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GP Canton Aargau/d'Argovie (1.1), Switzerland
Winners, podium, distance, average speeds
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The race:
The GP Canton Aargau (in German "Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau") is a single-day race held in June in the Swiss Canton of Aargau in northern Switzerland.
The first edition was held in 1964 and was won by Belgian racer Jan Lauwers.
So far (as of 2014) no one has won the GP Canton Argau more than twice. The two-time winners are Adri Van der Poel, Pascal Richard and Michael Albasini.
The race consists of 15 laps around the city of Gippingen.
The UCI has toyed with the race's ranking, rating it HC from 2005 to 2010 and then downgrading it to 1.1 in 2011. As of 2014 it's back to being an HC race. Oh, and in 2021 is was re-ranked to 1.1
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1964 | Jan Lauwers 4hr 34min 53sec |
Georges Vandenberghe @ s.t. |
Sylvain Henckaerts @ s.t. |
190 km | 41.472 |
| 1965 | Jean Stablinski 5hr 6min 24sec |
Dieter Kemper @ s.t. |
Werner Weber @ s.t. |
220 km | 43.081 |
| 1966 | Wilfried Peffgen 5hr 13min 15sec |
Tom Simpson @ s.t. |
Dieter Kemper @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.139 |
| 1967 | Edward Sels 5hr 11min 2sec |
Herman Vrancken @ 27sec |
Giampaolo Macchi @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.439 |
| 1968 | Willy Vekemans 5hr 11min 48sec |
Etienne Buysse @ s.t. |
Pierre Vreys @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.335 |
| 1969 | Walter Godefroot 5hr 15min 43sec |
Erich Spahn @ s.t. |
Jean Ronsmans @ s.t. |
220 km | 41.810 |
| 1970 | Eric De Vlaeminck 5hr 12min 7sec |
Frans Kerremans @ s.t. |
Maurice Dury @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.292 |
| 1971 | Michel Perin 5hr 15min 4sec |
Jena-Pierre Berckmans @ 30sec |
Wim Prinsen @ s.t. |
220 km | 41.896 |
| 1972 | Georges Pintens 5hr 6min 41sec |
Karl-Heinz Müddemann @ 8sec |
Arthur Van De Vijver @ s.t. |
220 km | 43.041 |
| 1973 | Marino Basso 5hr 12min 56sec |
Herman Van Springel @ s.t. |
Alessio Peccolo @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.182 |
| 1974 | Giacinto Santambrogio 5hr 15min 45sec |
Marcello Osler @ 2min 3sec |
Martin Rodriguez Gutierrez @ s.t. |
220 km | 41.805 |
| 1975 | André Dierickx 5hr 11min 55sec |
Dietrich Thurau @ s.t. |
Valerio Lualdi @ s.t. |
220 km | 42.319 |
| 1976 | Roy Schuiten 5hr 4min 4sec |
Jan Raas @ 2sec |
Pol Verschuere @ s.t. |
220.8 km | 43.569 |
| 1977 | Dietrich Thurau 4hr 53min 47sec |
Michel Pollentier @ 27sec |
Roland Salm @ 1min 35sec |
220.8 km | 45.094 |
| 1978 | Simone Fraccaro 5hr 0min 28sec |
Paul Wellens @ s.t. |
Francesco Moser @ 17sec |
220 km | 43.932 |
| 1979 | Giuseppe Saronni 5hr 20min 52sec |
Claudio Torelli @ s.t. |
Paul Wellens @ s.t. |
220 km | 41.239 |
| 1980 | Patrick Pevenage 4hr 47min 18sec |
Willy Teirlinck @ 3sec |
Piet Van Katwijk @ s.t. |
199.2 km | 41.601 |
| 1981 | Daniel Gisiger 4hr 46min 4sec |
Philippe Vandeginste @ s.t. |
Luciano Rui @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 42.284 |
| 1982 | Jacques Hanegraaf 4hr 31min 8sec |
Adri Van De Poel @ s.t. |
Luc Govaerts @ s.t. |
195.3 km | 43.219 |
| 1983 | Siegfried Hekimi 5hr 2min 55sec |
Bernard Gavillet @ s.t. |
Daniel Gisiger @ 21sec |
206.8 km | 40.962 |
| 1984 | Ferdi Van Den Haute 4hr 42min 35sec |
Jozef Lieckens @ 13sec |
Pierino Gavazzi @ s.t. |
206.8 km | 43.909 |
| 1985 | Urs Freuler 4hr 46min 42sec |
Erich Maechler @ s.t. |
Giuseppe Martinelli @ s.t. |
206.8 km | 43.279 |
| 1986 | Frank Hoste 4hr 46min 26sec |
Peter Stevenhaagen @ s.t. |
Gilbert Glaus @ s.t. |
206.8 km | 43.319 |
| 1987 | Adri Van Der Poel 4hr 42min 37sec |
Frans Maasen @ s.t. |
Othmar Häfliger @ s.t. |
206.8 km | 43.904 |
| 1988 | Arjan Jagt 4hr 46min 35sec |
Flavio Chesini @ s.t. |
Frank Hoste @ s.t. |
206.8 km | 43.296 |
| 1989 | Paolo Rosola 4hr 26min 30sec |
Urs Freuler @ s.t. |
Stephan Joho @ s.t. |
197.4 km | 44.443 |
| 1990 | Adri Van Der Poel 4hr 36min 56sec |
Werner Wüller s.t. |
Carlo Bomans @ s.t. |
197.4 km | 42.768 |
| 1991 | Sammie Moreels 5hr 20min 35sec |
Etienne De Wilde @ s.t. |
Rudy Verdonck @ s.t. |
206 km | 38.555 |
| 1992 | Uwe Ampler 5hr 6min 21sec |
Dominique Arnould @ s.t. |
Dante Rezze @ s.t. |
206 km | 40.346 |
| 1993 | Gianni Bugno 5hr 2min 33sec |
Claudio Chiappucci @ s.t. |
Prudencio Indurain @ s.t. |
206 km | 40.853 km |
| 1994 | Pascal Richard 4hr 54min 37sec |
Armand De Las Cuevas @ s.t. | Rudy Verdonck @ 25sec |
196 km | 39.916 |
| 1995 | Pascal Richard 4hr 50min 42sec |
Arvis Piziks @ s.t. |
Stefen Wesemann @ 38sec |
196 km | 40.454 |
| 1996 | Fabrizio Guidi 4hr 43min 38sec |
Abraham Olano @ s.t. |
Bjarne Riis @ s.t. |
196 km | 41.462 |
| 1997 | Udo Bölts 4hr 37min 7sec |
Andrei Tchnil @ 1sec |
Dimitri Konyshev @ s.t. |
196 km | 40.437 |
| 1998 | Michele Bartoli 4hr 49min 26sec |
Sergei Ivanov @ s.t. |
Oskar Caminzind @ s.t. |
196 km | 40.631 |
| 1999 | Romans Vainsteins 4hr 38min 1sec |
Gabriele Missaglia @ s.t. |
Gorazd Stangelj @ s.t. |
196 km | 42.299 |
| 2000 | Stefen Wesemann 4hr 54min 10sec |
Stefano Garzelli @ s.t. |
Laurent Dufaux @ s.t. |
196 km | 39.977 |
| 2001 | Karsten Kroon 4hr 43min 17sec |
Alberto Elli @ s.t. |
Jakob Storm Piil @ s.t. |
196 km | 41.513 |
| 2002 | Giuseppe Palumbo 4hr 46min 55sec |
Alberto Ongarato @ 1sec |
Paolo Lanfranchi @ s.t. |
196 km | 40.988 |
| 2003 | Martin Elmiger 5hr 0min 18sec |
Paolo Bettini @ s.t. |
Sergei Ivanov @ s.t. |
196 km | 39.161 |
| 2004 | Matteo Tosatto 4hr 57min 37sec |
Markus Zberg @ s.t. |
Martin Elmiger @ s.t. |
196 km | 39.513 |
| 2005 | Alexandre Moos 4ht 54min 39sec |
Jan Ullrich @ s.t. |
Marcel Strauss @ s.t. |
196 km | 39.912 |
| 2006 | Beat Zberg 4hr 48min 55sec |
Nick Nuyens @ s.t. |
Grégory Rast @ s.t. |
196 km | 40.704 |
| 2007 | John Gadret 4hr 45min 54sec |
Rafaelle Ferrara @ 3sec |
Tomasz Marczymski @ 5sec |
196 km | 41.133 |
| 2008 | Lloyd Mondory 4hr 46min 26sec |
Martin Elmiger @ s.t. |
Thomas Lövkvist @ s.t. |
196 km | 41.057 |
| 2009 | Peter Velits 4hr 46min 29sec |
Ben Hermans @ s.t. |
Heinrich Haussler @ 2sec |
196 km | 41.050 |
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| 2010 | Kristoff Vandewalle 4hr 52min 54sec |
Emanuele Sella @ s.t. |
Heinrich Haussler @ s.t. |
193.6 km | 39.659 |
| 2011 | Michael Albasini 4hr 25min 18sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
Stefan Schumacher @ s.t. |
181.5 km | 41.048 |
| 2012 | Sergey Lagutin 4hr 26min 10sec |
Vladimir Gusev @ s.t. |
Georg Preidler @ s.t. |
181.5 km | 40.914 |
| 2013 | Michael Albasini 4hr 24min 59sec |
Jonathan Hivert @ s.t. |
Marco Frapporti @ s.t. |
181.5 km | 41.097 |
| 2014 | Simon Geschke 4hr 31min 14sec |
Silvan Dillier @ s.t. |
Jérome Baugnies @ s.t. |
181.5 km | 40.148 |
| 2015 | Alexander Kristoff 4hr 28min 5sec |
Michael Albasini @ s.t. |
Davide Appollonio @ s.t. |
181.5 km | 40.624 |
| 2016 | Giacomo Nizzolo 4hr 8min 38sec |
Andrea Pasqualon @ s.t. |
David Tanner @ s.t. |
188.7 km | 45.53 km/hr |
| 2017 | Sacha Modolo 4hr 26min 22sec |
John Degenkolb @ s.t. |
Niccolo Bonifazio @ s.t. |
188.7 km | 42.505 km/hr |
| 2018 | Alexander Kristoff 4hr 18min 24sec |
Francesco Gavazzi @ s.t. |
Marco Canola @ 1sec |
188.9 km | 43.862 km/hr |
| 2019 | Alexander Kristoff 4hr 26min 57sec |
Andrea Pasqualon @ s.t. |
Reinardt Van Rensburg @ s.t. |
185.9 km | 41.783 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race not run. | ||||
| 2021 | Ide Schelling 4hr 5min 45sec |
Rui Costa @ s.t. |
Esteban Chaves @ s.t. |
172.0 km | 41.994 km/hr |
| 2022 | Marc Hirschi 4hr 14min 5sec |
Maximillian Schachmann @ s.t |
Andreas Kron @ s.t. |
173.8 km | 41.042 km/hr |
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