![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Route_of_the_1979_Tour_de_France.png/640px-Route_of_the_1979_Tour_de_France.png&w=640&q=50)
1979 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 12
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Fleurance with a prologue individual time trial on 27 June, and Stage 12 occurred on 9 July with a flat stage to Metz. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.
![Map of France with the route of the 1979 Tour de France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Route_of_the_1979_Tour_de_France.png/640px-Route_of_the_1979_Tour_de_France.png)