1979 Giro del Trentino From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Cycling race 1979 Giro del TrentinoRace detailsDates27 February–1 March 1979Stages2 + PrologueDistance289.5[1] km (179.9 mi)Winning time7h 19' 01"Results Winner Knut Knudsen (NOR) Second Francesco Moser (ITA) Third Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)← 1963 1980 → The 1979 Giro del Trentino was the third edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 27 February to 1 March 1979. The race started and finished in Riva del Garda.[2] The race was won by Knut Knudsen. General classification[edit] Final general classification[2][3] Rank Rider Time 1 Knut Knudsen (NOR) 7h 19' 01" 2 Francesco Moser (ITA) + 2" 3 Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) + 6" 4 Alfredo Chinetti (ITA) + 30" 5 Roberto Visentini (ITA) + 31" 6 Vittorio Algeri (ITA) + 58" 7 Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) + 1' 19" 8 Dante Morandi (ITA) + 1' 24" 9 Giuseppe Favero (ITA) + 1' 27" 10 Pietro Algeri (ITA) + 1' 28" References[edit] ^ "Tour of the Alps (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 11 March 2018. ^ a b "1er Giro del Trentino 1979". Memoire de cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. ^ "1979 Tour of the Alps - Giro del Trentino". First Cycling. Retrieved 11 March 2018. vteTour of the AlpsGiro del Trentino (1962–2016) 1962 1963 1964–78 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Tour of the Alps (2017–present) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 This cycling race article related to Italian cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte