Tour de Suisse 1973

The 37th Tour de Suisse took place from June 15 to 22, 1973. It was held in ten stages and a prologue over a distance of 1,288.6 kilometers. The prologue was held as a team time trial, but without any evaluation for the overall classification. The 3rd stage was held as a mountain time trial and the 10th stage as an individual time trial.

Overall winner was the Spaniard José Manuel Fuente . The tour started in Zurich with 80 drivers, 51 of whom came to the finish in Olten on the last day . The average speed of the winner was 34.43 km / h.

Stages

Final score
Tour winner	José Manuel Fuente	36:36:47 h
Second	Donato Giuliani	+ 4:45 min
Third	Wladimiro Panizza	+ 5:25 min
Fourth	Francisco Galdós	+ 6:14 min
fifth	Enrico Paolini	+ 6:31 min
Sixth	Silvano Schiavon	+ 7:50 min
seventh	Gosta Pettersson	+ 7:53 min
Eighth	Fabrizio Fabbri	+ 8:58 min
Ninth	Lino Farisato	+ 10:05 min
Tenth	Luciano Conati	+ 11:52 min
Scoring	Enrico Paolini	157 P.
Second	Fabrizio Fabbri	131 P.
Third	Willy De Geest	116 P.
Mountain scoring	José-Manuel Fuente	67 P.
Second	Donato Giuliani	36 P.
Third	Luciano Conati	33 P.
Team evaluation	SCIC	106: 48: 44 h
Second	CHEESE	+10: 01 min
Third	Filotex	+15: 17 min

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
prolog	15th June	Zurich ( MZF )	6th	Filotex	Josef Fuchs
1st stage	June 16	Zurich - Hendschiken	215	Sid Barras	Sid Barras
2nd stage	17th of June	Hendschiken - Siebnen	98	Willy De Geest	Willy De Geest
3rd stage	17th of June	Siebnen - Sattelegg ( BZF )	13	Fabrizio Fabbri	Fabrizio Fabbri
4th stage	18th of June	Siebnen - Locarno	253	Herman Van Springel
5th stage	June 19th	Locarno - Grächen	183	José Manuel Fuente
6th stage	20th June	Graechen - Meiringen	199	José Manuel Fuente	José Manuel Fuente
7th stage	June 21st	Meiringen - bull	146	Gustave van Roosbroeck
		Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds
8th stage	June 21st	La Chaux-de-Fonds - Schupfart	191	Domingo Perurena
9th stage	June 22	Schupfart - Olten	97	Roberto Sorlini
10th stage	June 22	Olten EZF	24.6	Gosta Pettersson

1. ↑ Because of the cold snap, the race in Bulle was canceled and restarted in Le Locle, nine kilometers from the finish. The winner of the stage only won the last section.

Further information

Web links

• Tour de Suisse website

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• Statistics start lists, stages and results of the Tour de Suisse from 1933 to 2011. (PDF; 1.5 MB)