Tour de Suisse
June 9-17 2012
The Tour de Suisse (English: Tour of Switzerland) is a one week UCI World Tour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is a proving ground for the Tour de France, and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse offers mountain climbs and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the organizers moved the race to earlier in June. — wikipedia
Tour de Suisse stages
Stage 1: June 09, Lugano – 7.3 km ITT (Start Order and Times [PDF])
Stage 2: June 10, Verbania – Verbier – 218.3 km
Stage 3: June 11, Martigny – Aarberg – 194.7 km
Stage 4: June 12, Aarberg – Trimbach/Olten – 188.8 km
Stage 5: June 13, Trimbach/Olten – Gansingen – 192.7 km
Stage 6: June 14, Wittnau – Bischofszell – 198.5 km
Stage 7: June 15, Gossau – 34.3 km ITT
Stage 8: June 16, Bischofszell – Arosa – 148.2 km
Stage 9: June 17, Näfels-Lintharena – Sörenberg – 215.8 km
Twitter: Tour de Suisse, #TdSuisse
LINKS:
[1] Tour de Suisse 2012 Live Dashboard [steephill.tv]
[2] Tour de Suisse 2012 [cyclingnews.com]
[3] Tour de Suisse 2012 [SBS: Cycling Central]
[4] Tour de Suisse [Official Site]
