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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Rominger Untouchable
SPECIAL NOTE: the 1995 Giro d'Italia start list did not include talented Italian climber Marco Pantani (suffering from a training injury earlier in the year) or former Giro champion Miguel Indurain, who needed rest before the Tour de France.
Italian superstar sprinter Mario Cipollini took the Maglia Rosa on stage 1 in Terni. His race lead was short when Switzerland’s Tony Rominger took full control of the race on the stage 2 19 km individual time trial. Once in the Maglia Rosa he never looked back. Gewiss-Ballan teammates, Evgeni Berzin and Piotr Ugrumov, never mounted a serious challenge to Rominger and spent most of the Giro attacking each other.
SPECIAL NOTE: the Giro was presented with cold temperatures, rain and snow. The original stage 19 from Mondovì to Briançon (Fra) had to be rescheduled due to an avalanche on the Agnello Pass. The riders were forced to finish the stage in Chianale di Ponte Chianale where the day’s ‘Intergiro sprint’ was scheduled. It would serve as an emergency finish to the stage after only 129.9 km (81 mi) of racing.
Tony Rominger rode into Milan for a very dominating Giro d’Italia victory. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) and Piotr Ugrumov (Let) finished second and third respectively.
SPECIAL NOTE: Rominger’s Giro victory was the third for Switzerland following Hugo Koblet in 1950 and Carlo Clerici in 1954.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Perugia-Terni, 205 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Stage 2 Foligno-Assisi, 19 km ITT |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 3 Spoleto-Marotta, 161 km |
Mario Cipollini (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 4 Mondolfo-Loreto, 192 km |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 5 Porto Recanati-Tortoreto Lido, 182 km |
Filippo Casagrande (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 6 Trani-Taranto, 165 km |
Nicola Minali (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 7 Taranto-Terme Luigiane, 216 km |
Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 8 Acquapesa-Monte Sirino, 209 km |
Laudelino Cubino (Spa) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 9 Terme La Calda-Salerno, 165 km |
Rolf Sorensen (Den) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 10 Telese-Maddaloni, 42 km ITT |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 11 Pietrasanta-Il Ciocco, 175 km |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 12 Borgo a Mozzano-Cento, 201 km |
Jan Svorada (Cze) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 13 Pieve di Cento-Rovereto, 218 km |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 14 Trento-Val Senales, 240 km |
Oliverio Rincon (Col) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 15 Val Senales-Lenzerheide Valbella, 185 km |
Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 16 Lenzerheide-Treveglio, 224 km |
Giuseppe Citterio (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 17 Cenate-Selvino, 43 km ITT |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 18 Stradella-Sanctuario di Vicoforte, 221 km |
Denis Zanette (Ita) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stg 19 Mondovi-Chianale di Ponte Chianale, 129 km * |
Pascal Richard (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 20 Briançon-Gressoney St Jean, 203 km |
Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 21 Pont St Martin-Luino, 190 km |
Evgueni Berzin (Rus) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 22 Luino-Milan, 148 km |
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
 Tony Rominger (Sui)
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Mountain Classification |
 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) |
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Points Classification |
 Tony Rominger (Sui) |
GdI May 13 to June 04, 1995 |
| 3,743.9 Km |
1. Tony ROMINGER (Sui) 97h39'50" |
| 2. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) +4'13" |
| 3 .Piotr Ugrumov (Let) +4'55" |
Starters: 198 |
Finishers: 122 |
Average Speed: 38.334 km/h |
GdI 1996
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