1978 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11



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 11 occurred on 11 July with a mountainous stage to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.

Prologue
29 June 1978 – Leiden to Leiden, 5 km (ITT)

Due to bad weather, the prologue result did not contribute to the general classification and a yellow jersey wasn't awarded.

Stage 1a
30 June 1978 – Leiden to Sint Willebrord, 135 km

Stage 1b
30 June 1978 – Sint Willebrord to Brussels, 100 km

Stage 2
1 July 1978 – Brussels to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, 199 km

Stage 3
2 July 1978 – Saint-Amand-les-Eaux to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 244 km

Stage 4
3 July 1978 – Évreux to Caen, 153 km (TTT)

Stage 5
4 July 1978 – Caen to Mazé–Montgeoffroy, 244 km

Stage 6
5 July 1978 – Mazé–Montgeoffroy to Poitiers, 162 km

Stage 7
6 July 1978 – Poitiers to Bordeaux, 242 km

Stage 8
7 July 1978 – Saint-Émilion to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, 59 km (ITT)

Stage 9
8 July 1978 – Bordeaux to Biarritz, 233 km

Rest day 1
9 July 1978 – Biarritz

Stage 10
10 July 1978 – Biarritz to Pau, 192 km

Stage 11
11 July 1978 – Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 161 km