1979 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 1979 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 14th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 9 March to 14 March 1979. The race started in Santa Severa and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto.^[2] The race was won by Knut Knudsen of the Bianchi team.

General classification edit

Final general classification^[2]^[3]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Knut Knudsen (NOR)	Bianchi–Faema	24h 40' 33"
2	Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)	Scic–Bottecchia	+ 1"
3	Giovanni Battaglin (ITA)	Inoxpran	+ 25"
4	Franco Conti (ITA)	San Giacomo [ca]	+ 34"
5	Francesco Moser (ITA)	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	+ 36"
6	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Gis Gelati	+ 1' 10"
7	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Splendor–Euro Soap	+ 1' 25"
8	Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)	Magniflex–Famcucine	+ 1' 33"
9	Alfons De Wolf (BEL)	Lano–Boule d'Or	+ 1' 48"
10	Wladimiro Panizza (ITA)	Sanson–Luxor TV–Campagnolo	+ 1' 50"

^ "Tirreno–Adriatico (Historic), Italy". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "14ème Tirreno-Adriatico 1979". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ "1979 Tirreno - Adriatico". First Cycling. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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