The 2015 Tour de Suisse will provide a showcase for the top sprinters who will be at July's Tour de France. Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Alexandre Kristoff (Team Katusha) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) will all be in Switzerland beginning Saturday to prepare for the July Grand Tour.
But don't expect the nine-day Tour de Suisse to be all about the sprinters. More than 15,000 metres of climbing await the 2015 Tour de Suisse peloton, which also includes general classification hopefuls Thibault Pinot (FDJ), who is looking to build on his third place at last year’s Tour de France. World road race champion Michal Kwiatkowsi (Etixx-QuickStep), who has enjoyed spells in the Tour’s white jersey for best young rider in the past two editions, will be hoping for a strong showing, as will Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), who won two stages in July last year.
Team Sky will hope Geraint Thomas can ride to a top 10 on general classification while seeing what Sergio Henao can do on the pure mountain stages.
2014 Tour de Suisse | 2013 Tour de Suisse | 2012 Tour de Suisse |
Stage 3 - Tour de Suisse: Sagan wins in Olivone | Quinto - Olivone2015-06-15 117.3km
Stage 6 - Tour de Suisse: Sagan wins stage 6 | Wil SG - Biel/Bienne2015-06-18 193.1km
Stage 9 - Simon Špilak wins Tour de Suisse | Bern - Bern (ITT)2015-06-21 38.4km
