Zurich Championship

The Zurich Championships or G. P. from Zürich (officially, Züri Metzgete) was a cycling classic held in and around Zürich (Switzerland).

Its first edition was in 1914 and it was held every year without interruption (except in 1915 and 1916, due to the First World War and 2007) until 2014, the year of the last edition. In 1993, its route was completely modified when the organizers changed and it was renamed Swiss Grand Prix until 1999 when it returned to be held in Zurich and recovered its old name. The reason for his disappearance was the impossibility of gathering sponsors that would make the continuity of the race viable. It began to form part of the Cycling World Cup in 1989, until its disappearance in 2004, being held in August. Since 2005 it has been included in the new UCI ProTour, taking place at the beginning of October. On September 7, 2008, it was held again, although as an amateur race won by the German Nico Keinath. Since that year, it has been held only as an amateur.

The cyclist who holds the greatest number of victories is the Swiss Henri Suter, with six victories, between the years 1919 and 1929.

Honours of Prizes

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1914	Henri Rheinwald	Otto Wiedmer	Robert Chopard
1915-1916 unrealized editions due to World War I
1915	canceled
1916	canceled
1917	Charles Martinet	Joseph Zorloni	Pasquale Valentini
1918	Anton Sieger	Jakob Sieger	Heinrich Wegmann
1919	Heiri Suter	Emil Strasser	Hans Lienhard
1920	Heiri Suter	Joseph Zorloni	Francois Francescone
1921	Riccardo Maffeo	Aldo Bani	Alfred Dätwiler
1922	Heiri Suter	Hermann Gehrig	Louis Krauss
1923	Adolf Huschke	Heiri Suter	Kastor Notter
1924	Heiri Suter	Kastor Notter	Max Suter
1925	Hans Kaspar	Henri Reymond	Marcel Perrière
1926	Albert Blattmann	Otto Lehner	Oskar Tietz
1927	Kastor Notter	Oskar Tietz	Felix Manthey
1928	Heiri Suter	Albert Meyer	Henri Reymond
1929	Heiri Suter	Ludwig Geyer	Jozef Zind
1930	Omer Taverne	Désiré Louesse	Max Bulla
1931	Max Bulla	Karl Altenburger	Albert Büchi
1932	August Erne	Alfred Bula	Karl Altenburger
1933	Walter Blattmann	Alfred Bula	Willy Kutschbach
1934	Paul Egli	August Erne	Alfred Bula
1935	Paul Egli	Leo Amberg	Walter Blattmann
1936	Werner Buchwalder	Jean Wauters	August Erne
1937	Leo Amberg	Edgar Buchwalder	Werner Buchwalder
1938	Hans Martin	Walter Blattmann	Paul Egli
1939	Karl Litschi	Werner Buchwalder	Walter Gross
1940	Robert Zimmermann	Walter Diggelmann	Rudolf Breitenmoser
1941	Walter Diggelmann	Hans Maag	Paul Egli
1942	Paul Egli	Walter Diggelmann	Hans Knecht
1943	Ferdinand Kübler	Kurt Zaugg	Walter Diggelmann
1944	Ernst Näf	Ernst Kuhn	Hans Knecht
1945	Leo Weilenmann	Hans Maag	Ernst Näf
1946	Gino Bartali	Fausto Coppi	Hans Bolliger
1947	Charles Guyot	Renzo Zanazzi	Ferdinand Kübler
1948	Gino Bartali	Ernst Stettler	Hans Schütz
1949	Fritz Schär	Camille Danguillaume	Gottfried Weilenmann
1950	Fritz Schär	Ferdinand Kübler	Désiré Keteleer
1951	Jean Brun	Fritz Schär	Hans Sommer
1952	Hugo Koblet	Carlo Clerici	Fritz Schär
1953	Eugen Kamber	Armando Para	Carlo Clerici
1954	Hugo Koblet	Eugen Kamber	Jean Brun
1955	Max Schellenberg	Carlo Lafranchi	Roland Callebout
1956	Carlo Clerici	Giuseppe Cainero	Heinz Graf
1957	Hans Jünkermann	Riccardo Filippi	Ludo van der Elst
1958	Giuseppe Cainero	Hans Jünkermann	Heinz Graf
1959	Angelo Conterno	Heinz Graf	Otto Altweck
1960	Alfred Rüegg	Alcide Vaucher	Upstairs
1961	Rolf Maurer	Heinz Graf	André Noyelle
1962	Jan Jan Janssen	Marcel Ongenae	Raf Gijsel
1963	Franco Balmamion	Angelo Conterno	Vendramino Bariviera
1964	Guido Reybrouck	Gastone Nencini	Robert Hintermüller
1965	Franco Bitossi	Roland Zöffel	Jan Hugens
1966	Italo Zilioli	Luciano Armani	Francis Blanc
1967	Robert Hagmann	Paul Zollinger	Louis Pfenninger
1968	Franco Bitossi	Valère van Sweevelt	Marino Basso
1969	Roger Swerts	Eddy Beugels	Roger de Vlaeminck
1970	Walter Godefroot	Frans Mintjens	Andre Dierickx
1971	Herman Van Springel	Romano Tumellero	Roland Berland
1972	Willy Van Neste	Victor Van Schil	André Poppe
1973	Andre Dierickx	Hennie Kuiper	Lucien De Brauwere
1974	Walter Godefroot	Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck	Frans Verbeeck
1975	Roger de Vlaeminck	Eddy Merckx	Francesco Moser
1976	Freddy Maertens	Roger de Vlaeminck	Walter Godefroot
1977	Francesco Moser	Ronald De Witte	Walter Godefroot
1978	Dietrich Thurau	Francesco Moser	Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck
1979	Giuseppe Saronni	Francesco Moser	Marc Demeyer
1980	Géry Verlinden	Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande	Stephan Mutter
1981	Beat Breu	Henry Rinklin	Daniel Willems
1982	Adrie van der Poel	Hubert Seiz	Tommy Prim
1983	Johan van der Velde	Gilbert Glaus	Frits Pirard
1984	Phil Anderson	Hubert Seiz	Pierino Gavazzi
1985	Ludo Peeters	Mario Beccia	Steve Bauer
1986	Acácio da Silva	Steve Bauer	Adrie van der Poel
1987	Rolf Gölz	Raúl Alcalá	Camillo Passera
1988	Steven Rooks	Rolf Sørensen	Tony Rominger
1989	Steve Bauer	Acácio da Silva	Rolf Gölz
1990	Charly Mottet	Greg LeMond	Claudio Chiappucci
1991	Johan Museeuw	Laurent Jalabert	Maximilian Sciandri
1992	Viacheslav Yekímov	Lance Armstrong	Jan Nevens
1993	Maurizio Fondriest	Charly Mottet	Bruno Cenghialta
1994	Gianluca Bortolami	Johan Museeuw	Maurizio Fondriest
1995	Johan Museeuw	Gianni Bugno	Giorgio Furlan
1996	Andrea Ferrigato	Michele Bartoli	Johan Museeuw
1997	Davide Rebellin	Jan Ullrich	Rolf Sørensen
1998	Michele Bartoli	Frank Vandenbroucke	Salvatore Commesso
1999	Grzegorz Gwiazdowski	Sergio Barbero	Andréi Chmil
2000	Laurent Dufaux	Jan Ullrich	Francesco Casagrande
2001	Paolo Bettini	Jan Ullrich	Fernando Escartín
2002	Dario Frigo	Paolo Bettini	Lance Armstrong
2003	Daniele Nardello	Jan Ullrich	Paolo Bettini
2004	Juan Antonio Flecha	Paolo Bettini	Jérôme Pineau
2007 unrealized edition amateur editions
2005	Paolo Bettini	Fränk Schleck	Lorenzo Bernucci
2006	Samuel Sánchez	Stuart O'Grady	Davide Rebellin
2007	canceled
2008	Nico Keinath	Michael Randin	Matthias Brändle
2009	Stefan Trafelet	Pirmin Lang	Steve Bovay
2010	Pirmin Lang	Sven Schelling	Christian Heule
2011	Bernhard Oberholzer	Dominik Fuchs	Pirmin Lang
2012	Sébastien Reichenbach	Jonathan Fumeaux	Michael Bär
2013	Raul Costa Seibeb	Mirco Saggiorato	Dominik Fuchs
2014	Fabian Lienhard	Nico Brüngger	Lukas Spengler

Honours of honors by country

Country	Victorias
SwitzerlandSwitzerland	44
ItalyItaly	20
BelgiumBelgium	14
NetherlandsNetherlands	4
GermanyGermany	5
SpainSpain	2
AustriaAustria	1
Australia	1
Portugal	1
CanadaCanada	1
France	1
Russia Russia	1
PolandPoland	1
NamibiaNamibia	1