The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a prologue individual time trial on 29 June, and Stage 12a occurred on 12 July with a flat stage from Tarbes. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.
Stage 12a edit
12 July 1978 – Tarbes to Valence d'Agen, 158 km (98 mi)[1]
The stage was neutralised after a protest, by the peloton, about split stages.[2] The peloton rode slowly throughout the stage, and came to a stop 100 m (330 ft) before the finish line. The riders then dismounted their bikes, crossing the finish line on foot, and the stage was cancelled by the race commissaires.[1]
Stage 12b edit
12 July 1978 – Valence d'Agen to Toulouse, 96 km (60 mi)[1]
Stage 13 edit
13 July 1978 – Figeac to Super Besse, 221 km (137 mi)[1]
Stage 13 result[1]
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General classification after stage 13[4]
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Stage 14 edit
14 July 1978 – Besse-en-Chandesse to Puy de Dôme, 52 km (32 mi) (ITT)[1]
Stage 14 result[1]
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General classification after stage 14[5]
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Stage 15 edit
15 July 1978 – Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne to Saint-Étienne, 196 km (122 mi)[1]
Stage 15 result[1]
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General classification after stage 15[6]
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Stage 16 edit
16 July 1978 – Saint-Étienne to Alpe d'Huez, 241 km (150 mi)[1]
Stage 16 result[1]
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General classification after stage 16[7]
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Rest day 2 edit
17 July 1978 – Alpe d'Huez
Stage 17 edit
18 July 1978 – Grenoble to Morzine, 225 km (140 mi)[1]
Stage 17 result[1]
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General classification after stage 17[8]
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Stage 18 edit
19 July 1978 – Morzine to Lausanne, 137 km (85 mi)[1]
Stage 18 result[1]
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General classification after stage 18[9]
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Stage 19 edit
20 July 1978 – Lausanne to Belfort, 182 km (113 mi)[1]
Stage 19 result[1]
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General classification after stage 19[10]
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Stage 20 edit
21 July 1978 – Metz to Nancy, 72 km (45 mi) (ITT)[1]
Stage 20 result[1]
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General classification after stage 20[11]
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Stage 21 edit
22 July 1978 – Épernay to Senlis, 207 km (129 mi)[1]
Stage 21 result[1]
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General classification after stage 21[12]
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Stage 22 edit
23 July 1978 – Saint Germain en Laye to Paris Champs-Élysées, 162 km (101 mi)[1]
Stage 22 result[1]
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General classification after stage 22[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "65ème Tour de France 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Hinault takes down French protester". Cycling News. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 12ème étape (b)". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 13ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 14ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 15ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 16ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 17ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 18ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 19ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 20ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "65ème Tour de France 1978 - 21ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011.