1978 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11

Cycling race stages thumb|350px|right|alt=Map of France with the route of the 1978 Tour de France|Route of the 1978 Tour de France The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a prologue individual time trial on 29 June, and Stage 11 occurred on 11 July with a mountainous stage to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet. The race finished in Paris on 23 July. Prologue 29 June 1978 – Leiden to Leiden, 5 km on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20120813123617/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978.php 13 August 2012 Due to bad weather, the prologue result did not contribute to the general classification and a yellow jersey wasn't awarded.http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_p.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - Prologue Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914173107/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_p.php 14 September 2011 Prologue result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh 6' 38" 2 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh + 2" 3 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4" 4 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 8" 5 Joseph Bruyère BEL Fiat + 10" 6 Yves Hézard FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 16" 7 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 18" 8 Daniel Gisiger SUI Lejeune–BP + 19" 9 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 20" Stage 1a 30 June 1978 – Leiden to Sint Willebrord, 135 km on Stage 1a result and general classification after stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Raas NED 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 3h 24' 21" 2 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 4 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 5 Gerben Karstens NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 7 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Lejeune–BP s.t. 8 Sean Kelly IRL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 9 Pierre Bazzo FRA Lejeune–BP s.t. 10 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. Stage 1b 30 June 1978 – Sint Willebrord to Brussels, 100 km on Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A 2h 22' 14" 2 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 3 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 4 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 Kas–Campagnolo s.t. 6 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 9 Willy Teirlinck BEL Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh s.t.General classification after stage 1bhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_1b.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 1ère étape (b) Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914044854/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_1b.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Raas NED 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 5h 46' 35" 2 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 4 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 5 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 6 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Lejeune–BP s.t. 9 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Willy Teirlinck BEL Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. Stage 2 1 July 1978 – Brussels to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, 199 km on Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 5h 21' 31" 2 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 3 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 5 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 7 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Mariano Martínez FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 9 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 10 Guy Sibille FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_2.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914125703/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_2.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Raas NED 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 11h 08' 06" 2 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1" 3 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 4 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 9 André Mollet FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Guy Sibille FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. Stage 3 2 July 1978 – Saint-Amand-les-Eaux to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 244 km on Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh 7h 25' 42" 2 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 3 Patrick Friou FRA Lejeune–BP + 6" 4 Joseph Bruyère BEL C&A s.t. 5 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 7 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 8 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Paul Sherwen GBR Fiat–La France + 1' 38"General classification after stage 3http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_3.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914222609/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_3.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Bossis FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 18h 33' 29" 2 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 20" 3 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Joseph Bruyère FRA C&A s.t. 5 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 6 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 7 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 30" 8 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 43" 9 Paul Sherwen GBR Fiat–La France + 2' 20" 10 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh + 3' 24" Stage 4 3 July 1978 – Évreux to Caen, 153 km on (TTT) Stage 4 result Rank Team Time 1 TI–Raleigh 3h 39' 07" 2 C&A + 7" 3 Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 19" 4 Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 5' 15" 5 Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 20" 6 Lejeune–BP + 9' 04" 7 Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 13' 20" 8 Fiat–La France + 19' 22" 9 Teka + 23' 39" 10 Jobo–Superia + 23' 48"General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_4.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914070810/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_4.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 18h 31' 49" 2 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh + 6" 3 Joseph Bruyère FRA C&A + 46" 4 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 00" 5 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 23" 6 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 46" 7 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 06" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 16" 9 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 3' 05" 10 Henk Lubberding NED TI–Raleigh s.t. Stage 5 4 July 1978 – Caen to Mazé–Montgeoffroy, 244 km on Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria 6h 00' 16" 2 Gerben Karstens NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 4 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Régis Delépine FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 7 Dominique Sanders FRA Fiat–La France s.t. 8 Joël Gallopin FRA Lejeune–BP s.t. 9 Philippe Durel FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 10 Alain Patritti FRA Jobo–Superia s.t.General classification after stage 5http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_5.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914222359/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_5.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 25h 32' 05" 2 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh + 6" 3 Joseph Bruyère FRA C&A + 46" 4 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 00" 5 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 23" 6 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 46" 7 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 06" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 16" 9 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 3' 05" 10 Henk Lubberding NED TI–Raleigh s.t. Stage 6 5 July 1978 – Mazé–Montgeoffroy to Poitiers, 162 km on Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sean Kelly IRL Velda–Lono–Flandria 4h 02' 24" 2 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Joseph Bruyère BEL C&A s.t. 5 Sven-Åke Nilsson SWE Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 6 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 27" 7 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 8 Guy Sibille FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Bernard Bourreau FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_6.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914104136/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_6.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerrie Knetemann NED 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 29h 34' 35" 2 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 21" 3 Joseph Bruyère FRA C&A + 40" 4 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 21" 5 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 40" 6 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 44" 7 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 27" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 37" 9 Wilfried Wesemael BEL TI–Raleigh + 3' 26" 10 Henk Lubberding NED TI–Raleigh s.t. Stage 7 6 July 1978 – Poitiers to Bordeaux, 242 km on Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria 7h 01' 08" 2 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 3 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 4 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 5 Jean-François Pescheux FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 6 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Charles Rouxel FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 8 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 9 André Mollet FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t. 10 Barry Hoban GBR Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_7.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110915100405/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_7.php 15 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerrie Knetemann NED 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TI–Raleigh 36h 35' 42" 2 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 22" 3 Joseph Bruyère FRA C&A + 41" 4 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 21" 5 René Bittinger FRA Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 41" 6 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 45" 7 Régis Ovion FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 28" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 38" 9 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 3' 27" 10 Wilfried Wesemael BEL TI–Raleigh s.t. Stage 8 7 July 1978 – Saint-Émilion to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, 59 km on (ITT) Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo 1h 22' 01" 2 Joseph Bruyère FRA Fiat + 34" 3 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 56" 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 59" 5 Michel Pollentier BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 22" 6 Michel Laurent FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 1' 33" 7 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 00" 8 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke BEL Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 2' 29" 9 Joaquim Agostinho POR Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 40" 10 Paul Wellens BEL TI–Raleigh + 2' 56"General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_8.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914111118/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_8.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joseph Bruyère FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. C&A 37h 58' 58" 2 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh + 2' 56" 4 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 6 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 36" 7 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 9 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 5' 05" 10 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 5' 11" Stage 9 8 July 1978 – Bordeaux to Biarritz, 233 km on Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 Teka 6h 43' 10" 2 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 3 Marc Demeyer BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 5 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh s.t. 6 Walter Planckaert BEL C&A s.t. 7 Yvon Bertin FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Dominique Sanders FRA Fiat–La France s.t. 10 Jean-René Bernaudeau FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_9.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110915043818/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_9.php 15 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joseph Bruyère FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. C&A 44h 42' 08" 2 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 Gerrie Knetemann NED TI–Raleigh + 2' 56" 4 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 5 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 6 Maurice Le Guilloux FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 36" 7 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 8 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 9 Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG TI–Raleigh + 5' 05" 10 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 5' 11" Rest day 1 9 July 1978 – Biarritz Stage 10 10 July 1978 – Biarritz to Pau, 192 km on Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Henk Lubberding NED TI–Raleigh 5h 46' 54" 2 Alain Patritti FRA Jobo–Superia + 30" 3 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh s.t. 4 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 6 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo s.t. 7 Mariano Martínez FRA Jobo–Superia s.t. 8 Bernard Bourreau FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 9 Yves Hézard FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 10 Roger Legeay FRA Lejeune–BP s.t.General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_10.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914185953/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_10.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joseph Bruyère FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. C&A 50h 29' 32" 2 Jacques Bossis FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 2' 07" 3 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 3' 32" 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 4' 11" 5 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 4' 48" 6 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 4' 58" 7 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 5' 11" 8 Michel Pollentier BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 5' 14" 9 Michel Laurent FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 5' 45" 10 Henk Lubberding NED TI–Raleigh + 5' 46" Stage 11 11 July 1978 – Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 161 km on Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mariano Martínez FRA Jobo–Superia 5h 47' 26" 2 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 5" 3 Michel Pollentier BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria s.t. 4 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 19" 5 Joaquim Agostinho POR Velda–Lono–Flandria + 1' 28" 6 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 1' 29" 7 Christian Seznec FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 2' 21" 8 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 Kas–Campagnolo + 2' 30" 9 Raymond Martin FRA Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 2' 31" 10 Joseph Bruyère BEL C&A s.t.General classification after stage 11http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_11.php 65ème Tour de France 1978 - 11ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914073428/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1978_11.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joseph Bruyère FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. C&A 56h 19' 30" 2 Bernard Hinault FRA Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo + 1' 05" 3 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier–Hutchinson + 1' 58" 4 Michel Pollentier BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 2' 47" 5 Hennie Kuiper NED TI–Raleigh + 4' 08" 6 Joaquim Agostinho POR Velda–Lono–Flandria + 5' 48" 7 Freddy Maertens BEL Velda–Lono–Flandria + 6' 25" 8 Mariano Martínez FRA Jobo–Superia + 6' 34" 9 Michel Laurent FRA Peugeot–Esso–Michelin + 7' 15" 10 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 Kas–Campagnolo + 7' 39" References 30em 1978 Tour de France P 11 12a 22 Category:1978 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages