The Tour de Romandie in Switzerland is a classic warm-up race for the Tour de France, with past winners including Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans. The 2023 men’s edition starts on Tuesday 25th April and runs until Sunday 30th April.
Taking riders through the French-speaking Romandy region in the west of Switzerland, which includes the cantons of Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel and Vaud as well as parts of Bern, Fribourg and Valais, there is usually a healthy amount of hard climbing and good time-trial action for the Swiss specialists.
This year’s route has a prologue and a time-trial and climaxes with a stage to Thyon 2000 that takes in 4,345m of elevation gain. Favourites for the 2023 race include both Yates brothers, Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sergio Higuita, Bahrain Victorious’s Gino Mäder and Egan Bernal.
Tour de Romandie 2023: Key information
Tour de RomandieDates: 25th April-30th AprilStart: Le Bouveret, SwitzerlandFinish: Geneva, SwitzerlandStages: Five (six with prologue)UK television coverage: Eurosport, GCN+, Discovery+Most wins: Stephen Roche (three)2022 winner: Aleksandr Vlasov
Tour de Romandie 2023 route
Tour de Romandie 2023: stage by stage
Prologue: Tuesday 25th April, Le Bouveret – Le Bouveret, 6.82km
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Now this is a prologue. 6.8km, 14m elevation and just three corners. Put the power down and and never let up, my money’s on Marcel Kittel.
Stage 1: Wednesday 26th April, Crissier – Vallée de Joux, 170.9km
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Just over 2,500m of elevation gain takes the peloton over a few softeners to drop the big lads before finishing flat on the plateau by the scenic Lac de Joux.
Stage 2: Thursday 27th April, Morteau – La Chaux-de-Fonds, 162.7km
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On Thursday riders enter the watchmaking region, but this one isn’t a time-trial. It starts in France and takes in six climbs that add up to almost 3,200m of climbing. Given the lack of selectiveness in the previous stages, a breakaway probably won’t survive and a select group will fight for the stage and probably jersey.
Stage 3: Friday 28th April, Châtel-Saint-Denis – Châtel-Saint-Denis, 18.75km, TT
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Just under 19km with just under 400m of elevation, it’s a bump, and it should be enough for the climbers who struggle in TTs to shed time.
Stage 4: Saturday 29th April, Sion – Thyon 2000, 161.6km
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The big boy. The start is not actually that far from the finish but up and down the valley they go twice before finishing on top of Thyon 2000. It’s 4,345m of climbing in total over 161.6km. Ouch.
Stage 5: Sunday 30th April, Vufflens-La-Ville – Genève, 170.8km
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And if the queen stage wasn’t enough, there’s still over 2,500m elevation to contest on the final day before the peloton heads along the lake to its final destination in Geneva.
Tour de Romandie 2023: live TV and streaming guide
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As per every WorldTour race, the Tour de Romandie will be broadcast live on Eurosport and available to stream live on GCN+ and Discovery+ (all with pretty much the same coverage, times below).
GCN+ costs £6.99 paid monthly, or £39.99 per year and Discovery+ costs £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year for sports and entertainment (for fans of shows like Wheeler Dealers and Naked and Afraid).
Streaming coverage via GCN+ will be available worldwide including Australia, Canada and the USA, but double-check territory restrictions to avoid disappointment.
TV and streaming schedule below UK time and subject to change by broadcasters.
Prologue: Tuesday 25th April
Eurosport 2: 14:30-16:45GCN+: 14:30-16:50
Stage 1: Wednesday 26th April
Eurosport 1: 14:30-16:45GCN+: 14:30-16:50
Stage 2: Thursday 27th April
Eurosport 2: 14:30-16:45GCN+: 14:30-16:50
Stage 3: Friday 28th April
Eurosport 2: 14:30-16:45GCN+: 14:30-16:50
Stage 4: Saturday 29th April
Eurosport 2: 13:00-15:15GCN+: 13:00-15:20
Stage 5: Sunday 30th April
GCN+: 13:00-15:20
Tour de Romandie 2023: Start list
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Bora-Hansgrohe
1 Sergio Higuita2 Cesare Benedetti3 Nico Denz4 Bob Jungels5 Luis-Joe Luhrs6 Cian Uijtdebroeks7 Ben Zwiehoff
UAE Team Emirates
11 Adam Yates12 Ivo Oliveira13 Juan Ayuso14 Mikkel Bjerg15 Finn Fisher-Black16 Rafał Majka
Jumbo-Visma
21 Steven Kruijswijk22 Tobias Foss23 Robert Gesink24 Tom Gloag25 Lennard Hofstede26 Gijs Leemreize27 Jos van Emden
Soudal-QuickStep
31 Rémi Cavagna32 Josef Černy33 Dries Devenyns34 James Knox35 Fausto Masnada36 Casper Pedersen37 Ethan Vernon
Alpecin-Deceuninck
41 Quinten Hermans42 Tobias Bayer43 Jason Osborne44 Kristian Sbaragli45 Robert Stannard46 Lionel Taminiaux47 Fabio van den Bossche
Trek-Segafredo
51 Tony Gallopin52 Julien Bernard53 Marc Brustenga54 Kenny Elissonde55 Asbjorn Hellemose56 Jacopo Mosca57 Thibau Nys
EF Education-EasyPost
61 Magnus Cort62 Andrey Amador63 Jonathan Caicedo64 Simon Carr65 Odd Christian Eiking66 Mark Padun67 Sean Quinn
Groupama-FDJ
71 Thibaut Pinot72 Lewis Askey73 Lorenzo Germani74 Matthieu Ladagnous75 Lenny Martinez76 Enzo Paleni77 Reuben Thompson
Movistar
81 Matteo Jorgenson82 Will Barta83 Fernando Gaviria84 Gregor Muhlberger85 Nelson Oliveira86 Ivan Romeo87 Sergio Samitier
Bahrain Victorious
91 Gino Mäder92 Nikias Arndt93 Damiano Caruso94 Rainer Kepplinger95 Filip Maciejuk96 Johan Price Pejtersen97 Dušan Rahović
Ineos Grenadiers
101 Egan Bernal102 Jonathan Castroviejo103 Ethan Hayter104 Jhonatan Narvaez105 Brandon Rivera106 Elia Viviani107 Cam Wurf
Jayco-AlUla
111 Simon Yates112 Lawson Craddock113 Eddie Dunbar114 Chris Harper115 Chris Juul Jensen116 Matteo Sobrero117 Filippo Zana
Team DSM
121 Romain Bardet122 Marco Brenner123 Alberto Dainese124 Chris Hamilton125 Niklas Markl126 Oscar Onley127 Max Poole
AG2R-Citroën
131 Clement Berthet132 Geoffrey Bouchard133 Dorian Godon134 Paul Lapeira135 Nans Peters136 Michael Schär137 Clement Venturini
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
141 Louis Meintjes142 Niccolo Bonifazio143 Lilian Calmejane144 Rui Costa145 Kobe Goossens146 Dion Smith147 Rein Taaramäe
Cofidis
151 Ion Izagirre152 Thomas Champion153 Eddy Finé154 Simon Geschke155 Jesús Herrada156 Anthony Perez157 Pierre Luc Périchon
Arkéa-Samsic
161 Kévin Vauquelin162 Clément Champoussin163 Ewen Costiou164 Kévin Ledanois165 Luca Mozzato166 Andrii Ponomar167 Cristian Rodriguez
Astana Qazaqstan
171 Alexey Lutsenko172 Leonardo Basso173 Gleb Brussenskiy174 Mark Cavendish175 Gianmarco Garofoli176 Antonio Nibali177 Harold Tejada
Lotto-Dstny
181 Eduardo Sepulveda182 Johannes Adamietz183 Thomas de Gendt184 Milan Menten185 Sylvain Moniquet186 Mathijs Paasschens187 Harrison Sweeny
Israel-Premier Tech
191 Michael Woods192 Chris Froome193 Reto Hollentsein194 Mason Hollyman195 Giacomo Nizzolo196 Nick Schultz197 Rick Zabel
Tudor Pro Cycling
201 Sebastien Reichenbach202 Tom Bohli203 Alexander Kamp204 Arthur Kluckers205 Joel Suter206 Yannis Voisard207 Luc Wirtgen
Swiss Cycling
211 Jan Christen212 Antoine Aebi213 Jonathan Bogli214 Antoine Debons215 Dario Lillo216 Jan Sommer217 Jan Stockli
Tour de Romandie previous winners
2022: Aleksandr Vlasov2021: Geraint Thomas2020: No race2019: Primož Roglič2018: Primož Roglič2017: Richie Porte2016: Nairo Quintana2015: Ilnur Zakarin2014: Chris Froome2013: Chris Froome2012: Bradley Wiggins2011: Cadel Evans2010: Simon Špilak2009: Roman Kreuziger2008: Andreas Klöden2007: Thomas Dekker2006: Cadel Evans2005: Santiago Botero2004: Tyler Hamilton2003: Tyler Hamilton2002: Dario Frigo2001: Dario Frigo2000: Paolo Savoldelli1999: Laurent Jalabert1998: Laurent Dufaux1997: Pavel Tonkov1996: Abraham Olano1995: Tony Rominger1994: Pascal Richard1993: Pascal Richard1992: Andy Hampsten1991: Tony Rominger1990: Charly Mottet1989: Phil Anderson1988: Gerard Veldscholten1987: Stephen Roche1986: Claude Criquielion1985: Jörg Muller1984: Stephen Roche1983: Stephen Roche1982: Jostein Wilmann1981: Tommy Prim1980: Bernard Hinault1979: Giuseppe Saronni1978: Johan van der Velde1977: Gianbattista Baronchelli1976: Johan De Muynck1975: Francisco Galdos1974: Joop Zoetemelk1973: Wilfried David1972: Bernard Thévenet1971: Gianni Motta1970: Gösta Pettersson1969: Felice Gimondi1968: Eddy Merckx1967: Vittorio Adorni1966: Gianni Motta1965: Vittoria Adorni1964: Rolf Maurer1963: Willy Bocklant1962: Guido De Rosso1961: Louis Rostollan1960: Louis Rostollan1959: Kurt Gimmi1958: Gilbert Bauvin1957: Jean Forestier1956: Pasquale Fornara1955: René Strehler1954: Jean Forestier1953: Hugo Koblet1952: Wout Wagtmans1951: Ferdinand Kübler1950: Édouard Fachleitner1949: Gino Bartali1948: Ferdinand Kübler1947: Désiré Keteleer
