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 12a occurred on 12 July with a flat stage from Tarbes. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.
Stage 12a 12 July 1978 – Tarbes to Valence d'Agen,
The stage was neutralised after a protest, by the peloton, about split stages. The peloton rode slowly throughout the stage, and came to a stop before the finish line. The riders then dismounted their bikes, crossing the finish line on foot, and the stage was cancelled by the race commissaires.
Stage 12b 12 July 1978 – Valence d'Agen to Toulouse,
Stage 12b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 2 TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Lejeune–BP s.t. 7 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Fiat–La France s.t.General classification after stage 12b 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"
Stage 13 13 July 1978 – Figeac to Super Besse,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 1' 30" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 31" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 7 C&A s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 C&A s.t. 10 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 2' 19"General classification after stage 13 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' 13" 7 TI–Raleigh + 6' 36" 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 6' 38" 9 Jobo–Superia + 6' 46" 10 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 7' 21"
Stage 14 14 July 1978 – Besse-en-Chandesse to Puy de Dôme, (ITT)
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 46" 3 C&A + 55" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 40" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 02" 6 C&A + 2' 49" 7 TI–Raleigh + 4' 02" 8 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 42" 9 Jobo–Superia + 4' 51" 10 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 52"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 03" 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 50" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 38" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 20" 6 TI–Raleigh + 7' 15" 7 Jobo–Superia + 10' 42" 8 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 11' 29" 9 Kas–Campagnolo + 12' 01" 10 TI–Raleigh + 12' 31"
Stage 15 15 July 1978 – Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Teka s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 6 Lejeune–BP s.t. 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Jobo–Superia s.t. 10 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 C&A 2 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 03" 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 50" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 38" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 20" 6 TI–Raleigh + 7' 15" 7 Jobo–Superia + 10' 42" 8 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 11' 29" 9 Kas–Campagnolo + 12' 01" 10 TI–Raleigh + 12' 31"
Stage 16 16 July 1978 – Saint-Étienne to Alpe d'Huez,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 8" 3 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 41" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 34" 5 TI–Raleigh + 2' 14" 6 C&A + 2' 23" 7 Kas–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 3' 25" 9 TI–Raleigh + 3' 43" 10 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 48"General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 14" 3 TI–Raleigh + 5' 31" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 10" 5 C&A + 9' 32" 6 Kas–Campagnolo + 12' 46" 7 TI–Raleigh + 14' 30" 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Jobo–Superia + 14' 56" 10 C&A + 16' 17"
Rest day 2 17 July 1978 – Alpe d'Huez
Stage 17 18 July 1978 – Grenoble to Morzine,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 TI–Raleigh + 9' 26" 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 9' 29" 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 5 TI–Raleigh + 9' 32" 6 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 8 C&A + 10' 17" 9 Lejeune–BP s.t. 10 Kas–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 14" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 13" 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 8' 25" 5 C&A + 10' 25" 6 Kas–Campagnolo + 13' 28" 7 TI–Raleigh + 14' 32" 8 TI–Raleigh + 14' 33" 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 16' 46" 10 C&A + 17' 01"
Stage 18 19 July 1978 – Morzine to Lausanne,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 C&A + 13" 3 TI–Raleigh + 14" 4 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 15" 5 C&A + 22" 6 Teka + 1' 10" 7 C&A + 1' 37" 8 C&A + 2' 16" 9 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 19" 10 Teka + 2' 20"General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 14" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 07" 4 C&A + 8' 17" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 8' 25" 6 TI–Raleigh + 12' 05" 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 13' 28" 8 TI–Raleigh + 14' 33" 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 16' 46" 10 C&A + 16' 56"
Stage 19 20 July 1978 – Lausanne to Belfort,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Velda–Lono–Flandria 2 TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Teka s.t. 4 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 5 Lejeune–BP 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 Teka + 4"General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson 2 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 14" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 07" 4 C&A + 8' 17" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 8' 25" 6 TI–Raleigh + 12' 05" 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 13' 28" 8 TI–Raleigh + 14' 33" 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 16' 46" 10 C&A + 16' 56"
Stage 20 21 July 1978 – Metz to Nancy, (ITT)
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 C&A + 1' 01" 3 TI–Raleigh + 1' 58" 4 TI–Raleigh + 2' 47" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 3' 01" 6 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 3' 36" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 3' 46" 8 Kas–Campagnolo + 3' 54" 9 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 10" 10 TI–Raleigh + 4' 14"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 3' 56" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 54" 4 C&A + 9' 04" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 12' 50" 6 TI–Raleigh + 14' 38" 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 17' 08" 8 TI–Raleigh + 18' 48" 9 C&A + 21' 01" 10 Jobo–Superia + 22' 58"
Stage 21 22 July 1978 – Épernay to Senlis,
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 14" 3 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 4 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 8 TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 Jobo–Superia s.t. 10 TI–Raleigh s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 3' 56" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 54" 4 C&A + 9' 04" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 12' 50" 6 TI–Raleigh + 14' 38" 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 17' 08" 8 TI–Raleigh + 18' 48" 9 C&A + 21' 01" 10 Jobo–Superia + 22' 58"
Stage 22 23 July 1978 – Saint Germain en Laye to Paris Champs-Élysées,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 2 C&A + 1" 3 TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Lejeune–BP + 2" 5 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 03" 6 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 TI–Raleigh s.t. 8 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Fiat–La France s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 2 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 3' 56" 3 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 54" 4 C&A + 9' 04" 5 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 12' 50" 6 TI–Raleigh + 14' 38" 7 Kas–Campagnolo + 17' 08" 8 TI–Raleigh + 17' 26" 9 C&A + 21' 01" 10 Jobo–Superia + 22' 58"
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