1979 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 12



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 12 occurred on 9 July with a flat stage to Metz. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.

Prologue
27 June 1979 – Fleurance to Fleurance, 5 km (ITT)

Stage 1
28 June 1979 – Fleurance to Luchon, 225 km

Stage 2
29 June 1979 – Luchon to Superbagnères, 24 km (ITT)

Stage 3
30 June 1979 – Luchon to Pau, 180 km

Stage 4
1 July 1979 – Captieux to Bordeaux, 87 km (TTT)

Stage 5
2 July 1979 – Neuville-de-Poitou to Angers, 145 km

Stage 6
3 July 1979 – Angers to Saint-Brieuc, 239 km

Stage 7
4 July 1979 – Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët to Deauville, 158 km

Stage 8
5 July 1979 – Deauville to Le Havre, 90 km (TTT)

Stage 9
6 July 1979 – Amiens to Roubaix, 201 km

Stage 10
7 July 1979 – Roubaix to Brussels, 124 km

Stage 11
8 July 1979 – Brussels to Brussels, 33 km (ITT)

Stage 12
9 July 1979 – Rochefort to Metz, 193 km