Preview: Five questions for the 2023 Tour de Suisse

Preview: Five questions for the 2023 Tour de Suisse
Preview: Five questions for the 2023 Tour de Suisse (Image credit: Getty Images)

As the Critérium du Dauphiné reaches its climax, the Tour de Suisse gets underway on the other side of the Alps with a different cast of riders but many of the same pre-Tour de France aspirations.

The bill in Switzerland is headed, mind, by a rider who won’t ride the Tour de France at all, at least according to his Soudal-QuickStep team. But Remco Evenepoel’s return to competition is the storyline of the week all the same. The Tour de Suisse is always something more than a mere preparation race. 

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.