1979 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages

1979 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	17 May	Florence to Florence	8 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Francesco Moser (ITA)

1	18 May	Florence to Perugia	156 km (97 mi)	Plain stage	Mario Beccia (ITA)

2	19 May	Perugia to Castel Gandolfo	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)

3	20 May	Caserta to Naples	31 km (19 mi)	Individual time trial	Francesco Moser (ITA)

4	21 May	Caserta to Potenza	210 km (130 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Claudio Bortolotto (ITA)

5	22 May	Potenza to Vieste	223 km (139 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)

6	23 May	Vieste to Chieti	260 km (162 mi)	Plain stage	Bruno Wolfer (SUI)

7	24 May	Chieti to Pesaro	252 km (157 mi)	Plain stage	Alan Van Heerden (RSA)

8	25 May	Rimini to San Marino (San Marino)	28 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)

9	26 May	San Marino (San Marino) to Pistoia	248 km (154 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)

10	27 May	Lerici to Portovenere	25 km (16 mi)	Individual time trial	Knut Knudsen (NOR)

11	28 May	La Spezia to Voghera	212 km (132 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernt Johansson (SWE)

12	29 May	Alessandria to Saint-Vincent	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)

13	30 May	Aosta to Meda	229 km (142 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Dino Porrini (ITA)

14	31 May	Meda to Bosco Chiesanuova	212 km (132 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bernt Johansson (SWE)

15	1 June	Verona to Treviso	121 km (75 mi)	Plain stage	Giuseppe Martinelli (ITA)

16	2 June	Treviso to Pieve di Cadore	195 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Roberto Ceruti (ITA)

3 June	Rest day

17	4 June	Pieve di Cadore to Trento	194 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Francesco Moser (ITA)

18	5 June	Trento to Barzio	245 km (152 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Amilcare Sgalbazzi (ITA)

19	6 June	Cesano Maderno to Milan	44 km (27 mi)	Individual time trial	Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)

Total	3,301 km (2,051 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1979 Giro d'Italia covered a total of 3,301 km (2,051 mi), and it included five individual time trials and nine stages in the mountains.

final_sentence: The 1979 Giro d'Italia covered a total of 3,301 km (2,051 mi), and it included five individual time trials and nine stages in the mountains.