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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]
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For his attempt on the Hour Record in 1994, he was coached by Dr Michele Ferrari, who was at the trackside during the ride.
Major results
- 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
| 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 |
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