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
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
Major results
- 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
| 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
- 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
- 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 |