SPP

World Championships Road Race 1979

45th edition

Valkenburg - Valkenburg 274.8 km

26 August 1979

Rider Team Time
1.
Jan RAAS
Netherlands 7h03'09"
2.
Didi THURAU
Germany
3.
Jean-René BERNAUDEAU
France
4.
André CHALMEL
France 5"
5.
Henk LUBBERDING
Netherlands 12"
6.
Giovanni BATTAGLIN
Italy 23"
7.
Knut KNUDSEN
Norway 52"
8.
Giuseppe SARONNI
Italy 4'37"
9.
Sean KELLY
Ireland
10.
Roger DE VLAEMINCK
Belgium
11.
Klaus-Peter THALER
Germany
12.
Gregor BRAUN
Germany
13.
Gerrie KNETEMANN
Netherlands
14.
Bernard VALLET
France
15.
José Luis VIEJO GÓMEZ
Spain
16.
Joop ZOETEMELK
Netherlands
17.
Jean CHASSANG
France
18.
Michel POLLENTIER
Belgium
19.
Hennie KUIPER
Netherlands
20.
Marino AMADORI
Italy
21.
Bernard HINAULT
France
22.
Claude CRIQUIELION
Belgium 5'01"
23.
Frits PIRARD
Netherlands 5'19"
24.
Kevin "Clyde" SEFTON
Australia 6'44"
25.
Maurice LE GUILLOUX
France
26.
Keith LAMBERT
Great Britain
27.
Bruno WOLFER
Switzerland
28.
Johan VAN DER VELDE
Netherlands
29.
Fridolin KELLER
Switzerland
30.
Miguel María LASA URQUÍA
Spain
31.
Michel LAURENT
France
32.
Pedro TORRES CRUCES
Spain
33.
Stefan MUTTER
Switzerland
34.
Erich JAGSCH
Austria
35.
Per BAUSAGER
Denmark
36.
Gilbert DUCLOS-LASSALLE
France
37.
Yves HÉZARD
France
38.
Roland BERLAND
France
39.
Jørgen MARCUSSEN
Denmark
40.
Sven Åke NILSSON
Sweden
41.
Josef FUCHS
Switzerland
42.
Faustino RUPÉREZ RINCÓN
Spain 13'30"
43.
Godi SCHMUTZ
Switzerland
44.
Jürgen KRAFT
Germany 17'40"

Race information

Start, finish: Valkenburg - Valkenburg

Distance: 274.8 km

Date: 26 August 1979