1979 27th Tour of Britain : 22nd Milk Race
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Credit: International Cycle Sport, July 1979 and Milk Race Official Programme 1979
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 Just partial stage and GC results for the race - but hopefully more will follow.
However even from these limited results you can see that the home nations were totally outclassed by the Eastern European teams.
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Start List
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Great Britain A
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Denmark
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Poland
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Sweden
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1 John Dowling
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31 Jan Hoegh
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61 Stefan Ciekanski
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91 Khristian Allberg
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2 David Jarvis
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32 Alan Jacobsen
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62 Stanislaw Kirpszr
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92 Thomas Eriksson
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3 Steve Lawrence
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33 Henning Joerensen
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63 Zeigniew Szczepkowski
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93 Mats Gustavsson
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4 Ray Lewis
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34 Mikhael Marcussen
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64 Lechoslaw Michalak
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94 Hans Jonsson
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5 David Viner
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35 Henrik Rasmussen
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65 Witold Plutecki
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95 Mikhael Klang
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6 Joe Waugh
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36 Jan Ramussen
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66 Janusy Pozack
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96 Bernt Scheler
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Great Britain B
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Ireland
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Scotland
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U.S.S.R.
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11 Alan Dent
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41 Tony Lally
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71 Michael Parker
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101 Valery Chaplygin
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12 Steve Douglas
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42 Bernard McCormack
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72 William Gibb
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102 Oleg Filshin
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13 Glenn Read
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43 Colm Nulty
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73 Jamie McGahan
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103 Urei Kashvick
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14 John Spencer
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44 Mick Nulty
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74 Robert Melrose
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104 Vladimir Kaminsky
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15 Mark Swinnerton
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45 Francis Riordan
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75 Graeme Nisbet
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105 Algirdas Motskus
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16 Gerry Taylor
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46 Brian Stevenson
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76 David Whitehall
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106 Yuri Sakharov
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Czechoslovakia
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Norway
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Spain
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21 Vladimar Dolek
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51 Arn-Christian Aasmundsen
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81 Juan Carlos Alonso
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22 Hinek Dvoracek
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52 Paal-Henning Hansen
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82 Antonio Cabello
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23 Vladimar Vondrecek
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53 Birger Hungerholt
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83 Pedro Larrinaga
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24 Stanislav Masiar
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54 Arne Klaveness
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84 Manuel Murga
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25 Ludik Mraz
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55 Sigmund Stenseth
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85 Jose-Luis Laca
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26 Miroslav Pluhovsky
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56 Jostein Wilmann
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86 George Ruiz
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Race Route
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P Sun 27-May-1979 Brighton Prologue
1a Mon 28-May-1979 Brighton-Basingstoke
1b Mon 28-May-1979 Basingstoke Circuit
2 Tue 29-May-1979 Swindon-Weston super Mare
3 Wed 30-May-1979 Merthyr Tydfil-Great Malvern
4 Thu 31-May-1979 Wolverhampton-Llandudno
5 Fru 1-Jun-1979 Llandudno-Stoke on Trent
6 Sat 2-Jun-1979 Stoke on Trent-Leicester
7 Sun 3-Jun-1979 Leicester-Skegness
8 Mon 4-Jun-1979 Lincoln-Huddersfield
9 Tue 5-Jun-1979 Huddersfield-Harrogate
10 Thu 7-Jun-1979 Harrogate-Middlesborough
11 Fri 8-Jun-1979 Darlington-South Shields
12 Sat 9-Jun-1979 Barnard Castle-Blackpool
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Stage Results
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Final General Classification
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Stage
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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P
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Vladimir Kaminsky
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4m10s
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
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Joe Waugh
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1a
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Algirdas Motskus
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Stefan Ciekanski
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Henrik Rasmussen
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1b
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Gerry Taylor
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Yuri Kashirin
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Stefan Ciekanski
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2
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Jan Hoegh
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Janusy Pozack
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Thomas Eriksson
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3
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Yuri Kashirin
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
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Yuri Sakharov
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4
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Joe Waugh
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
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Yuri Sakharov
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5
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Valery Chaplygin
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Vladimar Dolek
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Stanislaw Kirpszr
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6
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Lechoslaw Michalek
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Janusy Pozack
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Yuri Kashirin
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7
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
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Henning Joerensen
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Stefan Ciekanski
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8
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Mats Gustavsson
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Vladimir Kaminsky
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Lechoslaw Michalak
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9
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Alan Jacobsen
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Jostein Wilmann
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Yuri Kashirin
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10
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Yuri Sakharov
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
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Lechoslaw Michalak
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11
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Yuri Sakharov
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Yuri Kashirin
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Jostein Wilmann
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12
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Ray Lewis
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Yuri Sakharov
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Tony Lally
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Pos
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Rider
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Time
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1
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Yuri Kashirin
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45:31:26
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2
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Janusy Pozack
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45:35:49
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3
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Hinek Dvoracek
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45:36:23
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4
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Valery Chaplygin
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5
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Yuri Sakharov
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6
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Lechoslaw Michalak
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7
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Jan Ramussen
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8
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L Mraz
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9
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V Vondracek
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10
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N Scheler
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11
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Vladimir Kaminsky
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12
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Stefan Ciekanski
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13
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P Larrinage
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14
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Ray Lewis
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15
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H Joergensen
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P-H Hansen
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S Kirosza
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18
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M Swinnerton
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Steve Lawrence
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Z Szczepkowski
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