Tour de France 1979
66th Tour de France 1979 | ||
Route length | 24 stages, 3720.4 km | |
Tour winner | Bernard Hinault | 103: 06: 50 h (36.080 km / h) |
Second | Joop Zoetemelk | + 13:07 min |
Third | Joaquim Agostinho | + 26:53 min |
Fourth | Hennie Kuiper | + 28:02 min |
fifth | Jean-René Bernaudeau | + 32:43 min |
Sixth | Giovanni Battaglin | + 38:12 min |
seventh | Jo Maas | + 38:38 min |
Eighth | Paul Wellens | + 39:06 min |
Ninth | Claude Criquielion | + 40:38 min |
Tenth | Dietrich Thurau | + 44:35 min |
Green jersey | Bernard Hinault | 253 p. |
Second | Dietrich Thurau | 157 P. |
Third | Joop Zoetemelk | 109 p. |
Dotted jersey | Giovanni Battaglin | 239 P. |
Second | Bernard Hinault | 196 p. |
Third | Mariano Martinez | 158 P. |
White jersey | Jean-René Bernaudeau | 103: 39: 33 h |
Team evaluation | Renault-Gitane |
The 66th Tour de France took place from June 27 to July 22, 1979. It led over 3720 km in 24 stages. As in the previous year , Frenchman Bernard Hinault won after a duel with Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk . 150 racers took part in the tour , of which 89 were classified.
Race course
The unusual route of the 1979 tour provided for an early visit to the Pyrenees on the second and third stage. Hinault won on both days and took over the overall leader's yellow jersey early on . The cobblestone stage to Roubaix , however, brought a change in leadership after Zoetemelk attacked and benefited from a defect in Hinault. After his victory in the difficult mountain time trial in the Alps , the Breton took over the yellow jersey again and defended it in two mountain finishes in a row in L'Alpe d'Huez . Hinault countered a dramatic final attack by Zoetemelk on the final stage to Paris, and the two best in the overall standings then appropriately crossed the finish line on the Champs-Elysées first . After the last stage, Zoetemelk tested positive for nandrolone and was given a time penalty of 10 minutes.
The outstanding Hinault won three of the last four and a total of seven stages. Zoetemelk finished second overall for the fifth time. Since, as in 1978, the 36-year-old Joaquim Agostinho took third place, for the first time in the history of the Tour de France the same three drivers stood on the podium as in the previous year. The German Dietrich Thurau was tenth and won a stage.
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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prolog | June 27th | Fleurance | 5 ( EZF ) | Gerrie Knetemann | Gerrie Knetemann |
1st stage | June 28th | Fleurance - Luchon | 225 | René Bittinger | Jean-René Bernaudeau |
2nd stage | June 29th | Luchon - Superbagnères | 23.9 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
3rd stage | June 30th | Luchon - Pau | 180.5 | Bernard Hinault | |
4th stage | July 1 | Captieux - Bordeaux | 86.6 ( MZF ) | Ti-Raleigh | |
5th stage | 2nd July | Neuville-de-Poitou - Angers | 145.5 | Jan Raas | |
6th stage | 3rd of July | Angers - Saint-Brieuc | 238.5 | Josef Jacobs | |
7th stage | July 4th | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët - Deauville | 158.2 | Leo van Vliet | |
8th stage | 5th July | Deauville - Le Havre | 90.2 (MZF) | Ti-Raleigh | |
9th stage | July 6th | Amiens - Roubaix | 201.2 | Ludo Delcroix | Joop Zoetemelk |
10th stage | 7th of July | Roubaix - Brussels ( BEL ) | 124 | Jo Maas | |
11th stage | 8th of July | Brussels (BEL) - Brussels (BEL) | 33.4 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | |
12th stage | July 9 | Rochefort (BEL) - Metz | 193 | Christian Seznec | |
13th stage | 10th of July | Metz - Ballon d'Alsace | 202 | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | |
14th stage | July 11th | Belfort - Evian-les-Bains | 248.2 | Marc Demeyer | |
Rest day | |||||
15th stage | July 13th | Evian-les-Bains - Morzine | 54.2 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Hinault |
16th stage | July 14th | Morzine - Les Menuires | 201.3 | Lucien Van Impe | |
17th stage | 15th of July | Les Menuires - L'Alpe d'Huez | 166.5 | Joaquim Agostinho | |
18th stage | 16th of July | L'Alpe d'Huez - L'Alpe d'Huez | 118.5 | Joop Zoetemelk | |
19th stage | 17th July | L'Alpe d'Huez - Saint-Priest | 162 | Dietrich Thurau | |
20th stage | July 18th | Saint-Priest - Dijon | 239.6 | Sergio Parsani | |
21st stage | July 19 | Dijon - Dijon | 48.8 (EZF) | Bernard Hinault | |
22nd stage | 20th of July | Dijon - Auxerre | 189 | Gerrie Knetemann | |
23rd stage | 21 July | Auxerre - Nogent-sur-Marne | 205 | Bernard Hinault | |
24th stage | 22nd of July | Le Perreux-sur-Marne - Paris | 180.3 | Bernard Hinault |
Web links
- Tour de France 1979 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de for the 1979 tour