Tour de Romandie
Race details | |
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Date | March–April |
Region | Romandie, Switzerland |
English name | Tour of Romandy |
Local name(s) | Tour de Romandie (in French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1947 |
Editions | 73 (as of 2019) |
First winner | Désiré Keteleer (BEL) |
Most wins | Stephen Roche (IRL) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It was held without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition.[1]
The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue and ends with an individual time-trial in hilly terrains, often in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. The winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists.
Four winners of the Tour de Romandie had gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; Stephen Roche in 1987, then Cadel Evans, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.
The course of the race usually heads northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland.
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1947 | Belgium | Désiré Keteleer | ||
1948 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | ||
1949 | Italy | Gino Bartali | ||
1950 | France | Édouard Fachleitner | ||
1951 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | ||
1952 | Netherlands | Wout Wagtmans | ||
1953 | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet | ||
1954 | France | Jean Forestier | ||
1955 | Switzerland | René Strehler | ||
1956 | Italy | Pasquale Fornara | ||
1957 | France | Jean Forestier | ||
1958 | France | Gilbert Bauvin | ||
1959 | Switzerland | Kurt Gimmi | ||
1960 | France | Louis Rostollan | ||
1961 | France | Louis Rostollan | ||
1962 | Italy | Guido De Rosso | Molteni | |
1963 | Belgium | Willy Bocklant | ||
1964 | Switzerland | Rolf Maurer | ||
1965 | Italy | Vittorio Adorni | ||
1966 | Italy | Gianni Motta | Molteni | |
1967 | Italy | Vittorio Adorni | ||
1968 | Belgium | Eddy Merckx | Faema | |
1969 | Italy | Felice Gimondi | Salvarani | |
1970 | Sweden | Gösta Pettersson | Ferretti | |
1971 | Italy | Gianni Motta | Salvarani | |
1972 | France | Bernard Thévenet | Peugeot-BP-Michelin | |
1973 | Belgium | Wilfried David | Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano | |
1974 | Netherlands | Joop Zoetemelk | Gitane | |
1975 | Spain | Francisco Galdós | Kas-Kaskol | |
1976 | Belgium | Johan De Muynck | Brooklyn | |
1977 | Italy | Gianbattista Baronchelli | Scic | |
1978 | Netherlands | Johan van der Velde | TI–Raleigh | |
1979 | Italy | Giuseppe Saronni | Scic–Bottecchia | |
1980 | France | Bernard Hinault | Renault-Elf-Gitane | |
1981 | Sweden | Tommy Prim | Bianchi | |
1982 | Norway | Jostein Wilmann | Capri Sonne | |
1983 | Ireland | Stephen Roche | Peugeot-Shell-Michelin | |
1984 | Ireland | Stephen Roche | La Redoute | |
1985 | Switzerland | Jörg Müller | Skil-Sem | |
1986 | Belgium | Claude Criquielion | Hitachi | |
1987 | Ireland | Stephen Roche | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1988 | Netherlands | Gerard Veldscholten | Weinmann-La Suisse | |
1989 | Australia | Phil Anderson | TVM | |
1990 | France | Charly Mottet | RMO | |
1991 | Switzerland | Toni Rominger | Toshiba | |
1992 | United States | Andrew Hampsten | Motorola | |
1993 | Switzerland | Pascal Richard | Ariostea | |
1994 | Switzerland | Pascal Richard | GB-MG Maglificio | |
1995 | Switzerland | Toni Rominger | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1996 | Spain | Abraham Olano | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1997 | Russia | Pavel Tonkov | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1998 | Switzerland | Laurent Dufaux | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1999 | France | Laurent Jalabert | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2000 | Italy | Paolo Savoldelli | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2001 | Italy | Dario Frigo | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2002 | Italy | Dario Frigo | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2003 | United States | Tyler Hamilton | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2004 | United States | Tyler Hamilton | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2005 | Colombia | Santiago Botero | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2006 | Australia | Cadel Evans | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2007 | Netherlands | Thomas Dekker | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2008 | Germany | Andreas Klöden | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2009 | Czech Republic | Roman Kreuziger | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2010 | Slovenia | Simon Špilak | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2011 | Australia | Cadel Evans | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2012 | Great Britain | Bradley Wiggins | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2014 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2015 | Russia | Ilnur Zakarin | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2016 | Colombia | Nairo Quintana | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2017 | Australia | Richie Porte | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2018 | Slovenia | Primož Roglič | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2019 | Slovenia | Primož Roglič | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
Multiple winners
Wins | Rider | Editions |
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3 | Stephen Roche (IRL) | 1983 + 1984 + 1987 |
2 | Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) | 1948 + 1951 |
Jean Forestier (FRA) | 1954 + 1957 | |
Louis Rostollan (FRA) | 1960 + 1961 | |
Vittorio Adorni (ITA) | 1965 + 1967 | |
Gianni Motta (ITA) | 1966 + 1971 | |
Tony Rominger (SUI) | 1991 + 1995 | |
Pascal Richard (SUI) | 1993 + 1994 | |
Dario Frigo (ITA) | 2001 + 2002 | |
Tyler Hamilton (USA) | 2003 + 2004 | |
Cadel Evans (AUS) | 2006 + 2011 | |
Chris Froome (GBR) | 2013 + 2014 | |
Primož Roglič (SLO) | 2018 + 2019 |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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Italy | |
Switzerland | |
France | |
Belgium | |
Netherlands | |
Australia | |
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Slovenia | |
Colombia, Russia, Spain, Sweden | |
Czech Republic, Germany, Norway |
Most stage wins
# | Rider | Stage wins |
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1 | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | 12 |
2 | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | 8 |
Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) | ||
4 | Vittorio Adorni (ITA) | 6 |
Michael Albasini (SUI) | ||
Knut Knudsen (NOR) | ||
Gianni Motta (ITA) | ||
Tony Rominger (SUI) | ||
Johan van der Velde (NED) | ||
10 | Laurent Dufaux (SUI) | 5 |
Urs Freuler (SUI) | ||
Pascal Richard (SUI) | ||
Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) | ||
Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) |
See also
References
- ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Coronavirus: Race cancellations expand into late April and May". Cycling News. Future Publishing. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Alejandro Valverde finished the 2010 edition as winner, but his results were expurgated as a consequence of a retroactive suspension.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Tour de Romandie palmares at Cycling Archives