Tour de Romandie

Tour de Romandie

The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It was held without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition.

The course of the race usually heads northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue and ends with an individual time-trial in hilly terrains, often in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. The winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists.

Four winners of the Tour de Romandie have gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; Stephen Roche in 1987, then Cadel Evans, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Tour de Romandie is also usually considered a preparation race for the Giro d'Italia, which starts one week later.

In 2022, the Tour de Romandie Féminin was held for the first time in the UCI Women's World Tour – as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the race.

Winners

Tour de Romandie

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Country</th><th>Rider</th><th>Team</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1947</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Désiré Keteleer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1948</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Ferdinand Kübler</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1949</td><td> Italy</td><td>Gino Bartali</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1950</td><td> France</td><td>Édouard Fachleitner</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Ferdinand Kübler</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>Wout Wagtmans</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1953</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Hugo Koblet</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td> France</td><td>Jean Forestier</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1955</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>René Strehler</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1956</td><td> Italy</td><td>Pasquale Fornara</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td> France</td><td>Jean Forestier</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1958</td><td> France</td><td>Gilbert Bauvin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1959</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Kurt Gimmi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td> France</td><td>Louis Rostollan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1961</td><td> France</td><td>Louis Rostollan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td> Italy</td><td>Guido De Rosso</td><td>Molteni</td></tr><tr><td>1963</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Willy Bocklant</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1964</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Rolf Maurer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td> Italy</td><td>Vittorio Adorni</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1966</td><td> Italy</td><td>Gianni Motta</td><td>Molteni</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td> Italy</td><td>Vittorio Adorni</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1968</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Eddy Merckx</td><td>Faema</td></tr><tr><td>1969</td><td> Italy</td><td>Felice Gimondi</td><td>Salvarani</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td> Sweden</td><td>Gösta Pettersson</td><td>Ferretti</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td> Italy</td><td>Gianni Motta</td><td>Salvarani</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td> France</td><td>Bernard Thévenet</td><td>Peugeot–BP–Michelin</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Wilfried David</td><td>Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>Joop Zoetemelk</td><td>Gitane</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td> Spain</td><td>Francisco Galdós</td><td>Kas–Kaskol</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Johan De Muynck</td><td>Brooklyn</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td> Italy</td><td>Gianbattista Baronchelli</td><td>Scic</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>Johan van der Velde</td><td>TI–Raleigh</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td> Italy</td><td>Giuseppe Saronni</td><td>Scic–Bottecchia</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td> France</td><td>Bernard Hinault</td><td>Renault–Elf–Gitane</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td> Sweden</td><td>Tommy Prim</td><td>Bianchi</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td> Norway</td><td>Jostein Wilmann</td><td>Capri Sonne</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td> Ireland</td><td>Stephen Roche</td><td>Peugeot–Shell–Michelin</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td> Ireland</td><td>Stephen Roche</td><td>La Redoute</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Jörg Müller</td><td>Skil–Sem</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Claude Criquielion</td><td>Hitachi</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td> Ireland</td><td>Stephen Roche</td><td>Carrera Jeans–Vagabond</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>Gerard Veldscholten</td><td>Weinmann-La Suisse</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td> Australia</td><td>Phil Anderson</td><td>TVM</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td> France</td><td>Charly Mottet</td><td>RMO</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Toni Rominger</td><td>Toshiba</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td> United States</td><td>Andrew Hampsten</td><td>Motorola</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Pascal Richard</td><td>Ariostea</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Pascal Richard</td><td>GB–MG Maglificio</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Toni Rominger</td><td>Mapei–GB–Latexco</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td> Spain</td><td>Abraham Olano</td><td>Mapei–GB</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td> Russia</td><td>Pavel Tonkov</td><td>Mapei–GB</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>Laurent Dufaux</td><td>Festina–Lotus</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td> France</td><td>Laurent Jalabert</td><td>ONCE–Deutsche Bank</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td> Italy</td><td>Paolo Savoldelli</td><td>Saeco–Valli & Valli</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td> Italy</td><td>Dario Frigo</td><td>Fassa Bortolo</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td> Italy</td><td>Dario Frigo</td><td>Tacconi Sport</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td> United States</td><td>Tyler Hamilton</td><td>Team CSC</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td> United States</td><td>Tyler Hamilton</td><td>Phonak</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td> Colombia</td><td>Santiago Botero</td><td>Phonak</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td> Australia</td><td>Cadel Evans</td><td>Davitamon–Lotto</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>Thomas Dekker</td><td>Rabobank</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td> Germany</td><td>Andreas Klöden</td><td>Astana</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td> Czech Republic</td><td>Roman Kreuziger</td><td>Liquigas</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>Simon Špilak</td><td>Lampre–Farnese Vini</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td> Australia</td><td>Cadel Evans</td><td>BMC Racing Team</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>Bradley Wiggins</td><td>Team Sky</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>Chris Froome</td><td>Team Sky</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>Chris Froome</td><td>Team Sky</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td> Russia</td><td>Ilnur Zakarin</td><td>Team Katusha</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td> Colombia</td><td>Nairo Quintana</td><td>Movistar Team</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td> Australia</td><td>Richie Porte</td><td>BMC Racing Team</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>Primož Roglič</td><td>LottoNL–Jumbo</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>Primož Roglič</td><td>Team Jumbo–Visma</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>No race due to COVID-19 pandemic</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>Geraint Thomas</td><td>Ineos Grenadiers</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td></td><td>Aleksandr Vlasov[a]</td><td>Bora–Hansgrohe</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>Adam Yates</td><td>UAE Team Emirates</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td> Spain</td><td>Carlos Rodríguez</td><td>Ineos Grenadiers</td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td> Portugal</td><td>João Almeida</td><td>UAE Team Emirates XRG</td></tr></tbody></table>

Multiple winners

Wins	Rider	Editions
3	Stephen Roche (IRL)	1983 + 1984 + 1987
2	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)	1948 + 1951
Jean Forestier (FRA)	1954 + 1957
Louis Rostollan (FRA)	1960 + 1961
Vittorio Adorni (ITA)	1965 + 1967
Gianni Motta (ITA)	1966 + 1971
Tony Rominger (SUI)	1991 + 1995
Pascal Richard (SUI)	1993 + 1994
Dario Frigo (ITA)	2001 + 2002
Tyler Hamilton (USA)	2003 + 2004
Cadel Evans (AUS)	2006 + 2011
Chris Froome (GBR)	2013 + 2014
Primož Roglič (SLO)	2018 + 2019

Wins per country

Wins	Country
13	Italy
12	Switzerland
10	France
6	Belgium
5	Great Britain  Netherlands
4	Australia
3	Ireland  Slovenia  Spain  United States
2	Colombia  Russia  Sweden
1	Czech Republic  Germany  Norway  Portugal

Most stage wins

#	Rider	Stage wins
1	Mario Cipollini (ITA)	12
2	Hugo Koblet (SUI)	8
Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)
4	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)	6
Michael Albasini (SUI)
Knut Knudsen (NOR)
Gianni Motta (ITA)
Tony Rominger (SUI)
Johan van der Velde (NED)
10	Laurent Dufaux (SUI)	5
Urs Freuler (SUI)
Pascal Richard (SUI)
Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

Media coverage

Tour de Romandie

The Tour de Romandie is broadcast throughout Europe and in other areas:

• United Kingdom — Eurosport and Discovery+ • United States — FloBikes