Road Cycling World Championships 1979 at Valkenburg (net) Men: Road Race August 26: (Valkenburg, 274.8 km) 1. Jan Raas (net) 7h03:09 2. Didi Thurau (wge) s.t. 3. Jean-René Bernaudeau (fra) s.t. 4. André Chalmel (fra) + 0:05 5. Henk Lubberding (net) + 0:12 6. Giovanni Battaglin (ita) + 0:23 7. Knut Knudsen (nor) + 0:52 8. Giuseppe Saronni (ita) + 4:37 9. Sean Kelly (ire) s.t. 10. Roger de Vlaeminck (bel) s.t.