » 1 | Joaquim AGOSTINHO » 1 |