1979 Tour de Romandie

Cycling race
1979 Tour de Romandie
Race details
Dates8–13 May 1979
Stages5 + Prologue
Distance853.8[1] km (530.5 mi)
Winning time21h 49' 26"
Results
  Winner  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
  Second  Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)
  Third  Henk Lubberding (NED)
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The 1979 Tour de Romandie was the 33rd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 8 May to 13 May 1979. The race started in Neuchâtel and finished in Geneva.[2] The race was won by Giuseppe Saronni.

General classification

Final general classification[2][3]
Rank Rider Time
1  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 21h 49' 26"
2  Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) + 1' 04"
3  Henk Lubberding (NED) + 1' 08"
4  Stefan Mutter (SUI) + 1' 20"
5  Sven-Åke Nilsson (SWE) + 2' 03"
6  Silvano Contini (ITA) + 2' 27"
7  Michel Laurent (FRA) + 2' 28"
8  Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) + 2' 52"
=9  Claude Criquielion (BEL) + 3' 15"
=9  Knut Knudsen (NOR) + 3' 15"

References

  1. ^ "Tour of Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "33ème Tour de Romandie 1979". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 March 2005.
  3. ^ "1979 Tour de Romandie". First Cycling. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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