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1979 World Pro Road Cycling Championships
46th edition: Sunday, August 26, 1979
Valkenburg, Netherlands
World Road Cycling Championships podium history | 1980 edition | 1978 edition |
114 riders started, 44 classified finishers.
274.8 km. Winner's average speed: 38.97 km/hr
Jan Raas at the 1979 GP Kevinator
Complete Results:
- Jan Raas (Netherlands) 7hr 3min 9sec
- Dietrich Thurau (Germany) s.t.
- Jean-René Bernaudeau (France) s.t.
- André Chalmel (France) @ 5sec
- Henk Lubberding (Netherlands) @ 12sec
- Giovanni Battaglin (Italy) @ 23sec
- Knut Knudsen (Norway) @ 52sec
- Giuseppe Saronni (Italy) @ 4min 37sec
- Sean Kelly (Ireland) s.t.
- Roger de Vlaeminck (Belgium) s.t.
- Klaus-Peter Thaler (Germany) s.t.
- Gregor Braun (Germany) s.t.
- Gerrie Knetemann (Netherlands) s.t.
- Bernard Vallet (France) s.t.
- José-Luis Viejo (Spain) s.t.
- Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands) s.t.
- Jean Chassang (France) s.t.
- Michel Pollentier (Belgium) s.t.
- Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) s.t.
- Marino Amadori (Italy) s.t.
- Bernard Hinault (France) s.t.
- Claude Criquielion (Belgium) @ 5min 1sec
- Frits Pirard (Netherlands) @ 5min 19sec
- Clyde Sefton (Australia) @ 6min 44sec
- Maurice Le Guilloux (France) s.t.
- Keith Lambert (Great Britain) s.t.
- Bruno Wolfer (Switzerland) s.t.
- Johan Van der Velde (Netherlands) s.t.
- Fridolin Keller (Switzerland) s.t.
- Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spain) s.t.
- Michel Laurent (France) s.t.
- Pedro Torres (Spain) s.t.
- Stephen Mutter (Switzerland) s.t.
- Erich Jagsch (Austria) s.t.
- Per Bausager (Denmark) s.t.
- Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (France) s.t.
- Yves Hézard (France) s.t.
- Roland Berland) s.t.
- Jorgen Marcussen (Denmark) s.t.
- Sven-Ake Nilsson (Swededn) s.t.
- Josef Fuchs (Switzerland) s.t.
- Faustino Ruperez (Spain) @ 13min 3sec
- Gody Schmutz (Switzerland) s.t.
- Jurgen Kraft (Germany) @ 17min 40sec