1946 Tour de Suisse

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1946 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates 13–20 July 1946
Stages 8
Distance 1,845 [1]  km (1,146 mi)
Winning time 54h 41' 07"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Italy.svg  Gino Bartali  (ITA)
  SecondFlag of Switzerland.svg  Josef Wagner  (SUI)
  ThirdFlag of Italy.svg  Aldo Ronconi  (ITA)
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The 1946 Tour de Suisse was the 10th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 13 July to 20 July 1946. The race started and finished in Zürich. [2] The race was won by Gino Bartali.

Tour de Suisse cycling road race held in Switzerland

The Tour de Suisse is an annual cycling stage race in Switzerland. Raced over nine days, the event covers two weekends in the latter half of June. Along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calendar 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.

Zürich Place in Switzerland

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. The municipality has approximately 409,000 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration 1.315 million and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zürich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.

Gino Bartali Italian road cyclist

Gino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI, nicknamed Gino the Pious and Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race.

General classification

Final general classification [2] [3] [4]
Rank Rider Time
1Flag of Italy.svg  Gino Bartali  (ITA)54h 41' 07"
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Josef Wagner  (SUI) + 16' 30"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Ronconi  (ITA) + 16' 38"
4Flag of France.svg  René Vietto  (FRA) + 20' 11"
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Norbert Callens  (BEL) + 30' 58"
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jan Engels  (BEL) + 43' 31"
7Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Julián Berrendero  (ESP) + 47' 31"
8Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ernst Näf  (SUI) + 48' 45"
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Robert Lang  (SUI) + 48' 49"
10Flag of Switzerland.svg  Willy Kern  (it ) (SUI) + 49' 00"

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References

  1. ↑ "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "10ème Tour de Suisse 1946". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
  3. ↑ "1946 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tour de Suisse 1946". TheSports.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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