1979 Giro d'Italia
Race details | |||
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Dates | 17 May - 6 June | ||
Stages | 19 + Prologue | ||
Distance | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||
Winning time | 89h 29' 18" | ||
Palmares | |||
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Winner | ![]() |
(Scic-Bottecchia) |
Second | ![]() |
(Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV) | |
Third | ![]() |
(Magniflex-Famcucine) | |
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Points | ![]() |
(Scic-Bottecchia) |
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Mountains | ![]() |
(Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV) |
Youth | ![]() |
(Bianchi-Faema) | |
Team | Scic-Bottecchia | ||
The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Genoa, on 17 May, with a 8 km (5.0 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 6 June, with a 44 km (27.3 mi) individual time trial. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 19-stage race, that was won by Italian Giuseppe Saronni of the Scic-Bottecchia team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Francesco Moser and Swede Bernt Johansson, respectively.[1][2]
In addition to the general classification, Saronni won the points classification, Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Claudio Bortolotto of Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV won the mountains classification, and Bianchi-Faema's Silvano Contini completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fifth overall. Scic-Bottecchia finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
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Teams
Thirteen of the fourteen teams invited to the 1979 Giro d'Italia participated in the race.[3] Kas were forced to decline their invitation, in favor of racing the Vuelta a España, by the Spanish Federation which wanted the "best Hispanic" peloton to be competing in Vuelta that year.[4] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists.[3] From the riders that began this edition, 111 made it to the finish in Milan.[5]
The teams entering the race were:[3][6]
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Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the 1978 winner, Johan De Muynck. Successful French rider Bernard Hinault did not enter the race.[7]
Route and stages
The route was unveiled on 22 March 1978.[8] Covering a total of 3,301 km (2,051 mi), it included five individual time trials, and nine stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points.[5][9] The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 309 km (192 mi) shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one less stage.
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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P | 17 May | Florence to Florence | 8 km (5 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
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1 | 18 May | Florence to Perugia | 156 km (97 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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2 | 19 May | Perugia to Castel Gandolfo | 204 km (127 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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3 | 20 May | Caserta to Naples | 31 km (19 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
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4 | 21 May | Caserta to Potenza | 210 km (130 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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5 | 22 May | Potenza to Vieste | 223 km (139 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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6 | 23 May | Vieste to Chieti | 260 km (162 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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7 | 24 May | Chieti to Pesaro | 252 km (157 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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8 | 25 May | Rimini to San Marino (San Marino) | 28 km (17 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
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9 | 26 May | San Marino (San Marino) to Pistoia | 248 km (154 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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10 | 27 May | Lerici to Portovenere | 25 km (16 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
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11 | 28 May | La Spezia to Voghera | 212 km (132 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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12 | 29 May | Alessandria to Saint-Vincent | 204 km (127 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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13 | 30 May | Aosta to Meda | 229 km (142 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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14 | 31 May | Meda to Bosco Chiesanuova | 212 km (132 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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15 | 1 June | Verona to Treviso | 121 km (75 mi) | ![]() |
Plain stage | ![]() |
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16 | 2 June | Treviso to Pieve di Cadore | 195 km (121 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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3 June | Rest day | ||||||
17 | 4 June | Pieve di Cadore to Trento | 194 km (121 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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18 | 5 June | Trento to Barzio | 245 km (152 mi) | ![]() |
Stage with mountain(s) | ![]() |
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19 | 6 June | Cesano Maderno to Milan | 44 km (27 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
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Total | 3,301 km (2,051 mi) |
Classification leadership
Three different jerseys were worn during the 1979 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.[11]
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.[11] The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Pordoi. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was Italian rider Leonardo Natale. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only riders aged 24 and younger.[12]
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.[11]
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
Final standings
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Denotes the winner of the General classification | ![]() |
Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |
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Denotes the winner of the Points classification |
General classification
Rank | Name | Team | Time |
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1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Scic-Bottecchia | 89h 29' 18" |
2 | ![]() |
Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV | + 2' 09" |
3 | ![]() |
Magniflex-Famcucine | + 3' 13" |
4 | ![]() |
Peugeot-Esso-Michelin | + 5' 31" |
5 | ![]() |
Bianchi-Faema | + 7' 33" |
6 | ![]() |
Mecap-Hoonved | + 7' 50" |
7 | ![]() |
Mobilificio San Giacomo | + 11' 27" |
8 | ![]() |
Scic-Bottecchia | + 13' 07" |
9 | ![]() |
Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza | + 14' 16" |
10 | ![]() |
CBM Fast-Gaggia | + 16' 11" |
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Points classification
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Scic-Bottecchia | 275 |
2 | ![]() |
Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV | 274 |
3 | ![]() |
Magniflex-Famcucine | 260 |
4 | ![]() |
Mecap-Hoonved | 130 |
5 | ![]() |
Peugeot-Esso-Michelin | 118 |
Mountains classification
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV | 495 |
2 | ![]() |
Gis Gelati | 330 |
3 | ![]() |
Magniflex-Famcucine | 300 |
4 | ![]() |
Mecap-Hoonved | 215 |
5 | ![]() |
Magniflex-Famcucine | 170 |
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Magniflex-Famcucine | ||
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G.B.C.-Galli-Castelli | ||
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Sapa Assicurazioni | 150 |
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Scic-Bottecchia | ||
10 | ![]() |
Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV | 130 |
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Young rider classification
Rider | Team | Time | |
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1 | ![]() |
Bianchi-Faema | 89h 36' 51" |
2 | ![]() |
CBM Fast-Gaggia | + 8' 38" |
3 | ![]() |
Sapa Assicurazioni | + 11' 24" |
Traguardi Fiat Ritmo classification
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
CBM Fast-Gaggia | 46 |
2 | ![]() |
Mobilificio San Giacomo | 24 |
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Sapa Assicurazioni | ||
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Mobilificio San Giacomo |
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Campionato delle Regioni classification
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
Sapa Assicurazioni | 46 |
2 | ![]() |
Mobilificio San Giacomo | 44 |
3 | ![]() |
Zonca-Santini | 30 |
Team classification
Team | Time | |
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1 | Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV | ? |
2 | Scic-Bottecchia | + 6' 48" |
3 | Magniflex-Famcucine | + 10' 42" |
References
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