Tour de Suisse 2025

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Stage 2: Vincenzo Albanese wins uphill sprint ahead of Fabio Christen / As it happened

Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost) powered to victory in a tricky uphill sprint on stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse, timing his charge for the line perfectly in Schwarzsee ahead of Fabio Christen (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) and Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ).

Finishing 21st in the main bunch, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) held onto the overall lead of the race, thanks to his stage 1 win, and extended his advantage to Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) by sprinting to one bonus second at the first Tissot sprint.

Stage 1: Romain Grégoire attacks from breakaway to win rain-soaked stage 1 / As it happened

Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) used his strong descending skills to solo away from the breakaway on the wet roads to stage victory and the first leader's jersey. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) was second, and Bart Lemmen (Visma–Lease a Bike) third.

Fifth on the stage, Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla) snuck into the massive breakaway and gained over two minutes on his GC rivals.

Tour de Suisse history

The 88th Tour de Suisse will take place from June 15-22, 2025, testing riders with a series of mountainous stages and a final stage individual time trial that climbs from start to finish.

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.

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) is the last winner of the Tour de Suisse, winning by 22 seconds over teammate João Almeida with Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) in 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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2025 Tour de Suisse route

The 88th edition of the Tour de Suisse is a varied route with punchy uphill finishes but lacking the huge alpine summit finales of previous years.

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Tour de Suisse Schedule

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