International Vitamalz Tour 1979
| Final result after the 5th stage | ||
| winner | Dietrich Thurau | 27:36:46 h (39.112 km / h) |
| Second | Aad van den Hoek | + 1:18 min |
| Third | Francesco Moser | + 2:32 min |
| Fourth | Gerrie Knetemann | + 4:14 min |
| fifth | Danny Clark | + 4:15 min |
| Sixth | Ludo Peeters | + 4:31 min |
| seventh | Godi dirt | + 4:50 min |
| Eighth | Ferdi Van Den Haute | + 5:48 min |
| Ninth | Fedor the Hertog | + 6:03 min |
| Tenth | Eric Van de Wiele | + 6:03 min |
| Scoring | Horst Schütz | 15 p. |
| Second | Francesco Moser | 12 p. |
| Third | Hans Hindelang | 12 p. |
| Mountain scoring | Francesco Moser | 97 P. |
| Second | Dietrich Thurau | 88 P. |
| Third | Andres Oliva | 42 P. |
| Team evaluation | Ijsboerke-Warncke ice cream | 82:37:59 h |
| Second | TI-Raleigh-McGregor | + 9:20 min |
| Third | Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia | + 12:30 min |
The International Vitamalz Tour , a predecessor of the later Germany Tour , took place from August 6th to 11th, 1979 . It led from Munich over 1,080 kilometers to Dortmund . In a prologue , which was an individual time trial , there were six more stages.
There were 91 riders in twelve international cycling teams and a mixed team at the start. 77 starters reached the finish line, with the winner wearing a yellow jersey covering the distance with an hourly average of 39.112 km / h.
After Dietrich Thurau's success at the Tour de France in 1977 , a tour of the Federal Republic of Germany took place for the first time since 1962 . The race was held two weeks before the 1979 World Road Championships. The title sponsor was the beverage manufacturer Vitamalz . The race was also a great success with the public. According to the organizers, almost three million people stood on the routes of the stages.
After the prologue, Thurau received the yellow jersey of the leader in the overall classification and did not give it up until the finish in Dortmund. The Italian Francesco Moser secured the mountain prize , while Horst Schütz won the points classification .
Stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prolog | 6th of August | Munich | 6 ( EZF ) | Dietrich Thurau | Dietrich Thurau |
| 1st stage | August 7th | Munich - Stuttgart | 253 | Aad van den Hoek | Dietrich Thurau |
| 2nd stage | 8th August | Stuttgart - Heilbronn | 175 | René Savary | Dietrich Thurau |
| 3rd stage | August 9 | Heilbronn - Bad Homburg | 175 | Klaus-Peter Thaler | Dietrich Thurau |
| 4th stage | August 10 | Bad Homburg - Huerth | 254 | Jan Raas | Dietrich Thurau |
| 5th stage (a) | August 11th | Hürth - food | 104 | Noël Dejonckheere | Dietrich Thurau |
| 5th stage (b) | August 11th | Essen - Dortmund | 107 | Patrick Sercu | Dietrich Thurau |
Web links
- International Vitamalz Tour 1979 on cycling4fans.de
- International Vitamalz Tour 1979 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Results in the CycleBase database
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 33/1979 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 2 .