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.
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 knew the sprint was going to be tough because of the climbs before' – Tadej Pogačar wins reduced bunch sprint to take stage 2 of Tour de RomandieSlovenian beats Dorian Godon to line in Switzerland to extend race lead
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'The best form of defence is to attack' – Tadej Pogačar outsprints breakaway to win Tour de Romandie stage 1The Slovenian also takes the lead in the week-long Swiss stage race
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Remco Evenepoel powers to 'almost perfect' time trial victory as João Almeida wins Tour de Romandie overallWorld and Olympic champion wins stage by 12 seconds on final day
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'I'm not even sure my coaches know my limits' - British cycling sensation Matthew Brennan wins againTeenager 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 prologueBrit 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 expectationsBelgian 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 flashMajority 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 RomandieBriton 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 RomandieThe 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 careerThe 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 RomandieThe 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 winThe 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 kickBora-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 RomandieThe 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 RomandieThe 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 finaleThe 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 prologueThe 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 2022Six days of racing will see the climbers and the time triallists vie for victory in Switzerland
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Five things we learned from the Tour de Romandie 2021Geraint Thomas takes a yellow jersey en route to the one he really wants to win this summer
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'It's not like I haven't performed since I won the Tour,' says Geraint Thomas, who reaffirms his form with Romandie winThe Welshman took the overall at the 2021 Tour de Romandie as he continues to build towards this summer's French Grand Tour
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Geraint Thomas makes up for slip with time trial performance to seal Tour de Romandie overallRemi Cavagna won the fifth and final time trial stage for Deceuninck - Quick-Step
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Movistar's Davide Villella fined €180 for crossing finish line twice at Tour de RomandieThe Italian fell foul of one of the UCI's more peculiar regulations at the Swiss stage race
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'I had no feeling in my hands' says Geraint Thomas, explaining Tour de Romandie crashThe 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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Geraint Thomas crashes in finale of Tour de Romandie stage four as Woods takes win and race leadThe 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 2021Marc 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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Chris Froome: It’s taking longer than expected, but I don’t want to miss the chanceChris Froome says his recovery is taking longer than expected but added he is still determined to get back to his best.
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Sonny Colbrelli holds on over the climbs to sprint to victory on stage two of Tour de Romandie 2021Sonny Colbrelli managed to hold off a fast-finishing Patrick Bevin to take stage two of the Tour de Romandie 2021 and moves him up to fifth overall with Rohan Dennis keeping the overall lead
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Peter Sagan thanks team for 'continued support' amid contract uncertaintyPeter 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
