Date | June 17-21, 2026 |
Start location | tbd |
Finish location | tbd |
Distance | tbd |
Category | WorldTour |
Previous edition | |
Previous winner | João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
Tour de Suisse history
The 89th Tour de Suisse will take place from June 17-21, 2026, testing riders with a series of mountainous stages and rolling stages. The race has been reduced in length from eight days to five days, making it more apealling to the Tour de France contenders.
Like its counterpart held in France, Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse is also used by pro teams and riders as a tuneup for the Tour de France.
The Tour de Suisse, first raced in 1933, did not take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is the last winner of the Tour de Suisse. He beat France's Kévin Vauquelin by 1:07, with Scotland's Oscar Onley (PicNic-PostNL) third at 1:58 after an intense battle.
Team Ineos Grenadiers won the three editions of the race, from 2019 to 2022. In 2022, Geraint Thomas overhauled leader Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the stage 8 time trial to take the overall victory. Thomas went on to finish third at the Tour de France.
In 2021, Richard Carapaz took over the race lead following his stage 5 victory. The Ecuadorian then held onto his lead through the final three stages, including a mountainous final stage to Andermatt, to win the overall title. Carapaz finished third that year at the Tour.
Egan Bernal won the Tour de Suisse in 2019 and went on to win the Tour de France that year.
Before Bernal, the last Tour winner to ride in Switzerland as preparation for the Tour had been 2010 winner Andy Schleck, with the Critérium du Dauphiné often favoured as it allows for a longer recovery.
Slovakian Peter Sagan has the most stage wins, with 18, but never took the overall title. Three riders are tied with 11 stage wins, and they all came away with overall victories - the 2009 overall winner Fabian Cancellara, three-time winner Hugo Koblet (1950, 1953, 1955) and three-time champion Ferdinand Kübler (1942, 1948, 1951).
Italian Pasquale Fornara is the leader in both number of overall victories, four times in the 1950s, and has spent the most days in the leader’s jersey, 17.
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Latest Content on the Race
Richard Carapaz: Tour de Suisse win gives me confidence
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Tom Dumoulin: I'm not yet at the level I need for the Olympic Games
News Jumbo-Visma rider looks ahead to Dutch National Championships
Julian Alaphilippe withdraws from Tour de Suisse for the birth of his first child
News World champion heads home despite being third overall before final stage
Rui Costa relegated in Tour de Suisse stage 6 sprint
News Andreas Kron takes victory in Disentis-Sedrun
Team BikeExchange lose four riders to gastroenteritis at Tour de Suisse
News Hamilton, Bauer, Jansen and Durbridge abandon race ahead of mountainous stage 6
Mathieu van der Poel leaves Tour de Suisse through illness
News Dutchman taking no risks with a view to Tour de France and Olympics
Alaphilippe docked 20 seconds for illegal feed at Tour de Suisse
News World champion drops to fourth overall after taking bottle, gel late on stage 5
Mathieu van der Poel hauls back gap on climb to take Tour de Suisse stage victory
News Alpecin-Fenix rider wins stage 2 despite missing 'the jump in the legs' after returning to road following MTB block
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Hometown hero Stefan Küng falls 1km short of breakaway success at Tour de Suisse
'This time we lost the battle even though it was very close' says Swiss rider, who was joined by teammate and former race leader Romain Grégoire in break -
Ceremony for new memorial in Gino Mäder's honour held before Tour de Suisse stage 5
Memorial erected on Albulapass where Mäder had fatal crash two years ago in race -
'You have to respect it, but it sucks' – Tour de Suisse GC challenger Kévin Vauquelin criticises race leader Romain Grégoire for lack of collaboration
Failure to ally allows stage winner João Almeida to move back into overall contention
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Geraint Thomas abandons Tour de Suisse as 'precautionary measure' after stage 3 crash
Ineos Grenadiers rider admits 'muscles a bit strained' from twisting his knee -
'I wanted to win for him' - Quinn Simmons dedicates Tour de Suisse stage victory to Gino Mäder, two years after Swiss rider's fatal accident in same race
Lidl-Trek racer claims first victory as recrowned US National Champion after long breakaway -
‘No regrets’ for Julian Alaphilippe after his fourth place at Tour de Suisse stage 1
French rider will try for more stage victories in final test before the Tour de France
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‘Made some pretty huge ground on GC’ - Ben O’Connor gains two minutes on rivals after chaotic Tour de Suisse opener
Australian joined two teammates in large breakaway on rain-soaked stage -
Israel-Premier Tech look to Matthew Riccitello, Mike Woods for unpredictable Tour de Suisse
Riccitello looks to better last year’s fifth-place finish -
'Rider safety remains a top priority' - UCI aims to introduce GPS tracking for every rider ahead of World Championships
Following successful initiative at Tour de Suisse, new approach expected to be introduced at 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali
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Tour de Suisse 2025 start list
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Philippa York on how Adam Yates and João Almeida's dominance highlights strength of Slovenian's supporting cast -
Obituary: Gino Mäder, a rider apart
Gifted racer was a campaigner for human and environmental causes -
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Evenepoel and Van Aert headline deep field in Switzerland
