Züri-Metzgete
The Championship of Zurich, also called Zuri pig roast, is a one-day race in road cycling in Switzerland.
History
The race took place before the beginning of May and until 2004 every year in August in Zurich, but due to the redesign of the UCI race calendar early October it was held since 2005. The race was until 2004 part of the comprehensive ten race bike World Cup. After the end of which it was in 2005 and 2006 for the newly introduced UCI ProTour, one to 2010 by the UCI organized series of the most important bike race of the year.
The cycling is conducted regularly since 1910, in 2006, for the 93rd time. The popular name Zuri- pig roast is an allusion to the harsh circumstances with which the cyclists had to struggle initially as well as the heavy mass falls with numerous open wounds. In April 2007 it was announced that the organizers were not able to attract enough sponsors to cover the budget of 1.2 million Swiss francs, which is why the race did not take place in October 2007. Since 2008, the race will be carried out as an amateur and folk occasion and called ECC Zuri pig roast, respectively. CPB Volksmetzgete. On 5 September 2010, the race took place under the motto "100 years Zuri- pig roast " instead.
Record winner is the Swiss Heiri Suter, who won the pig roast 1919-1929 six times.
Route
For a long time the Zuri- pig roast was a circuit race, which made a detour through the Zürich Oberland and the lowlands of Zurich. Additional rounds led several times in a steep rise above the " Ballon " (or " Siglistorfer " called ) between Fisibach and Siglistorf in the canton of Aargau and after rain mountain. The goal was the Hallenstadion in Zurich -Oerlikon
From 1993 to 1998 the race from Basel led to Zurich. Several hill with some very steep climbs had to be overcome and should above all make the end of the race interesting. Even the name was adapted: Temporarily it was held as a Grand Prix Suisse. The goal was now open velodrome few meters from the old target.
In 1999, a circular course is run on zürcherischem ground. The drivers have a round with a length of 72.5 km and four laps of 42.1 km on the right bank of Lake Zurich and to complete over the panhandle. But the height difference between the lowest and the highest point of the track is 230 meters, which makes the Championship of Zurich one of the most demanding in the ProTour. A total of 3318 meters of altitude and the repeated target passage at Utoquai in Zurich force each many drivers to premature task. After a one year break and a fresh start in 2008 as a shopping center Zuri pig roast the race start / finish in Buchs / ZH is played on a 49 km long course in Zurich lowlands, which with the " Siglistorfer " and the " Regensberger " the two during decades traffic contains gradients. The handicap race in the Amateur / Elite via three, the CPB Volksmetzgete over two rounds.
List of winners
- 2013 Namibia Costa Seibeb
- 2012 Switzerland Sébastien Reichenbach
- 2011 Switzerland Bernhard Oberholzer
- 2010 Switzerland Pirmin Lang
- 2009 Switzerland Stefan Trafelet
- 2008 Germany Nico Keinath
- Canceled in 2007
- 2006 Spain Samuel Sánchez
- 2005 Italy Paolo Bettini
- 2004, Spain Juan Antonio Flecha
- 2003 Italian Daniele Nardello
- 2002, the Italian Dario Frigo
- 2001 Italy Paolo Bettini
- 2000 Switzerland Laurent Dufaux
- 1999 Poland Grzegorz Gwiazdowski
- 1998, the Italian Michele Bartoli
- 1997 the Italian Davide Rebellin
- 1996 Italy Andrea Ferrigato
- 1995 Belgium Johan Museeuw
- 1994 Italy Gianluca Bortolami
- 1993 Italy Maurizio Fondriest
- 1992 Russia 1991 W. Ekimov
- 1991 Belgium Johan Museeuw
- 1990 France Charly Mottet
- 1989 Canada Steve Bauer
- 1988 Netherlands Steven Rooks
- 1987 Federal Republic of Germany Rolf Golz
- 1986 Portugal Acacio da Silva
- 1985 Belgium Ludo Peeters
- 1984 Australia Phil Anderson
- 1983 Netherlands Johan van der Velde
- 1982 Netherlands Adrie van der Poel
- 1981 Switzerland Beat Breu