 2025 Tour de Suisse | |
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | June |
| Region | Switzerland |
| English name | Tour of Switzerland |
| Local name | Tour de Suisse(in French) |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI World Tour UCI Women's World Tour |
| Type | Major one week stage race |
| Organiser | IMG |
| Race director | Olivier Senn |
| Web site | www |
| History (men) | |
| First edition | 1933 (1933) |
| Editions | 88 (as of 2025) |
| First winner |  Max Bulla (AUT) |
| Most wins |  Pasquale Fornara (ITA)(4 wins) |
| Most recent |  João Almeida (POR) |
| History (women) | |
| First edition | 1998 |
| Editions | 9 (as of 2025) |
| First winner |  Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) |
| Most wins |  Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) Marlen Reusser (SUI)(2 wins) |
| Most recent | Marlen Reusser (SUI) |
TheTour de Suisse (English:Tour of Switzerland) is an annualroad cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with theCritérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for theTour de France, which is on the calendar approximately two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event is part of theUCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional races.
From 2021, a women's race has been held at the same time, with the event joining theUCI Women's World Tour from 2023.
The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in theSwiss Alps and at least oneindividual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, includingEddy Merckx andJan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inauguralUCI Pro Tour and organisers moved the race to earlier in June.
The first winner of the race was AustrianMax Bulla in the 1933 edition. The rider with most wins is ItalianPasquale Fornara who won the race four times in the 1950s.
A women's race was first held in 1998, won by Lithuanian riderRasa Polikevičiūtė.[1] Three further editions were held between 1999 and 2001.[1] The event was restarted in 2021 in conjunction with the men's event, taking place over two days. In 2022, the race was lengthened to four days and became part of theUCI Women's ProSeries. In 2023 the race joined theUCI Women's World Tour.[2] The race is considered a proving ground for theGiro Donne, which is on the calendar after the Tour de Suisse.[2]
The rider with most wins is RussianZulfiya Zabirova and Swiss riderMarlen Reusser, both with two wins overall.
| Rider | Country | Titles | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasquale Fornara | Italy | 4 | 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958 |
| Ferdinand Kübler | Switzerland | 3 | 1942, 1948, 1951 |
| Hugo Koblet | Switzerland | 3 | 1950, 1953, 1955 |
| Rui Costa | Portugal | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Gino Bartali | Italy | 2 | 1946, 1947 |
| Hans Junkermann |  West Germany | 2 | 1959, 1962 |
| Louis Pfenninger | Switzerland | 2 | 1968, 1972 |
| Beat Breu | Switzerland | 2 | 1981, 1989 |
| Sean Kelly |  Ireland | 2 | 1983, 1990 |
| Andrew Hampsten |  United States | 2 | 1986, 1987 |
| Simon Špilak |  Slovenia | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 23 | Switzerland |
| 20 | Italy |
| 8 |  Belgium |
| 4 | Germany (including West Germany) Portugal |
| 3 | Austria Spain United States |
| 2 |  Australia Colombia France Ireland Russia Slovenia Great Britain |
| 1 |  Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Kazakhstan Luxembourg Netherlands |
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