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Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Vejle, Denmark) is a Swiss cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro d'Italia once (1995). He was a challenger to Miguel Indurain's dominance in the Tour de France placing second in 1993 and winning the Polka dot jersey. His three wins in the Vuelta is an all-time record for that tour. In 2005 Roberto Heras broke that record but two months after the end of the race, Vuelta officials announced Roberto tested positive for the banned "blood-boosting" drug EPO and disqualified him from the Vuelta. In 1994 he set a World Hour record distance of 55.291km. He retired in 1997 after breaking his collarbone at that year's Tour de France. His long career could have resulted in many more top finishes, had Rominger not suffered from hay fever at critical parts of the cycling season.

Contents 1 Major achievements 1.1 Vuelta a España record 1.2 Giro d'Italia record 1.3 Tour de France record 2 External links

• UCI Road World Cup Series Champion (1994)
• Vuelta al País Vasco (1992, 1993, 1994)
• Giro di Lombardia (1989, 1992)
• Tour de Romandie (1991, 1995)
• Tirreno-Adriatico (1989, 1990)
• Paris-Nice (1991, 1994)
• Grand Prix des Nations (1991, 1994)
• Subida a Urkiola (1993)
• GP Eddy Merckx (1994)
• Giro dell'Emilia (1988)
• Semana Catalunya (or Catalan Week) (1993)
• Hour Record: 22 Oct 1994 - Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, 53.832 km (33.450 miles)
• Hour Record: 05 Nov 1994 - Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, 55.291 km (34.356 miles)

• General classification (maillot oro): 1992, 1993, 1994; 3rd 1996
• King of the Mountains classification: 1993, 1996
• Points classification: 1993
• 13 Vuelta career stage wins: 1992 (2 stages); 1993 (3 stages); 1994 (6 stages); 1996 (2 stages)

• General classification (maglia rosa): 1995
• Points classification (maglia ciclamino): 1995
• Intermediate Sprints classification (maglia azzurra): 1995
• 5 Giro career stage wins: 1988 (1 stage); 1995 (4 stages)

• 1996: 10th overall
• 1995: 8th overall
• 1993: 2nd overall; 1st climbers classification; Stage 10, 11 and 19 wins
• 1990: 57th overall
• 1988: 68th overall

• Palmarès

Preceded by Eugeni Berzin	Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1995	Succeeded by Pavel Tonkov
Preceded by Melchor Mauri	Winner of the Vuelta a España 1992, 1993, 1994	Succeeded by Laurent Jalabert