Tour de Suisse 2024
Latest News from the Race
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UAE Team Emirates' stunning show at the Tour de Suisse sets the stage for a dominant Tour de France from Tadej Pogačar
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Tom Pidcock and Egan Bernal show Tour de France leadership form at Tour de Suisse
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Adam Yates wins Tour de Suisse, UAE Team Emirates teammate João Almeida victorious in stage 8 time trial
Yates second, Mattias Skjelmose third in the race against the clock at Villars-sur-Ollon
Date | June 9-16, 2024 |
Start location | Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
Finish location | Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland |
Distance | 949.5km |
Category | WorldTour |
Previous edition | 2023 Tour de Suisse |
Previous winner | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo |
2024 Tour de Suisse results
Stage 8: Adam Yates wins Tour de Suisse, João Almeida victorious in final time trial / As it happened
The battle for the overall victory at the 2024 Tour de Suisse would come down to the final climb of the eight-day race, with UAE Team Emirates teammates Adam Yates and João Almeida battling on the stage 8 time trial, run on a largely uphill 15.7km course to Villars-sur-Ollon. In the end, Almeida was the fastest in the time trial to win the stage, while Yates secured the overall victory.
Stage 7: Another 1-2 for UAE Team Emirates as Adam Yates takes victory / As it happened
UAE Team Emirates once again showed their strength at the Tour de Suisse as Adam Yates and João Almeida crossed the line together to finish one-two at the race’s final mountain stage at Villars-sur-Ollon.
Stage 6: João Almeida wins dramatically weather-shortened mountain stage / As it happened
Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) has stormed to a solo win ahead of teammate and race leader Adam Yates on a severely weather-shortened stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse.
Stage 5: Adam Yates extends lead with dominant summit finish / As it happened
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) cemented his lead at the Tour de Suisse by soloing to victory on the summit finish at Carì on stage 5. The Briton was teed up for victory by a remarkable stint of pace-making from his teammate João Almeida, who helped himself to second place on the day, just five seconds down.
Stage 4: Torstein Træen claims a solo summit finish victory/ As it happened
Breakaway Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) fended off a rampaging Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) to claim an emotional stage win at the summit of the Gotthardpass. Træen took off around 10 kilometres from the top of the snowcapped pass to claim a victory in honour of the memory of the late Gino Mader, who died tragically in the course of the race last year. Yates counter-charge from the peloton took the Briton to second place at the summit, 23 seconds back and he moved into the overall lead.
Stage 3: Thibau Nys takes a small group sprint/ As it happened
Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) used a powerful sprint to clinch the victory in stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse on an uphill finish, holding off Stevie Williams (Israel Premier Tech) and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost). Bettiol nonetheless moved into the overall lead after the peloton split on the rugged finale around Rüschlikon
Stage 2: Bryan Coquard wins stage 2 sprint / As it happened
Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) powered to his first victory of the season on stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse, jumping away from Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) in the final 150 metres as the Belgian suffered the most untimely mechanical when starting his sprint. De Lie managed to restring and take third behind the Frenchman and Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla).
Stage 1: Yves Lampaert wins stage 1 time trial / As it happened
Yves Lampaert (Soudal-QuickStep) clocked a time of 5:05 on the flat 4.77 km course in Vaduz to win the opening stage and take the first yellow jersey of the 2024 Tour de Suisse. Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Easy Post) was second, three seconds slower and Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) in third place.
About the Tour de Suisse
Taking place June 9-16, 2024 the 87th Tour de Suisse is all about the mountains. Like its counterpart held in France, Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse is also used by pro teams and riders as a tuneup for the Tour de France.
Last year, Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) won stage 3 on the summit finish at Villars-sur-Ollon and claimed his first WorldTour stage race. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), winner of two stages, finished second overall, nine seconds back. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) was third.
Team Ineos Grenadiers won the three editions of the race, from 2019 to 2022. In 2022, Geraint Thomas overhauled leader Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the stage 8 time trial to take the overall victory. Thomas went on to finish third at the Tour de France.
In 2021, Richard Carapaz took over the race lead following his stage 5 victory. The Ecuadorian then held onto his lead through the final three stages, including a mountainous final stage to Andermatt, to win the overall title. Carapaz finished third that year at the Tour.
Egan Bernal won the Tour de Suisse in 2019 and went on to win the Tour de France that year.
The Tour de Suisse, first raced in 1933, did not take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Before Bernal, the last Tour winner to ride in Switzerland as preparation for the Tour had been 2010 winner Andy Schleck, with the Critérium du Dauphiné often favoured as it allows for a longer recovery.
Slovakian Peter Sagan has the most stage wins, with 18, but never took the overall title. Three riders are tied with 11 stage wins, and they all came away with overall victories - the 2009 overall winner Fabian Cancellara, three-time winner Hugo Koblet (1950, 1953, 1955) and three-time champion Ferdinand Kübler (1942, 1948, 1951). Italian Pasquale Fornara is the leader in both number of overall victories, four times in the 1950s, and has spent the most days in the leader’s jersey, 17.
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Tour de Suisse route
The 97th edition of the Tour de Suisse is one for the climbers, with four mountain finishes and a mountain time trial on the final stage.
Read more about the 950km route with almost 19,000 metres of elevation gain over eight days.
Start list
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Tour de Suisse Schedule
Date | Stage | Start time | Finish time |
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June 9, 2024 | Stage 1: Vaduz - Vaduz, 4.8km | 14:15 | 17:00 |
June 10, 2024 | Stage 2: Vaduz - Regensdorf, 177.9km | 12:45 | 17:00 |
June 11, 2024 | Stage 3: Steinmaur - Rüschlikon, 161.9km | 13:10 | 17:00 |
June 12, 2024 | Stage 4: Rüschlikon - San Gottardo, 170.5km | 12:30 | 17:00 |
June 13, 2024 | Stage 5: Ambri - Cari, 148.8km | 13:05 | 17:00 |
June 14, 2024 | Stage 6: Locarno - Blatten-Belalp, 151.2km | 12:00 | 17:00 |
June 15, 2024 | Stage 7: Villars-sur-Ollon - Villars-sur-Ollon, 118.7km | 14:20 | 17:30 |
June 16, 2024 | Stage 8: Aigle - Villars-sur-Ollon, 15.7km | TBA | TBA |
Tour de Suisse teams
- Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Arkea-B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora-hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
- EF Education - EasyPost
- Groupama-FDJ
- INEOS Grenadiers
- Intermarché - Wanty
- Lidl-Trek
- Movistar Team
- Soudal Quick-Step
- Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
- Team Jayco AlUla
- Team Visma - Lease a Bike
- UAE Team Emirates
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Lotto-Dstny
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- Corratec – Vini Fantini
- Swiss National Team
Races
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Tour de Suisse 20249 June 2024 - 16 June 2024 | Switzerland | WorldTour
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Latest Content on the Race
Adam Yates tests positive for COVID-19 two weeks before Tour de France
By Patrick Fletcher last updated
News Ineos Grenadiers leader pulls out of Tour de Suisse
Matthews makes Tour de Suisse podium again but not the step he was looking for
By Simone Giuliani last updated
News 'I had really good legs but just made a silly mistake through the final corner' says Australian after coming second on stage 4
Peter Sagan's Tour de Suisse victory a signal of intent for Tour de France
By Barry Ryan published
News 'It was not easy the last four or five months'
Schachmann plummets on Tour de Suisse GC after crash
By Jackie Tyson last updated
News QuickStep-AlphaVinyl's Asgreen also in the pileup and will not start stage 4
Evenepoel seeks new challenges against Tour de France contenders at Tour de Suisse
By Stephen Farrand published
News ‘I want to see if I can be up there with the strongest guys, who go to the Tour de France’
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By Alasdair Fotheringham published
analysis No clear favourite with Adam Yates, Remco Evenepoel and Thibaut Pinot among the contenders
Peter Sagan ramps up for Tour de France at Utah high-altitude camp
By Daniel Ostanek published
News TotalEnergies coach says Sagan suffered 'post-COVID syndrome' during the spring
Top News on the Race
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Emanuel Buchmann breaks collarbone and hip in Tour de Suisse crash
Bora-Hansgrohe rider will need to undergo surgery for both injuries -
Egan Bernal - ‘I still don't know if I’ll do the Tour de France’
Colombian returns to Tour de Suisse as last warm-up race before possible start in France -
2024 Tour de Suisse queen stage shortened due to snowpack
151.1-kilometre stage shortened to just 42.5 kilometres to avoid Nufenenpass
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Tour de Suisse to remember Gino Mäder with special mountain prize and memorial ride
Mountain time trial ride on June 16 as #RideForGino prize awarded on the race's highest climb -
Neilson Powless returns from knee injury in time for 'nice steady build for the Tour'
EF Education-EasyPost rider to resume racing at Eschborn-Frankfurt Wednesday, also returning to US to race Nationals -
Pinot: ‘First I have to win Nationals’ before deciding about delaying retirement
Frenchman had promised to continue for six more months if crowned national champion
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Wout van Aert hopes for 'another step forward' ahead of Tour de France
Belgian set for duel with Remco Evenepoel at Belgian time trial and road race Championships -
Remco Evenepoel – 'This was the best way to honour Gino'
Belgian pays tribute to Gino Mäder after taking solo victory on stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse -
Bahrain Victorious among teams withdrawing from final stages of Tour de Suisse
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty and Tudor also pull out of remaining two stages following Gino Mäder's death
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