Tour de Berne

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)

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

Men's event

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

Women's event

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

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

  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.