1979 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 9

The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue individual time trial in Florence on 17 May, and Stage 9 occurred on 26 May with a mountainous stage to Pistoia. The race finished in Milan on 6 June.

Prologue
17 May 1979 — Florence to Florence, 8 km (ITT)

Stage 1
18 May 1979 — Florence to Perugia, 156 km

Stage 2
19 May 1979 — Perugia to Castel Gandolfo, 204 km

Stage 3
20 May 1979 — Caserta to Naples, 31 km (ITT)

Stage 4
21 May 1979 — Caserta to Potenza, 210 km

Stage 5
22 May 1979 — Potenza to Vieste, 223 km

Stage 6
23 May 1979 — Vieste to Chieti, 260 km

Stage 7
24 May 1979 — Chieti to Pesaro, 252 km

Stage 8
25 May 1979 — Rimini to San Marino, 28 km (ITT)

Stage 9
26 May 1979 — San Marino to Pistoia, 248 km