Table:
text: 1978 Tour de France
Route and stages
Route and stages
Stage Date_ Route Terrain Length_ Winner_
P 29 June Leiden Individual time trial 5 km (3.1 mi) Jan Raas (NED)
1A 30 June Leiden – St Willebrord Plain stage 135 km (84 mi) Jan Raas (NED)
1B 30 June St Willebrord – Brussel Plain stage 100 km (62 mi) Walter Planckaert (BEL)
2 1 July Brussel – St Amand les Eaux Plain stage 199 km (124 mi) Jacques Esclassan (FRA)
3 2 July St Amand les Eaux – St Germain en Laye Plain stage 244 km (152 mi) Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER)
4 3 July Evreux – Caen Team time trial 153 km (95 mi) TI-Raleigh

text: 1978 Tour de France
Route and stages
Route and stages
Stage Date_ Route Terrain Length_ Winner_
5 4 July Caen – Maze Montgeoffroy Plain stage 244 km (152 mi) Freddy Maertens (BEL)
6 5 July Maze Montgeoffroy – Poitiers Plain stage 162 km (101 mi) Sean Kelly (IRE)
7 6 July Poitiers – Bordeaux Plain stage 242 km (150 mi) Freddy Maertens (BEL)
8 7 July St Emilion – Ste Foy la Grande Individual time trial 59 km (37 mi) Bernard Hinault (FRA)
9 8 July Bordeaux – Biarritz Plain stage 233 km (145 mi) Miguel Maria Lasa (ESP)
10 10 July Biarritz – Pau Hilly stage 192 km (119 mi) Henk Lubberding (NED)
11 11 July Pau – St Lary Soulan Stage with mountain(s) 161 km (100 mi) Mariano Martínez (FRA)

text: 1978 Tour de France
Route and stages
Route and stages
Stage Date_ Route Terrain Length_ Winner_
12A 12 July Tarbes – Valence d`Agen Plain stage 158 km (98 mi) Cancelled
12B 12 July Valence d`Agen – Toulouse Plain stage 96 km (60 mi) Jacques Esclassan (FRA)
13 13 July Figeac – Super Besse Hilly stage 221 km (137 mi) Paul Wellens (BEL)
14 14 July Besse en Chandesse – Puy de Dôme Individual time trial 52 km (32 mi) Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
15 15 July St Dier d`Auvergne – St Etienne Hilly stage 196 km (122 mi) Bernard Hinault (FRA)
16 16 July St Etienne – L`Alpe d`Huez Stage with mountain(s) 241 km (150 mi) Hennie Kuiper (NED)

text: 1978 Tour de France
Route and stages
Route and stages
Stage Date_ Route Terrain Length_ Winner_
17 18 July Grenoble – Morzine Stage with mountain(s) 225 km (140 mi) Christian Seznec (FRA)
18 19 July Morzine – Lausanne Plain stage 137 km (85 mi) Gerrie Knetemann (NED)
19 20 July Lausanne – Belfort Plain stage 182 km (113 mi) Marc Demeyer (BEL)
20 21 July Metz – Nancy Individual time trial 72 km (45 mi) Bernard Hinault (FRA)
21 22 July Epernay – Senlis Plain stage 207 km (129 mi) Jan Raas (NED)
22 23 July St Germain en Laye – Paris (Champs-Élysées) Plain stage 162 km (101 mi) Gerrie Knetemann (NED)

Question: What type of terrain is most frequently performed in the 1978 Tour de France?