Tour de Suisse
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| Tour de Suisse | |
|---|---|
| English name | Tour of Switzerland |
| Region | Switzerland |
| Date | June |
| Type | Stage Race |
| General Director | Christian Pirzer |
| History | |
| First edition | 1933 |
| Number of editions | 70 (2006) |
| First winner | Max Bulla, (Austria) |
| Latest winner | Jan Ullrich, (Germany) |
| Most Wins | Pasquale Fornara, (Italy), 4 times |
The Tour de Suisse (Tour of Switzerland) is a ProTour bicycle race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship since then. Along with the Dauphiné Libéré, it is seen as a warm-up and proving ground to the longer Tour de France, which is held every year in July. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné Libéré, the Tour de Suisse offers grueling mountain climbs and at least one individual time trial, the type of stages that often determine the winner of the general classification in the Tour de France. Several recent winners of the Tour de France have also won the Tour de Suisse, including Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the organizers moved the race to an earlier date in June, perhaps to make it more attractive as an alternative to the Dauphiné Libéré.
[edit] Winners of the Tour de Suisse
| Edition | Year | Winner | Nationality | Nº Stages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 2006 | Jan Ullrich |  Germany |
9 | 1 468 km |
| 69 | 2005 | Aitor González |  Spain |
9 | 1 355 km |
| 68 | 2004 | Jan Ullrich | Germany |
9 | 1 440 km |
| 67 | 2003 | Alexandre Vinokourov |  Kazakhstan |
9 | 1 428 km |
| 66 | 2002 | Alex Zülle |  Switzerland |
9 | 1 442 km |
| 65 | 2001 | Lance Armstrong |  United States |
9 | 1 413 km |
| 64 | 2000 | Oscar Camenzind | Switzerland |
10 | 1 358 km |
| 63 | 1999 | Francesco Casagrande |  Italy |
10 | 1 508 km |
| 62 | 1998 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy |
10 | 1 504 km |
| 61 | 1997 | Christophe Agnolutto |  France |
10 | 1 517 km |
| 60 | 1996 | Peter Luttenberger |  Austria |
9 | 1 645 km |
| 59 | 1995 | Pavel Tonkov |  Russia |
10 | 1 619 km |
| 58 | 1994 | Pascal Richard | Switzerland |
10 | 1 606 km |
| 57 | 1993 | Marco Saligari | Italy |
10 | 1 724 km |
| 56 | 1992 | Giorgio Furlan | Italy |
10 | 1 797 km |
| 55 | 1991 | Luc Roosen |  Belgium |
10 | 1 922 km |
| 54 | 1990 | Seán Kelly |  Ireland |
11 | 1 860 km |
| 53 | 1989 | Beat Breu | Switzerland |
11 | 1 846 km |
| 52 | 1988 | Helmut Wechselberger | Austria |
10 | 1 793 km |
| 51 | 1987 | Andy Hampsten | United States |
10 | 1 699 km |
| 50 | 1986 | Andy Hampsten | United States |
10 | 1 802 km |
| 49 | 1985 | Phil Anderson |  Australia |
11 | 1 571 km |
| 48 | 1984 | Urs Zimmermann | Switzerland |
10 | 1 626 km |
| 47 | 1983 | Seán Kelly | Ireland |
11 | 1 808 km |
| 46 | 1982 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy |
10 | 1 673 km |
| 45 | 1981 | Beat Breu | Switzerland |
11 | 1 628 km |
| 44 | 1980 | Mario Beccia | Italy |
12 | 1 670 km |
| 43 | 1979 | Wilfried Wesemael | Belgium |
11 | 1 622 km |
| 42 | 1978 | Paul Wellens | Belgium |
11 | 1 562 km |
| 41 | 1977 | Michel Pollentier | Belgium |
x | x km |
| 40 | 1976 | Hennie Kuiper |  Netherlands |
x | x km |
| 39 | 1975 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Belgium |
x | x km |
| 38 | 1974 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium |
x | x km |
| 37 | 1973 | José-Manuel Fuente |  Spain |
x | x km |
| 36 | 1972 | Louis Pfenninger | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 35 | 1971 | Georges Pintens | Belgium |
x | x km |
| 34 | 1970 | Roberto Poggiali | Italy |
x | x km |
| 33 | 1969 | Vittorio Adorni | Italy |
x | x km |
| 32 | 1968 | Louis Pfenninger | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 31 | 1967 | Gianni Motta | Italy |
x | x km |
| 30 | 1966 | Ambrogio Portalupi | Italy |
x | x km |
| 29 | 1965 | Franco Botossi | Italy |
x | x km |
| 28 | 1964 | Rolf Maurer | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 27 | 1963 | Giuseppe Fezzardi | Italy |
x | x km |
| 26 | 1962 | Hans Junkermann | Germany |
x | x km |
| 25 | 1961 | Attilio Moresi | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 24 | 1960 | Alfred Ruegg | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 23 | 1959 | Hans Junkermann | Germany |
x | x km |
| 22 | 1958 | Pasquale Fornara | Italy |
x | x km |
| 21 | 1957 | Pasquale Fornara | Italy |
x | x km |
| 20 | 1956 | Rolf Graf | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 19 | 1955 | Hugo Koblet | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 18 | 1954 | Pasquale Fornara | Italy |
x | x km |
| 17 | 1953 | Hugo Koblet | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 16 | 1952 | Pasquale Fornara | Italy |
x | x km |
| 15 | 1951 | Ferdi Kübler | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 14 | 1950 | Hugo Koblet | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 13 | 1949 | Gottfried Weilenmann | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 12 | 1948 | Ferdi Kübler | Switzerland |
x | x km |
| 11 | 1947 | Gino Bartali | Italy |
x | x km |
| 10 | 1946 | Gino Bartali | Italy |
8 | 1 845 km |
| 1943-1945 No competition held | |||||
| 9 | 1942 | Ferdi Kübler | Switzerland |
5 | 1 176 km |
| 8 | 1941 | Josef Wagner | Switzerland |
3 | 607 km |
| 1940 No competition held | |||||
| 7 | 1939 | Robert Zimmermann | Switzerland |
8 | 1 724 km |
| 6 | 1938 | Giovanni Valetti | Italy |
8 | 1 683 km |
| 5 | 1937 | Karl Litschi | Switzerland |
8 | 1 468 km |
| 4 | 1936 | Henri Garnier | France |
7 | 1 657 km |
| 3 | 1935 | Gaspard Rinaldi | France |
7 | 1 661 km |
| 2 | 1934 | Ludwig Geyer | Germany |
7 | 1 475 km |
| 1 | 1933 | Max Bulla | Austria |
5 | 1 253 km |
