1979 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 9 explained

The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue individual time trial in Florence on 17 May, and Stage 9 occurred on 26 May with a mountainous stage to Pistoia. The race finished in Milan on 6 June.

Prologue

17 May 1979 — Florence to Florence, 80NaN0 (ITT)^[1]

Prologue result and general classification after Prologue^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 3"
3		+ 6"
4		+ 14"
5		+ 20"
6		+ 26"
7		s.t.
8		+ 32"
9	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 34"
10		+ 35"

Stage 1

18 May 1979 — Florence to Perugia, 156km (97miles)

Stage 1 result^[4]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 2"
3		s.t.
4	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	s.t.
8	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Sapa Assicurazioni	s.t.

General classification after Stage 1

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 3"
3		+ 6"
4		+ 20"
5		+ 25"
6		+ 33"
7	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 36"
8		+ 37"
9		+ 43"
10	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 45"

Stage 2

19 May 1979 — Perugia to Castel Gandolfo, 204km (127miles)

Stage 2 result^[5]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	Sapa Assicurazioni	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	s.t.

General classification after Stage 2

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 3"
3		+ 6"
4		+ 20"
5		+ 25"
6		+ 33"
7	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 36"
8		+ 37"
9		+ 43"
10	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 45"

Stage 3

20 May 1979 — Caserta to Naples, 31km (19miles) (ITT)

Stage 3 result^[6]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 24"
3			+ 26"
4			+ 34"
5			+ 1' 28"
6			+ 1' 32"
7			+ 2' 00"
8			+ 2' 04"
9
10			s.t.

General classification after Stage 3

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 29"
3		+ 30"
4		+ 59"
5		+ 1' 48"
6		+ 2' 09"
7	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 2' 22"
8		+ 2' 37"
9		+ 2' 54"
10		+ 3' 18"

Stage 4

21 May 1979 — Caserta to Potenza, 210km (130miles)

Stage 4 result^[7]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 2"
3		+ 32"
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	s.t.

General classification after Stage 4

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 29"
3		+ 30"
4		+ 59"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 09"
7		+ 3' 18"
8		+ 3' 23"
9		+ 4' 21"
10	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 4' 37"

Stage 5

22 May 1979 — Potenza to Vieste, 223km (139miles)

Stage 5 result^[8]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Sapa Assicurazioni	s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 5

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 29"
3		+ 30"
4		+ 59"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 09"
7		+ 3' 18"
8		+ 3' 23"
9		+ 4' 21"
10	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 4' 37"

Stage 6

23 May 1979 — Vieste to Chieti, 260km (160miles)

Stage 6 result^[9]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Zonca–Santini
2	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 1' 19"
3		+ 3' 29"
4		+ 3' 30"
5		+ 3' 34"
6	Sapa Assicurazioni	s.t.
7		+ 3' 36"
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 6

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 22"
3		+ 24"
4		+ 59"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 09"
7		+ 3' 18"
8		+ 3' 21"
9		+ 4' 25"
10	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 4' 41"

Stage 7

24 May 1979 — Chieti to Pesaro, 252km (157miles)

Stage 7 result^[10]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Sapa Assicurazioni	+ 2"
5	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 4"
6	Zonca–Santini	+ 34"
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 7

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 22"
3		+ 24"
4		+ 59"
5		+ 2' 07"
6		+ 2' 09"
7		+ 3' 18"
8		+ 3' 21"
9		+ 4' 25"
10	Sapa Assicurazioni	+ 4' 39"

Stage 8

25 May 1979 — Rimini to San Marino, 28km (17miles) (ITT)

Stage 8 result^[11]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 32"
3		+ 1' 17"
4		+ 1' 24"
5		+ 1' 48"
6	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 1' 54"
7	CBM Fast–Gaggia	+ 2' 04"
8		+ 2' 22"
9		+ 2' 28"
10		+ 3' 05"

General classification after Stage 8

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 34"
3		+ 1' 02"
4		+ 2' 59"
5		+ 3' 04"
6		+ 3' 33"
7		+ 5' 24"
8	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 6' 13"
9		+ 7' 08"
10		+ 8' 14"

Stage 9

26 May 1979 — San Marino to Pistoia, 248km (154miles)

Stage 9 result^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Zonca–Santini	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 9

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 34"
3		+ 1' 02"
4		+ 2' 59"
5		+ 3' 04"
6		+ 3' 33"
7		+ 5' 24"
8	San Giacomo–Mobilificio	+ 6' 13"
9		+ 7' 08"
10		+ 8' 14"

Notes and References

Web site: 62ème Giro d'Italia 1979. Memoire du cyclisme. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20050501054248/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdi/tdi1979.php. 1 May 2005.
Web site: 1979 Giro d'Italia. BikeRaceInfo. 18 January 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 36. 18 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Primera Etapa. Spanish. Stage 1. 33. 19 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 28. 20 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 45. 21 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 29. 23 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 29. 23 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 26. 24 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 25. 25 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 28. 26 May 1979. 25 February 2019.
News: Clasificacion. Spanish. Classification. 34. 27 May 1979. 25 February 2019.