Tour de Suisse
Race details | |
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Date | June |
Region | Switzerland |
English name | Tour of Switzerland |
Local name(s) | Tour de Suisse Template:Fr icon |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | IMG |
Race director | Olivier Senn |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1933 |
Editions | 80 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Max Bulla (AUT) |
Most wins | Pasquale Fornara (ITA) (4 wins) |
Most recent | Miguel Ángel López (COL) |
The Tour de Suisse (Template:Lang-en) is an annual cycling stage race in Switzerland. Raced over nine days, the event covers two weekends in the latter half of June. Along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calendar two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional races.
History
The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organizers moved the race to earlier in June.
The first winner of the race was Austrian Max Bulla in the 1933 edition. The rider with most wins is Italian Pasquale Fornara with 4 wins in the 1950s. The most recent winner is Slovenian Simon Špilak, who gained the lead with a second place ride in the final time trial.
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1933 | Austria | Max Bulla | ||
1934 | Germany | Ludwig Geyer | ||
1935 | France | Gaspard Rinaldi | ||
1936 | Belgium | Henri Garnier | ||
1937 | Switzerland | Karl Litschi | ||
1938 | Italy | Giovanni Valetti | ||
1939 | Switzerland | Robert Zimmermann | ||
1940 | No race | |||
1941 | Switzerland | Josef Wagner | ||
1942 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | ||
1943 | No race | |||
1944 | No race | |||
1945 | No race | |||
1946 | Italy | Gino Bartali | ||
1947 | Italy | Gino Bartali | ||
1948 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | ||
1949 | Switzerland | Gottfried Weilenmann, Jr. | ||
1950 | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet | ||
1951 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | ||
1952 | Italy | Pasquale Fornara | ||
1953 | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet | ||
1954 | Italy | Pasquale Fornara | ||
1955 | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet | ||
1956 | Switzerland | Rolf Graf | ||
1957 | Italy | Pasquale Fornara | ||
1958 | Italy | Pasquale Fornara | ||
1959 | Germany | Hans Junkermann | ||
1960 | Switzerland | Alfred Ruegg | ||
1961 | Switzerland | Attilio Moresi | ||
1962 | Germany | Hans Junkermann | ||
1963 | Italy | Giuseppe Fezzardi | ||
1964 | Switzerland | Rolf Maurer | ||
1965 | Italy | Franco Bitossi | ||
1966 | Italy | Ambrogio Portalupi | ||
1967 | Italy | Gianni Motta | Molteni | |
1968 | Switzerland | Louis Pfenninger | ||
1969 | Italy | Vittorio Adorni | ||
1970 | Italy | Roberto Poggiali | ||
1971 | Belgium | Georges Pintens | ||
1972 | Switzerland | Louis Pfenninger | ||
1973 | Spain | José-Manuel Fuente | Kas-Kaskol | |
1974 | Belgium | Eddy Merckx | Molteni | |
1975 | Belgium | Roger De Vlaeminck | Perfetti Van Melle | |
1976 | Netherlands | Hennie Kuiper | TI-Raleigh | |
1977 | Belgium | Michel Pollentier | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1978 | Belgium | Paul Wellens | TI-Raleigh | |
1979 | Belgium | Wilfried Wesemael | TI-Raleigh | |
1980 | Italy | Mario Beccia | Hoonved | |
1981 | Switzerland | Beat Breu | Cilo-Aufina | |
1982 | Italy | Giuseppe Saronni | Del Tongo | |
1983 | Ireland | Sean Kelly | Sem-France Loire | |
1984 | Switzerland | Urs Zimmermann | Cilo-Aufina | |
1985 | Australia | Phil Anderson | Panasonic | |
1986 | United States | Andy Hampsten | La Vie Claire | |
1987 | United States | Andy Hampsten | 7 Eleven Progetto Sunrise | |
1988 | Austria | Helmut Wechselberger | Malvor-Bottecchia-Sidi | |
1989 | Switzerland | Beat Breu | Domex-Weinmann | |
1990 | Ireland | Sean Kelly | PDM-Concorde | |
1991 | Belgium | Luc Roosen | Tulip Computers | |
1992 | Italy | Giorgio Furlan | Ceramiche Ariostea | |
1993 | Italy | Marco Saligari | Ceramiche Ariostea | |
1994 | Switzerland | Pascal Richard | GB-MG Maglificio | |
1995 | Russia | Pavel Tonkov | Lampre-Ceramiche Panaria | |
1996 | Austria | Peter Luttenberger | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1997 | France | Christophe Agnolutto | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1998 | Italy | Stefano Garzelli | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1999 | Italy | Francesco Casagrande | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2000 | Switzerland | Oscar Camenzind | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2001 | United States | US Postal-Berryfloor | ||
2002 | Switzerland | Alex Zülle | Team Coast | |
2003 | Kazakhstan | Alexandre Vinokourov | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2004 | Germany | Jan Ullrich | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2005 | Spain | Aitor González | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2006 | Spain | Koldo Gil | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2007 | Russia | Vladimir Karpets | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2008 | Czech Republic | Roman Kreuziger | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2009 | Switzerland | Fabian Cancellara | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2010 | Luxembourg | Fränk Schleck | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2011 | United States | Levi Leipheimer | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2012 | Portugal | Rui Costa | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2013 | Portugal | Rui Costa | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2014 | Portugal | Rui Costa | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2015 | Slovenia | Simon Špilak | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2016 | Colombia | Miguel Ángel López | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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By riders
Rider | Country | Titles | Year |
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Pasquale Fornara | ITA | 4 | 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958 |
Ferdinand Kübler | SUI | 3 | 1942, 1948, 1951 |
Hugo Koblet | SUI | 3 | 1950, 1953, 1955 |
Rui Costa | POR | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Gino Bartali | ITA | 2 | 1946, 1947 |
Hans Junkermann | GER | 2 | 1959, 1962 |
Louis Pfenninger | SUI | 2 | 1968, 1972 |
Andy Hampsten | USA | 2 | 1986, 1987 |
Sean Kelly | IRL | 2 | 1983, 1990 |
Victories per country
Country | Times won |
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Switzerland | 23 |
Italy | 19 |
Belgium | 8 |
Germany | 4 |
Portugal Austria Spain United States |
3 |
Ireland France Russia Australia |
2 |
Netherlands Kazakhstan Czech Republic Luxembourg Slovenia Colombia |
1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Lance Armstrong: Governing body strips American of Tour wins". BBC News. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale".
External links
- Official website
- Tour de Suisse palmares at Cycling Archives (archived)