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67th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 16-25, 2003
Stages and results Past winners
Preview
By Chris Henry
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The 67th Tour de Suisse (Tour of Switzerland) begins Monday, offering 10 days of racing in the final period of preparation for the Tour de France. Of course, the Tour de Suisse is an important race in its own right, the biggest stage race after the three grand tours. Featuring a prologue and an individual time trial and plenty of climbing through the Swiss countryside, the Tour de Suisse provides all the necessary elements for an hors categorie stage race.
This year's follows a similar pattern to the 2002 edition, opening with the prologue and two rolling stages which could still suit the sprinters, before hitting the first climbs on stage 3 between Nyon and a summit finish at Saas Fee. The race route follows an arc, focusing the major climbing in the middle stages and testing riders against the clock in the prologue and the penultimate stage.
Among the top names lining up for the prologue in Egerkingen will be Team Bianchi leader Jan Ullrich, who chose Switzerland over the Dauphiné Libéré in his build up for the Tour de France. Other big names to watch will be Swiss native and defending champion Alex Zülle, eager to put in a good showing given that Phonak will not race this year's Tour de France, Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo), Francesco Casagrande (Lampre), and Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom).
Past winners
Winner Second Third 2002 Alex Zülle (Swi) Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 2001 Lance Armstrong (USA) Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 2000 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Dario Frigo (Ita) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 1999 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Gilberto Simoni (Ita) 1998 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Beat Zberg (Swi) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 1997 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1996 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1995 Pawel Tonkov (Rus) Alex Zülle (Swi) Zenon Jaskula (Pol) 1994 Pascal Richard (Swi) Wladimir Pulnikow (Rus) Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) 1993 Marco Saligari (Ita) Rolf Järmann (Swi) Fernando Escartin (Spa) 1992 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Gianni Bugno (Ita) Fabian Jeker (Swi) 1991 Luc Roosen (Bel) Pascal Richard (Swi) Andrew Hampsten (USA) 1990 Sean Kelly (Irl) Robert Millar (Gb) Andrew Hampsten (USA) 1989 Beat Breu (Swi) Daniel Steiger (Swi) Jörg Müller (Swi) 1988 Helmut Wechselberger (Aut) Steve Bauer (Can) Acacio da Silva (Por) 1987 Andrew Hampsten (USA) Peter Winnen (Ned) Fabio Parra (Col) 1986 Andrew Hampsten (USA) Robert Millar (GB) Greg Lemond (USA) 1985 Phil Anderson (Aus) Niki Rüttimann (Swi) Guido Winterberg (Swi) 1984 Urs Zimmermann (Swi) Silva da Acacio (Por) Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) Peter Winnen (Ned) Jean-Marie Grezet (Swi) 1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Theo de Rooy (Ned) Guido van Calster (Bel) 1981 Beat Breu (Swi) Joseph Fuchs (Swi) Leonardo Natale (Ita) 1980 Mario Beggia (Ita) Josef Fuchs (Swi) Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1979 Wilfried Wesemael (Bel) Rudi Pevenage (Bel) Leonardo Mazzantini (Ita) 1978 Paul Wellens (Bel) Ueli Sutter (Swi) Josef Fuchs (Swi) 1977 Michel Pollentier (Bel) Lucien van Impe (Bel) Bert Pronk (Ned) 1976 Hennie Kuiper (Ned) Michel Pollentier (Bel) José Pesarradona (Spa) 1975 Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel) Eddy Merckx (Bel) Louis Pfenninger (Swi) 1974 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Gösta Pettersson (Swe) Louis Pfenninger (Swi) 1973 José-Manuel Fuente (Spa) Donato Giuliani (Ita) Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) 1972 Louis Pfenninger (Swi) Roger Pingeon (Fra) Michele Dancelli (Ita) 1971 Georges Pintens (Bel) Louis Pfenninger (Swi) Ugo Colombo (Ita) 1970 Roberto Poggiali (Ita) Louis Pfenninger (Swi) Primo Mori (Ita) 1969 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) Aurelio Gonzales (Spa) Bernard Vifian (Swi) 1968 Louis Pfenninger (Swi) Robert Hagmann (Swi) Hermann van Springel (Bel) 1967 Gianni Motta (Ita) Rolf Maurer (Swi) Luis-Pedro Santamarina (Spa) 1966 Ambrogio Portalupi (Ita) Carlo Chiappano (Ita) Ruedi Zollinger (Swi) 1965 Franco Bitossi (Ita) Joseph Huysmans (Bel) Marcello Mugnaini (Ita) 1964 Rolf Maurer (Swi) Franco Balmamion (Ita) Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1963 Giuseppe Fezzardi (Ita) Rolf Maurer (Swi) Attilio Moresi (Swi) 1962 Hans Junkermann (Ger) Franco Balmamion (Ita) Aldo Moser (Ita) 1961 Attilio Moresi (Swi) Hilaire Couvreur (Bel) Alfred Rüegg (Swi) 1960 Alfred Rüegg (Swi) Kurt Gimmi (Swi) René Strehler (Swi) 1959 Hans Junkermann (Ger) Henri Anglade (Fra) Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1958 Pasquale Fornara (Ita) Hans Junkermann (Ger) Nino Catalano (Ita) 1957 Pasquale Fornara (Ita) Edgar Sorgeloos (Bel) Attilio Moresi (Swi) 1956 Rolf Graf (Swi) Fritz Schär (Swi) Joseph Planckaert (Bel) 1955 Hugo Koblet (Swi) Stan Ockers (Bel) Carlo Clerici (Swi) 1954 Pasquale Fornara (Ita) Agostino Coletto (Ita) Giancarlo Astrua (Ita) 1953 Hugo Koblet (Swi) Fritz Schär (Swi) Danilo Barozzi (Ita) 1952 Pasquale Fornara (Ita) Ferdinand Kübler (Swi) Carlo Clerici (Swi) 1951 Ferdinand Kübler (Swi) Hugo Koblet (Swi) Alfredo Martini (Ita) 1950 Hugo Koblet (Swi) Jean Goldschmit (Lux) Aldo Ronconi (Ita) 1949 Gottfried Weilenmann (Swi) Georges Aeschlimann (Swi) Ernst Stettler (Swi) 1948 Ferdinand Kübler (Swi) Giulio Bresci (Ita) Hans Sommer (Swi) 1947 Gino Bartali (Ita) Giulio Bresci (Ita) Stan Ockers (Bel) 1946 Gino Bartali (Ita) Josef Wagner (Swi) Aldo Ronconi (Ita) 1942 Ferdinand Kübler (Swi) Willi Kern (Swi) Fritz Stocker (Swi) 1941 Josef Wagner (Swi) Werner Buchwalder (Swi) Ferdinand Kübler (Swi) 1939 Robert Zimmermann (Swi) Max Bolliger (Swi) Christophe Didier (Lux) 1938 Giovanni Valetti (Ita) Arsène Mersch (Lux) Severino Canavesi (Ita) 1937 Karl Litschi (Swi) Leo Amberg (Swi) Walter Blattmann (Swi) 1936 Henri Garnier (Bel) Gustave Deloor (Bel) Leo Amberg (Swi) 1935 Gaspard Rinaldi (Fra) Leo Amberg (Swi) Henri Garnier (Bel) 1934 Ludwig Geyer (Ger) Léon Level (Fra) Francesco Camusso (Ita) 1933 Max Bulla (Aut) Albert Büchi (Swi) Gaspard Rinaldi (Fra) Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
