Overview of the year 1978
Leiden - Paris | total distance: 3908.0 km | number of stages: 22
Winner: Bernard Hinault | Renault | France | age: 23
time: 108hr 18min 0sec | average speed: 36.084 km/h
2nd place: Joop Zoetemelk (+ 3min 56sec)
3rd place: Joaquim Agostinho (+ 6min 54sec)
winning team: Miko - Mercier
number of participants: 110 (finished: 78 |not finished: 32)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1978
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
P | Leiden - | Leiden | 5.2 km | Jan RAAS | 0:06:38 | 47.0 km/h |
1a | Leiden - | Saint-Willebrord | 135.0 km | Jan RAAS | 3:24:21 | 39.6 km/h |
1b | Saint-Willebrord - | Brussel | 100.0 km | Walter PLANCKAERT | 2:22:14 | 42.2 km/h |
2 | Brussel - | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 199.0 km | Jacques ESCLASSAN | 5:21:31 | 37.1 km/h |
3 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux - | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 243.5 km | Klaus-Peter THALER | 7:25:42 | 32.8 km/h |
4 | Evreux - | Caen | 153.0 km | Ti-Raleigh | 3:39:07 | 41.9 km/h |
5 | Caen - | Mazé-Montgeoffroy | 244.0 km | Freddy MAERTENS | 7:00:16 | 34.8 km/h |
6 | Mazé-Montgeoffroy - | Poitiers | 162.0 km | Sean KELLY | 4:02:24 | 40.1 km/h |
7 | Poitiers - | Bordeaux | 242.0 km | Freddy MAERTENS | 7:01:07 | 34.5 km/h |
8 | Saint-Emilion - | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande | 59.3 km | Bernard HINAULT | 1:22:01 | 43.4 km/h |
9 | Bordeaux - | Biarritz | 233.0 km | Miguel-Maria LASA | 6:43:09 | 34.4 km/h |
10 | Biarritz - | Pau | 191.5 km | Henk LUBBERDING | 5:46:54 | 33.1 km/h |
11 | Pau - | Saint-Lary-Soulan | 161.0 km | Mariano MARTINEZ | 5:47:26 | 27.8 km/h |
12a | Tarbes - | Valence d´Agen | 158.0 km | 0.0 km/h | ||
12b | Valence d´Agen - | Toulouse | 96.0 km | Jacques ESCLASSAN | 2:19:12 | 41.4 km/h |
13 | Figeac - | Superbesse | 221.5 km | Paul WELLENS | 6:43:49 | 32.9 km/h |
14 | Besse-en-Ch. - | Puy-de-Dôme | 52.5 km | Joop ZOETEMELK | 1:25:51 | 36.7 km/h |
15 | Saint-Dier-d´A. - | Saint-Étienne | 196.0 km | Bernard HINAULT | 5:49:48 | 33.6 km/h |
16 | Saint-Étienne - | Alpe d’Huez | 240.5 km | Hennie KUIPER | 7:23:07 | 32.6 km/h |
17 | Grenoble - | Morzine-Avoriaz | 225.0 km | Christian SEZNEC | 7:13:34 | 31.3 km/h |
18 | Morzine-Avoriaz - | Lausanne | 137.5 km | Gerrie KNETEMANN | 3:36:52 | 38.0 km/h |
19 | Lausanne - | Belfort | 181.5 km | Marc DEMEYER | 5:05:57 | 35.6 km/h |
20 | Metz - | Nancy | 72.0 km | Bernard HINAULT | 1:39:29 | 43.4 km/h |
21 | Epernay - | Senlis | 207.5 km | Jan RAAS | 5:58:49 | 34.7 km/h |
22 | Saint-Germain-en-Laye - | Paris | 161.5 km | Gerrie KNETEMANN | 4:22:46 | 36.9 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1978 by nations (7):
NED » 9 | FRA » 7 | BEL » 5 | GER » 1 | IRL » 1 | ESP » 1 | » 1 |
Winners of stages in 1978 by cyclists (18):
Bernard HINAULT » 3 | Jan RAAS » 3 | Gerrie KNETEMANN » 2 | Jacques ESCLASSAN » 2 | Freddy MAERTENS » 2 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 1 | Walter PLANCKAERT » 1 | Sean KELLY » 1 | » 1 | Ti-Raleigh » 1 | Henk LUBBERDING » 1 | Hennie KUIPER » 1 | Paul WELLENS » 1 | Marc DEMEYER » 1 | Mariano MARTINEZ » 1 | Christian SEZNEC » 1 | Klaus-Peter THALER » 1 | Miguel-Maria LASA » 1 |
Climbs in 1978
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1978 by nations (3):
FRA » 9 | BEL » 7 | NED » 4 |
Winners of ascents in 1978 by cyclists (10):
Michel POLLENTIER » 5 | Mariano MARTINEZ » 3 | Hennie KUIPER » 3 | Paul WELLENS » 2 | René BITTINGER » 2 | André ROMERO » 1 | Jean-Jacques FUSSIEN » 1 | Joop ZOETEMELK » 1 | Christian SEZNEC » 1 | Michel LAURENT » 1 |