Tour de France 1979

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The 66e Tour de France is held of the June 27th with the July 22nd 1979 out of 24 stages for 3765 km.

General information

  • 15 formations of 10 runners take the departure of Fleurance. Two teams will arrive complete at Paris and a formation will disappear front.
  • Bernard Hinault gains seven victories of stage.
  • Joaquim Agostinho goes up on the 3rd walk of the podium at the 37 years age.
  • This turn is entirely dominated by the match Bernard Hinault - Joop Zoetemelk.
  • Average of the winner: 36,512 km/h.

Stages

Additional classifications

List runners

NP: Non-starter; A: Abandonment in the course of stage; HD: Out-time.

External bonds

  • Memory of cycling/Turn 1979
  • the dictionary of the Turn/the Tour de France 1979

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