1978 Tour de France

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1978 final standings
Overall Bernard Hinault 112h 03' 02"
Second Joop Zoetemelk +3' 56"
Third Joaquim Agostinho +6' 54"
Points Freddy Maertens 242 points
Second Jacques Esclassan 189 points
Third Bernard Hinault 123 points
Climber Mariano Martínez 187 points
Second Bernard Hinault 176 points
Third Joop Zoetemelk 155 points
Youth Henk Lubberding 112h 20' 28"
Second
Third
Teams Miko-Mercier-Hutchinson
Second
Third

The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1978. The total race distance was 22 stages over 3908 km, with riders averaging 36.084 km/h.

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank Name Country Team Time
1 Bernard Hinault Flag of France France Renault-Elf-Gitane 112h 03' 02"
2 Joop Zoetemelk Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Miko-Mercier 3' 56"
3 Joaquim Agostinho Flag of Portugal Portugal Flandria-Velda 6' 54"
4 Joseph Bruyère Flag of Belgium Belgium 9' 04"
5 Christian Seznec Flag of France France 12' 50"
6 Paul Wellens Flag of Belgium Belgium 14' 38"
7 Francisco Galdos Flag of Spain Spain 17' 08"
8 Henk Lubberding Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 17' 26"
9 Lucien Van Impe Flag of Belgium Belgium 21' 01"
10 Mariano Martínez Flag of France France 22' 58"

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