56th Tour de Romandie - 2.HC

Switzerland, April 30-May 5, 2002

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Preview

The 56th edition of the Tour de Romandie starts on Tuesday, April 30 with a 3.2 kilometre prologue time trial in Geneva. The favourites for this event will most likely be the riders who are looking at the Giro d'Italia: Danilo Di Luca (Saeco), Dario Frigo (Tacconi), Wladimir Belli (Fassa Bortolo), Pavel Tonkov (Lampre), Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto), Guiseppi Guerini (Telekom) and Cadel Evans (Mapei). In total there are 136 riders from 17 teams taking part in the five day race.

Several riders will not take part, including Swiss riders Oscar Camenzind (Phonak), Sven Montgomery (Fassa Bortolo), Beat Zberg (Rabobank), Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) and Italian Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone).

The race starts and finishes with a time trial, with the final stage of 18.3 kilometres finishing outside Lausanne's Olympic Stadium. The toughest stage looks to be stage 4, from Sierre to Leysin, with three large climbs.

Past winners

2001 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2000 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli  
1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
1998 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
1997 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
1996 Abraham Olano (Spa)
1995 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1994 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1993 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1992 Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1991 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1990 Charly Mottet (Fra)
1989 Phil Anderson (Aus)
1988 Gerard Veltscholten (Ned)
1987 Stephen Roche (Ire)
1986 Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1985 Jörg Müller (Swi)
1984 Stephen Roche (Ire)
1983 Stephen Roche (Ire)
1982 Jostein Wilmann (Nor)
1981 Tommy Priem (Swe)
1980 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1978 Johan Van de Velde (Bel)
1977 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita)
1976 Johan De Muynck (Bel)
1975 Francisco Galdos (Spa)
1974 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1973 Wilfried David (Bel)
1972 Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
1971 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1970 Gösta Pettersson (Swe)
1969 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1967 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1966 Gianni Motta (Ita)
1965 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1964 Rolf Maurer (Swi)
1963 Willy Bocklant (Bel)
1962 Guido De Rosso (Ita)
1961 Louis Rostollan (Fra)
1960 Louis Rostollan (Fra)
1959 Kurt Gimmi (Swi)
1958 Gilbert Bauvin (Fra)
1957 Jean Forestier (Fra)
1956 Pasquale Fornara (Ita)
1955 René Strehler (Swi)
1954 Jean Forestier (Fra)
1953 Hugo Koblet (Swi)
1952 Wout Wagtemans (Bel)
1951 Ferdi Kübler (Swi)
1950 Edouard Fachleitner (Fra)
1949 Gino Bartali (Ita)
1948 Ferdi Kübler (Swi)
1947 Desire Keteleer (Bel)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com