1976 Tour de Suisse
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1976 Tour de Suisse
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| date = 9–18 June 1976
| stages = 9 + Prologue
| unit = km
| time = 39h 09' 02"
| first = Hennie Kuiper
| first_nat = NED
| first_team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1976}}
| second = Michel Pollentier
| second_nat = BEL
| second_team = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1976}}
| third = José Pesarrodona
| third_nat = ESP
| third_natvar = 1945
| third_team = {{UCI team code|KAS|1976}}
| points = Freddy Maertens
| points_nat = BEL
| points_team = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1976}}
| mountains = José Freitas Martins
| mountains_nat = POR
| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|KAS|1976}}
| combination = Freddy Maertens
| combination_nat = BEL
| combination_team = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1976}}
| team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1976}}
| previous = 1975
| next = 1977
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The 1976 Tour de Suisse was the 40th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 9 June to 18 June 1976. The race started and finished in Murten.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1976.php|title=40ème Tour de Suisse 1976|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028183155/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1976.php|archivedate=28 October 2004}} The race was won by Hennie Kuiper of the TI–Raleigh team.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=16&y=1976|title=1976 Tour de Suisse|work=First Cycling|accessdate=10 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-sur-route-tour-de-suisse-resultats-1976-epr54721.html|title=Tour de Suisse 1976|work=LesSports.info|accessdate=10 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Hennie Kuiper|NED}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|39h 09' 02"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Michel Pollentier|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Flandria|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 42" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|José Pesarrodona|ESP|1945}} | {{UCI team code|KAS|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 23" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|José Freitas Martins|POR}} | {{UCI team code|KAS|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 41" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Bert Pronk|NED}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 46" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|André Romero|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|Jobo|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 07" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Freddy Maertens|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Flandria|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 5' 14" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Dietrich Thurau|FRG}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 00" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Ferdinand Julien|FRA}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 10' 01" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Enrique Martínez Heredia|ESP|1945}} | {{UCI team code|KAS|1976}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 12' 09" |
|}
References
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