The organisers of the Züri-Metzgete have announced that the race will form part of the ProTour calendar for the next four years, joining the Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie as the other Swiss ProTour events. The race was left off the provisional calendar for 2006 as it was 'under review' by the UCI's ProTour committee. But the UCI was satisfied that it met ProTour requirements, and it will be run on October 1, 2006.
