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Tour of Romandie

Started in 1947, The Swiss Tour de Romandie is the final pre-Giro race. Presently, the Giro starts a few days after the Romandie final stage.

Year 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Distance
Average Speed
1947  Desire Keteleer
20hr 55min 27sec
Gino Bartali
@ 1min 41sec
Ferdy Kubler
@ 2min 51sec
 
1948  Ferdy Kubler
28hr 14min 14sec
Jean Goldschmidt
@ 3min 57sec
Mathias Clemens
@ 6min 19sec
 
1949 Gino Bartali
25hr 41sec
Ferdy Kubler
@ 1min 24sec
Settimio Simonini
@ 4min 55sec
 
1950 Eduard Fachleitner
24hr 28min 54sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 51sec
Kleber Piot
@ 3min 40sec
 
1951  Ferdy Kubler
24hr 54min 13sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 2min 56sec
Fritz Schaer
@ s.t.
 
1952 Wout Wagtmans
23hr 46min 42sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 1min 49sec
Raymond Impanis
@ ?
 
1953  Hugo Koblet
24hr 7min 46sec
Pasquale Fornara
@ 6min 5sec
Louison Bobet
@ 6min 47sec
 
1954  Jean Forestier
21hr 16min 12sec
Pasquale Fornara
@ 2min 12sec
Carlo Clerici
@ 2min 50sec
 
1955 Rene Strehler
22hr 35min 3sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 3min 4seec
Max Shellenberg
@ 3min 17sec
 
1956 Pasquale Fornara
21hr 52min 18sec
Carlo Clerici
@ 54sec
Rene Strehler
@ 1min 11sec
 
1957  Jean Forestier
20hr 9min 47sec
Guido Carlesi
@ 15sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 1min 4sec
 
1958  Gilbert Bauvin
24hr 4min 50sec
Pino Cerami
@ 17sec
Giovanni Pettinati
@ 1min 43sec
 
1959 Kurt Gimmi
23hr 1min 2sec
Rolf Graf
@ 26sec
Alfred Ruegg
@ 1min
 
1960 Louis Rostollan
19hr 21min 31sec
Eduard Delberghe
@ 2min 26sec
Joseph Hoevenaers
@ 4min 20sec
 
1961 Louis Rostollan
20hr 41min 56sec
Giuseppe Fezzardi
@ 1min 31sec
Imerio Massignan
@ 2min 28sec
 
1962 Guido De Rosso
22hr 33min 53sec
Franco Cribori
@ 5min 8sec
Joseph Novales
@ 6min 6sec
 
1963  Willy Blocklandt
20hr 56min 54sec
Federico Bahamontes
@ 1min 56sec
Guido De Rosso
@ 1min 57sec
 
1964 Rolf Maurer
20hr 2min 49sec
Hubertus Zilverberg
@ 7sec
Gastone Nencini
@ 48sec
 
1965 Vittorio Adorni
23hr 47min
Rolf Maurer
@ 6sec
Robert Hagmann
@ 34sec
 
1966 Gianni Motta
22hr 35min 52sec
Raymond Delisle
@ 2min 32sec
Rolf Maurer
@ 2min 51sec
 
1967  Vitorio Adorni
20hr 31min 34sec
Louis Pfenninger
@ 45sec
Armand Desmet
@ 48sec
 
1968 Eddy Merckx
21hr 55min 58sec
Raymond Delisle
@ 1min 14sec
Robert Hagmann
@ 1min 27sec
 
1969 Felice Gimondi
22hr 52min 37sec
Vittorio Adorni
@ 11sec
Tony Houbrechts
@ 12sec
 
1970 Gosta Petersson
18hr 48min 31sec
Davide Boifava
@ 14sec
Joop Zoetemelk
@ 1min 40sec
 
1971 Gianni Motta
24hr 20min 37sec
Antonio Salutini
@ 50sec
Willy Vanneste
@ s.t.
 
1972  Bernard Thevenet
18hr 53min 34sec
Lucien Van Impe
@ 22sec
Raymond Delisle
@ 41sec
 
1973 Wilfried David
24hr 12min 39sec
Lucien Van Impe
@ 2min 52sec
Michel Pollentier
@ 3min 44sec
 
1974 Joop Zooetmelk
23hr 54min 16sec
Wladimiro Panizza
@ 5min 3sec
Fedor Den Hartog
@ 7min 20sec
 
1975 Francisco Galdos
23hr 48min 10sec
Joseph Fuchs
@ 20sec
Knut Knudsen
@ 1min 57sec
 
1976  Johan De Muynck
23hr 25min 53sec
Roger De Vlaeminck
@ 2min 51sec
Eddy Merckx
@ 2min 58sec
 
1977 Gibi Baronchelli
21hr 2min 21sec
Joop Zoetemelk
@ 1min 22sec
Knut Knudsen
@ 2min 43sec
 
1978 Johan Van De Velde
21hr 11min 50sec
Henny Kuiper
@ 2min 8sec
Johan de Muynck
@ 2min 22sec
 
1979 Giuseppe Saronni
21hr 49min 26sec
Gibi Baronchelli
@ 1min 4sec
Henk Lubberding
@ 1min 8sec
 
1980 Bernard Hinault
22hr 27min 37sec
Silvano Contini
@ 54sec
Giuseppe Saronni
@ 2min 2sec
 
1981 Tommy Prim
21hr 54min 15sec
Giuseppe Saronni
@ 27sec
Peter Winnen
@ 1min 27sec
 
1982 Jostein Wilmann
21hr 34min 55sec
Tommy Prim
@ 1min 3sec
Silvano Contini
@ 1min 33sec
 
1983 Stephen Roche
21hr 10min 5sec
Phil Anderson
@ 55sec
Tommy Prim
@ 2min 10sec
 
1984 Stephen Roche
24hr 35min 15sec
Jean-Marie Grezet
@ s.t.
Niki Ruttemann
@ 45sec
 
1985 Jorg Muller
22hr 25min 23sec
Acacio de Silva
@ 1min 32sec
Tommy Prim
@ 2min 56sec
 
1986  Claude Criquielion
28hr 34min 29sec
Jean-Francois Bernard
@ 2min 35sec
Bruno Cornillet
@ 2min 38sec
 
1987  Stephen Roche
21hr 56min 58sec
Jean-Claude Leclerq
@ 1min 15sec
Ronan Pensec
@ 1min 23sec
 
1988 Gerard Veldscholten
22hr 48min 1sec
Tony Rominger
@ 8sec
Urs Zimmermann
@ 22sec
 
1989 Phil Anderson
31hr 37min 6sec
Gilles Delion
@ 1min 4sec
Robert Millar
@ 1min 6sec
 
1990 Charly Mottet
22hr 20min 1sec
Robert Millar
@ 2min
Luc Roosen
@ 2min 10sec
 
1991  Tony Rominger
21hr 19sec
Robert Millar
@ 1min 31sec
Mike Carter
@ 2min 52sec
 
1992 Andrew Hampsten
22hr 50min 33sec
Miguel Indurain
@ 23sec
Charly Mottet
@ 39sec
 
1993  Pascal Richard
20hr 42min 53sec
Claudio Chiappucci
@ 16sec
Andrew Hampsten
@ 1min 37sec
 
1994  Pascal Richard
22hr 21min 37sec
Armand de las Cuevas
@ 1min 42sec
Andrew Hampsten
@ 2min 53sec
 
1995 Tony Rominger
22hr 42min 25sec
Francesco Casagrande
@ 2min 23sec
Piotr Ugrumov
@ s.t.
 
1996  Abraham Olano
25hr 53min 5sec
Alexandre Gontschenkov
@ 1min 18sec
Giuseppe Guerini
@ 1min 25sec
 
1997 Pavel Tonkov
20hr 22min 46sec
Chris Boardman
@ 45sec
Beat Zberg
@ 1min 4sec
 
1998  Laurent Dufaux
20hr 9min 33sec
Alex Zulle
@ 1min 17sec
Francesco Casagrande
@ 1min 23sec
 
1999 Laurent Jalabert
19hr 23min 31sec
Beat Zberg
@ 44sec
Wladimir Belli
@ 1min 9sec
 
2000 Paolo Savoldelli
21hr 1min 41sec
Joseba Beloki
@ 12sec
Laurent Dufaux
@ 27sec
 
2001 Dario Frigo
16hr 59min 54sec
Felix Garcia-Casas
@ 43sec
Wladimir Belli
@ 1min 3sec
719.3 km
2002 Dario Frigo
15hr 53min 44sec
Alex Zulle
@ 47sec
Cadel Evans
@ 51sec
 
2003 Tyler Hamilton
18hr 6min 37sec
Laurent Dufaux
@ 33sec
Francisco Perez
@ 38sec
701.7 km
2004 Tyler Hamilton
15hr 45min 44sec
Fabian Jeker
@ 1min 43sec
Leonardo Piepoli
@ 2min 18sec
628.6 km
39.88 km/hr
2005 Santiago Botero
15hr 58min 2sec
Damiano Cunego
@ 33sec 
Denis Menchov
@ 1min 18sec
656 km
41.288 km/hr
2006 Cadel Evans
16hr 43min 8sec
Alberto Contador
@ 27sec
Alejandro Valverde
@ 44sec
656.3 km
39.25 km/hr
2007
May 1 - May 6
Thomas Dekker
17hr 27min 2sec
Paolo Savoldelli
@ 11sec
Andrey Kashechkin
@ 34sec
667.1 km
38.228 km/hr
2008
April 29 - May 4
Andreas Kloden
16hr 43min 20sec
Roman Kreuziger
@ 35sec
Marco Pinotti
@ 43sec

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