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Tour de Romandie 2011 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights

The 2011 Tour de Romandie was one of two one week stage races BMC's Cadel Evans won leading up to his win at the Tour de France in July
Big Photos from the 2011 Tour de Romandiesirotti/reuters

PTuesday, April 263.5 km 
Martigny
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
1Wednesday, April 27173 km 
MartignyLeysin
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
2Thursday, April 28172 km 
RomontRomont
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
3Friday, April 29166 km 
ThierrensNeuchâtel
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
4Saturday, April 3020.5 km 
AubonneSignal-de-Bougy
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
5Sunday, May 1165 km 
ChampagneGenève
profile | map | timetable | preview | results | photos | video
  Total Distance700 km 

2011 Tour de Romandie Teams
Team Rosters and Withdrawals
Group riders by: or

LAMPRE - ISD (LAM)
(ITA)
  1SPILAK  SimonSLO
  2CUNEGO  DamianoITA
  3KASHECHKIN  AndreyKAZ
  4LOOSLI  DavidSUI
  5MORI  ManueleITA
  6KVACHUK  OleksandrUKR
  7BONO  MatteoITA

RADIOSHACK (RSH)
(USA)
  11BRAJKOVIC  JanezSLO
  12ZUBELDIA AGIRRE  HaimarESP
  13HERMANS  BenBEL
  14MURAVYEV  DmitriyKAZ
  15LEQUATRE  GeoffroyFRA
  16ROSSELER  SébastienBEL
  17CARDOSO  manuel Antonio LealPOR
  18BEPPU  FumiyukiJPN

HTC-HIGHROAD (THR)
(USA)
  21PINOTTI  MarcoITA
  22RABON  FrantisekCZE
  23HOWARD  LeighAUS
  24RENSHAW  MarkAUS
  25GRABSCH  BertGER
  26SIVTSOV  KanstantsinBLR
  27MARTIN  TonyGER
  28GRETSCH  PatrickGER

RABOBANK (RAB)
(NED)
  31SANCHEZ GIL  Luis LeonESP
  32FLENS  RickNED
  33FREIRE GOMEZ  OscarESP
  34KRUIJSWIJK  StevenNED
  35CLEMENT  StefNED
  36LEEZER  ThomasNED
  37WEENING  PieterNED
  38VAN WINDEN  DennisNED

GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM)
(USA)
  41MILLAR  DavidGBR
  42DANIELSON  ThomasUSA
  43ZABRISKIE  DavidUSA
  44TALANSKY  AndrewUSA
  45STETINA  PeterUSA
  46WILSON  MatthewAUS
  47BOBRIDGE  JackAUS
  48MEYER  CameronAUS

LEOPARD-TREK (LEO)
(LUX)
  51BENNATI  DanieleITA
  52GERDEMANN  LinusGER
  53ROHREGGER  ThomasAUT
  54ZAUGG  OliverSUI
  55VIGANO  DavideITA
  56STAMSNIJDER  TomNED
  57FEILLU  BriceFRA
  58PIRES  BrunoPOR

BMC RACING (BMC)
(USA)
  61EVANS  CadelAUS
  62PHINNEY  TaylorUSA
  63MORABITO  SteveSUI
  64MOINARD  AmaëlFRA
  65SANTAROMITA  IvanITA
  66SCHÄR  MichaelSUI
  67TSCHOPP  JohannSUI
  68WYSS  DaniloSUI

SKY (SKY)
(GBR)
  71WIGGINS  BradleyGBR
  72THOMAS  GeraintGBR
  73CIONI  Dario DavidITA
  74FROOME  ChristopherGBR
  75POSSONI  MorrisITA
  76SUTTON  ChristopherAUS
  77BARRY  MichaelCAN
  78SWIFT  BenGBR

OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO)
(BEL)
  81BLYTH  AdamGBR
  82NEYENS  MaartenBEL
  83DE GREEF  FrancisBEL
  84DE CLERCQ  BartBEL
  85VAN DE WALLE  JurgenBEL
  86PUJOL MUNOZ  OscarESP

MOVISTAR (MOV)
(ESP)
  91INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA  BenatESP
  92HERRADA LOPEZ  JesusESP
  93FARIA DA COSTA  Rui AlbertoPOR
  94SAMOILAU  BranislauBLR
  95LOPEZ GARCIA  DavidESP
  96GARCIA ACOSTA  José VicenteESP
  97KONOVALOVAS  IgnatasLTU
  98SANZ  EnriqueESP

QUICKSTEP (QST)
(BEL)
  101DE MAAR  MarcAHO
  102CIOLEK  GeraldGER
  103SEELDRAEYERS  KevinBEL
  104CHICCHI  FrancescoITA
  105TRATNIK  JanSLO
  106DE WEERT  KevinBEL
  107ENGELS  AddyNED
  108BANDIERA  MarcoITA

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS)
(DEN)
  111PORTE  RichieAUS
  112ROBERTS  LukeAUS
  113MAJKA  RafalPOL
  114SÖRENSEN  ChrisDEN
  115MORKOV  MichaelDEN
  116GUSTOV  VolodymirUKR
  117NOVAL GONZALEZ  BenjaminESP
  118SÖRENSEN  NickiDEN

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ)
(ITA)
  121BASSO  IvanITA
  122MARANGONI  AlanITA
  123DALL'ANTONIA  TizianoITA
  124LONGO BORGHINI  PaoloITA
  125SZMYD  SylvesterPOL
  126VANOTTI  AlessandroITA
  127SABATINI  FabioITA
  128PONZI  SimoneITA

KATUSHA (KAT)
(RUS)
  131KARPETS  VladimirRUS
  132GUSEV  VladimirRUS
  133OVECHKIN  ArtemRUS
  134KUSCHYNSKI  AliaksandrBLR
  135IGNATENKO  PetrRUS
  136BRUTT  PavelRUS
  137PLIUSCHIN  AlexandrMDA
  138IGNATYEV  MikhailRUS

EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS)
(ESP)
  141CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS  JonathanESP
  142ISASI FLORES  InakiESP
  143TXURRUKA  AmetsESP
  144VELASCO MURILLO  IvanESP
  145MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN  EgoiESP
  146VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI  GorkaESP
  147PEREZ LEZAUN  AlanESP
  148FERNANDEZ  KoldoESP

AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
(FRA)
  151PERAUD  Jean-ChristopheFRA
  152PERGET  MathieuFRA
  153LOUBET  JulienFRA
  154GADRET  JohnFRA
  155CHEREL  MikaelFRA
  156BOUET  MaximeFRA
  157ROCHE  NicolasIRL
  158LELAY  DavidFRA

VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD)
(NED)
  161WESTRA  LieuweNED
  162VAN LEIJEN  JoostNED
  163RUIJGH  RobNED
  164MOL  WouterNED
  165KEIZER  MartijnNED
  166CARRARA  MatteoITA
  167ANZA  SantoITA

ASTANA (AST)
(KAZ)
  171KREUZIGER  RomanCZE
  172GASPAROTTO  EnricoITA
  173LORENZETTO  MircoITA
  174STANGELJ  GorazdSLO
  175KISERLOVSKI  RobertCRO
  176IGLINSKIY  MaximKAZ
  177VINOKOUROV  AlexandreKAZ
  178TIRALONGO  PaoloITA

EUROPCAR (EUC)
(FRA)
  181COUSIN  JeromeFRA
  182QUEMENEUR  PerrigFRA
  183KERN  ChristopheFRA
  184GAUTIER  CyrilFRA
  185CHARTEAU  AnthonyFRA
  186ARASHIRO  YukiyaJPN
  187ROLLAND  PierreFRA

GEOX-TMC (GEO)
(ESP)
  191MENCHOV  DenisRUS
  192WYSS  MarcelSUI
  193GIANETTI  NoeSUI
  194CHEULA  GiampaoloITA
  195BRANDLE  MatthiasAUT
  196KOZONTCHUK  DmitryRUS
  197ARDILA CANO  MauricioCOL
  198CORTI  MarcoITA

Printable Startlist


News and Updates for Tour de Romandie 2011

Stage 5 results: Ben Swift wins the only sprint finish of the week; Cadel Evans wraps up the overall

Stage 5 results:
1  Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling                     3:50:51   
2  Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek      
3  Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team      
4  Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale      
5  Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana      
6  Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack      
7  Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad      
8  Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale      
9  Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar      
10 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team                  

Final General Classification
1  Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team                16:51:49   
2  Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad                     + 0:18   
3  Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana         + 0:19   
4  Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad                   + 0:31   
5  Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team      + 0:41   
6  Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team         + 0:51   
7  Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack              + 0:52   
8  Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team                     + 0:58   
9  Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo          + 0:59   
10 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo             + 1:00  
Sky's Geneva convention guides Swift to victory; Evans wraps up overall title cyclingnews
Cadel Evans wraps up Tour de Romandie as Ben Swift takes final stagevelonews
Stage 5 Last 5 Kms (06:34 French)sport+
Stage 5 Last 5 Kms (06:59 Flemish)sporza
Stage 5 Highlights (01:33 Flemish) — sporza
6 Big Photos from Stage 5 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Win at Romandie ‘very satisfying’ for Evanscyclingnews
Graham Watson Stage 5 photosgrahamwatson

Stage 5 preview: Champagne → Genève, 165 km (hilly)

May 1 update: This year's Tour of Romandie ends in Geneva after two cat 1 climbs in the middle heading south from the start in Champagne. The last 25 km are flat so Cadel Evans 18s lead isn't likely in jeopardy provided the rain holds off. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 5 Flyover (00:44 no sound)tourderomandie

Stage 5 start time: Sunday 10:00 CET (8:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Champagne, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 13:00 CET (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 14:10 CET (12:10:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Genève, Switzerland

Stage 4 ITT: Cadel Evans's 8th place ride moves him to the top of the GC; Dave Zabriskie benefits from an early start to take the win


9 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Stage 4 results:
1  David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo)     27:57
2  Richie Porte (Saxo Bank-SunGard)     27:59
3  Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil)          28.13
4  Bradley Wiggins (Skuy)               28:15
5  Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad)           28:24  
...
8  Cadel Evans (BMC)                    28:41

General Classification after Stage 4
1  Cadel Evans (BMC) 
2  Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad)          + 0:18
3  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)       + 0:19
4  Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad)        + 0:31
5  Beñat Intxausti (Movistar Team)     + 0:41	
Zabriskie powers to Romandie time trial cyclingnews
Dave Zabriskie wins Tour de Romandie TT, Cadel Evans takes leadvelonews
9 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Stage 4 ITT Final Riders (10:03 French)sport+
Stage 4 ITT Highlights (02:54 German) — sf.tv
Graham Watson Stage 4 photosgrahamwatson

Stage 4 preview: Aubonne → Signal-de-Bougy, 20.5 km (TT)

April 29 update: Pavel Brutt (Katusha) will take a 32s lead over Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and 42s over Cadel Evans (BMC) into the penultimate stage. He's not known as a time-trialist so tune in to see what happens on the lumpy, somewhat technical 20.5 km ITT starting from Aubonne. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 4 ITT Flyover (00:15 no sound)tourderomandie
Stage 4 ITT Start Order and Timesbiciciclismo

Stage 4 start time: Saturday 14:00 CET (12:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Aubonne, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 16:00 CET (2:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:37 CET (3:37:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Signal-de-Bougy, Switzerland

Stage 3 results: Vino schools the field in Neuchatel and collects 10s bonus to move up to 2nd overall before the decisive ITT on Saturday


The only thing AG2R's Mikaël Cherel should be upset about is that he sat on Astana's Alexander Vinokourov's wheel for too long and then tried to pass him in the narrow gap with the barriers
4 Big Photos from Stage 3reuters/sirotti
Stage 3 results:
1  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)            3:47:55
2  Mickael Cherel (AG2R)   
3  Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad)   
4  Ben Swift (Sky)   
5  Oscar Freire (Rabobank)   
6  Davide Vigano (Sky)   
7  Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack)   
8  Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)   
9  Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD)   
10 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil)   

General Classification after Stage 3
1  Pavel Brutt (Katusha)                   12:31:34
2  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)             + 0:32
3  Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD)               + 0:38
4  Cadel Evans (BMC)                         + 0:42
5  Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi)         + 0:46
6  Steve Morabito (BMC)                      + 0:50
7  Beñat Intxausti (Movistar Team)           + 0:51
8  Olivier Zaugg (Leopard-Trek)   
9  Pieter Weening (Rabobank)   
10 Marcel Wyss (Geox-TMC)                    + 0:52	
Alexandre Vinokourov takes stage three in disputed breakaway sprintvelonation
Vinokourov powers to victory cyclingnews
Alexander Vinokourov wins stage at Tour de Romandie, Pavel Brutt keeps leadvelonews
Stage 3 Last 5 Kms (07:32 French)sport+
4 Big Photos from Stage 3reuters/sirotti
Graham Watson Stage 3 photosgrahamwatson

Stage 3 preview: Thierrens → Neuchâtel, 166 km (hilly)

April 28 update: Stage 3 isn't as lumpy as stage 2, but it will have category 1 and category 2 climbs near the finish. Unlike stage 2, the last three kms into Neuchâtel will be flat. Note the earlier live video time. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 3 Flyover (00:45 no sound)tourderomandie

Stage 3 start time: Friday 11:15 CET (9:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Thierrens, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 13:55 CET (11:55:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:01 CET (1:01:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Stage 2: Damiano Cunego surges for the uphill win in Romont; Pavel Brutt put under pressure and loses 45s of his overall lead



Cunego prevails in Romontcyclingnews
Cunego al Romandia Battuti Evans e Vinogazzetta.it
Damiano Cunego takes uphill sprint victory Tour de Romandie as leader Pavel Brutt strugglesvelonews
10 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Stage 2 Last 10 Kms (14:58 French)sport+
Graham Watson Stage 2 photosgrahamwatson
Stage 2 Highlights (02:03 English)nbcsports

Stage 2 preview: Romont → Romont, 172 km (hilly)

April 27 update: When in cycle-tourist mode, I enjoy cloverleaf tours. If you are not familiar with the term, that's when you set up base camp somewhere and do recreational rides in all directions over three or four days. Some people call that a "cloverleaf tour." Well, Stage 2 consists of three cloverleaves through the hilly Romandie countryside with Romont being "basecamp" or the hub. Romont is a pictureque Swiss hilltop town (photos) and the last km to the finish of stage 3 will be 7.5%. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 2 Flyover (00:51 no sound)tourderomandie

Stage 2 start time: Thursday 12:55 CET (10:55:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Romont, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 16:00 CET (2:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:06 CET (3:06:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Romont, Switzerland

Stage 1: Break succeeds with Pavel Brutt (Katusha) winning by almost 2 minutes over the peloton


Brutt solos to victory in Leysincyclingnews
Pavel Brutt climbs through the rain to take first road stagevelonation
Stage 1 Last 4 Kms (14:58 French)sport+
Stage 1 Last 3 Kms (10:01 English)eurosport
8 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Graham Watson Stage 1 Photosgrahamwatson
Benatti out of Tour de Romandie with broken collarbonecyclingnews
Robert Kiserlovski leaves Touyr de Romandie, Giro d’Italia in doubtvelonews
Stage 1 Highlights (02:04 English)versus
Stage 1 Highlights (02:04 English)nbcsports


The view of Chateau d'Oex, km 120 of Stage 1. Here's an excellent recreational ride off of today's route that's too narrow for a professional race:
Cycling Switzerland, Chateau d'Oex - Lac de L'Hongrin 40 km Loopsteephill.tv

Stage 1 preview: Martigny → Leysin, 173 km (Mountain)

April 26 update: Stage 1 gradually works its way uphill finishing with two cat 1 climbs and an uphill finish in Leysin. Call this the Queen Stage for a tame Tour de Romandie this year.

The day starts out easy heading north from yesterday's prologue site in Martigny. We'll pass the UCI head office in Aigle, transverse the shores of Lake Geneva before tackling the diffcult part of this stage. The riders will loop through some classic Romandie countryside (narrow twisty roads with lush hills) climbing Col du Pillon at km 150, the highest point of this year's Tour de Romandie at 1545m (3D tour) before descending to the base of the ski resort in Leysin. The finishing climb (generously awarded category 1) is about 6 km long with a modest 4.4% average grade. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

 3D Flyover of Col du Pillon el. 1546m (Cat 1) at km 150 (22 km to go) — cyclingthealps
Stage 1 Flyover (00:46 no sound)tourderomandie

Stage 1 start time: Wednesday 12:45 CET (10:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Martigny, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 15:55 CET (1:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:20 CET (3:20:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Leysin, Switzerland


Prologue results: Jonathan Castroviejo edges Taylor Phinney (BMC) to give Euskaltel-Euskadi a rare prologue win


7 Big Photos from the Prologue (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Prologue results:
1  Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel-Euskadi)   3:40.42 (49 kph)
2  Taylor Phinney (BMC)                       3:40.69
3  Leigh Howard (HTC)                         3:41.55
4  Geoffrey Lequatre (RadioShack)             3:42.37
5  David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo)              3:42.52
6  Denis Van Winden (Rabobank)                3:43.40
7  Patrick Gretsch (HTC-Highroad)             3:43.90
8  Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad)                3:44.06
9  Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)              3:44.37
10 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek)             3:44.42
Castroviejo stuns in Romandie prologuecyclingnews
Jonathan Castroviejo takes prologue at 2011 Tour de Romandievelonews
7 Big Photos from the Prologue (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti
Prologue Final Riders (09:57 French)sport+
Graham Watson Prologue photosgrahamwatson
Jonathan Castroviejo's winning ride and other highlights (13:48 French)sport+
Prologue Highlights (02:12 English)versus
Prologue Highlights (02:12 English)nbcsports

Prologue preview: Martigny, 3.5 km (TT)

April 25 update: A short (3.5 km), dead-flat prologue with a bunch of 90 degree corners on pavé. Lots of good TTer's in the field to choose from including Frantisek Rabon (HTC) winner of the flat 3.1 km Lausanne prologue at the 2009 Tour de Romandie (photo left), Rabon's teammate Marco Pinotti who won the prologue last year, perennial prologue favorites David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky). The weather forecast is partly cloudy and 10C which may make it the nicest day weather-wise for the entire race with rain forecasted for much of the remaining week. Apparently, the organizers have cut the hardest turn on the prologue course so the overall distance has been trimmed to 2.9 km. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Prologue Start Order and Timesbiciciclismo
Prologue Flyover (00:23 no sound)tourderomandie

Prologue start time: Tuesday 15:55 CET (1:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Martigny, Switzerland
Earliest live video: 17:55 CET (3:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 18:59 CET (4:59:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Martigny, Switzerland

2011 Race Previews

April 25 update:
 
2011 Worldwide broadcasters and initial sources for live videosteephill.tv
Evans and BMC ready for Romandiesbs.au
Evans, Phinney to ride the Tour de Romandiecyclingnews
Nicolas Roche Video Interview: Building towards Liège, Romandie and Tour velonation
2011 Official startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv
Time trials loom large in Tour of Romandievelonews
Evans, Basso, Menchov line up for Tour de Romandie AFP
2010 Highlights (02:33 English)versus

April 24 update: Cadel Evans and Taylor Phinney ready to ride at Tour de Romandievelonews

2011 Tour de Romandie Course Preview

April 17 update: As usual, the Tour de Romandie starts with a short prologue and includes a time-trial near the end. This year's individual time trial is positioned on the penultimate stage on a course that can neither be described as easy or difficult.

There are never any big mountain days at the Tour de Romandie just a bunch of hilly stages on narrow roads. Stage 2 will feature two cat 1 climbs near the end with a uphill finish in Leysin so we'll call it the queen stage.



Also follow steephill on Twitter for the latest race info and video updates.
The race concludes with a downhill run into Geneva on May 1st less than a week before the Giro d'Italia starts which some riders will be ramping up for. Last year's Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso (Liguigas) is opting for this race over Giro del Trentino and watch for 2009 Tour de Romandie overall winner and 2008 runner-up, Roman Kreuziger (Astana), who will be one of Basso's closest competitors at the Giro d'Italia this year.

See the stage maps, profiles and timetables in race summary table (right) and scroll down for the provisional rosters. — Steve



Live Streaming Video, Text Updates and and TV Coverage

April 25 update: A work in progress for Tour de Romandie 2011 live and delayed coverage. Check back at race time for the unrestricted live links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve
media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
   live video (dutch)
  tv schedule
Daily live coverage of Ronde van Romandie on Dutch tv coverage. Stage 3 live at 13:55 CET on EXQI Sport.
   live video (french)
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
France and Europe satellites; looks like delayed coverage on Sport+
   live video (italian)
  tv schedule
Italian; Sport Italia diretta and unrestricted.
eurosport    delayed video (english)
   live video (english)
  tv schedule (british)
British Eurosport will have live coverage on Eurosport 2. Stage 5 is delayed on British Eurosport. Starts at 22:30 CET.
   live video (spanish)
  tv schedule
Spanish; daily live coverage. Restricted
versus   tv schedule United States; Delayed coverage, April 26-29 @ 4pm; April 30-May 1 Time TBD
   highlights (restricted)
  tv schedule
Romande; French.
 live text updates English updates
tourderomandie.ch live text updates (french)
 live ticker
live text updates and new race ticker on the official site
live text updates ES
live text updates EN
The Biciciclismo website has the latest Spanish race updates
 steephill text updates
 official tweets  #romandie twitter group
short text updates from any and everyone
check back at race time for more and updated links; email send a comment or a new live link



2011 Route Map


Large Detailed Route Maptourderomandie


2010 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage

2009 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage

2008 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage