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.[2] The race was won by Johan van der Velde.
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Dates | 7–12 August 1978 | |||||||||
Stages | 5 + Prologue | |||||||||
Distance | 902.3[1] km (560.7 mi) | |||||||||
Winning time | 22h 34' 42" | |||||||||
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General classification
editFinal general classification[1][2]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Tour of Britain 1978". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Tour de Grande-Bretagne 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004.