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 13 occurred on 10 July with a hilly stage from Metz. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.
Stage 13 10 July 1979 – Metz to Ballon d'Alsace,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 IJsboerke–Warncke + 3" 3 Inoxpran s.t.After the end of stage 13, Battaglin was declassified for a positive doping test. 4 La Redoute–Motobécane + 7" 5 Kas + 9" 6 Flandria–Ça va seul + 13" 7 Flandria–Ça va seul + 48" 8 Flandria–Ça va seul + 49" 9 Daf Trucks + 1' 01" 10 Miko–Mercier + 1' 04"General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 1' 29" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 7' 28" 4 TI–Raleigh + 7' 50" 5 Miko–Mercier + 8' 18" 6 Renault–Gitane + 9' 41" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 10' 55" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 10' 57" 9 Renault–Gitane + 12' 59" 10 Miko–Mercier + 14' 30"
Stage 14 11 July 1979 – Belfort to Évian-les-Bains,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Flandria–Ça va seul 2 Splendor s.t. 3 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 4 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 5 Inoxpran s.t. 6 TI–Raleigh s.t. 7 Miko–Mercier s.t. 8 Inoxpran s.t. 9 Fiat–La France s.t. 10 Fiat–La France s.t.General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Renault–Gitane + 49" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 7' 48" 4 TI–Raleigh + 8' 07" 5 Miko–Mercier + 8' 38" 6 Renault–Gitane + 9' 39" 7 IJsboerke–Warncke + 11' 11" 8 IJsboerke–Warncke + 11' 15" 9 Renault–Gitane + 13' 19" 10 Miko–Mercier + 14' 50"
Stage 15 12 July 1979 – Évian-les-Bains to Morzine Avoriaz, (ITT)
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 2' 37" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 3' 15" 4 IJsboerke–Warncke + 4' 06" 5 Kas + 4' 11" 6 Inoxpran + 4' 39" 7 Peugeot–Esso + 4' 48" 8 Bianchi–Faema + 5' 13" 9 Peugeot–Esso + 5' 16" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 5' 34"General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 48" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 11' 47" 4 TI–Raleigh + 13' 00" 5 Miko–Mercier + 14' 10" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke + 14' 28" 7 Renault–Gitane + 16' 19" 8 Renault–Gitane + 18' 20" 9 Inoxpran + 19' 12" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 20' 24"
Stage 16 13 July 1979 – Morzine Avoriaz to Les Menuires,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Kas 2 Renault–Gitane + 6" 3 Kas + 16" 4 TI–Raleigh + 32" 5 Inoxpran + 33" 6 Splendor s.t. 7 Daf Trucks + 44" 8 Fiat–La France + 49" 9 Miko–Mercier + 1' 03" 10 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 41"General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 2' 45" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 14' 23" 4 TI–Raleigh + 17' 18" 5 IJsboerke–Warncke + 19' 22" 6 Inoxpran + 19' 45" 7 Renault–Gitane + 21' 00" 8 Daf Trucks + 21' 28" 9 Splendor + 23' 27" 10 Flandria–Ça va seul + 24' 59"
Rest day 14 July 1979 – Les Menuires
Stage 17 15 July 1979 – Les Menuires to Alpe d'Huez,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Flandria–Ça va seul 2 Fiat–La France + 1' 57" 3 TI–Raleigh + 2' 45" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 2' 48" 5 Renault–Gitane + 3' 17" 6 Miko–Mercier + 3' 19" 7 Inoxpran s.t. 8 Renault–Gitane s.t. 9 Miko–Mercier s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier + 3' 34"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 2' 45" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 19' 22" 4 Renault–Gitane + 20' 58" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 21' 40" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke + 25' 42" 7 Daf Trucks + 27' 20" 8 Inoxpran + 29' 45" 9 TI–Raleigh + 30' 52" 10 Kas + 31' 08"
Stage 18 16 July 1979 – Alpe d'Huez to Alpe d'Huez,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier 2 Kas + 40" 3 Renault–Gitane + 47" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 05" 5 Inoxpran + 2' 21" 6 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh + 2' 23" 8 Peugeot–Esso + 2' 48" 9 Renault–Gitane + 3' 29" 10 Miko–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 58" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 21' 23" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 21' 58" 5 Renault–Gitane + 23' 40" 6 Daf Trucks + 30' 50" 7 Inoxpran + 31' 19" 8 TI–Raleigh + 32' 28" 9 Kas + 33' 55" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 39' 12"
Stage 19 17 July 1979 – Alpe d'Huez to Saint-Priest,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 IJsboerke–Warncke 2 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 3 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 4 Renault–Gitane s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Daf Trucks s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh s.t. 8 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 58" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 21' 23" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 21' 58" 5 Renault–Gitane + 23' 40" 6 Daf Trucks + 30' 50" 7 Inoxpran + 31' 19" 8 TI–Raleigh + 32' 28" 9 Kas + 33' 55" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 39' 12"
Stage 20 18 July 1979 – Saint-Priest to Dijon,
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bianchi–Faema 2 TI–Raleigh + 8" 3 Kas + 17" 4 Renault–Gitane + 29" 5 Renault–Gitane s.t. 6 Kas + 31" 7 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 8 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 10 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t.General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 58" 3 Peugeot–Esso + 21' 20" 4 Flandria–Ça va seul + 21' 58" 5 Renault–Gitane + 23' 37" 6 Daf Trucks + 30' 50" 7 Inoxpran + 31' 19" 8 TI–Raleigh + 32' 28" 9 Kas + 33' 52" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 38' 46"
Stage 21 19 July 1979 – Dijon to Dijon, (ITT)
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 1' 09" 3 TI–Raleigh + 1' 34" 4 Bianchi–Faema + 1' 35" 5 Flandria–Ça va seul + 2' 37" 6 IJsboerke–Warncke + 3' 31" 7 Kas + 3' 41" 8 TI–Raleigh + 4' 20" 9 Kas + 4' 28" 10 Flandria–Ça va seul + 4' 36"General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 3' 07" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 24' 35" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 26' 01" 5 Renault–Gitane + 30' 25" 6 Daf Trucks + 36' 21" 7 TI–Raleigh + 36' 48" 8 Inoxpran + 36' 53" 9 Kas + 38' 20" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 42' 17"
Stage 22 20 July 1979 – Dijon to Auxerre,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Inoxpran s.t. 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 49" 4 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 5 Kas s.t. 6 Daf Trucks s.t. 7 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 8 Fiat–La France s.t. 9 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 10 Splendor s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 3' 07" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 24' 35" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 25' 58" 5 Renault–Gitane + 30' 25" 6 Inoxpran + 35' 54" 7 Daf Trucks + 36' 21" 8 TI–Raleigh + 36' 48" 9 Kas + 38' 20" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 42' 17"
Stage 23 21 July 1979 – Auxerre to Nogent-sur-Marne,
Stage 23 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Flandria–Ça va seul s.t. 3 Daf Trucks s.t. 4 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 5 Renault–Gitane s.t. 6 TI–Raleigh s.t. 7 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 8 Splendor s.t. 9 IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.General classification after stage 23 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 3' 07" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 24' 35" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 25' 44" 5 Renault–Gitane + 30' 25" 6 Inoxpran + 35' 54" 7 Daf Trucks + 36' 21" 8 TI–Raleigh + 36' 48" 9 Kas + 38' 20" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 42' 17"
Stage 24 22 July 1979 – Le Perreux-sur-Marne to Paris Champs-Élysées,
Stage 24 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier s.t.After the end of the final stage, Zoetemelk was declassified for a positive doping test and penalised ten minutes on the general classification. 3 IJsboerke–Warncke + 2' 18" 4 Peugeot–Esso s.t. 5 Fiat–La France s.t. 6 Splendor s.t. 7 La Redoute–Motobécane s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Teka s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier s.t.General classification after stage 24 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane 2 Miko–Mercier + 13' 07" 3 Flandria–Ça va seul + 26' 53" 4 Peugeot–Esso + 28' 02" 5 Renault–Gitane + 32' 43" 6 Inoxpran + 38' 12" 7 Daf Trucks + 38' 38" 8 TI–Raleigh + 39' 06" 9 Kas + 40' 38" 10 IJsboerke–Warncke + 44' 35"
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