<page_title> 1979 Giro d'Italia </page_title> <section_title> Route and stages </section_title> <table> <cell> Individual time trial <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> P </row_header> </cell> <cell> Individual time trial <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 3 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 4 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 5 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Individual time trial <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 8 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 9 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Individual time trial <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 10 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 11 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 13 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 14 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 16 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 17 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Stage with mountain(s) <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 18 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Individual time trial <col_header> Type </col_header> <row_header> 19 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 3,301 km (2,051 mi) <col_header> Distance </col_header> <col_header> Type </col_header> <col_header> Winner </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
The 1979 Giro d'Italia covered a total of 3,301 km (2,051 mi), and it included five individual time trials and nine stages in the mountains.