Date | April 28-May 3, 2026 |
Start location | Villars-sur-Glâne |
Finish location | Leysin |
Length | 851.9km |
UCI class | WorldTour |
Last edition | |
Previous winner | João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
Tour de Romandie 2026 information
The 79th edition of the Tour de Romandie brings the WorldTour peloton to west Switzerland for six days of intense, hilly racing in 2026, April 28 to May 3.
When the Tour de Romandie launched in 1947, there were four days of racing. It was elevated to the WorldTour in 2011, and now, with six days of competition, it serves as preparation for riders and teams headed to the Giro d’Italia. and a source of vital ranking points.
In 2022, organisers launched the Tour de Romandie Féminin, which makes up part of the Women's WorldTour calendar.
This year's edition of the men's Tour de Romandie covers six challenging stages and 851.9 kilometres, which is an additional 168.2 kilometres of racing from 2025 when two time trials were included. The 2026 race begins with a 3.2km prologue to set the GC and then the balance of the five days presents a series of climbing challenges, 17 classified climbs total, for the mountaintop finish at Leysin to settle accounts.
Check more information on the 2026 on our route page.
Last year, João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) powered to second place in the time trial behind Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep). Almeida then started the final day three seconds down on Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorious) but overhauled the Frenchman, to win by 30 seconds to seize the GC victory. Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) finished third overall.
Tour de Romandie race history
The Tour de Romandie was founded in 1947 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Swiss Cycling Union. That first edition brought together 10 teams and a total of 40 riders for four stages of racing, Belgium's Désiré Keteleer securing the overall victory.
Between 1983-1987, Irishman Stephen Roche won the Tour de Romandie three times and still holds that record. Twelve riders have won the race twice, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) last taking a pair of GC titles in 2018 and 2019.
Eight Swiss riders have won the Tour de Romandie, Tony Rominger securing the crown on home soil in 1991 and 1995, while Pascal Richard went back-to-back in 1993 and 1994.
The race was elevated to ProTour level in 2006, then five years later to WorldTour status. The high alpine mountains of Switzerland are on full display for the event, and provide the perfect tuneup for the first Grand Tour of the season, the Giro d'Italia, which arrives the following week.
Irishman Stephen Roche holds the current record for most GC victories, taking the title in 1983, 1984 and 1987. There are 12 other riders who have a pair of overall titles, with Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) reaching that achievement most recently with wins in 2018 and 2019.
