Tour de France 1978
Stage 2 · Jacques Esclassan
Bruxelles → Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Stage 2 — Jacques Esclassan wins Bruxelles → Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (135 km)
Stage facts
Road raceFlat135.0 km30 Jun 1978
Bruxelles → Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Stage 1a | Leiden - St Willebrord
Stage Winner
Jacques Esclassan
Yellow Jersey
Jan Raas
Avg Speed
39.6 km/h
Elevation
438 m
Difficulty
1
Startlist Quality
1,241
Stage at a glance
Stage Winner
Jacques Esclassan
Race Date
30 Jun 1978
Profile
Flat
Distance
135 km
Avg Speed
39.6 km/h
Jersey classifications after stage 2
Yellow Jersey
Jan Raas
Race leadership after stage 2 — Jan Raas
Route & distance
Distance
135.0 km
Start
Bruxelles
Finish
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Profile
Flat
Date
30 Jun 1978
Pace, climbing & win style
Avg Speed
39.6 km/h
Vert. Climbing
438 m
Difficulty Score
1
Startlist Quality
1,241
Stage 2 in the 1978 Tour de France
Edition difficulty profile
Adjacent stages
1
Saint-Willebrord → Bruxelles
5 km
Walter Planckaert
3
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux → Saint-Germain-en-Laye
100 km
Klaus-Peter Thaler
4
Evreux → Caen
199 km
Ti-Raleigh-Mcgregor
5
Caen → Mazé-Montgeoffroy
244 km
Freddy Maertens