Tour de Romandie

Infobox cycling race
name = Tour de Romandie
current_event = 2008 Tour de Romandie


date = Late-April
region = Romandy, Switzerland
english = Tour of Romandy
localnames = Tour de Romandie fr icon
nickname =
discipline = Road
competition = UCI ProTour
type = Stage-race
organiser =
director =
first = 1947
number = 60 (as of 2008)
last =
firstwinner = flagicon|BEL Désiré Keteleer
mostwins = flagicon|IRL Stephen Roche (3 wins)
mostrecent = flagicon|GER Andreas KlodenThe Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year celebration of the Swiss Cycling.

The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue in Geneva and ends with another individual time-trial in the hilly terrains in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to the Lac Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again.

The parcours of the race usually winds northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland.

Winners

External links

*Official|http://www.tourderomandie.ch/ fr icon