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1978 | Number of finish towns: 25
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DETAILS OF THE STAGES
stage P:Leiden -Leiden5.2 km  NED  Jan RAAS0:06:38 | 47.0 km/h
stage 1a:Leiden -Saint-Willebrord135.0 km  NED  Jan RAAS3:24:21 | 39.6 km/h
stage 1b:Saint-Willebrord -Brussel100.0 km  BEL  Walter PLANCKAERT2:22:14 | 42.2 km/h
stage 2:Brussel -Saint-Amand-les-Eaux199.0 km  FRA  Jacques ESCLASSAN5:21:31 | 37.1 km/h
stage 3:Saint-Amand-les-Eaux -Saint-Germain-en-Laye243.5 km  GER  Klaus-Peter THALER7:25:42 | 32.8 km/h
stage 4:Evreux -Caen153.0 km  NED  Ti-Raleigh3:39:07 | 41.9 km/h
stage 5:Caen -Mazé-Montgeoffroy244.0 km  BEL  Freddy MAERTENS7:00:16 | 34.8 km/h
stage 6:Mazé-Montgeoffroy -Poitiers162.0 km  IRL  Sean KELLY4:02:24 | 40.1 km/h
stage 7:Poitiers -Bordeaux242.0 km  BEL  Freddy MAERTENS7:01:07 | 34.5 km/h
stage 8:Saint-Emilion -Sainte-Foy-la-Grande59.3 km  FRA  Bernard HINAULT1:22:01 | 43.4 km/h
stage 9:Bordeaux -Biarritz233.0 km  ESP  Miguel-Maria LASA6:43:09 | 34.4 km/h
stage 10:Biarritz -Pau191.5 km  NED  Henk LUBBERDING5:46:54 | 33.1 km/h
stage 11:Pau -Saint-Lary-Soulan161.0 km  FRA  Mariano MARTINEZ5:47:26 | 27.8 km/h
stage 12a:Tarbes -Valence d´Agen158.0 km   | 0.0 km/h
stage 12b:Valence d´Agen -Toulouse96.0 km  FRA  Jacques ESCLASSAN2:19:12 | 41.4 km/h
stage 13:Figeac -Superbesse221.5 km  BEL  Paul WELLENS6:43:49 | 32.9 km/h
stage 14:Besse-en-Ch. -Puy-de-Dôme52.5 km  NED  Joop ZOETEMELK1:25:51 | 36.7 km/h
stage 15:Saint-Dier-d´A. -Saint-Étienne196.0 km  FRA  Bernard HINAULT5:49:48 | 33.6 km/h
stage 16:Saint-Étienne -Alpe d’Huez240.5 km  NED  Hennie KUIPER7:23:07 | 32.6 km/h
stage 17:Grenoble -Morzine-Avoriaz225.0 km  FRA  Christian SEZNEC7:13:34 | 31.3 km/h
stage 18:Morzine-Avoriaz -Lausanne137.5 km  NED  Gerrie KNETEMANN3:36:52 | 38.0 km/h
stage 19:Lausanne -Belfort181.5 km  BEL  Marc DEMEYER5:05:57 | 35.6 km/h
stage 20:Metz -Nancy72.0 km  FRA  Bernard HINAULT1:39:29 | 43.4 km/h
stage 21:Epernay -Senlis207.5 km  NED  Jan RAAS5:58:49 | 34.7 km/h
stage 22:Saint-Germain-en-Laye -Paris161.5 km  NED  Gerrie KNETEMANN4:22:46 | 36.9 km/h



Winners of stages in 1978 by nations:

 nation  No.wins share (%)
 NED  9 
 36,00% 
 FRA  7 
 28,00% 
 BEL  5 
 20,00% 
 GER  1 
 4,00% 
 IRL  1 
 4,00% 
 ESP  1 
 4,00% 
   1 
 4,00% 



Winners of stages in 1978 by cyclists:

 name  No.wins share (%)
 Bernard HINAULT  3 
 12,00% 
 Jan RAAS  3 
 12,00% 
 Jacques ESCLASSAN  2 
 8,00% 
 Freddy MAERTENS  2 
 8,00% 
 Gerrie KNETEMANN  2 
 8,00% 
 Paul WELLENS  1 
 4,00% 
 Marc DEMEYER  1 
 4,00% 
 Mariano MARTINEZ  1 
 4,00% 
 Christian SEZNEC  1 
 4,00% 
 Klaus-Peter THALER  1 
 4,00% 
 Miguel-Maria LASA  1 
 4,00% 
 Joop ZOETEMELK  1 
 4,00% 
 Walter PLANCKAERT  1 
 4,00% 
 Sean KELLY  1 
 4,00% 
   1 
 4,00% 
 Ti-Raleigh  1 
 4,00% 
 Henk LUBBERDING  1 
 4,00% 
 Hennie KUIPER  1 
 4,00% 



 
 
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