1978 Tour of Britain

April 2022 1978 Open Tour of Britain 7–12 August 1978 5 + Prologue 902.3http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=2514 https://web.archive.org/web/20121107052559/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=2514 usurped 7 November 2012 Tour of Britain 1978 Cycling Archives 1 March 2018 km 22h 34' 42" Johan van der Velde NED Reg Smith GBR Gottfried Schmutz SUI 1987 The 1978 Open Tour of Britain was an edition of the Tour of Britain cycle race and was held from 7 August to 12 August 1978. The race started in Greenock and finished at the Crystal Palace circuit.http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/anc_grbretagne/td_grbretagne1978.php Tour de Grande-Bretagne 1978 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20040828180836/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/anc_grbretagne/td_grbretagne1978.php 28 August 2004 The race was won by Johan van der Velde. General classification Final general classification Rank Rider Time 1 Johan van der Velde NED 22h 34' 42" 2 Reg Smith GBR + 6" 3 Gottfried Schmutz SUI + 6" 4 André Gevers NED + 1' 36" 5 Roland Salm SUI + 1' 39" 6 Diego Magoni ITA + 1' 47" 7 Patrick Verstraete BEL + 1' 48" 8 Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande BEL + 1' 54" 9 John McMillan GBR + 12' 08" 10 Franky De Gendt BEL + 12' 11" References 30em 1978 Tour of Britain Tour of Britain Tour of Britain