1979 Tour de Suisse
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1979 Tour de Suisse
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| date = 13–22 June 1979
| stages = 11 + Prologue
| unit = km
| time = 42h 56' 59"
| first = Wilfried Wesemael
| first_nat = BEL
| first_team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}}
| second = Rudy Pevenage
| second_nat = BEL
| second_team = {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1979}}
| third = Leonardo Mazzantini
| third_nat = ITA
| third_team = Zonca
| points = Wilfried Wesemael
| points_nat = BEL
| points_team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}}
| mountains = Giovanni Battaglin
| mountains_nat = ITA
| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|CAR|1979}}
| combination = Wilfried Wesemael
| combination_nat = BEL
| combination_team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}}
| team = {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}}
| previous = 1978
| next = 1980
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The 1979 Tour de Suisse was the 43rd edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 13 June to 22 June 1979. The race started in Zürich and finished in Hendschiken.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1979.php|title=43ème Tour de Suisse 1979|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028182808/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1979.php|archivedate=28 October 2004}} The race was won by Wilfried Wesemael of the TI–Raleigh team.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=16&y=1979|title=1979 Tour de Suisse|work=First Cycling|accessdate=22 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Geschichte/Statistik/Tour_de_Suisse_2011.pdf|title=Tour de Suisse Statistik|work=Tour de Suisse|page=132|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006194043/http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Geschichte/Statistik/Tour_de_Suisse_2011.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-tour-de-suisse-results-1979-epr54718.html|title=Tour de Suisse 1979|work=TheSports.org|accessdate=22 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Wilfried Wesemael|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|42h 56' 59"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Rudy Pevenage|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 43" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Leonardo Mazzantini|ITA}} | Zonca | style="text-align:right;" | + 5' 11" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Josef Fuchs|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|Scic|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 47" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Ennio Vanotti|ITA}} | Zonca | style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 54" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Ueli Sutter|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 01" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Sebastián Pozo|ESP|1945}} | {{ill|Transmallorca (cycling team)|lt=Transmallorca–Flavia–Gios|ca|Transmallorca (equip ciclista)}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 16" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Henk Lubberding|NED}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 32" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|CAR|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 10' 00" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Paul Wellens|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|TIR|1979}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 14' 29" |
|}
References
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{{Tour de Suisse}}
{{1979 Super Prestige Pernod}}
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