Giro d'Italia 1979

The 62nd Giro d'Italia was held in 20 sections and 3301 kilometers from May 17th to June 6th 1979 and won by the Italian Giuseppe Saronni . Of the 130 riders who started, 111 reached the finish in Milan . What was remarkable about this Giro was the number of time trials. There were a total of five tests against the clock , four time trials and a prologue.

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
prolog	Florence	Florence	8 ( EZF )	Francesco Moser	Francesco Moser
1	Florence	Perugia	156	Mario Beccia
2	Perugia	Castel Gandolfo	204	Roger De Vlaeminck
3	Caserta	Naples	30 (EZF)	Francesco Moser
4th	Caserta	Potenza	210	Claudio Bortolotto
5	Potenza	Vieste	223	Giuseppe Saronni
6th	Vieste	Chieti	260	Bruno Wolfer
7th	Chieti	Pesaro	252	Alan Van Heerden
8th	Rimini	San Marino ( SMR )	28 (EZF)	Giuseppe Saronni	Giuseppe Saronni
9	San Marino (SMR)	Pistoia	248	Roger De Vlaeminck
10	Lerici	Porto Venere	25 (EZF)	Knut Knudsen
11	La Spezia	Voghera	212	Bernt Johansson
12	Alessandria	Saint Vincent	204	Roger De Vlaeminck
13	Aosta	Meda	229	Dino Porrin
14th	Meda	Bosco Chiesanuova	212	Bernt Johansson
15th	Verona	Treviso	121	Giuseppe Martinelli
16	Treviso	Pieve di Cadore	195	Roberto Ceruti
17th	Pieve di Cadore	Trent	194	Francesco Moser
18th	Trent	Barzio	245	Amlicare Sgalbazzi
19th	Cesano Maderno	Milan	44 (EZF)	Giuseppe Saronni

Final results

winner	Giuseppe Saronni	89:29:18 h
Second	Francesco Moser	+ 2:09 min
Third	Bernt Johansson	+ 5:13 min
Fourth	Michel Laurent	+ 5:31 min
fifth	Silvano Contini	+ 7:33 min
Sixth	Mario Beccia	+ 7:50 min
seventh	Fausto Bertoglio	+ 11:27 min
Eighth	Josef Fuchs	+ 13:07 min
Ninth	Godi dirt	+ 14:16 min
Tenth	Roberto Visentini	+ 16:11 min
Scoring	Giuseppe Saronni	275 p.
Second	Francesco Moser	274 P.
Second	Bernt Johansson	260 p.
Mountain scoring	Claudio Bortolotto	495 P.
Second	Beat Breu	330 p.
Third	Bernt Johansson	300 p.
Young talent evaluation	Silvano Contini	89:36:51 h
Team evaluation	Scic	325: 52: 53 h
Second	Mecap-Hoonved
Third	San Giacomo