Tour de Romandie
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| Date | Late-April |
| Region | Romandy, Switzerland |
| English name | Tour of Romandy |
| Local name(s) | Tour de Romandie (French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProTour |
| Type | Stage-race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1947 |
| Editions | 60 (as of 2008) |
| First winner | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Désiré Keteleer |
| Most wins |  Stephen Roche (3 wins) |
| Most recent |  Andreas Kloden |
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year celebration of the Swiss Cycling.
The race traditionally starts with an individual time trial prologue in Geneva and ends with another individual time-trial in the hilly terrains in Lausanne. The final time-trial traditionally starts in the stadium north of Lausanne, goes downhill southwards to the Lac Léman (Lake Geneva), and makes its way back uphill to the stadium again.
The parcours of the race usually winds northwards towards the Jura mountains and Alpine mountain ranges of western Switzerland.
[edit] Winners
[edit] External links
- Official site (French)
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