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1995 Tour De Suisse
The 1995 Tour de Suisse was the 59th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 13 June to 22 June 1995. The race started in Bellinzona and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Pavel Tonkov of the Lampre team. General classification References 1995 Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ... 1995 in road cycling {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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Pavel Tonkov
Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov (; born 9 February 1969) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part of the Soviet Union team in 1987. This alerted the world to his talents, and he turned pro in 1992 with the RUSS-Baïkal team. Professional career His biggest success was the overall win in the 1996 Giro d'Italia. He went on to place 2nd in the following two editions of the Italian race and all total he placed in the top 5 of the Giro on seven occasions. He also had two top 5 performances in the Vuelta and while he entered the Tour de France on three occasions he never completed one. He won the 1995 Tour de Suisse and the 1997 Tour de Romandie. He placed 3rd overall in the 2000 Vuelta a España. Throughout much of his career, he was a client of the controversial Michele Ferrari. He retired in 2005. Personal life He lives in Córdoba, Spain, where he manages a hotel. Career achievements Ma ...
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UAE Team Emirates
UAE Team Emirates XRG () is an Emirati road bicycle racing team. The team competes at UCI WorldTeam level and has done so since the UCI World Tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005. Since becoming UAE Team Emirates in 2018, the team has won the Tour de France three times and the Giro d'Italia once, with Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar. Pogačar has also won the monuments of Giro di Lombardia (4 times), Liège–Bastogne–Liège (3 times) and Tour of Flanders (2 times) for the team. History The team was established in 2017 as UAE Abu Dhabi before being renamed UAE Team Emirates in 2018. It is sponsored by the UAE government and the team has achieved notable success in various prestigious races, including stage wins and overall victories in Grand Tours (the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España) and one-day races. The team was temporarily suspended from the ProTour in 2010, missing one ProTour event. Transition from an Italian-based team ...
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Fernando Escartín
Fernando Escartín Coti (born 24 January 1968) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist. Between 1995 and 2000 he came in the top 10 of the Tour de France five times and in that same time period finished on the podium in 2nd place at the Vuelta a España, twice. Biography Escartín was born in Biescas, Aragon. Tour de France Escartín won a stage and finished third overall in the 1999 Tour de France. Of the cyclists who finished on the podium in the era in which Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times (1999–2005), Escartín is the sole rider not to be implicated in a doping scandal. In response to the Armstrong doping scandal, Escartín stated, "Lance Armstrong remains the 1999 Tour winner, second Zulle and third, me... It's 13 years now since this all happened. It seems completely illogical and unreal. I don't want to even think about it." Escartín was, however, one of the names involved with the Giardini Margherita Raid where prescriptions for banned substances ...
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Andrey Teteryuk
Andrey Teteryuk is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer who represented his country at the Olympic games. Major results ;1987 :1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1989 :1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia :1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska :7th Overall Course de la Paix ;1991 :9th Overall Tour d'Armorique ;1992 :1st Milano-Vignola :1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain ;1993 :7th Trofeo Matteotti ;1994 :3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini ;1995 :6th Overall Tour DuPont :9th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1996 :1st Giro del Friuli :1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse ;1997 :4th Overall Tour de Romandie :5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 7 :10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos :10th Overall Tour of Galicia ;1998 :3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :4th Classique des Alpes :4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta :8th GP du canton d'Argovie :9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;1999 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial :2nd Overall Tour of Galicia :3rd Overall Critériu ...
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Davide Rebellin
Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins. He was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics. Rebellin was best known in the cycling world for his 2004 season, when he won a then unprecedented treble with wins in Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career 1990s Born in San Bonifacio in the province of Verona, Rebellin turned professional in 1992 and came to the attention of the cycling world with a string of strong performances during his early years. He suffered ...
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Ivan Gotti
Ivan Gotti (born 28 March 1969) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France. The highlights of his career are his two overall wins in the 1997 and 1999 Giro d'Italia. Career achievements Major results ;1989 : 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st :1st Coppa Città di San Daniele ;1990 : 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st : 1st : 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ::1st Stage 8 : 2nd GP Capodarco : 3rd ;1991 : 2nd Giro dell'Emilia : 2nd Coppa Placci : 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore ;1992 : 3rd Subida a Urkiola : 3rd Trofeo dello Scalatore ;1993 : 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 6th Coppa Sabatini : 6th Coppa Placci : 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano ;1994 : 10th Overall 1994 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 10th Milano–Vignola ;1995 : 2nd Memorial Gastone Nencini : 3rd Coppa ...
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Beat Zberg
Beat Zberg (born 10 May 1971 in Altdorf, Uri, Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Uri) is a Switzerland, Swiss former professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Team Gerolsteiner, Gerolsteiner. In 2007 he became the Swiss National champion, winning the road race alone and over 2 minutes ahead of 2nd placed Fabian Cancellara. Later that year, he retired from active competition. Career achievements Major results ;1988 :1st National Junior Mountain Championships :National Junior Track Championships :: 1 km time trial :: Omnium ;1989 :1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Rüebliland :1st Swiss National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Junior Road Championships :1st National Junior Mountain Championships :National Junior Track Championships :: Omnium :: Pursuit :3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ;1990 :2nd Kaistenberg Rundfahrt ;1991 :1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt :2nd Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 8 :3rd Amateur Road race, 1991 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships ;19 ...
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Giorgio Furlan
Giorgio Furlan (born 9 March 1966 in Treviso) is an Italian people, Italian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results ;1986 : 1st Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin : 1st Giro del Medio Brenta ;1987 : 1st Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana ;1988 : 1st Stages 1 & 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta ;1989 : 3rd Italian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships ;1990 : 1st Italian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships (Gran Premio Città di Camaiore) : 9th GP de Denain ;1991 : 1st Coppa Bernocchi : 2nd Trofeo Pantalica : 3rd Giro di Toscana : 7th Overall 1991 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1992 : 1st Overall 1992 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Giro di Toscana : 1st 1992 La Flèche Wallonne, La Flèche Wallonne : 1st Stage 14 1992 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia : 2nd Coppa Agostoni : 2nd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria : 3rd Overall Critéri ...
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Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ...
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Alex Zülle
Alex Zülle (born 5 July 1968) is a Switzerland, Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the most successful cyclists in the world, winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, taking second place in the 1995 Tour de France, 1995 and the 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Lugano in 1996. Biography Early career Zülle was born and brought up in Wil in the canton of St. Gallen, son of a Swiss father, Walter Zülle and Wilhelmine, from North Brabant, Brabant, Netherlands. As a child he wanted to be a skier but at 18 he was injured in an accident. He began cycling in the Netherlands for rehabilitation before giving up because it was too windy. His father, having bought cycling equipment, persuaded him to give cycling another go when they returned to Switzerland. After several years as a successful amateur, Zülle turned professional in 1991. He approached the former sporting ...
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Bellinzona
Bellinzona ( , ; ; is a municipality, a List of towns in Switzerland, historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its Three Castles of Bellinzona, three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro) that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000. The town lies east of the river Ticino (river), Ticino, at the foot of the Swiss Alps, Alps. It stretches along the river valley, surrounded by the southern ranges of the Lepontine Alps to the east and west, and by the Lugano Prealps to the south. Name and coat of arms The toponym is first attested in 590 in Latin as ''Belitio'' or ''Bilitio'' (in the accusative, ''Bilitionem''), by Gregory of Tours. The name is Lepontic in origin, possibly from ''belitio'' ("juniper") or ''belitione'' ("juniper bushes"). During the medieval period, the name is found as ''Berinzona'' (721, 762, 803, 1002), ''Birrinzona'' (1004), ''Birizona'' (1168), ''Beliciona'' (901, 977) and ''Belin ...
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Tour De Suisse
The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calendar approximately two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional races. From 2021, a women's race has been held at the same time, with the event joining the UCI Women's World Tour from 2023. History The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organisers mo ...
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