Tour de Suisse 1978

Final score
Tour winner	Paul Wellens	39:44:47 h
Second	Ueli Sutter	+0: ​​18 min
Third	Josef Fuchs	+1: 19 min
Fourth	Hennie Kuiper	+1: 48 min
fifth	Godi dirt	+3: 31 min
Sixth	Mariano Martinez	+4: 00 min
seventh	Francisco Galdós	+4: 15 min
Eighth	Michel Pollentier	+4: 34 min
Ninth	Erwin Lienhard	+ 4:38 min
Tenth	Albert doubt	+ 7:02 min
Scoring	Mariano Martinez	150
Second	Josef Fuchs	134
Third	Godi dirt	131
Mountain scoring	Mariano Martinez	33 P.
Second	Giovanni Battaglin	33 P.
Third	Giancarlo Bellini	31 P.
Team evaluation	TI-Raleigh	119: 05: 12 h
Second	Zonca Santini	+16: 55 min
Third	Jelmoli / Fédérale	+23: 55 min

The 42nd Tour de Suisse took place from June 14 to 23, 1978. It was held in eleven stages and a prologue over a distance of 1,562.5 kilometers.

The overall winner was the Belgian Paul Wellens . The tour started in Spreitenbach with 96 drivers, 64 of whom crossed the finish line in Affoltern on the last day .

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
prolog	14th June	Spreitenbach ( EZF )	4th	Gerrie Knetemann	Gerry Knetemann
1st stage	15th June	Spreitenbach - Volketswil	197.5	Gery Verlinden	Gery Verlinden
2nd stage	June 16	Volketswil - Schaffhausen	169.5	Dietrich Thurau
3rd stage	17th of June	Schaffhausen - Oftringen	162	Jan Raas
4th stage	18th of June	Oftringen - Solothurn	123	Henk Lubberding	Roland Salm
5th stage	18th of June	Solothurn - Balmberg ( BZF )	12	Michel Pollentier	Ueli Sutter
6th stage	June 19th	Solothurn - Bull	188.5	Freddy Maertens
7th stage	20th June	Bulle - Grächen	178	Giovanni Battaglin
8th stage	June 21st	Grächen - Lugano	191.5	Giovanni Battaglin
9th stage	June 22	Lugano - Glarus	218.5	Giovanni Battaglin	Paul Wellens
10th stage	23rd June	Glarus - Affoltern	97.5	Giancarlo Bellini
11th stage	23rd June	Affoltern ( EZF )	20.5	Michel Pollentier

Further information

Web links

• Tour de Suisse website

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• Statistics start lists, stages and results of the Tour de Suisse from 1933 to 2011. (PDF; 1.5 MB)