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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1979 Giro d'Italia

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = 17 May - 6 June 1979

| stages = 19 + Prologue

| distance = 3301

| unit = km

| time = 89h 29' 18"

| speed = 36.887

| first = Giuseppe Saronni

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar =

| first_team = Scic-Bottecchia

| first_color = pink

| second = Francesco Moser

| second_nat = ITA

| second_natvar =

| second_team = Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| third = Bernt Johansson

| third_nat = SWE

| third_natvar =

| third_team = Magniflex-Famcucine

| points = Giuseppe Saronni

| points_nat = ITA

| points_natvar =

| points_team = Scic-Bottecchia

| points_color = violet

| mountains = Claudio Bortolotto

| mountains_nat = ITA

| mountains_natvar =

| mountains_team = Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| mountains_color = green

| youth = Silvano Contini

| youth_nat = ITA

| youth_natvar =

| youth_team = Bianchi-Faema

| combination =

| combination_nat =

| combination_natvar =

| combination_team =

| sprints =

| sprints_nat =

| sprints_natvar =

| sprints_team =

| team = Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| team_nat =

| team_natvar =

| previous = 1978

| next = 1980

}}

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 {{convert|8|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue and concluded in Milan, on 6 June, with a {{convert|44|km|1|abbr=on}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/06/07/pagina-23/1045781/pdf.html# |title=Saronni Le Robo <> <> A Moser |language=es |date=7 June 1979 |page=23 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=Saronni Stole <> <> from Moser |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227200820/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/06/07/pagina-23/1045781/pdf.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url= http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,1074_01_1979_0124_0019_15359004/|title=Saronni vince campione il Giro di Moser|language=it|author=Luiciano Curino|date=7 June 1979|page=19|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Saronni wins the Moser Tour}}

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.

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1979 Giro d'Italia}}

Thirteen of the fourteen teams invited to the 1979 Giro d'Italia participated in the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,23/articleid,1073_01_1979_0108_0023_15349997/|title=Squadre, corridori, numeri di gara|language=it|date=17 May 1979|page=23|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Teams, runners, race numbers}} Kas were forced to decline their invitation, in favor of racing the Vuelta a España, by the Spanish Federation which wanted the "best Hispanic" peloton to be competing in Vuelta that year.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/02/18/MD19790218-025.pdf|title=<> no estara en el <>...|language=es|date=18 February 1979|page=25|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=<> to not be in the <>|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301050501/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/02/18/MD19790218-025.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2015|url-status=live}} Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 111 made it to the finish in Milan.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1979.html |title=1979 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |author=Bill and Carol McGann|access-date=2012-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227182430/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1979.html|archive-date=27 February 2014|url-status=live}}

The teams entering the race were:{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1979_05/19790514_0016.pdf |title=I concorrenti |language=it |date=14 May 1979 |page=16 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |trans-title=The competitors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082730/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_05%2F19790514_0016.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

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  • Sapa Assicurazioni
  • Scic-Bottecchia
  • Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza
  • Zonca-Santini

Pre-race favorites

The starting peloton did include the 1978 winner, Johan De Muynck. Successful French rider Bernard Hinault did not enter the race.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/02/17/MD19790217-022.pdf |title=Moser: <> Yo no voy al Tour>> |language=es |date=17 February 1979 |page=22 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=Moser: <> I'm not going to the Tour >> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140410/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/02/17/MD19790217-022.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/107695/files/1979-05-16.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=doc.rero.ch |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525164524/http://doc.rero.ch/record/107695/files/1979-05-16.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2020 |url-status=dead}}

Route and stages

The route was unveiled on 22 March 1979.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/03/23/MD19790323-027.pdf|title=Moserse salio con la Suya |language=es |date=23 March 1979 |page=27 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=Moser got his way |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024050923/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/03/23/MD19790323-027.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1979_03/19790323_0012.pdf |title=<> per Moser e Saronni e Becciaa non lo voule fare |language=it |date=23 March 1979 |page=16 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |trans-title=<< Tour >> for Moser and Saronni and Becciaa do not want to do it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082717/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_03%2F19790323_0012.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} Covering a total of {{convert|3301|km|abbr=on}}, it included five individual time trials, and nine stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points.{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1979_05/19790514_0016.pdf |title=Queste la salite |language=it |date=14 May 1979 |page=16 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |trans-title=These climbs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082730/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_05%2F19790514_0016.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was {{convert|309|km|0|abbr=on}} shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one less stage.

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|+ Stage results{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1979_05/19790514_0016.pdf |title=Le Tappe |language=it |date=14 May 1979 |page=16 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |trans-title=The stages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082730/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1979_05%2F19790514_0016.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

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!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!colspan="2"|Type

!Winner

style="text-align:center"|P

| style="text-align:center;"|17 May

|Florence to Florence

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|18 May

|Florence to Perugia

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|156|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Mario Beccia|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|19 May

|Perugia to Castel Gandolfo

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}}

style="text-align:center"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|20 May

|Caserta to Naples

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|31|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|21 May

|Caserta to Potenza

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|210|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Claudio Bortolotto|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|22 May

|Potenza to Vieste

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|223|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|23 May

|Vieste to Chieti

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|260|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Bruno Wolfer|SUI}}

style="text-align:center"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|24 May

|Chieti to Pesaro

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|252|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Alan Van Heerden|RSA|1928}}

style="text-align:center"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|25 May

|Rimini to City of San Marino (San Marino)

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|28|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|26 May

|City of San Marino (San Marino) to Pistoia

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|248|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}}

style="text-align:center"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|27 May

|Lerici to Portovenere

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|25|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}}

style="text-align:center"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|28 May

|La Spezia to Voghera

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|212|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Bernt Johansson|SWE}}

style="text-align:center"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|29 May

|Alessandria to Saint-Vincent

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}}

style="text-align:center"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|30 May

|Aosta to Meda

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|229|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Dino Porrini|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|31 May

|Meda to Bosco Chiesanuova

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|212|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Bernt Johansson|SWE}}

style="text-align:center"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|1 June

|Verona to Treviso

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|121|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Martinelli|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|16

| style="text-align:center;"|2 June

|Treviso to Pieve di Cadore

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Ceruti|ITA}}

|align="center"|3 June

|colspan="6" align=center| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|4 June

|Pieve di Cadore to Trento

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|194|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|5 June

|Trento to Barzio

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|245|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Amilcare Sgalbazzi|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|6 June

|Cesano Maderno to Milan

| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|44|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

|colspan="2" align=center| Total

|colspan="5" align="center"| {{convert|3301|km|0|abbr=on}}

Classification leadership

File:Maratona dles Dolomites - Pordoi Pass.jpg, the Cima Coppi (highest elevation point) of the 1979 Giro.]]

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1979 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Four of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live }} The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.

The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey. The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Pordoi, which was first crossed by Italian rider Leonardo Natale. The fourth classification, the young rider classification, was decided the same way as the general classification, but exclusive to neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing). The leader of the classification wore a white jersey.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |title=1977 |date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114308/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |archive-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live }} In addition, the rider had to be aged 24 and younger.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1980/06/08/MD19800608-025.pdf|title=Clasificaciones|language=es|date=8 June 1980|page=25|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Classifications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228182945/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1980/06/08/MD19800608-025.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2015|url-status=live}}

The final classification, the team classification, awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.

There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |title=1975 |date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114308/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |archive-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live }} The Fiat Ritmo classification, which was created in honor Juan Manuel Santisteban who died in stage 1A of 1976 edition.{{cite web |url=http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |title=1976 |date=2017 |work=Giro d'Italia |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114308/http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/editions/1968-1977/ |archive-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live }} In all stages longer than {{convert|131|km|0|abbr=on}}, there was a banner at that point in the stage to designate a special sprint. The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat Ritmo.

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|+Classification leadership by stage

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! style="width:1%;"| Stage

! style="width:15%;"| Winner

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|General classification
Image:Jersey pink.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Points classification
Image:Jersey violet.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Mountains classification
Image:Jersey green.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Young rider classification

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Team classification

P

| Francesco Moser

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="8"| Francesco Moser

|style="background:violet;"| Francesco Moser

|style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="4"| not awarded

|style="background:white;" rowspan="18"| ?

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="4"| Bianchi-Faema

1

| Mario Beccia

|style="background:violet;"| Knut Knudsen

2

| Roger De Vlaeminck

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="4"| Francesco Moser

3

| Francesco Moser

4

| Claudio Bortolotto

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="5"| Mario Beccia

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2"| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

5

| Giuseppe Saronni

6

| Bruno Wolfer

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="9"| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="11"| Bianchi-Faema

7

| Alan Van Heerden

8

| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="12"| Giuseppe Saronni

9

| Roger De Vlaeminck

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Claudio Bortolotto

10

| Knut Knudsen

11

| Bernt Johansson

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Roger De Vlaeminck

12

| Roger De Vlaeminck

13

| Dino Porrini

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Claudio Bortolotto

14

| Bernt Johansson

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Bernt Johansson

15

| Giuseppe Martinelli

|style="background:violet;"| Francesco Moser

16

| Roberto Ceruti

|style="background:violet;"| Giuseppe Saronni

17

| Francesco Moser

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="2"| Francesco Moser

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="3"| Claudio Bortolotto

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="3"| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

18

| Amilcare Sgalbazzi

|style="background:white;" rowspan="2"| Silvano Contini

19

| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:violet;"| Giuseppe Saronni

colspan=2| Final

! style="background:#F660AB;"| Giuseppe Saronni

! style="background:#c0f;"| Giuseppe Saronni

! style="background:#32CD32;"| Claudio Bortolotto

! style="background:offwhite;"| Silvano Contini

! style="background:yellow;"| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

Final standings

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colspan=4| Legend
  Image:Jersey pink.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the General classification

|   Image:Jersey green.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification

  Image:Jersey violet.svg  

|colspan="3" align=center| Denotes the winner of the Points classification

=General classification=

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|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite news|author=Gian Paolo Ormezzano|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,1074_01_1979_0124_0019_15359004/|title=Saronni vince da campione il Giro di Moser|language=it|date=7 June 1979|page=19|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Saronni wins the Tour champion of Moser}}

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center;"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg Image:Jersey violet.svg

| Scic-Bottecchia

| align=right| {{nowrap|89h 29' 18"}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| align=right| + 2' 09"

style="text-align:center;"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Bernt Johansson|SWE}}

| Magniflex-Famcucine

| align=right| + 3' 13"

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Michel Laurent|FRA}}

| Peugeot-Esso-Michelin

| align=right| + 5' 31"

style="text-align:center;"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Silvano Contini|ITA}}

| Bianchi-Faema

| align=right| + 7' 33"

style="text-align:center;"| 6

| {{flagathlete|Mario Beccia|ITA}}

| Mecap-Hoonved

| align=right| + 7' 50"

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Fausto Bertoglio|ITA}}

| Mobilificio San Giacomo

| align=right| + 11' 27"

style="text-align:center;"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Josef Fuchs|SUI}}

| Scic-Bottecchia

| align=right| + 13' 07"

style="text-align:center;"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Gottfried Schmutz|SUI}}

| Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza

| align=right| + 14' 16"

style="text-align:center;"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Visentini|ITA}}

| CBM Fast-Gaggia

| align=right| + 16' 11"

{{columns-start}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final points classification (1-5){{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1980_05/19800512_0016.pdf |title=Pagelle del '79 |language=it |date=12 May 1980 |page=16 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2012 |trans-title=Scoreboard of '79 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401051445/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1980_05%2F19800512_0016.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-01 |url-status=dead }}

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg Image:Jersey pink.svg

| Scic-Bottecchia

| align=right| 275

2

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| align=right| 274

3

| {{flagathlete|Bernt Johansson|SWE}}

| Magniflex-Famcucine

| align=right| 260

4

| {{flagathlete|Mario Beccia|ITA}}

| Mecap-Hoonved

| align=right| 130

5

| {{flagathlete|Michel Laurent|FRA}}

| Peugeot-Esso-Michelin

| align=right| 118

{{column}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final mountains classification (1-10)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Claudio Bortolotto|ITA}} Image:Jersey green.svg

| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| align=right| 495

2

| {{flagathlete|Beat Breu|SUI}}

| Willora-Piz Buin-Bonanza

| align=right| 330

3

| {{flagathlete|Bernt Johansson|SWE}}

| Magniflex-Famcucine

| align=right| 300

4

| {{flagathlete|Mario Beccia|ITA}}

| Mecap-Hoonved

| align=right| 215

rowspan="3"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Mario Ceruti|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Famcucine

| align=right rowspan="3"| 170

{{flagathlete|Amilcare Sgalbazzi|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Famcucine

{{flagathlete|Bruno Vicino|ITA}}

| G.B.C.-Galli-Castelli

rowspan="2"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Leonardo Natale|ITA}}

| Sapa Assicurazioni

| align=right rowspan="2"| 150

{{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg Image:Jersey violet.svg

| Scic-Bottecchia

10

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| align=right| 130

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Young rider classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final young rider classification (1–3)

!Rider

!Team

!Time

1

| {{flagathlete|Silvano Contini|ITA}}

| Bianchi-Faema

| align=right| 89h 36' 51"

2

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Visentini|ITA}}

| CBM Fast-Gaggia

| align=right| + 8' 38"

3

| {{flagathlete|Marino Amadori|ITA}}

| Sapa Assicurazioni

| align=right| + 11' 24"

{{column}}

=Traguardi Fiat Ritmo classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final traguardi fiat ritmo classification (1–2)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Angelo Tosoni|ITA}}

| CBM Fast-Gaggia

| align=right| 46

rowspan="3"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Cesare Cipollini|ITA}}

| Mobilificio San Giacomo

| align=right rowspan="3"| 24

{{flagathlete|Walter Dusi|ITA}}

| Sapa Assicurazioni

{{flagathlete|Alessio Antonini|ITA}}

| Mobilificio San Giacomo

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Campionato delle Regioni classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final campionato delle regioni classification (1–3)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Rosola|ITA}}

| Sapa Assicurazioni

| align=right| 46

2

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Martinelli|ITA}}

| Mobilificio San Giacomo

| align=right| 44

3

| {{flagathlete|Bruno Wolfer|SUI}}

| Zonca-Santini

| align=right| 30

{{column}}

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final team classification (1–3)

!Team

!Time

1

| Sanson Gelati-Luxor TV

| align=right| ?

2

| Scic-Bottecchia

| align=right| + 6' 48"

3

| Magniflex-Famcucine

| align=right| + 10' 42"

{{columns-end}}

References

=Citations=

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