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Tour of Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland
Winners, podium, distance and average speed
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The race:
Started in 1947, The Swiss Tour de Romandie is one of the last pre-Giro stage races. Currently, the Giro starts a few days after the Romandie final stage.
The race is run in the French-speaking Romandie region of Switzerland.
The Tour of Romandie usually has a healthy dose of time trialing, hence the winner is usually skilled at that discipline. Being held in Switzerland, the racers can usually expect a visit to some of the famous Jura and Alpine ascents.
No single racer has been able to really dominate the Tour of Romandie with Stephen Roche being the most prolific winner with three victories.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed km/hr |
| 1947 | Désiré Keteleer 20hr 55min 27sec |
Gino Bartali @ 1min 41sec |
Ferdy Kübler @ 2min 51sec |
771 km |
36.847 |
| 1948 | Ferdy Kübler 28hr 14min 14sec |
Jean Goldschmidt @ 3min 57sec |
Mathias Clemens @ 6min 19sec |
934 km |
33.077 |
| 1949 | Gino Bartali 25hr 0min 41sec |
Ferdy Kübler @ 1min 24sec |
Settimio Simonini @ 4min 55sec |
858 km |
34.384 |
| 1950 | Édouard Fachleitner 24hr 28min 54sec |
Hugo Koblet @ 51sec |
Kléber Piot @ 3min 40sec |
867 km |
35.414 |
| 1951 | Ferdy Kübler 24hr 54min 13sec |
Hugo Koblet @ 2min 56sec |
Fritz Schaer @ s.t. |
886 km |
35.577 |
| 1952 | Wout Wagtmans 23hr 46min 42sec |
Hugo Koblet @ 1min 49sec |
Raymond Impanis @ s.t. |
832 km |
34.990 |
| 1953 | Hugo Koblet 24hr 7min 46sec |
Pasquale Fornara @ 6min 5sec |
Louison Bobet @ 6min 47sec |
827.5 km |
34.294 |
| 1954 | Jean Forestier 21hr 16min 12sec |
Pasquale Fornara @ 2min 12sec |
Carlo Clerici @ 2min 50sec |
790 km |
37.142 |
| 1955 | René Strehler 22hr 35min 3sec |
Hugo Koblet @ 3min 4sec |
Max Shellenberg @ 3min 17sec |
815 km |
36.087 |
| 1956 | Pasquale Fornara 21hr 52min 18sec |
Carlo Clerici @ 54sec |
René Strehler @ 1min 11sec |
819 km |
37.445 |
| 1957 | Jean Forestier 20hr 9min 47sec |
Guido Carlesi @ 15sec |
Hugo Koblet @ 1min 4sec |
766.7 km |
38.025 |
| 1958 | Gilbert Bauvin 24hr 4min 50sec |
Pino Cerami @ 17sec |
Giovanni Pettinati @ 1min 43sec |
825.4 km |
34.276 |
| 1959 | Kurt Gimmi 23hr 1min 2sec |
Rölf Graf @ 26sec |
Alfred Ruegg @ 1min |
856 km |
37.190 |
| 1960 | Louis Rostollan 19hr 21min 31sec |
Édouard Delberghe @ 2min 26sec |
Joseph Hoevenaers @ 4min 20sec |
722 km |
37.296 |
| 1961 | Louis Rostollan 20hr 41min 56sec |
Giuseppe Fezzardi @ 1min 31sec |
Imerio Massignan @ 2min 28sec |
771 km |
37.248 |
| 1962 | Guido De Rosso 22hr 33min 53sec |
Franco Cribiori @ 5min 8sec |
Joseph Novales @ 6min 6sec |
831 km |
36.827 |
| 1963 | Willy Blocklandt 20hr 56min 54sec |
Federico Bahamontes @ 1min 56sec |
Guido De Rosso @ 1min 57sec |
783.7 km |
37.411 |
| 1964 | Rolf Maurer 20hr 2min 49sec |
Hubertus Zilverberg @ 7sec |
Gastone Nencini @ 48sec |
753 km |
37.063 |
| 1965 | Vittorio Adorni 23hr 47min |
Rolf Maurer @ 6sec |
Robert Hagmann @ 34sec |
847 km |
35.613 |
| 1966 | Gianni Motta 22hr 35min 52sec |
Raymond Delisle @ 2min 32sec |
Rolf Maurer @ 2min 51sec |
806 km |
35.667 |
| 1967 | Vittorio Adorni 20hr 31min 34sec |
Louis Pfenninger @ 45sec |
Armand Desmet @ 48sec |
768 km |
37.416 |
| 1968 | Eddy Merckx 21hr 55min 58sec |
Raymond Delisle @ 1min 14sec |
Robert Hagmann @ 1min 27sec |
806.6 km |
36.776 |
| 1969 | Felice Gimondi 22hr 52min 37sec |
Vittorio Adorni @ 11sec |
Tony Houbrechts @ 12sec |
804 km |
35.145 |
| 1970 | Gösta Petersson 18hr 48min 31sec |
Davide Boifava @ 14sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 40sec |
697.3 km |
37.073 |
| 1971 | Gianni Motta 24hr 20min 37sec |
Antonio Salutini @ 50sec |
Willy Vanneste @ s.t. |
982.3 km |
40.351 |
| 1972 | Bernard Thévenet 18hr 53min 34sec |
Lucien Van Impe @ 22sec |
Raymond Delisle @ 41sec |
687.9 km |
36.410 |
| 1973 | Wilfried David 24hr 12min 39sec |
Lucien Van Impe @ 2min 52sec |
Michel Pollentier @ 3min 44sec |
889 km |
36.719 |
| 1974 | Joop Zooetmelk 23hr 54min 16sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ 5min 3sec |
Fedor Den Hartog @ 7min 20sec |
887.6 km |
37.106 |
| 1975 | Francisco Galdos 23hr 48min 10sec |
Joseph Fuchs @ 20sec |
Knut Knudsen @ 1min 57sec |
894.6 km |
37.583 |
| 1976 | Johan De Muynck 23hr 25min 53sec |
Roger De Vlaeminck @ 2min 51sec |
Eddy Merckx @ 2min 58sec |
800.3 km |
34.155 |
| 1977 | Giambattista Baronchelli 21hr 2min 21sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 1min 22sec |
Knut Knudsen @ 2min 43sec |
774.7 km |
36.822 |
| 1978 | Johan Van De Velde 21hr 11min 50sec |
Henny Kuiper @ 2min 8sec |
Johan de Muynck @ 2min 22sec |
789.9 km |
37.264 |
| 1979 | Giuseppe Saronni 21hr 49min 26sec |
Giambattista Baronchelli @ 1min 4sec |
Henk Lubberding @ 1min 8sec |
853.8 km |
39.122 |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault 22hr 27min 37sec |
Silvano Contini @ 54sec |
Giuseppe Saronni @ 2min 2sec |
837.6 km |
37.293 |
| 1981 | Tommy Prim 21hr 54min 15sec |
Giuseppe Saronni @ 27sec |
Peter Winnen @ 1min 27sec |
859.8 km |
39.253 |
| 1982 | Jostein Wilmann 21hr 34min 55sec |
Tommy Prim @ 1min 3sec |
Silvano Contini @ 1min 33sec |
820.8 km |
38.032 |
| 1983 | Stephen Roche 21hr 10min 5sec |
Phil Anderson @ 55sec |
Tommy Prim @ 2min 10sec |
826.7 km |
39.054 |
| 1984 | Stephen Roche 24hr 35min 15sec |
Jean-Marie Grezet @ s.t. |
Niki Ruttemann @ 45sec |
869.75 km |
35.38 |
| 1985 | Jorg Muller 22hr 25min 23sec |
Acacio de Silva @ 1min 32sec |
Tommy Prim @ 2min 56sec |
760.3 km |
33.907 |
| 1986 | Claude Criquielion 28hr 34min 29sec |
Jean-François Bernard @ 2min 35sec |
Bruno Cornillet @ 2min 38sec |
1,083.4 km |
37.915 |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche 21hr 56min 58sec |
Jean-Claude Leclerq @ 1min 15sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 1min 23sec |
804.3 km |
36.643 |
| 1988 | Gérard Veldscholten 22hr 48min 1sec |
Tony Rominger @ 8sec |
Urs Zimmermann @ 22sec |
896.4 km |
39.315 |
| 1989 | Phil Anderson 21hr 37min 6sec |
Gilles Delion @ 1min 4sec |
Robert Millar @ 1min 6sec |
859.4 km |
39.754 |
| 1990 | Charly Mottet 22hr 20min 1sec |
Robert Millar @ 2min |
Luc Roosen @ 2min 10sec |
859 km |
38.462 |
| 1991 | Tony Rominger 21hr 19sec |
Robert Millar @ 1min 31sec |
Mike Carter @ 2min 52sec |
786.9 km |
36.914 |
| 1992 | Andrew Hampsten 22hr 50min 33sec |
Miguel Indurain @ 23sec |
Charly Mottet @ 39sec |
865.4 km |
37.886 |
| 1993 | Pascal Richard 20hr 42min 53sec |
Claudio Chiappucci @ 16sec |
Andrew Hampsten @ 1min 37sec |
769.7 km |
37.157 |
| 1994 | Pascal Richard 22hr 21min 37sec |
Armand de las Cuevas @ 1min 42sec |
Andrew Hampsten @ 2min 53sec |
819.2 km |
36.636 |
| 1995 | Tony Rominger 22hr 42min 25sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ 2min 23sec |
Piotr Ugrumov @ s.t. |
888.8 km |
39.142 |
| 1996 | Abraham Olano 25hr 53min 5sec |
Alexandre Gontschenkov @ 1min 18sec |
Giuseppe Guerini @ 1min 25sec |
995.4 km |
38.455 |
| 1997 | Pavel Tonkov 20hr 22min 46sec |
Chris Boardman @ 45sec |
Beat Zberg @ 1min 4sec |
760.1 km |
37.297 |
| 1998 | Laurent Dufaux 20hr 9min 33sec |
Alex Zülle @ 1min 17sec |
Francesco Casagrande @ 1min 23sec |
794.5 km |
39.411 |
| 1999 | Laurent Jalabert 19hr 23min 31sec |
Beat Zberg @ 44sec |
Wladimir Belli @ 1min 9sec |
763.7 km |
39.382 |
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| 2000 | Paolo Savoldelli 21hr 1min 41sec |
Joseba Beloki @ 12sec |
Laurent Dufaux @ 27sec |
821.5 km |
39.067 |
| 2001 | Dario Frigo 16hr 59min 54sec |
Felix Garcia-Casas @ 43sec |
Wladimir Belli @ 1min 3sec |
719.3 km |
42.316 |
| 2002 | Dario Frigo 15hr 53min 44sec |
Alex Zülle @ 47sec |
Cadel Evans @ 51sec |
706 km |
44.415 |
| 2003 | Tyler Hamilton 18hr 6min 37sec |
Laurent Dufaux @ 33sec |
Francisco Perez @ 38sec |
701.7 km |
38.746 |
| 2004 | Tyler Hamilton 15hr 45min 44sec |
Fabian Jeker @ 1min 43sec |
Leonardo Piepoli @ 2min 18sec |
628.6 km |
39.88 |
| 2005 | Santiago Botero 15hr 58min 2sec |
Damiano Cunego @ 33sec |
Denis Menchov @ 1min 18sec |
656 km |
41.288 |
| 2006 | Cadel Evans 16hr 43min 8sec |
Alberto Contador @ 27sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 44sec |
656.3 km |
39.25 |
| 2007 | Thomas Dekker 17hr 27min 2sec |
Paolo Savoldelli @ 11sec |
Andrey Kashechkin @ 34sec |
667.1 km |
38.228 |
| 2008 | Andreas Klöden 16hr 43min 20sec |
Roman Kreuziger @ 35sec |
Marco Pinotti @ 43sec |
644.9 km |
38.57 |
| 2009 | Roman Kreuziger 14hr 20min 14sec |
Vladimir Karpets @ 18sec |
Rein Taaramae @ 25sec |
579.4 km |
40.41 |
| 2010 | Simon Spilak 17hr 37min 55sec |
Original result: Simon Spilak @ 11sec |
Original result: Denis Menchov @ 21sec |
654.8 km |
37.137 |
| 2011 | Cadel Evans 16hr 51min 49sec |
Tony Martin @ 18sec |
Alexandre Vinokourov @ 19sec | 694.5 km |
41.193 |
| 2012 | Bradley Wiggins 18hr 5min 40sec |
Andrew Talansky @ 12sec |
Rui Costa @ 36sec |
695.1 km |
38.415 |
| 2013 | Christopher Froome 19hr 24min 51sec |
Simon Spilak @ 54sec |
Rui Alberto Costa @ 1min 49sec |
758.65 km |
39.074 |
| 2014 | Christopher Froome 16hr 18min 46sec |
Simon Spilak @ 28sec |
Rui Alberto Costa @ 1min 32sec |
632.47 km |
38.77 |
| 2015 | Ilnur Zakarin 18hr 36min 30sec |
Simon Spilak @ 17sec |
Christopher Froome @ 35sec |
716.8 km |
38.520 |
| 2016 | Nairo Quintana 16hr 20min 20sec |
Thibaut Pinot @ 19sec |
Jon Izagirre @ 23sec |
643.6 km |
39.391 |
| 2017 | Richie Porte 17hr 16min 0sec |
Simon Yates @ 21sec |
Primoz Roglic @ 26sec |
683 km |
39.556 km/hr |
| 2018 | Primoz Roglic 17hr 9min 0sec |
Egan Bernal @ 8sec |
Richie Porte @ 35sec |
685.4 km |
39.965 km/hr |
| 2019 | Primoz Roglic 15hr 25min 11sec |
Rui Costa @ 49sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 1min 12sec |
631.2 km |
40.935 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Geraint Thomas 17hr 59min 57sec |
Richie Porte @ 28sec |
Fausto Masnada @ 38sec |
676.04 km |
37.448 km/hr |
| 2022 | Aleksandr Vlasov 18hr 0min 59sec |
Gino Mader @ 50sec |
Simon Geschke @ 55sec |
712.36 km |
39.540 km/hr |
| 2023 | Adam Yates 17hr 12min 42sec |
Matteo Jorgenson @ 19sec |
Damiano Caruso @ 27sec |
691.57 km | 40.180 km/hr |
| 2024 | |||||
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