The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich, Alexander Vinokourov, Andreas Klöden, Mario Cipollini and Viatcheslav Ekimov have won the race.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | August |
| Region | France, Germany, Switzerland |
| English name | Regio-Tour |
| Local name(s) | Regio-Tour (in German) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage-race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1985 |
| Editions | 25 (as of 2009) |
| First winner |  Uli Rottler (GER) |
| Most wins |  Laurent Brochard (FRA) (2 wins) |
| Most recent |  Moisés Dueñas (ESP) |
Since 2002 it is called Rothaus Regio-Tour due to sponsorship.
There was no professional edition since 2008 and the tour was since then just held a junior race.
Winners
edit| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | West Germany
|
Uli Rottler | |
| 1986 |  Italy
|
Flavio Vanzella | |
| 1987 | Italy
|
Mario Cipollini | |
| 1988 |  Soviet Union
|
Viatcheslav Ekimov | |
| 1989 | West Germany
|
Falk Boden | |
| 1990 | Soviet Union
|
Alexandre Chefer | |
| 1991 | Germany
|
Alexander Kastenhuber | |
| 1992 |  Latvia
|
Dainis Ozols | |
| 1993 | France
|
Pascal Hervé | |
| 1994 | France
|
Laurent Brochard | Castorama |
| 1995 | Italy
|
Roberto Pistore | Polti |
| 1996 | Germany
|
Jan Ullrich | Team Telekom |
| 1997 |  Russia
|
Viatcheslav Djavanian | Roslotto |
| 1998 | Italy
|
Mirko Celestino | Polti |
| 1999 | Germany
|
Grischa Niermann | Rabobank |
| 2000 | Italy
|
Filippo Simeoni | Amica Chips |
| 2001 | France
|
Patrice Halgand | Jean Delatour |
| 2002 | France
|
Laurent Brochard | Jean Delatour |
| 2003 |  Ukraine
|
Volodymir Gustov | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2004 |  Kazakhstan
|
Alexandre Vinokourov | T-Mobile Team |
| 2005 |  Belgium
|
Nico Sijmens | Landbouwkrediet-Colnago |
| 2006 | Germany
|
Andreas Klöden | T-Mobile Team |
| 2007 | Spain
|
Moisés Dueñas | Agritubel |
| 2008 | Germany
|
Björn Schröder | Team Milram |
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