The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue individual time trial in Florence on 17 May, and Stage 9 occurred on 26 May with a mountainous stage to Pistoia. The race finished in Milan on 6 June.
Prologue 17 May 1979 — Florence to Florence, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 + 6" 4 + 14" 5 + 20" 6 + 26" 7 s.t. 8 + 32" 9 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 34" 10 + 35"
Stage 1 18 May 1979 — Florence to Perugia,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 s.t. 4 Zonca–Santini s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 San Giacomo–Mobilificio s.t. 8 Zonca–Santini s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Sapa Assicurazioni s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 + 6" 4 + 20" 5 + 25" 6 + 33" 7 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 36" 8 + 37" 9 + 43" 10 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 45"
Stage 2 19 May 1979 — Perugia to Castel Gandolfo,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Sapa Assicurazioni s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Zonca–Santini s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 San Giacomo–Mobilificio s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 + 6" 4 + 20" 5 + 25" 6 + 33" 7 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 36" 8 + 37" 9 + 43" 10 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 45"
Stage 3 20 May 1979 — Caserta to Naples, (ITT)
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 24" 3 + 26" 4 + 34" 5 + 1' 28" 6 + 1' 32" 7 + 2' 00" 8 + 2' 04" 9 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 30" 4 + 59" 5 + 1' 48" 6 + 2' 09" 7 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 2' 22" 8 + 2' 37" 9 + 2' 54" 10 + 3' 18"
Stage 4 21 May 1979 — Caserta to Potenza,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 32" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 San Giacomo–Mobilificio s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 30" 4 + 59" 5 + 2' 07" 6 + 2' 09" 7 + 3' 18" 8 + 3' 23" 9 + 4' 21" 10 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 4' 37"
Stage 5 22 May 1979 — Potenza to Vieste,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Zonca–Santini s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Sapa Assicurazioni s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 29" 3 + 30" 4 + 59" 5 + 2' 07" 6 + 2' 09" 7 + 3' 18" 8 + 3' 23" 9 + 4' 21" 10 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 4' 37"
Stage 6 23 May 1979 — Vieste to Chieti,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Zonca–Santini 2 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 1' 19" 3 + 3' 29" 4 + 3' 30" 5 + 3' 34" 6 Sapa Assicurazioni s.t. 7 + 3' 36" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 22" 3 + 24" 4 + 59" 5 + 2' 07" 6 + 2' 09" 7 + 3' 18" 8 + 3' 21" 9 + 4' 25" 10 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 4' 41"
Stage 7 24 May 1979 — Chieti to Pesaro,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Sapa Assicurazioni + 2" 5 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 4" 6 Zonca–Santini + 34" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 22" 3 + 24" 4 + 59" 5 + 2' 07" 6 + 2' 09" 7 + 3' 18" 8 + 3' 21" 9 + 4' 25" 10 Sapa Assicurazioni + 4' 39"
Stage 8 25 May 1979 — Rimini to San Marino, (ITT)
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 32" 3 + 1' 17" 4 + 1' 24" 5 + 1' 48" 6 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 1' 54" 7 CBM Fast–Gaggia + 2' 04" 8 + 2' 22" 9 + 2' 28" 10 + 3' 05"General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 34" 3 + 1' 02" 4 + 2' 59" 5 + 3' 04" 6 + 3' 33" 7 + 5' 24" 8 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 6' 13" 9 + 7' 08" 10 + 8' 14"
Stage 9 26 May 1979 — San Marino to Pistoia,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Zonca–Santini s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 34" 3 + 1' 02" 4 + 2' 59" 5 + 3' 04" 6 + 3' 33" 7 + 5' 24" 8 San Giacomo–Mobilificio + 6' 13" 9 + 7' 08" 10 + 8' 14"
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