# Tour de Suisse

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. Three further editions were held between 1999 and 2001. 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 became part of the UCI Women's ProSeries. In 2023 the race joined the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is considered a proving ground for the Giro Donne, which is on the calendar after the Tour de Suisse.

## Winners
### Men's race

| 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 | No race | No race |
| 1941 | Switzerland | Josef Wagner | |
| 1942 | Switzerland | Ferdinand Kübler | |
| 1943– 1945 | No race | No race | 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 | 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 | 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 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
| 2021 | Ecuador | Richard Carapaz | Ineos Grenadiers |
| 2022 | Great Britain | Geraint Thomas | Ineos Grenadiers |
| 2023 | Denmark | Mattias Skjelmose | Trek–Segafredo |
| 2024 | Great Britain | Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates |

### 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 | No race | No race |
| 2021 | Great Britain | Lizzie Deignan | Trek–Segafredo |
| 2022 | Netherlands | Lucinda Brand | Trek–Segafredo |
| 2023 | Switzerland | Marlen Reusser | SD Worx |
| 2024 | Netherlands | Demi Vollering | Team SD Worx–Protime |

## Men's race statistics
### Multiple winners

| 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 Great Britain |
| 1 | Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Kazakhstan Luxembourg Netherlands |