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. Not surprisingly, the winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists or doped riders.
2010 Tour de Romandie Stages
Prologue Tuesday, April 27 2010
Porrentruy 4.3 km
Stage 1 Wednesday, April 28 2010
Porrentruy - Fleurier 175.6 km
Stage 2 Thursday, April 29 2010
Freiburg 171.8 km
Stage 3 (ITT) Friday, April 30 2010
Moudon 23.4 km
Stage 4 Saturday, May 1 2010
Vevey - Chatel 157.9 km
Stage 5 Sunday, May 2 2010
Sion1 21.8 km
2010 Tour de Romandie Start List
AG2R La Mondiale
Cyril Dessel (Fra)
Hubert Dupont (Fra)
Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
Martin Elmiger (Swi)
John Gadret (Fra)
René Mandri (Est)
Christophe Riblon (Fra)
Nicolas Roche (Irl)
BMC Racing Team
Mathias Frank (Swi)
Chad Beyer (USA)
Jackson Stewart (USA)
Steve Morabito (Swi)
Alexandre Moos (Swi)
Simon Zahner (Swi)
Michael Schär (Swi)
Danilo Wyss (Swi)
Cervélo Test Team
Davide Appolonio (Ita)
Joao Correia (Por)
Stefan Denifl (Aut)
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
Roger Hammond (GBr)
Joaquin Novoa Mendez (Spa)
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa)
Marcel Wyss (Swi)
Footon-Servetto
Matthias Brandle (Aus)
Eros Capecchi (Ita)
Marco Corti (Ita)
Markus Eibegger (Aut)
Noe Gianetti (Swi)
Martin Pedersen (Spa)
Rafael Valls (Spa)
Johnnie Walker (Aus)
Garmin-Transitions
Jack Bobridge (Aus)
Kirk Carlsen (USA)
Murilo Fischer (Bra)
Michel Kreder (Ned)
Robbie Hunter (RSA)
Travis Meyer (Aus)
Svein Tuft (Can)
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
Liquigas-Doimo
Ivan Basso (Ita)
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
Peter Sagan SKV 19900126
Silvester Szymid (Pol)
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
Oliver Zaugg (Swi)
Quick Step
Mauro Facci (Ita)
Andrei Kunitski (Blr)
Branislau Samoilau (Blr)
Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel)
Andreas Stauff (Ger)
Marco Velo (Ita)
Wouter Weylandt (Bel)
Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den)
Team Sky
Dario Cioni (Ita)
Chris Froome (GBr)
Gregory Henderson (NZl)
Peter Kennaugh (GBr)
Serge Pauwels (Bel)
Nicolas Portal (Bel)
Morris Possoni (Ita)
Ben Swift (GBr)
Team Katusha
Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra)
Lazlo Botcharov Alexander (Rus)
Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita)
Gianpaolo Ignatyev Mikhail (Rus)
Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda)
Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
Artem Ovechkin (Rus)
Team RadioShack
Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
Matthew Busche (USA)
Markel Irizar (Spa)
Tiago Machado (Por)
Sergio Paulinho (Por)
Luis Rubiera Jose (Spa)
Geert Steegmans (Bel)
Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Astana
Allan Davis (Aus)
Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz)
Maxim Gourov (Kaz)
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz)
Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz)
Sergey Renev (Kaz)
Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
Caisse d’Epargne
David Lopez (Spa)
Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
Christophe Moreau (Fra)
Jose Cobo Juan (Spa)
Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa)
Mathieu Perget (Fra)
Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
Mauricio Soler (Col)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Koldo Fernandez de Larrea (Spa)
Gorka Verdugo (Spa)
Aitor Galdos (Spa)
Igor Anton (Spa)
Mikel Nieve (Spa)
Iñaki Isasi (Spa)
Alan Perez (Spa)
Juan José Oroz (Spa)
Française des Jeux
Sandy Casar (Fra)
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra)
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
Francis Mourey (Fra)
Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
Arthur Vichot (Fra)
Lampre Farnese Vini
David Loosli (Swi)
Adriano Malori (Ita)
Danilo Hondo (Ger)
Simon Spilak (Slo)
Enrico Magazzini (Ita)
Marco Marzano (Ita)
Daniele Righi (Ita)
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita)
Omega Pharma-Lotto
Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra)
Mario Aerts (Bel)
Jan Bakelants (Bel)
Christophe Brandt (Bel)
Francis De Greef (Bel)
Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
Charles Wegelius (GBr)
Rabobank
Mauricio Ardila (Col)
Rick Flens (Ned)
Dimitri Kozontchuk (Rus)
Denis Menchov (Rus)
Bauke Mollema (Ned)
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
Pieter Weening (Ned)
Denis Van Winden (Ned)
Team HTC-Columbia
Mark Cavendish (GBr)
Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
Bert Grabsch (Ger)
Adam Hansen (Aus)
Marco Pinotti (Ita)
Frantisek Rabon (Cze)
Mark Renshaw (Aus)
Michael Rogers (Aus)
Team Milram
Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
Robert Förster (Ger)
Markus Fothen (Ger)
Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
Dominik Nerz (Ger)
Dominik Roels (Ger)
Thomas Rohregger (Ger)
Matthias Russ (Ger)
Saxo Bank
Anders Lund (Den)
André Steensen (Den)
Chris Anker Sorensen (Den)
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol)
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg)
Michael Morkov (Den)
Richie Porte (Aus)
Gustav Larsson (Swe)
Recent Winners
2009 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
2008 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
2007 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
2006 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2005 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems
2004 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
2003 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC
2002 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi
2001 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2000 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
1998 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
1997 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
1996 Abraham Olano (Spa)
1995 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1994 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1993 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1992 Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1991 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1990 Charly Mottet (Fra)
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. Not surprisingly, the winner and several of the top-ten finishers are usually excellent time trialists or doped riders.
2010 Tour de Romandie Stages
Prologue Tuesday, April 27 2010
Porrentruy 4.3 km
Stage 1 Wednesday, April 28 2010
Porrentruy - Fleurier 175.6 km
Stage 2 Thursday, April 29 2010
Freiburg 171.8 km
Stage 3 (ITT) Friday, April 30 2010
Moudon 23.4 km
Stage 4 Saturday, May 1 2010
Vevey - Chatel 157.9 km
Stage 5 Sunday, May 2 2010
Sion1 21.8 km
2010 Tour de Romandie Start List
AG2R La Mondiale
Cyril Dessel (Fra)
Hubert Dupont (Fra)
Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
Martin Elmiger (Swi)
John Gadret (Fra)
René Mandri (Est)
Christophe Riblon (Fra)
Nicolas Roche (Irl)
BMC Racing Team
Mathias Frank (Swi)
Chad Beyer (USA)
Jackson Stewart (USA)
Steve Morabito (Swi)
Alexandre Moos (Swi)
Simon Zahner (Swi)
Michael Schär (Swi)
Danilo Wyss (Swi)
Cervélo Test Team
Davide Appolonio (Ita)
Joao Correia (Por)
Stefan Denifl (Aut)
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
Roger Hammond (GBr)
Joaquin Novoa Mendez (Spa)
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa)
Marcel Wyss (Swi)
Footon-Servetto
Matthias Brandle (Aus)
Eros Capecchi (Ita)
Marco Corti (Ita)
Markus Eibegger (Aut)
Noe Gianetti (Swi)
Martin Pedersen (Spa)
Rafael Valls (Spa)
Johnnie Walker (Aus)
Garmin-Transitions
Jack Bobridge (Aus)
Kirk Carlsen (USA)
Murilo Fischer (Bra)
Michel Kreder (Ned)
Robbie Hunter (RSA)
Travis Meyer (Aus)
Svein Tuft (Can)
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
Liquigas-Doimo
Ivan Basso (Ita)
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
Peter Sagan SKV 19900126
Silvester Szymid (Pol)
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
Oliver Zaugg (Swi)
Quick Step
Mauro Facci (Ita)
Andrei Kunitski (Blr)
Branislau Samoilau (Blr)
Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel)
Andreas Stauff (Ger)
Marco Velo (Ita)
Wouter Weylandt (Bel)
Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den)
Team Sky
Dario Cioni (Ita)
Chris Froome (GBr)
Gregory Henderson (NZl)
Peter Kennaugh (GBr)
Serge Pauwels (Bel)
Nicolas Portal (Bel)
Morris Possoni (Ita)
Ben Swift (GBr)
Team Katusha
Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra)
Lazlo Botcharov Alexander (Rus)
Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita)
Gianpaolo Ignatyev Mikhail (Rus)
Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda)
Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
Artem Ovechkin (Rus)
Team RadioShack
Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
Matthew Busche (USA)
Markel Irizar (Spa)
Tiago Machado (Por)
Sergio Paulinho (Por)
Luis Rubiera Jose (Spa)
Geert Steegmans (Bel)
Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Astana
Allan Davis (Aus)
Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz)
Maxim Gourov (Kaz)
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz)
Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz)
Sergey Renev (Kaz)
Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
Caisse d’Epargne
David Lopez (Spa)
Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
Christophe Moreau (Fra)
Jose Cobo Juan (Spa)
Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa)
Mathieu Perget (Fra)
Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
Mauricio Soler (Col)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Koldo Fernandez de Larrea (Spa)
Gorka Verdugo (Spa)
Aitor Galdos (Spa)
Igor Anton (Spa)
Mikel Nieve (Spa)
Iñaki Isasi (Spa)
Alan Perez (Spa)
Juan José Oroz (Spa)
Française des Jeux
Sandy Casar (Fra)
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra)
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
Francis Mourey (Fra)
Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
Arthur Vichot (Fra)
Lampre Farnese Vini
David Loosli (Swi)
Adriano Malori (Ita)
Danilo Hondo (Ger)
Simon Spilak (Slo)
Enrico Magazzini (Ita)
Marco Marzano (Ita)
Daniele Righi (Ita)
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita)
Omega Pharma-Lotto
Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra)
Mario Aerts (Bel)
Jan Bakelants (Bel)
Christophe Brandt (Bel)
Francis De Greef (Bel)
Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
Charles Wegelius (GBr)
Rabobank
Mauricio Ardila (Col)
Rick Flens (Ned)
Dimitri Kozontchuk (Rus)
Denis Menchov (Rus)
Bauke Mollema (Ned)
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
Pieter Weening (Ned)
Denis Van Winden (Ned)
Team HTC-Columbia
Mark Cavendish (GBr)
Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
Bert Grabsch (Ger)
Adam Hansen (Aus)
Marco Pinotti (Ita)
Frantisek Rabon (Cze)
Mark Renshaw (Aus)
Michael Rogers (Aus)
Team Milram
Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
Robert Förster (Ger)
Markus Fothen (Ger)
Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
Dominik Nerz (Ger)
Dominik Roels (Ger)
Thomas Rohregger (Ger)
Matthias Russ (Ger)
Saxo Bank
Anders Lund (Den)
André Steensen (Den)
Chris Anker Sorensen (Den)
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol)
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg)
Michael Morkov (Den)
Richie Porte (Aus)
Gustav Larsson (Swe)
Recent Winners
2009 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
2008 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
2007 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
2006 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2005 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems
2004 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
2003 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC
2002 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi
2001 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2000 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
1998 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
1997 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
1996 Abraham Olano (Spa)
1995 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1994 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1993 Pascal Richard (Swi)
1992 Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1991 Tony Rominger (Swi)
1990 Charly Mottet (Fra)