Vuelta a España 1979
The cycle race for the 34th Vuelta a España was held in 23 sections and 3,373.6 kilometers from April 24 to May 13, 1979 . The winner was the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk , the mountain classification won Felipe Yáñez , the points classification won Alfons De Wolf . The Meta Volantes classification was won by Roger De Cnijf and Team KAS in the team classification .
Stages
Final results
winner | Joop Zoetemelk | 94:57:03 h |
Second | Francisco Galdós | + 2:43 min |
Third | Michel Pollentier | + 3:21 min |
Fourth | Faustino Rupérez | + 5:51 min |
fifth | Lucien Van Impe | + 6:30 min |
Sixth | Pedro Torres Cruces | + 6:49 min |
seventh | Felipe Yáñez | + 7:41 min |
Eighth | Christian Seznec | + 8:03 min |
Ninth | Alfons De Wolf | + 10:01 min |
Tenth | Julián Andiano | + 10:52 min |
Scoring | Alfons De Wolf | 249 P. |
Second | Noël Dejonckheere | 173 P. |
Third | Joop Zoetemelk | 139 P. |
Mountain scoring | Felipe Yáñez | 96 P. |
Second | Vicente Belda | 65 p. |
Third | Joop Zoetemelk | 47 P. |
Meta flounces rating | Roger De Cnijf | 63 P. |
Team evaluation | CHEESE | 284: 57: 15 h |