About
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race cycling competition founded in 1947 to celebrate the 50the anniversary of the Swiss Cycling Union. The first edition brought together 40 riders divided into ten teams. At the time, only four stages were on the program and the total distance covered was 755 kilometers!
A prestigious and legendary cycling race, it has held a prime position on the international calendar for several years, thus attracting the world's greatest cyclists. In 2006, the Tour de Romandie received the UCI ProTour label, and since 2011 it has been part of the prestigious UCI WorldTour circuit, alongside the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España, among others.
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The media impact of the Tour de Romandie goes well beyond Swiss borders.
The event brings together all the French-speaking cantons as a single entity, and represents a powerful driver for touristic and cultural promotion for the Romandie region. The show put on by the Tour de Romandie delights the greatest sports fans, while the beauty of the landscapes crossed – enhanced by the televisual production – captivates everybody.
As a key event in terms of the sporting heritage of French-speaking Switzerland, the Tour de Romandie enables the political, economic, sporting and media circles to further develop their relationships, while promoting French-speaking Switzerland around the world.