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Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour)
Tour of Switzerland
winners, distance, average speed

This important Pro Tour race is one of the 3 June races used by many Tour de France contenders to test their form and perform a final tune-up before July's Tour de France. The other 2 are the Dauphine Libere and the Tour of Catalonia.

Year

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Distance (km)

Ave.speed (km/hr)

1933 Max Bulla
39hr 46min 46sec
Albert Buchi
@ 9min 1sec
Gaspard Rinaldi
@ 11min 10sec
1,253 34.725
1934 Ludwig Geyer
45hr 4min 13sec
Léon Level
@ 5min 39sec
Francesco Camusso
@ 8min 45sec
1,475 32.704
1935 Gaspard Rinaldi
55hr 16min 24sec
Léo Amberg
@ 1min 44sec
Henri Garnier
@ 4min 56sec
1,708 30.90
1936 Henri Garnier
49hr 34min 25sec
Gustaf Deloor
@ 7min 20sec
Léo Amberg
@ 23min 44sec
1,657 36.229
1937 Karl Litschi
43hr 29min 1sec
Léo Amberg
@ 11min 19sec
Walter Blattmann
@ 20min 22sec
1,468 33.545
1938 Giovanni Valetti
48hr 12min 16sec
Arsène Mersch
@ 12min 49sec
Severino Canavesi
@ 16min 20sec
1,683 34.758
1939 Robert Zimmermann
48hr 55min 6sec
Max Bolliger
@ 29sec
Christophe Didier
@ 36sec
1,724  35.303
1941 Josef Wagner
16hr 59min 19sec
Werner Buchwalder
@ s.t.
Ferdi Kübler
@ 11min 42sec
607 35.670
1942 Ferdi Kübler
33hr 39min 2sec
Willy Kern
@ 8min 20sec
Fritz Stocker
@ 11min 22sec
1,176 34.947
1946 Gino Bartali
54hr 41min 7sec
Jozef Wagner
@ 16min 30sec
Aldo Ronconi
@ 16min 38sec
1,845 33.841
1947 Gino Bartali
47hr 35min 55sec
Giulio Bresci
@ 21min 16sec
Stan Ockers
@ 24min 33sec
1,612 33.887
1948 Ferdi Kübler
41hr 53min 58sec
Giulio Bresci
@ 18min 10sec
Hans Sommer
@ 20min 28sec
1,412 33.699
1949 Gottfried Weilenmann
55hr 36min 17sec
Georges Aeschlimann
@ 9sec
Ernst Stettler
@ 11min 59sec
1,874 33.702
1950 Hugo Koblet
53hr 28min 51sec
Jean Goldschmit
@ 6min 49sec
Aldo Ronconi
@ 16min 16sec
1,829 34.199
1951 Ferdi Kübler
55hr 15min 14sec
Hugo Koblet
@ 4min 15sec
Alfredo Martini
@ 14min 3sec
1,882 33.554
1952 Pasquale Fornara
46hr 13min 25sec
Ferdi Kübler
@ 4min 57sec
Carlo Clerici
@ 6min 56sec
1,608 34.787
1953 Hugo Koblet
50hr 22min 11sec
Fritz Schaer
@ 18min 40sec
Danilo Barozzi
@ 23min 20sec
1,762 34.981
1954 Pasquale Fornara
41hr 28min 37sec
Agostino Coletto
@ 2min 54sec
Giancarlo Astrua
@ 3min 36sec
1,477 35.610
1955 Hugo Koblet
47hr 27min 41sec
Stan Ockers
@ 5min 48sec
Carlo Clerici
@ 6min 16sec
1,648 34.721
1956 Rolf Graf
47hr 5min 2sec
Fritz Schaer
@ 4min 59sec
Jozef Planckaert
@ 7min 46sec
1,645 34.937
1957 Pasquale Fornara
44hr 32min 16sec
Edgard Sorgeloos
@ 1min 21sec
Attilio Moresi
@ 1min 42sec
1,568 35.183
1958 Pasquale Fornara
40hr 39min 41sec
Hans Junkermann
@ 7min 5sec
Antonio Catalano
@ 8min 55sec
1,511 37.111
1959 Hans Junkermann
37hr 57min 24sec
Henry Anglade
@ 10min 19sec
Federico Bahamontes
@ 10min 45sec
1,317 34.697
1960 Alfred Ruegg
35hr 54min 33sec
Kurt Gimmi
@ 2min 37sec
René Strehler
@ 2min 53sec
1,278 35.645
1961 Attilio Moresi
37hr 8min 6sec
Hilaire Couvreur
@ 4min 10sec
Alfred Ruegg
@ 7min 12sec
1,357 36.555
1962 Hans Junkermann
36hr 33min
Franco Balmamion
@ 1min 2sec
Aldo Moser
@ 4min 57sec
1,273 34.828
1963 Giuseppe Fezzardi
35hr 20min 49sec
Rolf Maurer
@ 3min 34sec
Attilio Moresi
@ 4min 9sec
1,237 36.410
1964 Rolf Maurer
34hr 30min 25sec
Franco Balmamion
@ 1min 58sec
Italo Zilioli
@ 4min 1sec
1,264 36.630
1965 Franco Bitossi
36hr 31min 17sec
Joseph Huysmans
@ 3min
Marcello Mugnaini
@ 3min 36sec
1,307 36.061
1966 Ambrogio Portalupi
42hr 27min 11sec
Carlo Chiappano
@ 12sec
Rudi Zollinger
@ 1min 55sec
1,276 34.767
1967 Gianni Motta
31hr 26min 41sec
Rolf Maurer
@ 4min 46sec
Luis-Pedro Santamarina
@ 5min 31sec
1,200 38.126
1968 Louis Pfenninger
37hr 1min 10sec
Robert Hagmann
@ 31sec
Herman Van Springel
@ 56sec
1,376 37.112
1969 Vittorio Adorni
40hr 30min 21sec
Aurelio Gonzalez
@ 3min 48sec
Bernard Vifian
@ 9min 35sec
1,501 36.881
1970 Roberto Poggiali
43gr 53min 27sec
Louis Pfenninger
@ 1min 3sec
Primo Mori
@ 1min 14sec
1,629 37.228
1971 Georges Pintens
34hr 5min 30sec
Louis Pfenninger
@ 42sec
Ugo Colombo
@ 56sec
1,319 36.368
1972 Louis Pfenninger
41hr 22min 43sec
Roger Pingeon
@ 21sec
Michele Dancelli
@ 1min 49sec
1,457 34.993
1973 José-Manuel Fuente
36hr 36min 47sec
Donati Giuliani
@ 4min 45sec
Wladimiro Panizza
@ 5min 35sec
1,289 34.430
1974 Eddy Merckx
45hr 5min 56sec
Gösta Petterson
@ 58sec
Louis Pfenninger
@ 2min 25sec
1,559 34.570
1975 Roger De Vlaeminck
44hr 22min 48sec
Eddy Merckx
@ 55sec
Louis Pfenninger
@ 1min 28sec
1,629 36.707
1976 Hennie Kuiper
39hr 9min 2sec
Michel Pollentier
@ 42sec
Jose Pesarrondona
@ 1min 23sec
1,457 37.074
1977 Michel Pollentier
41hr 39min 25sec
Lucien Van Impe
@ 58sec
Bert Pronk
@ 1min 26sec
1,582 37.825
1978 Paul Wellens
39hr 44min 47sec
Ueli Sutter
@ 18sec
Josef Fuchs
@ 1min 19sec
1,563 39.311
1979 Wilfried Wesemael
42hr 56min 59sec
Rudy Pevenage
@ 4min 43sec
Leonardo Mazzantini
@ 5min 13sec
1,622 37.345
1980 Mario Beccia
43hr 13min 57sec
Josef Fuchs
@ 2min 12sec
Joop Zoetemelk
@ 3min 15sec
1,670 36.938
1981 Beat Breu
42hr 40min 41sec
Josef Fuchs
@ 32sec
Leonardo Natale
@ 1min 4sec
1,628 38.380
1982 Giuseppe
43hr 16min 12sec Saronni
Theo De Rooy
@ 1min 22sec
Guido Van Calster
@ 5min 34sec
1,673 38.224
1983 Sean Kelly
48hr 31min 13sec
Peter Winnen
@ 1min 18sec
Jean-Marie Grezet
@ 1min 19sec
1,824 38.396
1984 Urs Zimmermann
43hr 18min 43sec
Acacio Da Silva
@ 2min 18sec
Gerhard Zadrobilek
@ 2min 42sec
1,626 39.140
1985 Phil Anderson
40hr 47min 43sec
Nikki Ruttimann
@ 42sec
Guido Winterberg
@ 1min
1,571 38.296
1986 Andy Hampsten
48hr 24min 12sec
Robert Millar
@ 53sec
Greg LeMond
@ 1min 21sec
1,802 38.229
1987 Andy Hampsten
44hr 14min 17sec
Peter Winnen
@ 1sec
Fabio Parra
@ 7sec
1,699 40.136
1988 Helmut Wechselberger
44hr 56min 24sec
Steve Bauer
@ 1min 25sec
Acacio Da Silva
@ 1min 44sec
1,793 39.317
1989 Beat Breu
46hr 57min 19sec
Daniel Steiger
@ 30sec
Jörg Muller
@ 49sec
1,846 39.506
1990 Sean Kelly
48hr 10min 42sec
Robert Millar
@ 41sec
Andrew Hampsten
@ 1min 4sec
1,859 37.986
1991 Luc Roosen
50hr 18min 20sec
Pascal Richard
@ 33sec
Andrew Hampsten
@ 2min 33sec
1,912 36.637
1992 Giorgio Furlan
47hr 2sec
Gianni Bugno
@ 31sec
Fabian Jeker
@ 1min 1sec
1,797 38.681
1993 Marco Saligari
44hr 23min 15sec
Rolf Jaermann
@ 2min 17sec
Fernando Escartin
@ 2min 24sec
1,721 38.773
1994 Pascal Richard
41hr 32min 28sec
Vladimir Poulnikov
@ 1min 2sec
Gianluca Pierobon
@ 1min 4sec
1,721 38.660
1995 Pavel Tonkov
40hr 13min 12sec
Alex Zülle
@ 11sec
Zenon Jaskula
@ 4min 19sec
1,619 40.254
1996 Peter Luttenberger
41hr 36min 30sec
Gianni Faresin
@ 15sec
Gianni Bugno
@ 1min 15sec
1,652 39.704
1997 Christophe Agnolutto
37hr 48min 1sec
Oscar Camenzind
@ 2min 8sec
Jan Ullrich
@ 4min 20sec
1,520 40.211
1998 Stefano Garzelli
37hr 6min 26sec
Beat Zberg
@ 53sec
Wladimir Belli
@ 1min 51sec
1,504 40.531
1999 Francesco Casagrande
35hr 22min 40sec
Laurent Jalabert
@ 1min 4sec
Gilberto Simoni
@ 1min 11sec
1,401 39.601
2000 Oscar Camenzind
34hr 1min 5sec
Dario Frigo
@ 14sec
Wladimir Belli
@ 26sec
1,358 39.919
2001 Lance Armstrong
35hr 6sec
Gilberto Simoni
@ 1min 2sec
Wladimir Belli
@ 1min 34sec
1,412 40.355
2002 Alex Zulle
37hr 15min 9sec
Piotr Wadecki
@ 1min 27sec
Nicolas Fritsch
@ 1min 38sec
1,451 38.963
2003 Alexandre Vinokourov
36hr 58min 52sec
Giuseppe Guerini
@ 1min 14sec
Oscar Pereiro
@ 1min 28sec
1,444 39.290
2004 Jan Ullrich
34hr 19min 25sec
Fabian Jeker
@ 1sec
Dario David Cioni
@ 1min 20sec
1,434.1 41.781
2005 Aitor Gonzalez
33hr 8min 51sec
Franck Schleck
@ 46sec
Daniel Atienza
@ 48sec
1,354.6 40.862
2006 Jan Ullrich
38hr 21min 36sec
Koldo Gil
@ 24sec
Jorg Jaksche
@ 1min 3sec
1,533.7 39.986
2007 Vladimir Karpets
30hr 7min 23sec
Kim Kirchen
@ 1min 4sec
Stijn Devolder
@ 1min 30sec
1,252.4 38.395
2008  Roman Kreuziger
35hr 43min 46sec
Andreas Kloden
@ 49sec
Igor Anton
@1min 55sec
1,411.6 39.508
2009 Fabian Cancellara
33hr 5min 51sec
Tony Martin
@ 2min 2sec
Roman Kreuziger
@ 2min 24sec
1,353.4 40.885