1979 Tour de Romandie

1979 Tour de Romandie
Race details
Dates	8–13 May 1979
Stages	5 + Prologue
Distance	853.8 km (530.5 mi)
Winning time	21h 49' 26"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	← 1978 1980 →

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 edit

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 edit

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

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[BRI-1] "Tour of Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[MdC-TdS1979-2] "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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