The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year celebration of the Union Cycliste Suisse This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... UCI may stand for: University of California, Irvine Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) United Cinemas International Universal Chess Interface This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The UCI ProTour is a competition comprising of a series of road bicycle races and a number of ProTour cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the competition. ... Romandy (in French and German Romandie), or la Suisse romande, is the French-speaking part of Switzerland. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue in Geneva and ends with another individual time-trial in the hilly terrains in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to the Lac Le Man (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... Jet dEau in Geneva Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (known in French as Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ... Location within Switzerland Lausanne (46° 31′ 10″ N, 6° 37′ 56″ E) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ...

The parcours of the race usually winds northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The last winner was Santiago Botero in 2005, after beating then-race leader Damiano Cunego in the last day's time trial in Lausanne. The Jura folds are located North of the main Alpine orogenic front, and are being continually deformed, accommodating the northwards compression due to Alpine folding. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Damiano Cunego (born in Cerro Veronese, Verona province, September 19, 1981) is a professional cyclist. ...

Winners

Year	Winner	Distance	For more info
1947	Désiré Keteleer  Belgium		Tour de Romandie 1947
1948	Ferdi Kubler  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1948
1949	Gino Bartali  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1949
1950	Édouard Fachleitner  France		Tour de Romandie 1950
1951	Ferdi Kubler  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1951
1952	Wout Wagtmans  Netherlands		Tour de Romandie 1952
1953	Hugo Koblet  Switzerland	837 km	Tour de Romandie 1953
1954	Jean Forestier  France		Tour de Romandie 1954
1955	René Strehler  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1955
1956	Pasquale Fornara  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1956
1957	Jean Forestier  France		Tour de Romandie 1957
1958	Gilbert Bauvin  France		Tour de Romandie 1958
1959	Kurt Gimmi  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1959
1960	Louis Rostollan  France		Tour de Romandie 1960
1961	Louis Rostollan  France		Tour de Romandie 1961
1962	Guido de Rosso  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1962
1963	Willy Bocklant  Belgium		Tour de Romandie 1963
1964	Rolf Maurer  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1964
1965	Vittorio Adorni  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1965
1966	Gianni Motta  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1966
1967	Vittorio Adorni  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1967
1968	Eddy Merckx  Belgium	777 km	Tour de Romandie 1968
1969	Felice Gimondi  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1969
1970	Gösta Pettersson  Sweden		Tour de Romandie 1970
1971	Gianni Motta  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1971
1972	Bernard Thévenet  France		Tour de Romandie 1972
1973	Wilfried David  Belgium		Tour de Romandie 1973
1974	Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands		Tour de Romandie 1974
1975	Francisco Galdos  Spain		Tour de Romandie 1975
1976	Johan De Muynck  Belgium		Tour de Romandie 1976
1977	Gianbattista Baronchelli  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1977
1978	Johan Van Der Velde  Netherlands		Tour de Romandie 1978
1979	Giuseppe Saronni  Italy		Tour de Romandie 1979
1980	Bernard Hinault  France		Tour de Romandie 1980
1981	Tommy Prim  Sweden		Tour de Romandie 1981
1982	Jostein Wilmann  Norway		Tour de Romandie 1982
1983	Stephen Roche  Ireland		Tour de Romandie 1983
1984	Stephen Roche  Ireland		Tour de Romandie 1984
1985	Jorg Muller  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1985
1986	Claude Criquelion  Belgium		Tour de Romandie 1986
1987	Stephen Roche  Ireland		Tour de Romandie 1987
1988	Gerard Veldscholten  Netherlands		Tour de Romandie 1988
1989	Phil Anderson  Australia		Tour de Romandie 1989
1990	Charly Mottet  France		Tour de Romandie 1990
1991	Toni Rominger  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1991
1992	Andy Hampsten  United States		Tour de Romandie 1992
1993	Pascal Richard  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1993
1994	Pascal Richard  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1994
1995	Toni Rominger  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1995
1996	Abraham Olano  Spain		Tour de Romandie 1996
1997	Pavel Tonkov  Russia		Tour de Romandie 1997
1998	Laurent Dufaux  Switzerland		Tour de Romandie 1998
1999	Laurent Jalabert  France	764 km	Tour de Romandie 1999
2000	Paolo Savoldelli  Italy	821 km	Tour de Romandie 2000
2001	Dario Frigo  Italy	719 km	Tour de Romandie 2001
2002	Dario Frigo  Italy	706 km	Tour de Romandie 2002
2003	Tyler Hamilton  United States	681 km	Tour de Romandie 2003
2004	Tyler Hamilton  United States	631 km	Tour de Romandie 2004
2005	Santiago Botero  Colombia	656 km	Tour de Romandie 2005

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External links

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