Tour De Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It was held without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 edition. The course of the race usually heads northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland. The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue and ends with an individual time-trial in hilly terrains, often in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again. The winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists. Four winners of the Tour de Romandie have gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; Stephen ...
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Tour De Romandie Féminin
The Tour de Romandie Féminin is a women's Road bicycle racing, cycle stage race in Switzerland, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland – using roads in the Jura mountains and Alps, Alpine mountain ranges. History The Tour de Romandie is a longstanding men's stage race, being first held in 1947 to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. In 2022, the organisation behind the race announced that Tour de Romandie Féminin would be held for the first time in 2022 – as part of the celebrations of 75 years of the race. The first event was held in October 2022, over 3 days. The first stage was a circuit race in Lausanne, the second stage was from Sion, Switzerland, Sion to the ski resort of Thyon 2000 and the final stage was from Fribourg to Geneva – where the first men's Tour de Romandie ended in 1947. , all three editions of the race have been won by . Winners External links * ...
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Cadel Evans
Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along with Greg LeMond and Egan Bernal – to have won the Tour de France, winning the race in 2011 Tour de France, 2011. Early in his career, he was a champion Mountain biking, mountain biker, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country, men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Evans is a four-time Olympian. Evans turned to full-time Road bicycle racing, road cycling in 2001, and gradually progressed through the ranks. He finished second in the Tour de France in 2007 Tour de France, 2007 and 2008 Tour de France, 2008. Both of these 2nd place finishes are in the top 10 of the Tour de France records and statisti ...
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1955 Tour De Romandie
The 1955 Tour de Romandie was the ninth edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 5 May to 8 May 1955. The race started and finished in Monthey. The race was won by René Strehler. General classification References

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1954 Tour De Romandie
The 1954 Tour de Romandie was the eighth edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 13 May to 16 May 1954. The race started and finished in Le Locle. The race was won by Jean Forestier. General classification References 1954 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1953 Tour De Romandie
The 1953 Tour de Romandie was the seventh edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 7 May to 10 May 1953. The race started and finished in Martigny. The race was won by Hugo Koblet. General classification References 1953 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1952 Tour De Romandie
The 1952 Tour de Romandie was the sixth edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 17 April to 20 April 1952. The race started and finished in Payerne. The race was won by Wout Wagtmans. General classification References 1952 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1951 Tour De Romandie
The 1951 Tour de Romandie was the fifth edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 3 May to 6 May 1951. The race started and finished in Fribourg. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1951 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1950 Tour De Romandie
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1949 Tour De Romandie
The 1949 Tour de Romandie was the third edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 12 to 15 May 1949. The race started and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Gino Bartali. General classification References 1949 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1948 Tour De Romandie
The 1948 Tour de Romandie was the second edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 6 June to 9 June 1948. The race started and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1948 Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

1947 Tour De Romandie
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UCI Women's World Tour
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. , the tour includes 27 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, stage races such as Women's Tour Down Under, as well as week long stage races (sometimes referred to as a " Grand Tour") such as Tour de France Femmes. History From 1998, the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces di ... (UCI) held the UCI Women's Road World Cup, a series of 8 to 10 one-day races held predominately in Europe. Although similarly branded, races did not have the same level of coverage as men's races. Many classic cycle races did not stage equivalent women's races – with the Tour of Flanders for Women first held ...
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