Tour de Suisse 1979
Final score | ||
Tour winner | Wilfried Wesemael | 42:56:59 h |
Second | Rudy Pevenage | +4: 43 min |
Third | Leonardo Mazzantini | +5: 11 min |
Fourth | Josef Fuchs | +6: 47 min |
fifth | Ennio Vanotti | +6: 54 min |
Sixth | Ueli Sutter | +7: 01 min |
seventh | Sebastian Pozo | +7: 16 min |
Eighth | Henk Lubberding | +8: 32 min |
Ninth | Giovanni Battaglin | +? min |
Tenth | Paul Wellens | +? min |
Scoring | Wilfried Wesemael | ? |
Second | Rudy Pevenage | ? |
Third | Piero Gavazzi | ? |
Mountain scoring | Giovanni Battaglin | 31 P. |
Second | Enio Vanoni | 30 p. |
Third | Josef Fuchs | 28 p. |
Team evaluation | Raleigh-Mc Gregor | 128: 44: 44 h |
Second | Willora-Piz Buin | +6: 00 min |
Third | Ijsboerke-Gios | +10: 42 min |
The 43rd Tour de Suisse took place from June 13-22, 1979. It was held in eleven stages and a prologue over a distance of 1,622 kilometers.
The overall winner was the Belgian Wilfried Wesemael . The tour started in Zurich with 86 drivers, 66 of whom crossed the finish line in Hendschiken on the last day . The two Swiss drivers Erwin Lienhard and Beat Breu were relegated from 3rd and 10th place to 11th and 27th overall in the individual ranking because of doping . 66 drivers reached the destination of the tour.
Stages
stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
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prolog | June 13th | Zurich ( EZF ) | 4th | Gerrie Knetemann | Gerrie Knetemann |
1st stage | 14th June | Zurich - Wildhaus | 180 | Jozef Jacobs | Wilfried Wesemael |
2nd stage | 15th June | Wildhaus - Obersiggenthal | 178 | René Savary | |
3rd stage | June 16 | Obersiggenthal ( EZF ) | 20th | Gerry Knetmann | Roland Salm |
4th stage | June 16 | Obersiggenthal - Porrentruy | 151 | Jozef Jacobs | |
5th stage | 17th of June | Porrentruy - Steffisburg | 196 | Ennio Vanotti | |
6th stage | 18th of June | Steffisburg - Verbier | 160 | Josef Fuchs * | Erwin Lienhard |
7th stage | June 19th | Verbier - Locarno | 254 | Gerrie Knetemann | Wilfried Wesemael |
8th stage | 20th June | Locarno - Laax | 139 | Giovanni Battaglin | |
9th stage | June 21st | Laax - Horgen | 186 | André Dierickx | |
10th stage | June 22 | Horgen - Lenzburg | 134 | Henk Lubberding | |
11th stage | June 22 | Hendschiken ( EZF ) | 20th | Gerrie Knetemann |
Web links
- Tour de Suisse website
- Statistics start lists, stages and results of the Tour de Suisse from 1933 to 2011. (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Media Sport International AG (Ed.): Tour de Suisse Statistics . Bern 2002, p. 118 .