Tour de Romandie Féminin

The Tour de Romandie Féminin is a women's 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 Alpine mountain ranges.

For the men's race, see Tour de Romandie.
Tour de Romandie Féminin
Race details
DateOctober
RegionRomandie, Switzerland
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition2022 (2022)
Editions1 (as of 2022)

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

The first event will be held in 2022, over 3 days in early October.[2][4] The first stage will be a circuit race in Lausanne, the second stage will from Sion to the ski resort of Thyon 2000 and the final stage will be from Fribourg to Geneva - where the first men's Tour de Romandie ended in 1947.[4][5]

References
  1. "Tour de Romandie". Lake Geneva Region Tourist Office. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  2. Frattini, Kirsten (2021-09-22). "Three-day Tour de Romandie added to the Women's WorldTour in 2022". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  3. "A propos". Tour de Romandie Féminin (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  4. "Etapes". Tour de Romandie Féminin (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  5. Jary, Rachel (1 March 2022). "Women's World Tour Calendar 2022 - The Rouleur Racing Guide". Rouleur. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
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