Tour de Suisse

Race details
Date	June
Region	Switzerland
English name	Tour of Switzerland
Local name(s)	Tour de Suisse (in French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI World Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	IMG
Race director	Olivier Senn
Web site	www.tourdesuisse.ch
History (men)
First edition	1933 (1933)
Editions	85 (as of 2022)
First winner	Max Bulla (AUT)
Most wins	Pasquale Fornara (ITA) (4 wins)
Most recent	Mattias Skjelmose (DEN)
History (women)
First edition	1998
Editions	7 (as of 2023)
First winner	Rasa Polikevičiūtė  (LTU)
Most wins	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) (2 wins)
Most recent	Marlen Reusser (SUI)

The Tour de Suisse (English: Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour 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 the UCI 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 the UCI Women's World Tour from 2023.

History

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 the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organisers moved the race to earlier in June.

The first winner of the race was Austrian Max Bulla in the 1933 edition. The rider with most wins is Italian Pasquale Fornara with 4 wins in the 1950s. The most recent winner is Mattias Skjelmose, who won for the first time in 2023.

Women's race

A women's race was first held in 1998, won by Lithuanian rider Rasa 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 in 2023 the race joined the UCI Women's World Tour.^[2] The race is considered a proving ground for the Giro Donne, which is on the calendar after the Tour de Suisse.^[2]

Winners

Men's race

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Year	Country	Rider	Team
1933	Austria	Max Bulla
1934	Germany	Ludwig Geyer
1935	France	Gaspard Rinaldi
1936	Belgium	Henri Garnier
1937	Switzerland	Karl Litschi
1938	Italy	Giovanni Valetti
1939	Switzerland	Robert Zimmermann
1940	No race
1941	Switzerland	Josef Wagner
1942	Switzerland	Ferdinand Kübler
1943– 1945	No race
1946	Italy	Gino Bartali
1947	Italy	Gino Bartali
1948	Switzerland	Ferdinand Kübler
1949	Switzerland	Gottfried Weilenmann
1950	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet
1951	Switzerland	Ferdinand Kübler
1952	Italy	Pasquale Fornara
1953	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet
1954	Italy	Pasquale Fornara
1955	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet
1956	Switzerland	Rolf Graf
1957	Italy	Pasquale Fornara
1958	Italy	Pasquale Fornara
1959	West Germany	Hans Junkermann
1960	Switzerland	Alfred Rüegg
1961	Switzerland	Attilio Moresi
1962	West Germany	Hans Junkermann
1963	Italy	Giuseppe Fezzardi
1964	Switzerland	Rolf Maurer
1965	Italy	Franco Bitossi
1966	Italy	Ambrogio Portalupi
1967	Italy	Gianni Motta	Molteni
1968	Switzerland	Louis Pfenninger
1969	Italy	Vittorio Adorni
1970	Italy	Roberto Poggiali
1971	Belgium	Georges Pintens
1972	Switzerland	Louis Pfenninger
1973	Spain	José Manuel Fuente	Kas–Kaskol
1974	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni
1975	Belgium	Roger De Vlaeminck	Brooklyn
1976	Netherlands	Hennie Kuiper	TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1977	Belgium	Michel Pollentier	Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni
1978	Belgium	Paul Wellens	TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1979	Belgium	Wilfried Wesemael	TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1980	Italy	Mario Beccia	Hoonved–Bottecchia
1981	Switzerland	Beat Breu	Cilo–Aufina
1982	Italy	Giuseppe Saronni	Del Tongo
1983	Ireland	Sean Kelly	Sem–France Loire–Reydel–Mavic
1984	Switzerland	Urs Zimmermann	Cilo–Aufina–Crans–Montana
1985	Australia	Phil Anderson	Panasonic–Raleigh
1986	United States	Andrew Hampsten	La Vie Claire
1987	United States	Andrew Hampsten	7-Eleven
1988	Austria	Helmut Wechselberger	Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi
1989	Switzerland	Beat Breu	Domex–Weinmann
1990	Ireland	Sean Kelly	PDM–Concorde–Ultima
1991	Belgium	Luc Roosen	Tulip Computers
1992	Italy	Giorgio Furlan	Ariostea
1993	Italy	Marco Saligari	Ariostea
1994	Switzerland	Pascal Richard	GB–MG Maglificio
1995	Russia	Pavel Tonkov	Lampre–Panaria
1996	Austria	Peter Luttenberger	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1997	France	Christophe Agnolutto	Casino
1998	Italy	Stefano Garzelli	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
1999	Italy	Francesco Casagrande	Vini Caldirola
2000	Switzerland	Oscar Camenzind	Lampre–Daikin
2001	Italy	Gilberto Simoni[a]	Lampre–Daikin
2002	Switzerland	Alex Zülle	Team Coast
2003	Kazakhstan	Alexander Vinokourov	Team Telekom
2004	Germany	Jan Ullrich	T-Mobile Team
2005	Spain	Aitor González	Euskaltel–Euskadi
2006	Spain	Koldo Gil[b]	Saunier Duval–Prodir
2007	Russia	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne
2008	Czech Republic	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas
2009	Switzerland	Fabian Cancellara	Team Saxo Bank
2010	Luxembourg	Fränk Schleck	Team Saxo Bank
2011	United States	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack
2012	Portugal	Rui Costa	Movistar Team
2013	Portugal	Rui Costa	Movistar Team
2014	Portugal	Rui Costa	Lampre–Merida
2015	Slovenia	Simon Špilak	Team Katusha
2016	Colombia	Miguel Ángel López	Astana
2017	Slovenia	Simon Špilak	Team Katusha–Alpecin
2018	Australia	Richie Porte	BMC Racing Team
2019	Colombia	Egan Bernal	Team Ineos
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
2021[7]	Ecuador	Richard Carapaz	Ineos Grenadiers
2022[8]	Great Britain	Geraint Thomas	Ineos Grenadiers
2023	Denmark	Mattias Skjelmose	Trek–Segafredo

Women's race

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1998	Lithuania	Rasa Polikevičiūtė	Ebly
1999	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O
2000	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O–Lorena Camichie
2001	United States	Kimberly Baldwin	Saturn Cycling Team
2002-2020	No race
2021	Great Britain	Lizzie Deignan	Trek–Segafredo
2022	Netherlands	Lucinda Brand	Trek–Segafredo
2023	Switzerland	Marlen Reusser	SD Worx

Men's race statistics

Multiple winners

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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

By country

Wins	Country
23	Switzerland
20	Italy
8	Belgium
4	Germany (including  West Germany)
3	Austria  Portugal  Spain  United States
2	Australia  Colombia  France  Ireland  Russia  Slovenia
1	Czech Republic  Denmark  Ecuador  Great Britain  Kazakhstan  Luxembourg  Netherlands