Tour de Suisse 1979
| Final score | ||
| Tour winner |
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42:56:59 h |
| Second |
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+4: 43 min |
| Third |
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+5: 11 min |
| Fourth |
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+6: 47 min |
| fifth |
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+6: 54 min |
| Sixth |
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+7: 01 min |
| seventh |
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+7: 16 min |
| Eighth |
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+8: 32 min |
| Ninth |
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+? min |
| Tenth |
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+? min |
| Scoring |
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| Second |
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| Third |
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| Mountain scoring |
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31 P. |
| Second |
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30 p. |
| Third |
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28 p. |
| Team evaluation |
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128: 44: 44 h |
| Second |
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+6: 00 min |
| Third |
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+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 |
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| prolog | June 13th | Zurich ( EZF ) | 4th |
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| 1st stage | 14th June | Zurich - Wildhaus | 180 |
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| 2nd stage | 15th June | Wildhaus - Obersiggenthal | 178 |
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| 3rd stage | June 16 | Obersiggenthal ( EZF ) | 20th |
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| 4th stage | June 16 | Obersiggenthal - Porrentruy | 151 |
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| 5th stage | 17th of June | Porrentruy - Steffisburg | 196 |
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| 6th stage | 18th of June | Steffisburg - Verbier | 160 |
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| 7th stage | June 19th | Verbier - Locarno | 254 |
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| 8th stage | 20th June | Locarno - Laax | 139 |
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| 9th stage | June 21st | Laax - Horgen | 186 |
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| 10th stage | June 22 | Horgen - Lenzburg | 134 |
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| 11th stage | June 22 | Hendschiken ( EZF ) | 20th |
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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 .