Tony Rominger

Tony Rominger, born on 27 March 1961, 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 grew up in Menzingen in the canton of Zug and began cycling late, and his strengths were time-trialling, climbing and recuperation. His three consecutive Vuelta wins were a record at the time, and he won Paris-Nice in 1991 and the 1989 Giro di Lombardia after riding solo for over 100 kilometres. He was placed second in the 1993 Tour de France behind Miguel Indurain, winning the final time trial and the mountains classification, and in 1994 he broke the world hour record twice in a few days at the Bordeaux velodrome, riding 53.832 km and then 55.291 km. He dominated the 1995 Giro with four stage wins and retired in 1997 with 120 professional victories, later working as an agent of young athletes.