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 ProTour
Type	Stage race
Race director	Christian Pirzer
History
First edition	1933
Editions	73 (as of 2009)
First winner	Max Bulla
Most wins	Pasquale Fornara (4 wins)
Most recent	Fabian Cancellara

The Tour de Suisse (English: Tour of Switzerland) is a UCI ProTour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Dauphiné Libéré, 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 Libéré, the Tour de Suisse offers mountain climbs and at least one individual time trial. Several 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 earlier in June.

Past winners

Rider Team 1933 Bulla, MaxMax Bulla (AUT) 1934 Geyer, LudwigLudwig Geyer (GER) 1935 Rinaldi, GaspardGaspard Rinaldi (FRA) 1936 Garnier, HenriHenri Garnier (FRA) 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 1997 Agnolutto, ChristopheChristophe Agnolutto (FRA) Casino – AG2R Prévoyance 1998 Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli (ITA) Mercatone Uno 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

Victories Per Country

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

External links

• Official Tour de Suisse site (in French and German)
• Complete Tour de Suisse results (in French)
• Flickr Group with photos related to the Tour de Suisse