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1978 Tour de France
June 29 to July 23

 

Included on this page: Tour Snapshot, Race Summary, Full Final GC, Team GC, Team Points, Individual Points, Climber, White Jersey, Full Trade Team Rosters, Stage Results to 3 places.

 

Statistics

Number of stages 22  
Number of riders starting 110  
Number of riders finishing 78  
Distance 3,908 km  
Average speed 36.084 km/h  

Results

Top three finishers 1. Bernard Hinault, 2. Joop Zoetemelk, 3. Joaquim Agostinho
Yellow jerseys Jan Raas, Jacques Bossis, Klaus-Peter Thaler, Gerrie Knetemann, Joseph Bruyere, Joop Zoetemelk, Bernard Hinault
Best sprinter Freddy Maertens
Best climber Mariano Martinez
Best team Miko-Mercier
   

Race Summary: Zoetemelk, Hinault, Pollentier, and Kuiper were considered the main protagonists at the start of the race. Pollentier was thrown out of the race for trying to cheat on a drug test and Kuiper brike his collerbone in a crash. On the Puy de Dome stage, Zoetemelk left Hinault 1-40 behind, but Hinault's time-trialing excellence gave him the yellow jersey after the Metz-Nancy time trial. The riders staged a go-slow strike during the Tabes-Valence stage (stage 12a) over difficult racing conditions such as a split stage after a hard stage. Stage 12a was annulled.

1978 Tour de France Final General Classification

1 Hinault 108h-18m-00s
2 Zoetemelk +3m-58s
3 Agostinho 6-54
4 Bruyere 9-54
5 Seznec 12-50
6 Wellens 14-38
7 Galdos 17-08
8 Lubberding 17-26
9 Van Impe 21-01
10 Martinez 22-58
11 Nilsson 23-00
12 Martin 32-58
13 Maertens 34-26
14 Laurent 40-00
15 Romero 49-34
16 Janssens 51-19 
17 Hezard 53-20
18 Menendez 53-28
19 Bittinger 53-47
20 De Schoenmaecker 53-28
21 Bazzo 55-35
22 Martins 57-07 
23 Lelay 57-40
24 Raas 58-43
25 Den Hertog 1-01-46
26 Martens 1-02-29
27 Le Gilloux 1-02-40
28 Bourreau 1-06-34
29 Perret 1-06-34
30 Julien 1-06-45
31 Villemaine 1-07-50
32 Pujol 1-08-20
33 Rouxel 1-09-19
34 Kelly 1-10-18
35 Thaler 1-10-22
36 Mollet 1-13-38
37 Chamaz 1-15-50
38 Tierlinck 1-16-30
39 Oliva 1-20-06
40 Vilardebo 1-21-27
41 Asa 1-21-37
42 Legeay 1-29-19
43 Knetemann 1-30-10
44 Beyssens 1-31-58
45 Mathis 1-34-40
46 Alfonsel 1-34-51
47 Wesemael 1-36-16
48 De Carvalho 1-39-48
49 De Meyer 1-40-50
50 Sanders 1-41-26
51 Dillen 1-41-31
52 Didier 1-44-44
53 Muselet 1-48-10
54 Patritti 1-50-07
55 De Cauwer 1-50-12
56 Van Vlierberghe 1-52-03
57 Van Den Hoek 1-53-13
58 Quilfen 1-53-46
59 Tinazzi 1-53-46
60 Laurens 1-56-43
61 Esclassan 2-00-25
62 Bossis 2-00-36
63 Chalmel 2-03-23
64 Vandenbroucke 2.-04-07
65 Hoban 2-06-33
66 Plet 2-10-16
67 Beucherie 2-16-40
68 Durel 2-17-13
69 Gauthier 2-17-16
70 Sherwin 2-18-54
71 Budet 2-20-13
72 Bertolo 2-25-50
73 Fussien 2-27-02
74 Bertin 2-36-31
75 Gisiger 2-49-16
76 Delepine 3-02-41
77 Coccolo 3-24-18
78 Tesniere 3-52-26
     
     

1978 Tour de France Overall Team Classification

1 Miko-Mercier-Hutchinson 562h-06m-38s
2 TI-Raleigh-McGregor 562-30-18
3 C & A 562-54-14
4 Velda-Lano-Flandria 563-21-36
5 Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo 563-53-37
6 Peugeot-Esso-Michelin 566-11-19
7 Lejeune-BP 566-38-05
8 Teka 566-58-40
9 Jobo-Superba 567-09-40
10 Fiat-La France 569-07-19

Team Points

1 TI-Raleigh 720 points
2 Renault-Gitane 933
3 Velda-Flandria 972
4 Miko-Mercier 1,072
5 Peugeot-Esso 1,144
6 C & A 1,456
7 Jobo-Superia 1,656
8 Lejeune-BP 1,729
9 Fiat-La France 2,347
10 Teka 2,629

1978 Tour De France King of the Mountains

1 Martinez 187 points
2 Hinault 176
3 Zoetemelk 155
4 Seznec 90
5 Agostinho 73
6 Nilsson 70
7 Wellens 68
8 Bittinger 63
9 Lelay 54
10 Van Impe 53
11 Martin 41
12 Romero 41
13 Menendez 40
14 Lubberding 39
15 Galdos 37
16 Bruyere 36.5
17 Sanders 24
18 Legeay 24
19 Fussien 21
20 Laurent 20

White Jersey (Young Rider in 1st or 2nd Tour)

1 Lubberding  
2 Nilsson  
3 Bittinger  
4 Bazzo  
5 Lelay  

Points (Sprinter)

1 Maertens 242 points
2 Esclassan 189
3 Hinault 123
4 Raas 109
5 Bruyere 100
6 Thaler 91
7 Bertin 79
8 Bossis 74
9 Zoetemelk 71
10 Agostinho 70
11 Wellens 67
12 Kelly 60
13 Seznec 56
14 Lubberding 51
15 Martinez 50
16 De Meyer 46
17 Lasa 45
18 Fussien 45
19 Martens 39
20 Nilsson 35

 

List of Riders, 1978 Tour de France by Trade team with racing number. All are French unless otherwise noted.

Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
Director Sportif: Maurice De Muer
Assistant: Robert Naeye

1. Thevenet, Bernard
2. Bourreau, Bernard
3. Danguillaume, Jean-Pierre
4. Delpine, Regis
5. Esclassan, Jacques
6. Hezard, Yves
7. Laurent, Michel
8. Ovion, Regis
9. Sibille, Guy
10. Vandenbroucke, Jean-Luc (Belgium)

 

TI Raleigh-McGregor
Director Sportif: Peter Post
Assistant: Jules De Wever

11. Kuiper, Hennie (NL)
12. De Cauwer, Jose (Belgium)
13. Karstens, Gerben (NL)
14. Knetemann, Gerrie (NL)
15. Lubberding, Henk (NL)
16. Raas, Jan (NL)
17. Thaler, Klaus-Peter (West Germany)
18. Van Den Hoek, Aad (NL)
19. Wellen, Paul (Belgium)
20. Wesemael, Wilfred (Belgium)

 

C & A
Director Sportifs: Rudi Altig, Joseph Huysmans

21. Van Impe, Lucien (Belgium)
22. Bruyere, Joseph (Belgium)
23. De Schoenmaecker, J. (Belgium)
24. Dillen, Rene (Belgium)
25. Janssens, Ward (Belgium)
26. Laurens, Marcel (Belgium)
27. Loos, Ludo (Belgium)
28. Martin, Jacques (Belgium)
29. Martens, Rene (Belgium)
30. Planckaert, Walter (Belgium)

 

Kas-Campagnolo
Director Sportif: Antonio Barrutia

31. Galdos, Francisco (Spain)
32. Andiano, Julian (Spain)
33. Cima, Enrique (Spain)
34. Fernandes-Ovies, Faust (Spain)
35. Martinez-Heredia, E. (Spain)
36. Nazabal, Jose (Spain)
37. Pesarondona, Jose (Spain)
38. Pujol, Juan (Spain)
39. Pozo, Sebastian (Spain)
40. Suarez-Cueva, Jesus (Spain)

 

Miko-Mercier-Hutchinson
Director Sportif: Louis Caput
Assitant: Maurice Quintin

41. Zoetemelk, Joop (NL)
42. Hoban, Barry (GB)
43. Le Guillox, Maurice
44. Martin, Raymond
45. Mathis, Hubert
46. Mollet Andre
47. Nilsson, Sven-Ake (Sweden)
48. Perret, Patrick
49. Seznec, Christian
50. Rouxel, Charles

 

Renault- Gitane-Campagnolo
Director Sportif: Cyrille Guimard
Assistant: Maurice Champion

51. Hinault, Bernard
52. Bernaudeau, Jean-Rene
53. Bertin, Yvon
54. Bossis, Jacques
55. Chalmel, Andre
56. Chaumez, Gilbert
57. Didier, Lucien (Lux)
58. Quilfen, Bernard
59. Tierlinck, Willy (Belgium)
60. Villemiane, Pierre-Raymond

 

Teka
Director Sportif: Julio San Emeterio
Assistant: Miguel Moreno

61. Torres, Pedro (Spain)
62. Alfonsel, Bernardo (Spain)
63. Eloriaga, Javier (Spain)
64. Garcia, Eulalio (Spain)
65. Las, Miguel-Maria (Spain)
66. Martinez, Paulino (Spain
67. Martins, Jose (Portugal)
68. Menendes, Antonio (Spain)
69. Oliva, Andres (Spain)
70. Vilardebo, Pedro (Spain)

 

Lejeune-BP
Director Sportif: Henry Anglade
Assistant: Pierre Schoor

71. Legeay, Roger
72. Bazzo, Pierre
73. De Hartog, Fedor (NL)
74. Friou, Patrick
75. Gallopin, Joel
76. Gauthier, Jean-Louis
77. Gisiger, Daniel (Switzerland)
78. Guttierrez, Antoine
79. Le Denmat, Michel
80. Plet, Eugene

 

Fiat-France
Director Sportif: Rafael Giminiani
Assistant: Gerard Morin

81. Fussien, Jean-Jacques
82. Beucherie, Serge
83. Budet, Alain
84. De Carvalho, Alain
85. Hard, Jacky
86. Le Lay, Gilbert
87. Sanders, Dominique
88. Tasniere, Philippe
89. Van Vlasaer, Didier
90. Sherwin, Paul (GB)

 

Velda-Lano-Flandria
Director Sportif: Fred De Bruyne
Assistant: Brick Schotte

91. Maertens, Freddy (Belgium)
92. Pollentier, Michael (Belgium)
93. Agostinho, Joaquim (Portugal)
94. Beyssens, Herman (Belgium)
95. Bittinger, Rene
96. De Meyer, Marc (Belgium)
97. Kelly, Sean (Ireland)
98. Muselet, Christian
99. Tinazzi, Marcel
100. Van Vlierberghe, A. (Belgium)

 

Jobo-Superia
Director Sportif: Guy Faubert
Assistant: Yves Gobert

101. Martinez, Mariano
102. Bertolo, Dino
103. Biderre, Jean-Pierre
104. Coccolo, Dante
105. Durel, Philippe
106. Inaudi, Herve
107. Julien, Ferdinand
108. Patritti, Alain
109. Pescheaux, Jean-Francoise
110. Romero, Andre

 

Race results, by Stage

Prologue. Leiden. 5.2 km. Raas, Knetemann, Zoetemelk

Stage 1a. Leiden-Sant Willebrord. 135 km. Raas, Maertens, Escalssan

Stage 1b. Sant Willebrord-Brussels. 100 km. Planckaert, Maertens, Pescheaux

Stage2. Brussels-St. Amand Les Eaux. 199 km. Esclassan, Bertin, Planckaert

Stage 3. St. Amand LesEaux-St. Germain en Laye. 243.5 km. Thaler, Bossis, Frion

Stage 4. Evreux-Caen 153 km team time trial. Raleigh, C&A, Miko-Mercier

Stage 5. Caen-Maze Montgeoffroy. 244 km. Maertens, Karstens, Esclassan

Stage 6. Maze Montgeoffroy-Poitiers. 162 km. Kelly, Knetemann, Bittinger

Stage 7. Poitiers-Bordeaux Le Lac. 242 km. Maertens, Esclassan, Planckaert

Stage 8. St. Emilion-Saite Foy La Grande. 59.3 km Hinault, Bruyere, Maertens

Stage 9. Bordeaux-Biarritz. 233 km. Lasa, Raas, De Meyer

Stage 10. Biarritz-Pau. 191.5 km. Lubberding, Patritti, Raas

Stage 11. Pau-St. Lary Soulan. 161 km. Martinez, Hinault, Pollentier

Stage 12a. Tarbes-Valence d'Agen. 148 km. Anulled, rider's strike

Stage 12b. Valence-D'Agen-Toulouse. 96 km. Esclassan, Raas, Maertens

Stage 13. Figeac-Super Berse. 221.5 km. Wellens, Laurent, Agostinho

Stage 14. Berse en Chandesse-Puy de Dome. 52.5km. Zoetemelk, Pollentier, Bruyere

Stage 15. Chamlieres-St. Etienne. 233.5 km. Hinault, Kelly, Maertens

Stage 16. St. Etienne-L'Alpe D'Huez. 240.5 km. Kuiper, Hinault, Zoetemelk

Stage 17. Greneoble-Morzine. 225 km. Seznec, Wellens, Hinault

Stage 18. Morzine-Lausanne. 137.5 km. Knetemann, Bruyere, Wellens

Stage19. Lausanne-Belfort. 181.5 km. De Meyer, Raas, Lasa

Stage 20. Metz-Nancy. 75km individual time trial. Hinault, Bruyere, Knetemann

Stage 21. Epernay-Soissons-Compiegne-Seulis. 207.5 km. Raas, Maertens, Bertin

Stage 22. St. Germain en Laye-Paris. 161.8 km. Knetemann, Lubberding, Maertens
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