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)

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. 1 2 "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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