1979 Tour de Suisse explained

1979 Tour de Suisse
Date:13–22 June 1979
Stages:11 + Prologue
Distance:1622[1]
Unit:km
Time:42h 56' 59"
First:Wilfried Wesemael
First Nat:BEL
Second:Rudy Pevenage
Second Nat:BEL
Third:Leonardo Mazzantini
Third Nat:ITA
Third Team:Zonca
Points:Wilfried Wesemael
Points Nat:BEL
Mountains:Giovanni Battaglin
Mountains Nat:ITA
Combination:Wilfried Wesemael
Combination Nat:BEL
Previous:1978
Next:1980

The 1979 Tour de Suisse was the 43rd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 13 June to 22 June 1979. The race started in Zürich and finished in Hendschiken.[2] The race was won by Wilfried Wesemael of the TI–Raleigh team.

General classification

Final general classification[3] [4] [5]
RankRiderTeamTime
1
2+ 4' 43"
3Zonca+ 5' 11"
4+ 6' 47"
5Zonca+ 6' 54"
6+ 7' 01"
7+ 7' 16"
8+ 8' 32"
9+ 10' 00"
10+ 14' 29"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland. BikeRaceInfo. 22 December 2017.
  2. Web site: 43ème Tour de Suisse 1979. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028182808/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1979.php. 28 October 2004.
  3. Web site: 1979 Tour de Suisse. First Cycling. 22 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Tour de Suisse Statistik. Tour de Suisse. 132. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006194043/http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Geschichte/Statistik/Tour_de_Suisse_2011.pdf. 6 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Tour de Suisse 1979. TheSports.org. 22 December 2017.