Tour de Suisse

Tour de Suisse
Race details
Date June
Region Switzerland
English name Tour of Switzerland
Local name(s) Tour de Suisse (French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI World Tour
Type Stage race
Race director Christian Pirzer
History
First edition 1933 (1933)
Editions 75 (as of 2011)
First winner  Max Bulla (AUT)
Most wins  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) (4 wins)
Most recent  Levi Leipheimer (USA)

The Tour de Suisse (English: Tour of Switzerland) is a UCI World Tour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is a proving ground for the Tour de France, and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse offers mountain climbs and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the organizers moved the race to earlier in June.

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Past winners

Rider Team
1933 Bulla, MaxMax Bulla (AUT)
1934 Geyer, LudwigLudwig Geyer (GER)
1935 Rinaldi, GaspardGaspard Rinaldi (FRA)
1936 Garnier, HenriHenri Garnier (BEL)
1937 Litschi, KarlKarl Litschi (SUI)
1938 Valetti, GiovanniGiovanni Valetti (ITA)
1939 Zimmermann, RobertRobert Zimmermann (SUI)
1940 No race
1941 Wagner, JosefJosef Wagner (SUI)
1942 Kubler, FerdinandFerdinand Kübler (SUI)
1943 No race
1944 No race
1945 No race
1946 Bartali, GinoGino Bartali (ITA)
1947 Bartali, GinoGino Bartali (ITA)
1948 Kubler, FerdinandFerdinand Kübler (SUI)
1949 Weilenmann, GottfriedGottfried Weilenmann (SUI)
1950 Koblet, HugoHugo Koblet (SUI)
1951 Kubler, FerdinandFerdinand Kübler (SUI)
1952 Fornara, PasqualePasquale Fornara (ITA)
1953 Koblet, HugoHugo Koblet (SUI)
1954 Fornara, PasqualePasquale Fornara (ITA)
1955 Koblet, HugoHugo Koblet (SUI)
1956 Graf, RolfRolf Graf (SUI)
1957 Fornara, PasqualePasquale Fornara (ITA)
1958 Fornara, PasqualePasquale Fornara (ITA)
1959 Junkermann, HansHans Junkermann (GER)
1960 Ruegg, AlfredAlfred Ruegg (SUI)
1961 Moresi, AttilioAttilio Moresi (SUI)
1962 Junkermann, HansHans Junkermann (GER)
1963 Fezzardi, GiuseppeGiuseppe Fezzardi (ITA)
1964 Maurer, RolfRolf Maurer (SUI)
1965 Bitossi, FrancoFranco Bitossi (ITA)
1966 Portalupi, AmbrogioAmbrogio Portalupi (ITA)
1967 Motta, GianniGianni Motta (ITA)
1968 Pfenninger, LouisLouis Pfenninger (SUI)
1969 Adorni, VittorioVittorio Adorni (ITA)
1970 Poggiali, RobertoRoberto Poggiali (ITA)
1971 Pintens, GeorgesGeorges Pintens (BEL)
1972 Pfenninger, LouisLouis Pfenninger (SUI)
1973 Fuente, Jose ManuelJosé-Manuel Fuente (ESP)
1974 Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx (BEL) Molteni
1975 De Vlaeminck, RogerRoger De Vlaeminck (BEL) Perfetti Van Melle
1976 Kuiper, HennieHennie Kuiper (NED) TI-Raleigh
1977 Pollentier, MichelMichel Pollentier (BEL) Flandria-Velda
1978 Wellens, PaulPaul Wellens (BEL)
1979 Wesemael, WilfriedWilfried Wesemael (BEL)
1980 Beccia, MarioMario Beccia (ITA)
1981 Breu, BeatBeat Breu (SUI)
1982 Saronni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Saronni (ITA) Del Tongo
1983 Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL) Sem-France Lore
1984 Zimmermann, UrsUrs Zimmermann (SUI)
1985 Anderson, PhilPhil Anderson (AUS) Panasonic
1986 Hampsten, AndyAndy Hampsten (USA) La Vie Claire
1987 Hampsten, AndyAndy Hampsten (USA) 7 Eleven Progetto Sunrise
1988 Wechselberger, HelmutHelmut Wechselberger (AUT)
1989 Breu, BeatBeat Breu (SUI)
1990 Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL) PDM-Concorde
1991 Roosen, LucLuc Roosen (BEL)
1992 Furlan, GiorgioGiorgio Furlan (ITA) Ceramiche Ariostea
1993 Saligari, MarcoMarco Saligari (ITA) Ceramiche Ariostea
1994 Richard, PascalPascal Richard (SUI) GB-MG Maglificio
1995 Tonkov, PavelPavel Tonkov (RUS) Lampre-Ceramiche Panaria
1996 Luttenberger, PeterPeter Luttenberger (AUT) Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
1997 Agnolutto, ChristopheChristophe Agnolutto (FRA) Casino
1998 Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli (ITA) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
1999 Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande (ITA) Vini Caldirola
2000 Camenzind, OscarOscar Camenzind (SUI) Lampre-Daikin
2001 Armstrong, LanceLance Armstrong (USA) US Postal
2002 Zulle, AlexAlex Zülle (SUI) Team Coast
2003 Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) Team Telekom
2004 Ullrich, JanJan Ullrich (GER) T-Mobile Team
2005 Gonzalez, AitorAitor González (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2006 Ullrich, JanJan Ullrich (GER) T-Mobile Team
2007 Karpets, VladimirVladimir Karpets (RUS) Caisse d'Epargne
2008 Kreuziger, RomanRoman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas
2009 Cancellara, FabianFabian Cancellara (SUI) Team Saxo Bank
2010 Schleck, FränkFränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank
2011 Leipheimer, LeviLevi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack

By riders

Rider Country Titles Year
Pasquale Fornara  ITA 4 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958
Ferdinand Kübler  SUI 3 1942, 1948, 1951
Hugo Koblet  SUI 3 1950, 1953, 1955
Gino Bartali  ITA 2 1946, 1947
Hans Junkermann  GER 2 1959, 1962
Louis Pfenninger  SUI 2 1968, 1972
Andy Hampsten  USA 2 1986, 1987
Jan Ullrich  GER 2 2004, 2006

Victories Per Country

Country Times Won
 Switzerland 23
 Italy 19
 Belgium 8
 Germany 5
 United States 4
 Austria 3
 France 3
 Ireland 2
 Spain 2
 Russia 2
 Australia 1
 Netherlands 1
 Kazakhstan 1
 Czech Republic 1
 Luxembourg 1

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