Tony Rominger
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 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[edit]
For 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[edit]
Major results[edit]
- 1988
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Stage 13 Giro d'Italia
- 1989
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico - 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd UCI Road World Cup
- 1990
- 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 2
- 1991
- 1st
Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 5 & 7 (ITT)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 2 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations (Trofeo Baracchi)
- 1992
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stages 19 (ITT) & 20
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 2 & 5b (ITT)
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd UCI Road World Cup
- 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 Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Subida a Urkiola
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
Mountains classification- 1st Stages 10, 11 & 19
- 1994
- Hour record: 55.291 km (5 Nov 1994)
- Hour record: 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 Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 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)
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1996
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 10 (ITT) & 21 (ITT)
- 1st
- 10th Overall Tour de France
General classification results timeline[edit]
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 38 |
 Giro d'Italia
|
97 | DNF | 44 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | 68 | — | 57 | — | — | 2 | DNF | 8 | 10 | DNF |
| 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[edit]
- Palmarès
- Tony Rominger 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 |
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Swiss male cyclists
- Swiss Tour de France stage winners
- Giro d'Italia winners
- Vuelta a España winners
- Swiss Vuelta a España stage winners
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Switzerland
- Swiss Giro d'Italia stage winners
- People from Vejle Municipality
- UCI Road World Rankings winners