1979 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race explained

Men's Individual Road Race
Series:1979 UCI Road World Championships
Date:26 August 1979
Stages:1
Distance:274.8
Unit:km
Time:7h 03' 09"
First:Jan Raas
First Nat:NED
First Team:Netherlands
Second:Dietrich Thurau
Second Nat:FRG
Second Team:West Germany
Third:Jean-René Bernaudeau
Third Nat:FRA
Third Team:France
Previous:1978
Next:1980

The men's road race at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships was the 46th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 26 August 1979 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.[1] The race was won by Jan Raas of the Netherlands.

Final classification

General classification (1–10)[2] [3]
RankRiderTime
+ 0"
+ 0"
4+ 5"
5+ 12"
6+ 23"
7 + 52"
8+ 4' 37"
9+ 4' 37"
10+ 4' 37"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1979 World Pro Road Cycling Championships. BikeRaceInfo. 13 December 2017.
  2. Web site: 46ème Championnat du monde sur route 1979. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20041103074008/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1979.php. 3 November 2004.
  3. Web site: 1979 World Championship. First Cycling. 13 December 2017.