Tour de Romandie 2025: Key details
The Tour de Romandie 2025 will be the 78th edition of this hilly and challenging Swiss race, and the Tour de Romandie Féminin the 4th edition. The route typically features an elevation gain of roughly 12,000 metres, with a prologue and an individual time trial bookending the race. The parcours normally tackles the Jura and Alps mountain ranges, while its emphasis on time-trialling means the winner is usually excellent against the clock.
The Tour de Romandie takes place over six days (four for the Tour de Romandie Féminin) in the French-speaking – or Romandie – region of Switzerland, and is a key build-up race for both the Giro d'Italia, which starts just a week later, and the Tour de France.
The race began in 1947 and has been held every year since, apart from a brief hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) won the 2024 edition ahead of Bora-Hansgrohe duo Aleksandr Vlasov and Florian Lipowitz. Adam Yates took the top step of the podium in 2023, and in recent times riders like Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Cadel Evans have all won this race on their way to Tour de France victory.
The Tour de Romandie Féminin was first raced in 2022 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the men's race. Lotte Kopecky won the most recent Tour de Romandie Féminin, ahead of 2023 winner and team-mate Demi Vollering, while Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the inaugural race.
Tour de Romandie 2025: Key details
| Date | 29 April - 4 May 2025 (men's), TBC (women's) |
| Total distance | TBC |
| Number of stages | 6 (men's), 3 (women's) |
| Start location | Saint-Imier (men's), TBC (women's) |
| Finish location | Geneva (men's), TBC (women's) |
| UCI ranking | WorldTour; Women's WorldTour |
| Total climbing / elevation gain | TBC |
| Leader's jersey colour | Yellow |
| Last winner | Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) - men's; Lotte Kopecky (Bel) - women's |
| TV coverage | Discovery+/Eurosport (UK), FloBikes (USA) |
Route page | Where to watch | Start list (2025 details to be confirmed)
Tour de Romandie 2025: The route
Tour de Romandie 2025 route: Stage-by-stage
| Stage | Date | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue | Tuesday 29 April | Saint-Imier | Saint-Imier |
| 1 | Wednesday 30 April | Basel | Fribourg |
| 2 | Thursday 1 May | La Grande Béroche | La Grande Béroche |
| 3 | Friday 2 May | Cossonay | Cossonay |
| 4 | Saturday 3 May | Sion | Thyon |
| 5 | Sunday 4 May | Geneva | Geneva |
Details of the route and stages to follow. The route and dates for the Tour de Romandie Féminin have not yet been announced.
Tour de Romandie: The jerseys
The leaders of four classifications at the Tour de Romandie sport a specific coloured jersey. The general classification leader wears yellow, the leader in the points classification orange, the King/Queen of the Mountains light blue, and the best young rider (under 25) white.
The Tour de Romandie men's race also has a special red jersey for the best Swiss rider, awarded to the first rider from the home nation to finish each stage. At the end of the race it is presented to the best-ranked Swiss cyclist in the general classification.
Tour de Romandie: Recent winners (men's)
2024: Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
2023: Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
2022: Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
2021: Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
2020: No race due to COVID-19
2019: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo–Visma
2018: Primož Roglič (Slo) LottoNL–Jumbo
2017: Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
2016: Nairo Quintana (Col) Nairo Quintana
2015: Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
2014: Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ski
2013: Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ski
2012: Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Ski
2011: Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
2010: Simon Špilak (Slo) Lampre–Farnese Vini
2009: Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
2008: Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
Tour de Romandie Féminin: Recent winners
2024: Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime
2023: Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx
2022: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) SD Worx
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'I'm not even sure my coaches know my limits' - British cycling sensation Matthew Brennan wins again
Teenager claims third WorldTour victory of the season and takes leader's jersey at Tour de Romandie
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'I only found out I was coming to this race yesterday' - Sam Watson claims first WorldTour win in 3.4km Tour de Romandie prologue
Brit wins by just three tenths of a second to take leader's jersey
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'I mainly want to make progress' - Remco Evenepoel motivated for Tour de Romandie aboard new golden bike but plays down expectations
Belgian still on the comeback trail after December crash and a tough day out at last weekend's Liège
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2.28km in 2:55: The Tour de Romandie prologue which was over in a flash
Majority of riders opted for road bikes on technical course around the Swiss city of Payerne
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‘A perfect week for us’ – Adam Yates wraps up overall title in Romandie
Briton will now turn his focus to preparing for the Tour de France
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‘We’re back to winning ways again’ - Ethan Vernon doubles up for Soudal Quick-Step at Tour de Romandie
The Brit surged to victory in a bunch sprint on stage one
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Scot, Shackley bounces back to the best results of her career
The SDWorx rider suffered concussion and a bout of COVID but closed her season with excellent excellent performances in the mountains
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'This isn’t hard you know': Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio outclasses Annemiek van Vleuten at the Tour of Romandie
The South African rider takes her first WorldTour victory on the stage two mountaintop finish at Thyon 2000
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Aleksandr Vlasov powers to Tour de Romandie victory after time-trial win
The BORA-hansgrohe rider won stage five's mountainous time-trial by 31 seconds.
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Sergio Higuita wins stage four of the Tour de Romandie with powerful finishing kick
Bora-Hansgrohe recorded an impressive one-two on the Tour de Romandie's queen stage with Aleksandr Vlasov finishing in second place
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Patrick Bevin sprints to victory on stage three of the Tour de Romandie
The 31-year-old opened up an early sprint to beat Ethan Hayter to the line.
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Ethan Hayter gets back to winning ways in stage two sprint at the Tour de Romandie
The Ineos Grenadiers rider outkicked the pack to claim his second stage win of the race.
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Dylan Teuns pips Rohan Dennis on the line in dramatic Tour de Romandie stage one finale
The Bahrain-Victorious rider showed his strength uphill to beat Rohan Dennis, who took the lead of the race.
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Ethan Hayter optimistic of continuing success at Tour de Romandie: 'I hope to win more stages'
Hayter is aiming to help his Ineos Grenadiers team to overall victory in Switzerland
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Ethan Hayter triumphs against the clock in Tour de Romandie prologue
The 23-year-old claimed his first time trial victory since winning the British national championships last October.
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Five things to look out for at the Tour de Romandie 2022
Six days of racing will see the climbers and the time triallists vie for victory in Switzerland
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'I had no feeling in my hands' says Geraint Thomas, explaining Tour de Romandie crash
The Ineos rider was on the brink of taking the race lead, and potentially a first win since 2018, when disaster struck in the final few metres
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Jakob Fuglsang slips away for Tour de Romandie stage win as Roglič and Bernal battle for lead
Jakob Fuglsang soloed away on the descent to Sion to win stage four of the the Tour de Romandie, as Roglič and Bernal battled it out for the GC.
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Chris Froome and Michael Woods head Israel Start-Up Nation at Tour de Romandie 2021
Chris Froome and Michael Woods are down to ride the Tour de Romandie for their team Israel Start-Up Nation along with a strong line-up set to search for stage wins
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Jan Tratnik takes prologue victory in Tour de Romandie 2019
Jan Tratnik proved himself the most skilled on a technical course to take victory in the prologue stage at the Tour de Romandie.
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Five things to look out for at the Tour de Romandie 2019
What to expect from the upcoming Swiss stage race
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Primož Roglič wins stage five time trial and overall title at Tour de Romandie 2019
The Slovenian wins the race for a second year in a row with a dominant display
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Stefan Küng denies sprinters with solo attack to win stage two of Tour de Romandie 2019
The Swiss time trial champion won with a daring move from the breakaway
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Primož Roglič wins stage four and consolidates overall classification in the Tour de Romandie 2019
The Slovenian has a 12 second lead going into tomorrow's final individual time trial
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Geraint Thomas crashes in finale of Tour de Romandie stage four as Woods takes win and race lead
The Welshman hit the deck in slippery conditions as he sprinted for the line alongside Michael Woods
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Marc Soler triumphs in treacherous conditions to take race lead as Rohan Dennis crashes on stage three of Tour de Romandie 2021
Marc Soler emerged victorious in treacherously wet conditions on stage three of the Tour de Romandie, after race leader Rohan Dennis crashed in the final.
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Peter Sagan thanks team for 'continued support' amid contract uncertainty
Peter Sagan looked very strong on stage one of the Tour de Romandie 2021 beating a strong field of sprinters including Italian Sonny Colbrelli who finished second behind the Slovakian
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Primož Roglič sprints into race lead on stage one of Tour de Romandie 2019
Primož Roglič continues his stage race domination as he took victory on stage one of the 2019 Tour de Romandie.
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Richie Porte wins Tour de Romandie on final stage as Simon Yates drops to second
BMC Racing's Richie Porte took second on the final time trial of the Tour de Romandie, which was enough to take overall victory ahead of Simon Yates.
