Tony Rominger

Tony Rominger
Personal information

Full name	Tony Rominger
Born	(1961-03-27) 27 March 1961 (age 52) Vejle, Denmark
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1986 1987 1988–1990 1991 1992–1993 1994 1995–1996 1997	Cilo-Aufina Supermercati Brianzoli-Chateau d'Ax Chateau d'Ax Toshiba CLAS-Cajastur Mapei-CLAS Mapei-GB Cofidis
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 3 Stages Giro d'Italia General Classification (1995) 5 Stages Vuelta a España General Classification (1992, 1993, 1994) 13 Stages One-day races and Classics UCI Road World Cup (1994) Giro di Lombardia (1989, 1992) Hour Record (1994)
Infobox last updated on December 31, 2007

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.

He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother. Rominger's strengths were time-trialling, climbing and recuperation.

He was a challenger to Miguel Indurain in the Tour de France, placing second in 1993 and winning the polka dot jersey. His three wins in the Vuelta is a record. In 2005 Roberto Heras broke that record but two months later tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO and was disqualified.

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.

He retired in 1997 after breaking his collarbone at that year's Tour de France.

Major achievements

UCI Road World Cup Series Champion (1994)
Tour of the Basque Country (1992, 1993, 1994)
Giro di Lombardia (1989, 1992)
Tour de Romandie (1991, 1995)
Tirreno–Adriatico (1989, 1990)
Paris–Nice (1991, 1994)
Grand Prix des Nations (1991 (edition also counted as the Trofeo Baracchi), 1994)
Subida a Urkiola (1993)
GP Eddy Merckx (1994)
Giro dell'Emilia (1988)
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (1993)
Hour Record: 22 Oct 1994 - Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, 53.832 km (33.450 mi)
Hour Record: 05 Nov 1994 - Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, 55.291 km (34.356 mi)

Vuelta a España record

General classification (gold jersey): 1992, 1993, 1994; 3rd 1996
mountains classification: 1993, 1996
Points classification: 1993
13 Vuelta career stage wins: 1992 (2 stages); 1993 (3 stages); 1994 (6 stages); 1996 (2 stages)

Giro d'Italia record

General classification: 1995
Points classification: 1995
Intermediate Sprints classification (maglia azzurra): 1995
5 Giro career stage wins: 1988 (1 stage); 1995 (4 stages)

Tour de France record

1988: 68th overall
1990: 57th overall
1993: 2nd overall; 1st mountains classification (maillot à pois rouges) ; Stage 10, 11 and 19 wins
1995: 8th overall
1996: 10th overall

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Vuelta	-	-	-	-	16	-	1	1	1	-	3	38
Giro	97	WD	44	WD	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Tour	-	-	68	-	57	-	-	2	WD	8	10	WD

WD = Withdrew

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External links

Palmarès
Tony Rominger profile at Cycling Archives

Awards
Preceded by Hippolyt Kempf	Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Daniel Giubellini
Preceded by Werner Günthör	Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1992–1994	Succeeded by Donghua Li

Tour de France mountains classification winners

v t e Giro d'Italia winners of the General classification

1909 Luigi Ganna 1910–11 Carlo Galetti 1912^Team Atala (Carlo Galetti, Giovanni Micheletto, Eberardo Pavesi) 1913 Carlo Oriani 1914 Alfonso Calzolari 1915–18 World War I* 1919 Costante Girardengo 1920 Gaetano Belloni 1921–22 Giovanni Brunero 1923 Costante Girardengo 1924 Giuseppe Enrici 1925 Alfredo Binda 1926 Giovanni Brunero 1927–29 Alfredo Binda 1930 Luigi Marchisio 1931 Francesco Camusso 1932 Antonio Pesenti 1933 Alfredo Binda 1934 Learco Guerra 1935 Vasco Bergamaschi 1936–37 Gino Bartali 1938–39 Giovanni Valetti 1940 Fausto Coppi 1941–45 World War II 1946 Gino Bartali 1947 Fausto Coppi 1948 Fiorenzo Magni 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Hugo Koblet 1951 Fiorenzo Magni 1952–53 Fausto Coppi 1954 Carlo Clerici 1955 Fiorenzo Magni 1956 Charly Gaul 1957 Gastone Nencini 1958 Ercole Baldini 1959 Charly Gaul 1960 Jacques Anquetil 1961 Arnaldo Pambianco 1962–63 Franco Balmamion 1964 Jacques Anquetil 1965 Vittorio Adorni 1966 Gianni Motta 1967 Felice Gimondi 1968 Eddy Merckx 1969 Felice Gimondi 1970 Eddy Merckx 1971 Gösta Pettersson 1972–74 Eddy Merckx 1975 Fausto Bertoglio 1976 Felice Gimondi 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Johan de Muynck 1979 Giuseppe Saronni 1980 Bernard Hinault 1981 Giovanni Battaglin 1982 Bernard Hinault 1983 Giuseppe Saronni 1984 Francesco Moser 1985 Bernard Hinault 1986 Roberto Visentini 1987 Stephen Roche 1988 Andy Hampsten 1989 Laurent Fignon 1990 Gianni Bugno 1991 Franco Chioccioli 1992–93 Miguel Indurain 1994 Evgeni Berzin 1995 Tony Rominger 1996 Pavel Tonkov 1997 Ivan Gotti 1998 Marco Pantani 1999 Ivan Gotti 2000 Stefano Garzelli 2001 Gilberto Simoni 2002 Paolo Savoldelli 2003 Gilberto Simoni 2004 Damiano Cunego 2005 Paolo Savoldelli 2006 Ivan Basso 2007 Danilo Di Luca 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Denis Menchov 2010 Ivan Basso 2011 Michele Scarponi 2012 Ryder Hesjedal

^*This Giro was contested solely by teams, with no individual classification

Giro d'Italia winners of the Points classification

Vuelta a España winners of the General classification

v t e Vélo d'Or Winners

1992: Indurain 1993: Indurain 1994: Rominger 1995: Jalabert 1996: Museeuw 1997: Ullrich 1998: Pantani 1999: Armstrong 2000: Armstrong 2001: Armstrong 2002: Cipollini 2003: Armstrong 2004: Armstrong 2005: Boonen 2006: Bettini 2007: Contador 2008: Contador 2009: Contador 2010: Cancellara 2011: Gilbert 2012: Wiggins

Persondata
Name	Rominger, Tony
Alternative names
Short description	Swiss racing cyclist
Date of birth	27 March 1961
Place of birth	Vejle, Denmark
Date of death
Place of death

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