Tour de Suisse

2007 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	71 (as of 2007)
First winner	Max Bulla
Most wins	Pasquale Fornara (4 wins)
Most recent	Vladimir Karpets

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 since then. Along with the Dauphiné Libéré, it is seen as a warm-up and proving ground to the longer Tour de France, which is held every year in July. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné Libéré, the Tour de Suisse offers grueling mountain climbs and at least one individual time trial, the type of stages that often determine the winner of the general classification in the Tour de France. Several recent 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 an earlier date in June, perhaps to make it more attractive as an alternative to the Dauphiné Libéré. Image File history File links Current_sport. ... The 2007 Tour de Suisse (71th Edition) cycle race takes place from June 16 until June 24. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The UCI ProTour logo The UCI ProTour is a competition under the International Cycling Union (UCI). ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on roads (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a three-week-long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France, and sometimes neighbouring countries. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a three-week-long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France, and sometimes neighbouring countries. ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... 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). ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a three-week-long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France, and sometimes neighbouring countries. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a three-week-long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France, and sometimes neighbouring countries. ... Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ...

Past winners

Rider Team 1933 Max Bulla 1934 Ludwig Geyer 1935 Gaspard Rinaldi 1936 Henri Garnier 1937 Karl Litschi 1938 Giovanni Valetti 1939 Robert Zimmermann 1940 No race 1941 Josef Wagner 1942 Ferdi Kübler 1943 No race 1944 No race 1945 No race 1946 Gino Bartali 1947 Gino Bartali 1948 Ferdi Kübler 1949 Gottfried Weilenmann 1950 Hugo Koblet 1951 Ferdi Kübler 1952 Pasquale Fornara 1953 Hugo Koblet 1954 Pasquale Fornara 1955 Hugo Koblet 1956 Rolf Graf 1957 Pasquale Fornara 1958 Pasquale Fornara 1959 Hans Junkermann 1960 Alfred Ruegg 1961 Attilio Moresi 1962 Hans Junkermann 1963 Giuseppe Fezzardi 1964 Rolf Maurer 1965 Franco Botossi 1966 Ambrogio Portalupi 1967 Gianni Motta 1968 Louis Pfenninger 1969 Vittorio Adorni 1970 Roberto Poggiali

Rider Team 1971 Georges Pintens 1972 Louis Pfenninger 1973 José-Manuel Fuente 1974 Eddy Merckx Molteni 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck Brooklyn 1976 Hennie Kuiper Raleigh 1977 Michel Pollentier Flandria-Velda 1978 Paul Wellens 1979 Wilfried Wesemael 1980 Mario Beccia 1981 Beat Breu 1982 Giuseppe Saronni Del Tongo 1983 Seán Kelly Sem-France Lore 1984 Urs Zimmermann 1985 Phil Anderson Panasonic 1986 Andy Hampsten La Vie Claire 1987 Andy Hampsten 7 Eleven Progetto Sunrise 1988 Helmut Wechselberger 1989 Beat Breu 1990 Seán Kelly PDM 1991 Luc Roosen 1992 Giorgio Furlan 1993 Marco Saligari 1994 Pascal Richard 1995 Pavel Tonkov 1996 Peter Luttenberger Carrera Jeans 1997 Christophe Agnolutto Casino 1998 Stefano Garzelli Mercatone Uno 1999 Francesco Casagrande Vini Caldirola 2000 Oscar Camenzind Lampre-Daikin 2001 Lance Armstrong U.S. Postal 2002 Alex Zülle Team Coast 2003 Alexandre Vinokourov Team Telekom 2004 Jan Ullrich T-Mobile Team 2005 Aitor González Euskaltel-Euskadi 2006 Jan Ullrich T-Mobile Team 2007 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne

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External links

• Official Tour de Suisse site (in French and Deutch)
• Complete Tour de Suisse results (in French)
• English Tour de Suisse site: stage details, live coverage and video