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 12a occurred on 12 July with a flat stage from Tarbes. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.
Stage 12a 12 July 1978 – Tarbes to Valence d'Agen, 158 km (98 mi) [ 1]
The stage was neutralised after a protest, by the peloton, about split stages.[ 2] The peloton rode slowly throughout the stage, and came to a stop 100 m (330 ft) before the finish line. The riders then dismounted their bikes, crossing the finish line on foot, and the stage was cancelled by the race commissaires.[ 1]
Stage 12b 12 July 1978 – Valence d'Agen to Toulouse, 96 km (60 mi) [ 1]
Stage 12b result [ 1] General classification after stage 12b [ 3]
Stage 13 13 July 1978 – Figeac to Super Besse , 221 km (137 mi) [ 1]
Stage 13 result [ 1] General classification after stage 13 [ 4]
Stage 14 14 July 1978 – Besse-en-Chandesse to Puy de Dôme , 52 km (32 mi) (ITT ) [ 1]
Stage 14 result [ 1] General classification after stage 14 [ 5]
Stage 15 15 July 1978 – Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne to Saint-Étienne , 196 km (122 mi) [ 1]
Stage 15 result [ 1] General classification after stage 15 [ 6]
Stage 16 16 July 1978 – Saint-Étienne to Alpe d'Huez , 241 km (150 mi) [ 1]
Stage 16 result [ 1] General classification after stage 16 [ 7]
Rest day 2 17 July 1978 – Alpe d'Huez
Stage 17 18 July 1978 – Grenoble to Morzine , 225 km (140 mi) [ 1]
Stage 17 result [ 1] General classification after stage 17 [ 8]
Stage 18 19 July 1978 – Morzine to Lausanne , 137 km (85 mi) [ 1]
Stage 18 result [ 1] General classification after stage 18 [ 9]
Stage 19 20 July 1978 – Lausanne to Belfort , 182 km (113 mi) [ 1]
Stage 19 result [ 1] General classification after stage 19 [ 10]
Stage 20 21 July 1978 – Metz to Nancy , 72 km (45 mi) (ITT ) [ 1]
Stage 20 result [ 1] General classification after stage 20 [ 11]
Stage 21 22 July 1978 – Épernay to Senlis , 207 km (129 mi) [ 1]
Stage 21 result [ 1] General classification after stage 21 [ 12]
Stage 22 23 July 1978 – Saint Germain en Laye to Paris Champs-Élysées , 162 km (101 mi) [ 1]
Stage 22 result [ 1] General classification after stage 22 [ 1]
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