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.
Career
editHe began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother. Rominger's strengths were time-trialling, climbing and recuperation.
He was a rival to Miguel Indurain in the Tour de France and was placed second in 1993 and won the mountains classification. His three wins in the Vuelta were a record at the time. In 2005, Roberto Heras broke that record but two months later tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO and was disqualified. Heras' win has since been reinstated.
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.[1]
He retired in 1997 after breaking his collarbone at that year's Tour de France. He is the agent of Austrian racing cyclist Matthias Brändle.[2]
Client of Dr Ferrari
editFor his attempt on the Hour Record in 1994, he was coached by Dr Michele Ferrari, who was at the trackside during the ride.
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 1984
- 6th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1985
- 10th Grand Prix des Nations
- 1986
- 5th Grand Prix des Nations
- 8th Firenze–Pistoia
- 1987
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 8th Coppa Placci
- 9th Grand Prix des Nations
- 9th Firenze–Pistoia
- 1988
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 1st Stage 13 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1989
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico - 1st
Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 4b (ITT)
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 2nd UCI Road World Cup
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 1990
- 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 4th Tour du Haut Var
- 4th Trofeo Baracchi
- 1991
- 1st
Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 2 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations (Trofeo Baracchi)
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 6th Grand Prix des Amériques
- 1992
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stages 19 (ITT) & 20
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 2 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 1st Subida al Naranco
- 2nd UCI Road World Cup
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
- 1st Stage 1a
- 2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 4th Overall Tour of Galicia
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1993
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 11, 14 & 19
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 1, 4 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Subida a Urkiola
- 1st Polynormande
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 10, 11 & 19 (ITT)
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Critérium International
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Telekom Grand Prix (with Olaf Ludwig)
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1994
- Best human effort:
55.291 km (5 Nov 1994) - Best human effort: 53.832 km (22 Oct 1994)
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 3 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 8b (ITT)
- 1st Overall Escalada a Montjuich
- 1st Stages 1a & 1b (ITT)
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st Telekom Grand Prix (with Jens Lehmann)
- 2nd Overall Critérium International
- 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Milano–Torino
- 1995
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Intergiro classification
- 1st Stages 2 (ITT), 4, 10 (ITT) & 17 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Telekom Grand Prix (with Andrea Chiurato)
- 1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1996
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
- 1st À travers Lausanne
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 9th Road race
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 10 (ITT) & 21 (ITT)
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour DuPont
- 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 5th Overall Escalada a Montjuich
- 5th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 6th Subida al Naranco
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 1997
- 2nd Chrono des Herbiers
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Subida al Naranco
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
97 | DNF | 44 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 68 | — | 57 | — | — | 2 | DNF | 8 | 10 | DNF |
| Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 38 |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||||||
| Race | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
 Paris–Nice
|
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 35 |
 / Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 49 | — |
 Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 28 |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Tour de Suisse
|
31 | 60 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 44 | 35 | — | — | 36 |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | — | 5 | — | — | 2 | 49 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ Clemitson, Suze (19 September 2014). "Why Jens Voigt and a new group of cyclists want to break the Hour record". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "'Now or never' as Brändle tackles Voigt's Hour Record". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
External links
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- Tony Rominger at Cycling Archives (archive)