Sweden tour
The Tour of Sweden was a stage race that was held annually in Sweden with interruptions from 1924 to 2002 .
history
In 1924 the race started as a Sexdagarsloppet . It was held a total of 31 times between 1924 and 1975. The idea for this road race was based on the original form of the six-day race : whoever had driven the longest distance within six days had won. Since there were only a few cycling tracks in Sweden and road races were particularly popular, the Hammarby IF association, together with the newspaper Dagens Nyheter , decided to organize a six-day race on the road. The success of the race made cycling in Sweden boom and the number of clubs and racing drivers skyrocketed. From 1940 the Swedish Cycling Federation acted as a co-organizer; In 1941 the race was run on seven days and was therefore called 7-dagarsloppet . The winner of the first tour was the Swede Erik Bohlin . Sven Johansson and Yngve Lundh each won three times. From 1961 the tour was only held every two years.
For financial reasons the Tour of Sweden was not held between 1976 and 1981. With the Swedish Post as sponsor, the competition was brought back to life in 1982 as the PostGirot Open and the usual stage race. It was held a total of 21 times, between 1983 and 1985 in eight days. Since the main sponsor of the Nordes / Postgirot race quit, the race was held for the last time in 2002.
Winners lists
PostGirot Open (professionals & amateurs)
- 2002 Kurt Asle Arvesen
- 2001 Thor Hushovd
- 2000 Michael Andersson
- 1999 Jakob Piil
- 1998 Steven de Jongh
- 1997 Giampaolo Mondini
- 1996 Michael Blaudzun
- 1995 Erik Dekker
- 1994 Erik Dekker
- 1993 Phil Anderson
- 1992 Michael Andersson
- 1991 Michael Andersson
- 1990 Dmitry Zhdanov
- 1989 Atle Kvålsvoll
- 1988 Jesper Worre
- 1987 Gerrie Knetemann
- 1986 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- 1985 Marc Gomez
- 1984 Allan Peiper
- 1983 Tommy Prim
- 1982 Tommy Prim
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Sexdagarsloppet (Amateurs)
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literature
- The cyclist . August 5th issue 1970, page 6, you ask - the cyclist answers , publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
- Svenska Cykelförbundet, Dagens Nyheters 6-dagars
- Cykelhistoriska Föreningen, Sexdagarsloppet
Web links
- Video of the 1951 tour
- cykelhistoriska.se (Swedish)
References and comments
- ↑ a b Cykelhistoriska Föreningen - 6-dagarsloppet. In: cykelhistoriska.se. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ List of all winners on radsport-seite.de from April 21, 2008
- ^ Postgirot Open / Tour of Sweden loses its main sponsor on cycling-news.com from September 5, 2002
- ↑ The length information up to 1969 is taken from Der Radsportler, August 5th, 1970 . They partly deviate from Cykelhistoriska Föreningen, Sexdagarsloppet ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from. The data for 1973 and 1975 come from the latter source.
- ↑ Here the information is contradictory. Svenska Cykelförbundet, Dagens Nyheters 6-dagars writes that the tour was not extended. According to Der Radsportler, August 5th, 1970 , a round trip was held in 1960. According to the source, it led over 1133 km and was won by Owe Adamsson.
