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| Dates | 17 May - 6 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 19 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,301 km (2,051 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 29' 18" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Giro d'Italia was the 62nd running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Florence, on 17 May, with an 8 km (5.0 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 6 June, with a 44 km (27.3 mi) individual time trial. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 19-stage race, that was won by Italian Giuseppe Saronni of the Scic-Bottecchia team. The second and third places were taken by Italian Francesco Moser and Swede Bernt Johansson, respectively.[1][2]
In addition to the general classification, Saronni won the points classification, Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Claudio Bortolotto of Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV won the mountains classification, and Bianchi-Faema's Silvano Contini completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fifth overall. Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
- ^ "Saronni Le Robo <<Su>> <<Giro>> A Moser" [Saronni Stole <<his>> <<Tour>> from Moser] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 7 June 1979. p. 23. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ Luiciano Curino (7 June 1979). "Saronni vince campione il Giro di Moser" [Saronni wins the Moser Tour] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Editrice La Stampa. p. 19. Retrieved 27 May 2012.