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The Tour of Romandie is known more for its narrow roads (some built by the Romans) but normally no serious mountains. However, this year's Stage 4 has two high mountain passes. There are always several good scenic shots each year of the great recreational cycling roads in western Switzerland, This one is from the 2008 race near Sierre.
Big Photos from the 2012 Tour de Romandiereuters/sirotti
Big Photos from the 2011 Tour de Romandiesirotti/reuters

2013 Tour de Romandie Teams
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News and Updates for Tour de Romandie 2013

Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage


Froome wins Tour de Romandiecyclingnews
Chris Froome wraps up overall as Tony Martin takes final time trialvelonation
Chris Froome confirms 2013 Tour de Romandie victory as Tony Martin wins final ITTvelonews
Chris Froome wins Tour de Romandie for Team Skybbc.co.uk
Tony Martin wins final day time-trial; Chris Froome claims titletelegraph.co.uk
Stage 5 Photosarc/tourderomandie.ch
Stage 5 ITT Highlights; Froome Interview, Podium (1:37 English)guardian.co.uk
April 27 update: The final stage is a flat, 18.6 km, non-technical time-trial along the shores of Lake Geneva. Chris Froome has all but wrapped up the overall win. There are seven riders within seven seconds of the final podium (3rd) spot. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 ITT Start Order and Times (CET) — biciciclismo

Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage


Spilak claims rainy Romandie stagecyclingnews
Simon Spilak wins stage 4; Chris Froome defends overallvelonews
Spilak wins weather-altered version of stage fourvelonation
Froome Extends Lead On Queen Stageteamsky
Stage 4 Photosarc/tourderomandie.ch
Graham Watson Stage 4 Photosvelonews

April 26 update: Stage 4 is the queen stage of this year's race with three category one climbs including two passes of Col de la Croix, one of the hardest climbs in Europe. All three climbs average around 10%. After the second ascent of Col de la Croix, the race finishes with a 9 km descent to Les Diablerets.Steve
April 27 update: Snow forces changes to Tour de Romandie queen stagecyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage


Meersman wins second stage at Tour de Romandiecyclingnews
Meersman grabs stage 6 win at the Tour de Romandievelonews
Gianni Meersman sprints to a second victory on stage threevelonation
Hesjedal pulls out of Romandie for final Giro prepvelonews
Last Km of Stage 3 (1:08 Dutch)sporza.be
Stage 3 Photosarc/tourderomandie.ch
Graham Watson Stage 3 Photosvelonews
April 25 update: A confusing, hilly clover leaf course around Payerne, just south of Lac de Neuchâtel featuring a descending then flat finish for the second day in a row. There is a good chance a break will slip away on the lumpy finish. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage


Full Results from Stage 2biciciclismo
Navardauskas powers to Romandie stage wincyclingnews
Navardauskas wins stage 2 at Tour de Romandievelonews
Last Km of Stage 2 (00:54 Dutch)sporza.be
Stage 2 Photostourderomandie.ch
Graham Watson Stage 2 Photoscyclingweekly.co.uk
April 24 update: A rolling stage with two categorized climbs that should end in a bunch sprint on the flat run into Granges, the northern point of this year's race. It's 17 km from the final climb to the finish and the descent is very technical. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage


Meersman sprints to Romandie stage 1 victorycyclingnews
Gianni Meersman sprints to victory on stage onevelonation
Last Km of Stage 1 (1:35 Dutch)sporza.be
Graham Watson Stage 1 Photosvelonews
Stage 1 Photostourderomandie.ch
April 23 update: A hilly stage featuring three categorized climbs starting near the UCI headquarters in Aigle and ending on the north side of Lake Geneva in Renens, a suburb of Lausanne. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.

Prologue Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Results from the Prologuetourderomandie.ch
Froome wins Romandie prologuecyclingnews
Chris Froome blasts to prologue victory on Mayens de Bruson climbvelonation
Proloog Verslag/ Prologue Highlights (1:14 Dutch)sporza.be
Graham Watson Prologue Photoscyclingweekly.co.uk
AFP Prologue photoscyclingnews
April 22 update: A category 3 uphill time trial to the Bruson ski resort near Verbier kicks off the 2013 race. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Prologue profile, map and timetable.
Prologue Flyover (00:30 No Audio)tourderomandie
Prologue Start Order and Timestourderomandie

2013 Tour de Romandie Preview

April 22 update:
2013 Course Previewpodiumcafe
Preview: Race favoritescyclingnews
Official Startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv
Attackers may feature as Tour de Romandie opens Tuesdayvelonews
Orica-GreenEDGE armed for Romandie stage successsbs.au
Tour de Romandie Previewinrng

April 21 update:
Stage profiles, maps, timetables and flyovers are now posted in race summary table

February 14 update:
Froome primed for 2013 after ‘best winter ever’velonews
Raising the bar: Talansky racing to win en route to Tourvelonews

December 22 update:
Host towns official announcementtourderomandie





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En Direct: Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

April 22 update: 2013 Tour de Romandie broadcasters are listed in the link below and some live video links are now posted with more live coverage options to come at race time. Unrestricted live video links are in bold (go full screen to avoid the popup ads). — Steve

Tour of Romandie 2013 Worldwide Broadcasterstourderomandie.ch


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UK; live coverage and highlights each day
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Aljazeera live coverage in English
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Dutch; live at 16:00 CET
sf zwei    live video (s. german)
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Switzerland's SF Zwei live coverage at 16:15 CET with swiss german commentary
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France and Europe satellites;
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Italy on RAI Sport 2. Stage 1 live at 16:00
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USA; live coverage at 10:30 AM ET
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RDS (Canada) will have live daily broadcasts starting at 10:30 (EST) with rebroadcasts daily
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2013 Tour de Romandie Route Map



Route Map (Large Version) — tourderomandie


2012 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage

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2010 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage

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2008 Tour de Romandie Archived Coverage