1979 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = Men's Individual Road Race
| image = Heren profs midden Zoetemelk, links naast hem Thurau,, Bestanddeelnr 930-4110.jpg
| image_caption = The peloton during the race
| image_size = 260
| series = 1979 UCI Road World Championships
| race_no =
| series_no =
| date = 26 August 1979
| stages = 1
| distance = 274.8
| unit = km
| time = 7h 03' 09"
| first = Jan Raas
| first_nat = NED
| first_natvar =
| first_team = Netherlands
| second = Dietrich Thurau
| second_nat = FRG
| second_natvar =
| second_team = West Germany
| third = Jean-René Bernaudeau
| third_nat = FRA
| third_natvar =
| third_team = France
| previous = 1978
| next = 1980
}}
The men's road race at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships was the 46th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 26 August 1979 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1979.html|title=1979 World Pro Road Cycling Championships|work=BikeRaceInfo|access-date=13 December 2017}} The race was won by Jan Raas of the Netherlands.
Final classification
| General classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1979.php|title=46ème Championnat du monde sur route 1979|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103074008/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1979.php|archive-date=3 November 2004}}{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1979|title=1979 World Championship|work=First Cycling|access-date=13 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | {{gold1}}
| {{flagathlete|Jan Raas|NED}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{nowrap|7h 03' 09"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | {{silver2}}
| {{flagathlete|Dietrich Thurau|FRG}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | {{bronze3}}
| {{flagathlete|Jean-René Bernaudeau|FRA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|André Chalmel|FRA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 5" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Henk Lubberding|NED}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 12" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 23" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 52" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 4' 37" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Sean Kelly|IRL}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 4' 37" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 4' 37" |
|}
References
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{{UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race}}
{{1979 Super Prestige Pernod}}
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