1979 Giro d'Italia

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox". The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Florence, on 17 May, with an Script error: No such module "convert". prologue and concluded in Milan, on 6 June, with a Script error: No such module "convert". individual time trial. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 19-stage race, that was won by Italian Giuseppe Saronni of the Scic-Bottecchia team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Francesco Moser and Swede Bernt Johansson, respectively.[1][2]

In addition to the general classification, Saronni won the points classification, Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Claudio Bortolotto of Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV won the mountains classification, and Bianchi-Faema's Silvano Contini completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fifth overall. Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.

Teams

Script error: No such module "Main list". Thirteen of the fourteen teams invited to the 1979 Giro d'Italia participated in the race.[3] Kas were forced to decline their invitation, in favor of racing the Vuelta a España, by the Spanish Federation which wanted the "best Hispanic" peloton to be competing in Vuelta that year.[4] In total 12 countries were represented, 84 riders were from Italy, while the remaining 66 riders came from: Belgium (15), Switzerland (12), France (8), Denmark (3), Australia (2), Germany (1), Great Britain (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), South Africa (1), and Sweden (1).[5] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists.[3]

Of those starting, 43 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.[6] The average age of riders was 26.42 years,[7] ranging from 20–year–old Orlando Maini (Mobilificio San Giacomo) to 34–year–old Renato Laghi (CBM Fast-Gaggia).[8] The team with the youngest average rider age was Sapa Assicurazioni (23), while the oldest was Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV (30).[9] From the riders that began this edition, 111 made it to the finish in Milan.[10]

The teams entering the race were:[3][11]

  • Sapa Assicurazioni
  • Scic-Bottecchia
  • Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza
  • Zonca-Santini

Pre-race favorites

The starting peloton did include the 1978 winner, Johan De Muynck. Successful French rider Bernard Hinault did not enter the race.[12][13]

Route and stages

The route was unveiled on 22 March 1979.[14][15] Covering a total of Script error: No such module "convert"., it included five individual time trials, and nine stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points.[10][16] The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was Script error: No such module "convert". shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one less stage.

Stage results[17]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 17 May Florence to Florence Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
1 18 May Florence to Perugia Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
2 19 May Perugia to Castel Gandolfo Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
3 20 May Caserta to Naples Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
4 21 May Caserta to Potenza Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
5 22 May Potenza to Vieste Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
6 23 May Vieste to Chieti Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
7 24 May Chieti to Pesaro Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
8 25 May Rimini to City of San Marino (San Marino) Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
9 26 May City of San Marino (San Marino) to Pistoia Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
10 27 May Lerici to Portovenere Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
11 28 May La Spezia to Voghera Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
12 29 May Alessandria to Saint-Vincent Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
13 30 May Aosta to Meda Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
14 31 May Meda to Bosco Chiesanuova Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
15 1 June Verona to Treviso Script error: No such module "convert". File:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Template:Flagathlete
16 2 June Treviso to Pieve di Cadore Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
3 June Rest day
17 4 June Pieve di Cadore to Trento Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
18 5 June Trento to Barzio Script error: No such module "convert". File:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Template:Flagathlete
19 6 June Cesano Maderno to Milan Script error: No such module "convert". File:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Template:Flagathlete
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Classification leadership

A winding road on the slopes of a mountain.
A sample of the road climbing to the top of the Passo Pordoi, the Cima Coppi (highest elevation point) of the 1979 Giro.

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1979 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Four of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.[18] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro.[18] The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.[18]

The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points.[18] The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey.[18] The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.[18] The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Pordoi, which was first crossed by Italian rider Leonardo Natale. The fourth classification, the young rider classification, was decided the same way as the general classification, but exclusive to neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).[18] The leader of the classification wore a white jersey.[19] In addition, the rider had to be aged 24 and younger.[20]

The final classification, the team classification, awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.[18]

There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").[21] The Fiat Ritmo classification, which was created in honor Juan Manuel Santisteban who died in stage 1A of 1976 edition.[22] In all stages longer than Script error: No such module "convert"., there was a banner at that point in the stage to designate a special sprint.[22] The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat Ritmo.[22]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
File:Jersey pink.svg 		Points classification
File:Jersey violet.svg 		Mountains classification
File:Jersey green.svg 		Young rider classification Team classification
P Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Francesco Moser not awarded ? Bianchi-Faema
1 Mario Beccia Knut Knudsen
2 Roger De Vlaeminck Francesco Moser
3 Francesco Moser
4 Claudio Bortolotto Mario Beccia Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV
5 Giuseppe Saronni
6 Bruno Wolfer Giuseppe Saronni Bianchi-Faema
7 Alan Van Heerden
8 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni
9 Roger De Vlaeminck Claudio Bortolotto
10 Knut Knudsen
11 Bernt Johansson Roger De Vlaeminck
12 Roger De Vlaeminck
13 Dino Porrini Claudio Bortolotto
14 Bernt Johansson Bernt Johansson
15 Giuseppe Martinelli Francesco Moser
16 Roberto Ceruti Giuseppe Saronni
17 Francesco Moser Francesco Moser Claudio Bortolotto Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV
18 Amilcare Sgalbazzi Silvano Contini
19 Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni
Final Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Claudio Bortolotto Silvano Contini Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

Final standings

Legend
  Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
  Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[10][23]
Rank Name Team Time
1 Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey Purple jersey Scic-Bottecchia 89h 29' 18"
2 Template:Flagathlete Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV + 2' 09"
3 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex-Famcucine + 3' 13"
4 Template:Flagathlete Peugeot-Esso-Michelin + 5' 31"
5 Template:Flagathlete Bianchi-Faema + 7' 33"
6 Template:Flagathlete Mecap-Hoonved + 7' 50"
7 Template:Flagathlete Mobilificio San Giacomo + 11' 27"
8 Template:Flagathlete Scic-Bottecchia + 13' 07"
9 Template:Flagathlete Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza + 14' 16"
10 Template:Flagathlete CBM Fast-Gaggia + 16' 11"

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Points classification

Final points classification (1-5)[10][24]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey Pink jersey Scic-Bottecchia 275
2 Template:Flagathlete Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV 274
3 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex-Famcucine 260
4 Template:Flagathlete Mecap-Hoonved 130
5 Template:Flagathlete Peugeot-Esso-Michelin 118
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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1-10)[10][23][24]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Green jersey Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV 495
2 Template:Flagathlete Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza 330
3 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex-Famcucine 300
4 Template:Flagathlete Mecap-Hoonved 215
5 Template:Flagathlete Magniflex-Famcucine 170
Template:Flagathlete Magniflex-Famcucine
Template:Flagathlete G.B.C.-Galli-Castelli
8 Template:Flagathlete Sapa Assicurazioni 150
Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey Purple jersey Scic-Bottecchia
10 Template:Flagathlete Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV 130

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Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–3)[24]
Rider Team Time
1 Template:Flagathlete Bianchi-Faema 89h 36' 51"
2 Template:Flagathlete CBM Fast-Gaggia + 8' 38"
3 Template:Flagathlete Sapa Assicurazioni + 11' 24"
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Traguardi Fiat Ritmo classification

Final traguardi fiat ritmo classification (1–2)[24]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete CBM Fast-Gaggia 46
2 Template:Flagathlete Mobilificio San Giacomo 24
Template:Flagathlete Sapa Assicurazioni
Template:Flagathlete Mobilificio San Giacomo

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Campionato delle Regioni classification

Final campionato delle regioni classification (1–3)[24]
Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flagathlete Sapa Assicurazioni 46
2 Template:Flagathlete Mobilificio San Giacomo 44
3 Template:Flagathlete Zonca-Santini 30
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Team classification

Final team classification (1–3)[24]
Team Time
1 Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV ?
2 Scic-Bottecchia + 6' 48"
3 Magniflex-Famcucine + 10' 42"

References

Citations

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