The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a prologue individual time trial on 29 June, and Stage 11 occurred on 11 July with a mountainous stage to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.
Prologue 29 June 1978 – Leiden to Leiden, (ITT)
Due to bad weather, the prologue result did not contribute to the general classification and a yellow jersey wasn't awarded.
Prologue result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 TI–Raleigh + 2" 3 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4" 4 TI–Raleigh + 8" 5 Fiat + 10" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 16" 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 18" 8 Lejeune–BP + 19" 9 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh + 20"
Stage 1a 30 June 1978 – Leiden to Sint Willebrord,
Stage 1a result and general classification after stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 4 C&A s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Jobo–Superia s.t. 7 Lejeune–BP s.t. 8 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 9 Lejeune–BP s.t. 10 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t.
Stage 1b 30 June 1978 – Sint Willebrord to Brussels,
Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 3 Jobo–Superia s.t. 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Kas–Campagnolo s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.General classification after stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 C&A s.t. 4 Jobo–Superia s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 6 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Lejeune–BP s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t.
Stage 2 1 July 1978 – Brussels to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 C&A s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Jobo–Superia s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Jobo–Superia s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 C&A s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.
Stage 3 2 July 1978 – Saint-Amand-les-Eaux to Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 3 Lejeune–BP + 6" 4 C&A s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Fiat–La France + 1' 38"General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 TI–Raleigh + 20" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 C&A s.t. 5 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 6 TI–Raleigh s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 30" 8 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 43" 9 Fiat–La France + 2' 20" 10 TI–Raleigh + 3' 24"
Stage 4 3 July 1978 – Évreux to Caen, (TTT)
Stage 4 result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 C&A + 7" 3 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 19" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 5' 15" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 20" 6 Lejeune–BP + 9' 04" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 13' 20" 8 Fiat–La France + 19' 22" 9 Teka + 23' 39" 10 Jobo–Superia + 23' 48"General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 TI–Raleigh + 6" 3 C&A + 46" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 00" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 23" 6 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 46" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 06" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 16" 9 TI–Raleigh + 3' 05" 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.
Stage 5 4 July 1978 – Caen to Mazé–Montgeoffroy,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Lono–Flandria 2 TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 Fiat–La France s.t. 8 Lejeune–BP s.t. 9 Jobo–Superia s.t. 10 Jobo–Superia s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 TI–Raleigh + 6" 3 C&A + 46" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 00" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 23" 6 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 46" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 06" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 16" 9 TI–Raleigh + 3' 05" 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.
Stage 6 5 July 1978 – Mazé–Montgeoffroy to Poitiers,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Lono–Flandria 2 TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 C&A s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 27" 7 C&A s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 TI–Raleigh + 21" 3 C&A + 40" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 21" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 40" 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 44" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 27" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 37" 9 TI–Raleigh + 3' 26" 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.
Stage 7 6 July 1978 – Poitiers to Bordeaux,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Lono–Flandria 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 3 C&A s.t. 4 TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 8 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 TI–Raleigh + 22" 3 C&A + 41" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 21" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 41" 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 45" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 28" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 38" 9 TI–Raleigh + 3' 27" 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.
Stage 8 7 July 1978 – Saint-Émilion to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, (ITT)
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Fiat + 34" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 56" 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 59" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 22" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 1' 33" 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 00" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 29" 9 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 40" 10 TI–Raleigh + 2' 56"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 TI–Raleigh + 2' 56" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 36" 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 9 TI–Raleigh + 5' 05" 10 TI–Raleigh + 5' 11"
Stage 9 8 July 1978 – Bordeaux to Biarritz,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Teka 2 TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 C&A s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Fiat–La France s.t. 10 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 TI–Raleigh + 2' 56" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 36" 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 9 TI–Raleigh + 5' 05" 10 TI–Raleigh + 5' 11"
Rest day 1 9 July 1978 – Biarritz
Stage 10 10 July 1978 – Biarritz to Pau,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Jobo–Superia + 30" 3 TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 6 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Jobo–Superia s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Lejeune–BP s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 7 TI–Raleigh + 5' 11" 8 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 5' 14" 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 5' 45" 10 TI–Raleigh + 5' 46"
Stage 11 11 July 1978 – Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jobo–Superia 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 5" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 19" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 28" 6 TI–Raleigh + 1' 29" 7 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 2' 21" 8 Kas–Campagnolo + 2' 30" 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 2' 31" 10 C&A s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 05" 3 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 58" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 47" 5 TI–Raleigh + 4' 08" 6 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 5' 48" 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 25" 8 Jobo–Superia + 6' 34" 9 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 7' 15" 10 Kas–Campagnolo + 7' 39"
References