1966 Tour de Suisse explained

1966 Tour de Suisse
Date:12–19 June 1966
Stages:7
Distance:1276[1]
Unit:km
Time:42h 27' 11"
First:Ambrogio Portalupi
First Nat:ITA
First Team:Vittadello
Second:Carlo Chiappano
Second Nat:ITA
Third:Rudi Zollinger
Third Nat:SUI
Third Team:Tigra
Mountains:Rudi Zollinger
Mountains Nat:SUI
Mountains Team:Tigra
Team:Tigra
Previous:1965
Next:1967

The 1966 Tour de Suisse was the 30th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 12 June to 19 June 1966. The race started and finished in Zürich.[2] The race was won by Ambrogio Portalupi of the Vittadello team.

General classification

Final general classification[3]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Vittadello
2+ 12"
3Tigra+ 1' 55"
4+ 2' 25"
5Tigra+ 2' 46"
6Tigra+ 2' 49"
7Tigra+ 3' 58"
8+ 5' 54"
9Vittadello+ 6' 20"
10Queen Anne+ 6' 35"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland. BikeRaceInfo. 20 December 2017.
  2. Web site: 30ème Tour de Suisse 1966. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028183227/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1966.php. 28 October 2004.
  3. Web site: 1966 Tour de Suisse. First Cycling. 20 December 2017.