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Swiss cyclist
Tony Rominger
Full name Tony Rominger Born (1961-03-27 ) 27 March 1961 (age 63)
Vejle ,
Denmark Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type All-rounder 1986
Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin 1987–1990
Supermercati Brianzoli–Chateau d'Ax 1991
Toshiba 1992–1993
CLAS–Cajastur 1994–1996
Mapei–CLAS 1997
Cofidis
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (
1993 )
3 individual stages (
1993 )
Giro d'Italia
General classification (
1995 )
Points classification (
1995 )
Intergiro classification (
1995 )
5 individual stages (
1988 ,
1995 )
Vuelta a España
General classification (
1992 ,
1993 ,
1994 )
Points classification (
1993 )
Mountains classification (
1993 ,
1996 )
Combination classification (
1992 )
13 individual stages (
1992 ,
1993 ,
1994 ,
1996 )
Stage races
Tour of the Basque Country (
1992 ,
1993 ,
1994 )
Paris–Nice (
1991 ,
1994 )
Tirreno–Adriatico (
1989 ,
1990 )
Tour de Romandie (
1991 ,
1995 )
One-day races and Classics
Giro di Lombardia (
1989 ,
1992 )
Other
Hour record 55.291 km (5 November 1994)
Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in
Vejle ,
Denmark ) is a
Swiss former professional
road racing cyclist who won the
Vuelta a España in
1992 ,
1993 and
1994 and the
Giro d'Italia in
1995 .
Career
He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother. Rominger's strengths were time-trialling, climbing and recuperation.
He was a rival to
Miguel Indurain in the
Tour de France and was placed second in 1993 and won the
mountains classification . His three wins in the Vuelta were a record at the time. In
2005 ,
Roberto Heras broke that record but two months later tested positive for the blood-boosting drug
EPO and was disqualified. Heras' win has since been reinstated.
In 1994 Rominger broke the world
hour record twice in a few days. He used Bordeaux velodrome to ride 53.832 km and then 55.291 km, although a track novice.
[1]
He retired in 1997 after breaking his
collarbone at that year's Tour de France. He is the agent of Austrian racing cyclist
Matthias Brändle .
[2]
Client of Dr Ferrari
For his attempt on the
Hour Record in 1994, he was coached by Dr
Michele Ferrari , who was at the trackside during the ride.
Career achievements
Major results
1984
6th Overall
Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
1985
10th
Grand Prix des Nations
1986
5th
Grand Prix des Nations
8th
Firenze–Pistoia
1987
1st
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
3rd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Overall
Giro del Trentino
3rd
Milano–Torino
5th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
8th
Coppa Placci
9th
Grand Prix des Nations
9th
Firenze–Pistoia
1988
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Firenze–Pistoia
1st Stage 13
Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue
2nd Overall
Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 2
2nd
Giro del Lazio
3rd
Züri-Metzgete
5th
Giro di Lombardia
7th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5 (
ITT )
1989
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st
Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 4b (
ITT )
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Firenze–Pistoia
2nd
UCI Road World Cup
3rd
Clásica de San Sebastián
3rd
Milano–Torino
4th
Giro dell'Emilia
5th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall
Tour de Romandie
7th
Züri-Metzgete
1990
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
3rd
Grand Prix des Nations
4th Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 3
4th
Clásica de San Sebastián
4th
Tour du Haut Var
4th
Trofeo Baracchi
1991
1st
Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Stages 1 (
TTT ), 5 & 7 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 2 & 5b (
ITT )
1st
Grand Prix des Nations (
Trofeo Baracchi )
1st
Firenze–Pistoia
2nd Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
2nd
Milano–Torino
3rd Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 8 (
ITT )
6th
Grand Prix des Amériques
1992
1st
Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Combination classification
1st Stages 19 (
ITT ) & 20
1st
Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 2 & 5b (
ITT )
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Firenze–Pistoia
1st
Subida al Naranco
2nd
UCI Road World Cup
2nd Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Prologue & Stage 5
2nd Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stage 6
2nd Overall
Vuelta Asturias
1st Stage 1a
2nd Overall
Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1b (
ITT )
2nd
Grand Prix des Nations
3rd
Milano–Torino
4th Overall
Tour of Galicia
4th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
5th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1993
1st
Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Points classification
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 11, 14 & 19
1st
Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 1, 4 & 5b (
ITT )
1st
Subida a Urkiola
1st
Polynormande
2nd Overall
Tour de France
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 10, 11 & 19 (
ITT )
2nd Overall
Critérium International
1st Stage 2
2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th
Telekom Grand Prix (with
Olaf Ludwig )
8th Overall
Paris–Nice
1994
Best human effort :
55.291 km (5 Nov 1994)
Best human effort :
53.832 km (22 Oct 1994)
1st
Overall
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 (
ITT ), 6, 8 (
ITT ), 11, 14 & 20 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 3 & 5b (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Paris–Nice
1st Stage 8b (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Escalada a Montjuich
1st Stages 1a & 1b (
ITT )
1st
Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
1st
Grand Prix des Nations
1st
Telekom Grand Prix (with
Jens Lehmann )
2nd Overall
Critérium International
3rd Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
6th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th
Milano–Torino
1995
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st
Intergiro classification
1st Stages 2 (
ITT ), 4, 10 (
ITT ) & 17 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 5b (
ITT )
1st
Telekom Grand Prix (with
Andrea Chiurato )
1st Stage 3
Giro del Trentino
3rd Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4
3rd
Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
8th Overall
Tour de France
1996
1st
Overall
Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stages 2 & 4 (
ITT )
1st
À travers Lausanne
2nd Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
UCI Road World Championships
3rd
Time trial
9th
Road race
3rd Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Mountains classification
1st Stages 10 (
ITT ) & 21 (
ITT )
3rd Overall
Tour DuPont
4th Overall
Euskal Bizikleta
5th Overall
Vuelta a Aragón
5th Overall
Escalada a Montjuich
5th
Time trial ,
Olympic Games
6th
Subida al Naranco
10th Overall
Tour de France
1997
2nd
Chrono des Herbiers
3rd Overall
Circuit de la Sarthe
4th
Time trial ,
UCI Road World Championships
5th
Subida al Naranco
General classification results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
References
External links
* In 1912, Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification
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Lance Armstrong won the award in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004, but his results were removed due to the doping case.