Tour de Suisse 2023
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Date | June 11-18, 2023 |
Start location | Einsiedeln |
Finish location | Abtwil |
Distance | 1097km |
Previous edition | 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Tour de Suisse 2022 |








Stage 8: Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) đfinished third in the stage 8 individual time trail, nine seconds down on winner Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), and enough to secure the overall title at the Tour de Suisse. It was his first WorldTour stage race victory. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 7: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) solođed to victory on stage đť7 of the 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Tour de Suisse, paying tribute to Gino Mäder as he crossed the line in Weinfelden after a 17km effort to end a muted day of racing. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 6: Friday's stage for the Tour de Suisse was 168ćžłć´˛đź5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:neutralised in memory of Gino Mäder (Bahrain Victorious), who died on Friday morning foâllowing a crash on the descent of the Albulapass in the finale of stage 5. The peloton rode together along the closing 20km of stage 6 into Oberwil-Lieli as a tribute to Mäder.
Stage 5: Juan Ayuso conquered the Albulapass tđo wiđ n stage 5 at the Tour de Suisse while Mattias Skjelmose moves into the yellow jersey. Ayuso attacked on the upper slopes of the Albulapass and then made no mistake on the 10km descent to win in La Punt. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 4: Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën Team) wonđ stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse in Leukerbad, moving into the overall race lead. The Austrian attacked on the decisive climb to Dorben with 22 kilometres to go, passed the remaining breakaway riders and soloed to victory. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 3: Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) took his first WorlđŚšdTour win on the stage 3 summit finish at Villars-sur-Ollon, and in doing so, moved into the overall race lead. In what was the first of three successive days of climbing, it wasn't the toughest stage, but it shook up the overall classification. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 2: Biniam Girmay tđ´ook the stage 2 sprint victory ahead of Arnaud Démare and Wout Van Aert at the Tour de Suisse on a largely-flat 174-kilometre stage that was destined for the sprinters. Despite two long breakaways and then a crash within 30km from the line, Girmay proved fastest in Nottwil. / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Stage 1: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) won the opeŕ˛ning time trial stage of the 2023 Tour de Suisse by a comfortable margin on the 12.7km course. His time was six seconds quicker than pre-race favourites Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), and 10 seconds up on Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). / 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:As it happened
Tour de Suisse History
The 2023 Tour de Suisse returns with an eight-day race, June 11-18, and once again delivers lots of climbing and two time trials. Like its counterpart held in France, 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse is also used by pro teams and riders as a tuneup for the 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Tour de France.
Team Ineos Grenadiers have won the past three editions of the race. Last year, 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) cđ°laimed final victory at the Tour de Suisse after he overhauled leader Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the stage 8 time trial, which was won by Ređťmco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl). Thomas went on to finish third at the Tour de France.
In 2021, 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) took over the race lead following his stage 5 victory.Thŕźe 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.
168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) won the Tour de Suisse in 2019 and went on to win the Tour de France that yđŤear.
The Tour de Suisse, first raceâd in 1933, did ânot take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Before Bernal, the last Tour winner to ride ináŠáŠáŠáŠáŠáŠâ¤â¤â¤â¤áŠâ¤â¤â¤â¤áŠâ¤â¤â¤â¤áŠđąáŠáŠáŠ Switzerland as preparation for thęŚe 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 17, 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, andđ ˇ has spent the most days in the leader&rsquoŕš;s jersey, 17.
For the 86th edition, all the 18 teams on the UCI WorldTour will compete in the međŻn’s Tour de Suisse. They will be joined by five ambitious UCI ProTeams, three of which have received an invitation including TotalEnergiesđ. Two wildcards spots will be Tudor Pro Cycling Team, founded by Fabian Cancellara, and Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. There will be no Swiss National Team in the men’s starting field this year.
Tour de Suisse route

The distance from the start in Einsiedeln to the finish in St. Gallen is just over 55 kilometres as the crow flies. For the field of riders in the 168ćžłć´˛5ćć°ĺźĺĽçťć:86th Tour de Suisse however, it is over 1,100 kilometres with more than 18,000 metres of elevation gâain to traverse between staęŚrt and finish.
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Tour de Suisse Schedule
Date | Stage | Start time (CEDT) | Finish time |
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June 11, 2023 | Stage 1: Einsiedeln - Einsiedeln, 12.7km | 14:25 | 17:20 |
June 12, 2023 | Stage 2: Beromünster - Nottwil, 173.7km | 13:05 | 16:50 |
June 13, 2023 | Stage 3: Tafers - Villars-sur-Ollon, 143.8km | 13:40 | 17:20 |
June 14, 2023 | Stage 4: Monthey - Leukerbad, 152.5km | 12:40 | 16:35 |
June 15, 2023 | Stage 5: Fiesch - La Punt, 211km | 10:43 | 16:35 |
June 16, 2023 | Stage 6: La Punt - Oberwil-Lieli, 215.3km | 10:48 | 16:20 |
June 17, 2023 | Stage 7: Tübach - Weinfelden, 162.7km | 12:15 | 16:35 |
June 18, 2023 | Stage 8: St.Gallen - Abtwil, 25.7km | 13:45 | 17:00 |
Tour de Suisse teams
- AG2R Citroën Team
- Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora-Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- EF Education-Easypost
- Groupama-FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Jumbo-Visma
- Movistar Team
- Soudal Quick-Step
- Team Arkea-Samsic
- Team DSM
- Team Jayco AlUla
- Trek-Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
- Q36.5
- TotalEnergies
- Tudor
Critérium du Dauphiné History
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Top News on the Race
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Tour de Suisse to resume for final stages following death of Gino Mäder
Bahrain Victorious leave race, final 18.8km of stage 7 neutralised for GC -
Tour de Suisse peloton pays poignant tribute to Gino Mäder
Organisers consulting with riders and teams over continuation of race for weekend -
Tour de Suisse stage 6 start shifted due to Brienz rock avalanche
Albula Pass can't be used so stage will be shortened, beginning in Chur instead of La Punt
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Remco Evenepoel critical of 'dangerous descent' at Tour de Suisse
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Gino Mäder and Magnus Sheffield taken to hospital after Tour de Suisse crash
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UAE Team Emirates lose two riders ahead of key mountain stage
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