- Tour de Suisse
Infobox Cycling race
name = Tour de Suisse
date = June
region = Switzerland
english = Tour of Switzerland
localnames = Tour de Suisse fr icon
nickname =
discipline = Road race
competition = UCI ProTour
type = Stage race
organiser =
director = Christian Pirzer
first = 1933
number = 72 (as of 2008)
last =
firstwinner = flagicon|AUT Max Bulla
mostwins = flagicon|ITA Pasquale Fornara (4 wins)
mostrecent = flagicon|CZE Roman KreuzigerThe Tour de Suisse (English: "Tour of Switzerland") is aUCI ProTour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With theDauphiné Libéré , it is a proving ground for theTour de France . Like theTour de France and theDauphiné Libéré , the Tour de Suisse offers mountain climbs and at least one [individual time trial] . Several winners of theTour de France have also won the Tour de Suisse, includingEddy Merckx ,Lance Armstrong andJan Ullrich . In2005 the organizers moved the race to earlier in June.Past winners
External links
* [http://www.tds.ch Official Tour de Suisse site (in French and German)]
* [http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/etapes/tour_de_suisse.php Complete Tour de Suisse results (in French)]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/765760@N20/ Flickr Group with photos related to the Tour de Suisse]
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