1978 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1978 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Race details
Dates	29 May – 5 June 1978
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,325 km (823.3 mi)
Winning time	36h 23' 03"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Team
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The 1978 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 30th edition of the cycle race and was held from 29 May to 5 June 1978. The race started in Thonon-les-Bains and finished in Carpentras. The race was won by Michel Pollentier of the Flandria team.

Teams

Ten teams, containing a total of 100 riders, participated in the race:^[2]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	29 May	Thonon-les-Bains	8 km (5.0 mi)	Individual time trial	Hennie Kuiper (NED)
1	30 May	Thonon-les-Bains to Mâcon	246.8 km (153.4 mi)		Maurice Le Guilloux (FRA)
2a	31 May	Mâcon to Montceau-les-Mines	103 km (64 mi)		Andrés Oliva (ESP)
2b	31 May	Montceau-les-Mines to Roanne	111 km (69 mi)		Jacques Esclassan (FRA)
3	1 June	Roanne to Villeurbanne	212 km (132 mi)		Jacques Martin (BEL)
4	2 June	Villeurbanne to Grenoble	172 km (107 mi)		Christian Seznec (FRA)
5	3 June	Grenoble to Prapoutel	116 km (72 mi)		Michel Pollentier (BEL)
6	4 June	Allevard-les-Bains to Gap	175 km (109 mi)		Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)
7a	5 June	Gap to Carpentras	150 km (93 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
7b	5 June	Carpentras	29 km (18 mi)	Individual time trial	Michel Pollentier (BEL)

General classification

Final general classification^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	Flandria–Velda–Lano	36h 23' 03"
2	Mariano Martínez (FRA)	Jobo–Spidel–La Roue d'Or	+ 3' 03"
3	Francisco Galdós (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 4' 40"
4	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Miko–Mercier–Vivagel	+ 5' 53"
5	Sven-Åke Nilsson (SWE)	Miko–Mercier–Vivagel	+ 6' 33"
6	Christian Seznec (FRA)	Miko–Mercier–Vivagel	+ 8' 17"
7	José Nazabal (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 8' 22"
8	Robert Alban (FRA)	Miko–Mercier–Vivagel	+ 8' 58"
9	Hennie Kuiper (NED)	TI–Raleigh–McGregor	+ 11' 11"
10	Ferdinand Julien (FRA)	Jobo–Spidel–La Roue d'Or	+ 11' 55"

References

^ "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "30ème Dauphiné Libéré 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.
^ "1978 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "Dauphine Libere". WVCycling. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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[1] "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[MdC-DL1978-2] "30ème Dauphiné Libéré 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.

[3] "1978 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[4] "Dauphine Libere". WVCycling. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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