Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Bern, Switzerland with races for men and women.

Tour de Berne
Race details
DateMay
RegionSwitzerland
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day race
Web sitewww.tourdeberne.ch
History
First edition1920 (1920)
Editions95 (as of 2023)
First winner Heiri Suter (SUI)
Most wins Heiri Suter (SUI) (5 wins)
Most recent Arnaud Tendon (SUI)
History (women)
First winner Jolanda Kalt (SUI)
Most wins
(3 wins)
Most recent Elise Chabbey (SUI)

Men's event

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The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Year Winner Second Third
1920   Heiri Suter   Hermann Gehrig   Charles Martinet
1921   Heiri Suter   Max Suter   Jean Martinet
1922   Heiri Suter   Jean-Baptiste Mosselmans   Lucien Rich
1923   Heiri Suter   Henry Reymond   Kastor Notter
1924   Charles Guyot   Henry Reymond   Max Suter
1925   Kastor Notter   Heiri Suter   Kaspar Schneider
1926   Albert Blattmann   Alfred Saccomani   Otto Lehner
1927   Hans Kaspar   Otto Lehner   Kaspar Schneider
1928   Georges Antenen   Albert Meyer   Eugen Schlegel
1929   Heiri Suter   Ludwig Geyer   Albert Meyer
1930   Georges Antenen   Heiri Suter   Alfred Rüegg
1931   Ernst Meier   Ernst Hofer   Alfred Bula
1932   Hermann Müller   Turel Wanzenfried   Georges Antenen
1933   Georges Antenen   Albert Büchi   Alfred Büchi
1934   Walter Blattmann   Alfred Bula   Fritz Muller
1935   Alfred Bula   Carlo Romanatti   Hans Martin
1936   Theo Heimann   Werner Buchwalder   Karl Steger
1937   Karl Wyss   Hans Martin   Ernst Nievergelt
1938   Karl Litschi   Robert Zimmermann   Walter Blatmann
1939   Theo Perret   Hans Martin   Edgar Buchwalder
1941   Paul Egli   Hans Maag   Ferdi Kübler
1942   Edgar Buchwalder   Hans Knecht   Werner Jaisli
1943   Ferdi Kübler   Walter Diggelmann   André Hardegger
1945   Hans Maag   Ferdi Kübler   Walter Diggelmann
1946   Osvaldo Bailo   Hans Knecht   Willy Kern
1947   Hans Knecht   Leo Weilenmann   Oscar Plattner
1948   Ernst Stettler   Roger Aeschlimann   Hans Knecht
1949   Ferdi Kübler   Gottfried Weilenmann   Leo Weilenmann
1950   Oscar Plattner   Ernst Stettler   Emilio Croci-Torti
1951   Cesare Zuretti   Walter Reiser   Fritz Schär
1952   Hans Sommer   Hans Notzli   Robert Bintz
1953   Remo Pianezzi   Fritz Schär   Fritz Zbinden
1954   Fritz Schär   Ferdi Kübler   Max Schellenberg
1955   Hans Hollenstein   Ernst Rudolf   Eugen Kamber
1956   Fausto Lurati   Jean-Claude Grèt   Attilio Moresi
1957   Germain Derycke   Ernst Traxel   René Minder
1958   Heinz Müller   Giuseppe Barale   Kurt Gimmi
1959   Hans Hollenstein   Toni Graeser   Walter Favre
1960   René Strehler   Alfred Rüegg   Attilio Moresi
1961   Alfred Rüegg   Raymond Reisser   Gilbert Salvador
1962   Rolf Graf   Rolf Maurer   Robert Lelangue
1963   Rudolf Hauser   Fredy Dubach   Rolf Maurer
1964   Joseph Hoevenaers   René Binggeli   Kurt Gimmi
1965   Robert Lelangue   Luciano Sambi   Giancarlo Ferretti
1966   Horst Oldenburg   Danilo Ferrari   Renato Bongiorni
1967   Peter Abt   Hans Junkermann   Auguste Girard
1968   Peter Hill   Peter Glemser
1969   Louis Pfenninger   Peter Abt   Herbert Wilde
1970   Leo Duyndam   Winfried Bölke   Arie den Hartog
1971   Erich Spahn   Maurice Dury   Willy De Geest
1972   Erich Spahn   Harrie Jansen   Jürgen Tschan
1974   Roland Salm   Fr. Van Beeck   St. Marti
1975   Roland Salm   Marc Meernhout   Gianni Di Lorenzo
1976   René Savary   Geert Malfait   Roland Salm
1977   Simone Fraccaro   Giuseppe Saronni   Giovanni Battaglin
1978   Eddy Verstraeten   Bruno Wolfer   Gody Schmutz
1979   Gody Schmutz   Ennio Vanotti   Erwin Lienhard
1980   Rudy Colman   Serge Parsani   Mario Beccia
1981   Rudy Pevenage   Yvan Lamote   Sigmund Hermann
1982   Erich Mächler   Gilbert Glaus   Erik McKenzie
1984   Sean Kelly   Philippe Leleu   Claude Criquielion
1985   Urs Freuler   Hans Daams   Jürg Bruggmann
1986   Stephan Joho   Jürg Bruggmann   Kim Andersen
1987   Philippe Chevallier   Thomas Wegmüller   Richard Trinkler
1988   Urs Freuler   Michael Wilson   Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande
1989   Mauro Gianetti   Thomas Wegmüller   Niki Rüttimann
1990   Thomas Wegmüller   Rolf Järmann   Frank van den Abbeele
1991   Serge Baguet   Benny Van Brabant   Andrej Čmil
1992   Erich Mächler   Fabian Jeker   Laurent Dufaux
1993   Erik Zabel   Éric Caritoux   Jan Nevens
1994   Andreas Kappes   Pascal Richard   Frank Vandenbroucke
1995   Luca Scinto   Pascal Richard   Michel Lafis
1996   Beat Zberg   Felice Puttini   Michele Coppolillo
1997   Michael Andersson   Christian Henn   Giuseppe Di Grande
1998   Markus Zberg   Oscar Camenzind   Simone Leporatti
1999   Andrea Ferrigato   Niki Aebersold   Oscar Camenzind
2000   Lukas Zumsteg   Marcel Strauss   Christian Weber
2001   Danilo Hondo   Roman Peter   Uwe Straumann
2002   Kim Kirchen   Mauro Gianetti   Laurent Paumier
2003 No race
2004   Alexandre Usov   Roman Peter   Sascha Urweider
2005   René Weissinger   Giampaolo Cheula   Alexandre Moos
2006–2007 No race
2008   Jarosław Marycz   Guillaume Bonnafond   Arnaud Godet
2009   Michael Baer   René Murpf   Bernhard Oberholzer
2010   Choi Ki Ho   Daniel Teklehaimanot   Roger Beuchat
2011   Pirmin Lang   Natnael Berhane   Mirco Saggiorato
2012   Silvan Dillier   Marcel Aregger   Édouard Lauber
2013   Marcel Wyss   Sébastien Reichenbach   Rémi Cusin
2014   Matthias Brändle   Simon Zahner   Pirmin Lang
2015   Tom Bohli   Antonio Parrinello   Andrea Pasqualon
2016   Enrico Salvador   Danilo Celano   Edouard Lauber
2017   Filippo Fortin   Bram Welten   Fabian Lienhard
2018 No race
2019   Stefan Bissegger[1]   Henok Mulubrhan   Fabian Lienhard
2020–2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland[2][3]
2022   Simon Vitzthum   Lukas Rüegg   Brieuc Rolland
2023   Arnaud Tendon   Marcel Wyss   Lukas Rüegg

Women's event

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The women's Tour de Berne is an elite professional event and since 2005 has been elevated to the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. The race is six laps of a 20.8 km (12.9 mi) city circuit for 124.8 km (77.5 mi) total distance.

Past winners

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Year Country Rider Team
2001   Germany Vera Hohlfeld Acca Due O Pasta
2002    Switzerland Priska Doppmann Mazza Cipret-Schweiz Rot Comp
2003   Australia Olivia Gollan Australian National Team
2004   Italy Fabiana Luperini Team Let's Go Finland
2005   Lithuania Edita Pučinskaitė Nobili Rubinetterie – Menikini Cogeas
2006   Kazakhstan Zulfiya Zabirova Team Bigla
2007   Lithuania Edita Pučinskaitė Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2008   Sweden Susanne Ljungskog
2009   United States Kristin Armstrong
2010   Great Britain Sharon Laws

References

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  1. ^ "Bissegger gewinnt im Sprint" [Bissegger wins in the sprint]. Swiss-Cycling.ch (in German). Swiss Cycling. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Die Berner Rundfahrt ist abgesagt" [The Tour de Berne has been cancelled]. Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Gassmann AG. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Berner Rundfahrt ist abgesagt" [Tour de Berne has been cancelled]. Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Gassmann AG. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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