The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Fleurance with a prologue individual time trial on 27 June, and Stage 12 occurred on 9 July with a flat stage to Metz. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.
Prologue 27 June 1979 – Fleurance to Fleurance, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Bianchi–Faema + 4" 3 Miko–Mercier s.t. 4 Renault–Gitane s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso + 5" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh + 6" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 11" 9 Peugeot–Esso + 12" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 13"
Stage 1 28 June 1979 – Fleurance to Luchon,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Flandria–Ça va seul 2 Renault–Gitane + 8" 3 Inoxpran + 32" 4 Fiat–La France + 45" 5 Renault–Gitane + 47" 6 Magniflex–Famcucine s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 8 Miko–Mercier s.t. 9 Splendor s.t. 10 Fiat–La France s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Flandria–Ça va seul + 4" 3 Renault–Gitane + 24" 4 Miko–Mercier s.t. 5 Inoxpran + 28" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 31" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 36" 8 Splendor + 41" 9 Miko–Mercier s.t. 10 Magniflex–Famcucine + 42"
Stage 2 29 June 1979 – Luchon to Superbagnères, (ITT)
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Flandria–Ça va seul + 11" 3 Miko–Mercier + 53" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 42" 5 Miko–Mercier + 1' 48" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 12" 7 Inoxpran + 2' 15" 8 La Redoute–Motobécane + 2' 28" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 2' 48" 10 TI–Raleigh + 2' 51"General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 53" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 49" 5 Miko–Mercier + 2' 15" 6 Inoxpran + 2' 19" 7 TI–Raleigh + 2' 51" 8 La Redoute–Motobécane + 3' 00" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 3' 06" 10 Splendor + 3' 09"
Stage 3 30 June 1979 – Luchon to Pau,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 3 Magniflex–Famcucine s.t. 4 Miko–Mercier s.t. 5 Kas s.t. 6 Daf Trucks s.t. 7 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 8 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 9 Inoxpran s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 53" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 49" 5 Miko–Mercier + 2' 15" 6 Inoxpran + 2' 19" 7 La Redoute–Motobécane + 3' 00" 8 Magniflex–Famcucine + 3' 06" 9 Splendor + 3' 09" 10 Renault–Gitane + 4' 17"
Stage 4 1 July 1979 – Captieux to Bordeaux, (TTT)
Stage 4 result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 IJsboerke–Warncke + 22" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 11" 4 Miko–Mercier + 1' 48" 5 Renault–Gitane + 2' 29" 6 Flandria–Ça va seul + 3' 00" 7 Kas + 4' 06" 8 Magniflex–Famcucine + 4' 15" 9 Daf Trucks + 5' 10" 10 Bianchi–Faema + 6' 17"General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 12" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 31" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 24" 5 Miko–Mercier + 1' 34" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 28" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 4' 16" 8 Renault–Gitane + 4' 17" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 4' 52" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 6' 27"
Stage 5 2 July 1979 – Neuville-de-Poitou to Angers,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 3 Splendor s.t. 4 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 5 Renault–Gitane s.t. 6 Daf Trucks s.t. 7 Daf Trucks s.t. 8 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 9 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 10 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 12" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 31" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 24" 5 Miko–Mercier + 1' 34" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 28" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 4' 16" 8 Renault–Gitane + 4' 17" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 4' 52" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 6' 27"
Stage 6 3 July 1979 – Angers to Saint-Brieuc,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 IJsboerke–Warncke 2 Renault–Gitane + 1" 3 TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Splendor s.t. 5 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 8 Daf Trucks s.t. 9 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 10 Bianchi–Faema s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 24" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 43" 4 Miko–Mercier + 1' 46" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 2' 22" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 40" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 4' 28" 8 Renault–Gitane + 4' 29" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 5' 04" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 6' 39"
Stage 7 4 July 1979 – Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët to Deauville,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Miko–Mercier s.t. 3 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 4 Daf Trucks + 29" 5 Kas + 1' 01" 6 Miko–Mercier + 1' 02" 7 Bianchi–Faema + 1' 31" 8 TI–Raleigh + 1' 32" 9 Renault–Gitane s.t. 10 Renault–Gitane s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 24" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 43" 4 Miko–Mercier + 1' 46" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 2' 22" 6 TI–Raleigh + 2' 40" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 4' 28" 8 Renault–Gitane + 4' 29" 9 Magniflex–Famcucine + 5' 04" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 6' 39"
Stage 8 5 July 1979 – Deauville to Le Havre, (TTT)
Stage 8 result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Renault–Gitane + 6" 3 IJsboerke–Warncke + 8" 4 Miko–Mercier + 1' 00" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 49" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 3' 53" 7 Magniflex–Famcucine + 4' 13" 8 Daf Trucks + 5' 02" 9 Kas + 6' 31" 10 Splendor + 6' 32"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 18" 3 Miko–Mercier + 2' 40" 4 TI–Raleigh + 2' 41" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 4' 05" 6 Renault–Gitane + 4' 29" 7 Peugeot–Esso + 4' 30" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 9 IJsboerke–Warncke + 6' 41" 10 Renault–Gitane + 6' 51"
Stage 9 6 July 1979 – Amiens to Roubaix,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 IJsboerke–Warncke 2 IJsboerke–Warncke + 19" 3 Splendor s.t. 4 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier s.t. 6 La Redoute–Motobécane + 3' 40" 7 Kas + 3' 45" 8 Fiat–La France s.t. 9 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 10 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 2' 08" 3 Miko–Mercier + 4' 48" 4 TI–Raleigh + 4' 49" 5 IJsboerke–Warncke + 5' 23" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 6' 38" 7 Renault–Gitane + 9' 21" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 9' 22" 9 Renault–Gitane + 11' 43" 10 Miko–Mercier + 13' 53"
Stage 10 7 July 1979 – Roubaix to Brussels,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Daf Trucks 2 Flandria–Ça va seul + 54" 3 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso + 2' 24" 5 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 6 Fiat–La France + 9' 03" 7 Kas s.t. 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 9' 06" 9 La Redoute–Motobécane + 9' 32" 10 Kas + 9' 33"General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 2' 08" 3 Miko–Mercier + 4' 48" 4 TI–Raleigh + 4' 49" 5 IJsboerke–Warncke + 5' 23" 6 Peugeot–Esso + 6' 38" 7 Daf Trucks + 8' 19" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 9' 10" 9 Renault–Gitane + 9' 21" 10 Renault–Gitane + 11' 43"
Stage 11 8 July 1979 – Brussels to Brussels, (ITT)
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Bianchi–Faema + 8" 3 TI–Raleigh + 26" 4 IJsboerke–Warncke + 29" 5 Miko–Mercier + 36" 6 Splendor + 1' 20" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 1' 24" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 1' 28" 9 IJsboerke–Warncke + 1' 40" 10 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 48"General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 1' 32" 3 Miko–Mercier + 7' 16" 4 TI–Raleigh + 7' 37" 5 Peugeot–Esso + 8' 00" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke + 8' 43" 7 Daf Trucks + 10' 38" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 10' 44" 9 Renault–Gitane + 12' 56" 10 Renault–Gitane + 14' 22"
Stage 12 9 July 1979 – Rochefort to Metz,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Kas + 1" 3 Bianchi–Faema + 23" 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Renault–Gitane s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso + 30" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 2' 15" 8 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 9 Splendor s.t. 10 Fiat–La France s.t.General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 1' 32" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 6' 09" 4 Miko–Mercier + 7' 16" 5 TI–Raleigh + 7' 37" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke + 8' 43" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 10' 44" 8 Renault–Gitane + 12' 56" 9 Miko–Mercier + 13' 13" 10 Renault–Gitane + 14' 22"
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