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Head and shoulders above the field. After some more good bike handling and a dominating sprint finish, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) collected his fourth win in the first 7 stages before the race turned to the individual time-trial and two mountain stages to decide the GC.

Big Photos from 2012 — sirotti/reuters

Big Photos from 2011 — sirotti/reuters

Big Photos from 2010 — sirotti

Big Photos from 2009 — sirotti

2012 Tour de Suisse Teams

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News and Updates for Tour de Suisse 2012

June 12 update: Overlapping with Tour de Suisse, starting Tuesday, is Canada's premier stage race, Tour de Beauce (2.2), with daily live updates, big photos and video highlights through Sunday June 17th.

Stage 9 post-race coverage

17 Big Photos from Stage 9 — sirotti/reuters

Costa wins Tour de Suisse overall — cyclingnews

Costa scoops overall, Tangert beats Roy for stage — velonation

17 Big Photos from Stage 9 — sirotti/reuters
June 15 update: Now that the GC has tightened up significantly after stage 8, the final mountain stage should be even more interesting. This is the most difficult stage with two HC climbs in the second half before the cat 2 summit finish at Sörenberg in the center of Switzerland. Seven riders are within 43 seconds of winning the race. — Steve

Stage 9 Interactive Map — bikemap.net

Ride Report from the Glaubenberg and Glaubenbielen Passes — cycling-challenge

Fränk Schleck confident he can snatch Tour de Suisse title — cyclingnews

Route announced for 2013 Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 8 post-race coverage

12 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti

Albasini solos to Tour de Suisse stage 8 win — cyclingnews

Albasini scoops mountain stage win, Costa under pressure — velonation

12 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti
June 15 update: Two mountain stages remain in this year's Tour de Suisse starting with Saturday's HC summit finish to Arosa, a popular skiing area. The last 5 km average 6.5%. — Steve

Stage 8 Interactive Map — bikemap.net

HC Final Climb Profile to Arosa — climbbybike

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 7 post-race coverage

21 Big Photos from Stage 7 — sirotti/reuters

Kessiakoff wins time trial in Gossau — cyclingnews

Kessiakoff stuns by beating Cancellara in Tour de Suisse time trial — velonation

21 Big Photos from Stage 7 — sirotti/reuters
June 14 update: Your typically lumpy, technical Tour de Suisse time-trial. Stage 7 will be GC shake out day before the two final (mountain) stages fine tune the overall results. — Steve

Stage 7 Start Order and Times (CET, subtract 6 hrs for EDT)

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 6 post-race coverage

13 Big Photos from Stage 6 — sirotti/reuters

Sagan wins stage 6 in Bischofszell — cyclingnews

13 Big Photos from Stage 6 — sirotti/reuters
June 14 update: A rolling/lumpy, west to east stage along the very north part of the country before a modest uphill finish in Bischofszell. — Steve

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 5 post-race coverage

16 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — sirotti/reuters

Vladimir Isaychev is the strongest of the stage five break as the peloton sleeps — velonation

Isaichev wins stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

16 Big Photos from Stage 5 (now posted) — sirotti/reuters
June 12 update: A lumpy/hilly stage with six category three climbs mostly at the end on the finishing circuits around Gansingen not including the slight uphill finish. It's been noted that the Movistar and Liquigas teams haven't had an easy time controlling this race so look for more aggressive riding, especially at the start, by the many teams that don't want stage 5 to end in a sprint finish/ another Peter Sagan win. This stage starts where we finished yesterday in Trimbach/Olten and finishes just northeast in Gansingen near the border with Germany. The weather looks ominous again today. — Steve

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 4 post-race coverage

12 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — sirotti/reuters

Sagan wins stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse (Full Results) — cyclingnews

Sagan unbeatable again in a rain sodden fourth stage — velonation

12 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — sirotti/reuters
June 11 update: This is a prototypical Tour de Suisse stage. Starting from Aarberg, the stage 3 finish host, Tuesday's stage 4 meanders through the green hills in northern Switzerland on its way to Trimbach (Olten). At the half way point, riders will climb the narrow cat 1 Scheltenpass (1051m). Like Monday's stage 3, there is a hilly, finishing circuit, but there is more climbing and the route is more technical although the finish is flat. The weather forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain so all things considered this is going to be very dicey stage. — Steve

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 post-race coverage

Sagan wins stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

Peter Sagan wins stage three as Swiss Railways gives the breakaway a chance — velonation

Close call for Cooke at Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

Baden Cooke grabs second on stage 3 by chance — velonation

16 Big Photos from Stage 3 (more photos added) — sirotti/reuters
June 10 update: Stage 3 heads north through the valley past the UCI headquarters in Aigle then around the east end of Lake Geneva before turning north towards Bern. The stage finishes with a hilly circuit west of Bern featuring cat 3 and cat 4 climbs before a descending and flat finish in Aarberg. — Steve

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 post-race coverage

16 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/reuters

Costa steals Schleck's thunder in Verbier (Full Results) — cyclingnews

Faria Da Costa gewinnt in Verbier (includes restricted video) — sport.sf.tv

Rabobank downplaying their disappointing Verbier result — velonation

Team SpiderTech′s Ryan Anderson earns ‘most aggressive’ prize — cyclesportmanagement

16 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/reuters
June 9 update: The first mountain stage. Starting from Verbania, Italy on the shores of Lake Maggiore, the route heads northwest over the Simplon Pass and then west through the Valias valley that separates the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps, past Brig, Sierre, Sion and Martigny. The stage ends with a left turn up to the ski resort at Verbier (8.8 km, avg. 7.5 %), where Alberto Contador won a Tour de France stage in 2009. — Steve

Big Photos from the 2009 Tour de France summit finish at Verbier — sirotti

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 post-race coverage

11 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti

Sagan wins stage 1 at Tour de Suisse (Full Results) — cyclingnews

Sagan beats Cancellara in Tour de Suisse opening time trial — cyclingweekly.co.uk

Peter Sagan descends fearlessly to take opening time trial — velonation

11 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti

Stage 1 Highlights and Cancellara interview (German, restricted to Switzerland?) — sport.sf.tv

June 9 update: This is the same opening time-trial course from last year. From last year's preview: although labeled stage 1, the first day time-trial on the shores of beautiful Lugano would be called a prologue by most other races. The 7.3 ITT course will have a 150m climb cresting at km 3 followed a techincal descent. The rest of the course looks fairly typical with five 90-degree turns. — Steve

Last year's prologue coverage (results, photos and video)

Prologue Start Order and Times (CET, subtract 6 hrs for EDT)

See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

2012 Tour de Suisse Preview

June 8 update:

Tour de Suisse Preview: Much to learn about July with no clear favorite — velonews

Leipheimer Q&A: Looking for Swiss tour bump — velonews

Provisional Startlist w/ bib numbers now posted (right-below) — steephill

Sagan heads Liquigas at Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

Kreuziger gets a second chance in Tour de Suisse — cyclingnews

Rabobank to Suisse for Tour de France “dress rehearsal” — velonation

Roche expecting time trial improvement after wind tunnel work — velonation

Rant: 2012 Tour de Suisse Route Sucks — podiumcafe

May 31 update:
Chris Anker Sørensen altitude training to ensure peak form for Tour de Suisse and Tour de France — velonation

March 28 update:
Team SpiderTech to race in Tour de Suisse — cyclesportmanagement
SpiderTech earns wildcard to Tour de Suisse — velonews
February 12 update:
Time trial and two summit finishes mark tough finale to Tour de Suisse — velonation
Route for Tour de Suisse 2012 finalised — tourdesuisse.ch

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Live Streaming Video and TV Coverage

June 10 update: Listed below are the 2012 Tour de Suisse broadcasters and the initial sources for live streaming video. Unrestricted video links are in bold. Check back at race time for the latest options. 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
	tv schedule (british) tv schedule (int'l/cet)	British Eurosport. Delayed coverage only for Stage 9: now live coverage.
	live video (german) live video (german) live video (german) live video (german) live video (german) live video (german) tv schedule	Switzerland, Germany; 3.45 to 5.35 pm CET for all stages except stage 9 2.50 to 5.35 pm CET
	live video (german) tv schedule	Germany
	live video (italian) live video (english) tv schedule	Italian daily coverage of Giro di Svizzera on sky.it
	live video (french) live video (french) live video (french) live video (french) live video (french) tv schedule	France, Andorra, African States, Monaco;
	live video (spanish) live video (basque) tv schedule	Basque/Spanish; LIVE on ETB1
	live video (japanese) tv schedule	Japanese; live
	delayed video (english) tv schedule (see comments)	North America; June 9 at 2 a.m. ET; June 10 at 9 p.m. ET; June 11-16 at 5 p.m. ET; June 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET
	live video (norwegian) tv schedule	Norway; Live on TV 2
	text updates live ticker	English; official text updates
	steephill text updates	short text updates from any and everyone
	live text updates ES live text updates EN	Spanish text updates for Tour de Suiza from Biciciclismo.
	live ticker (german)	German text updates
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