The women's Tour de Suisse starts on Thursday in Gstaad and finishes four days later in Küssnacht am Rigi. Like Marlen Reusser, last year's winner Demi Vollering is one of the top favorites.
12.06.2025, 07:18
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- The women's Tour de Suisse starts on June 12.
- After Demi Vollering (Netherlands), Swiss rider Marlen Reusser is one of the favorites for overall victory.
- The tour takes place over four stages, starting in Gstaad and finishing in Küssnacht am Rigi.
The route
The women's Tour de Suisse has enjoyed World Tour status since 2023 and, as in the past two years, takes place over four days. For the first time, the tour will take place before the men's race. The 100 or so female riders, divided into 18 teams, will cover around 510 km and 7000 meters of altitude.
The first stage, which starts and finishes in Gstaad, leads over the Jaun Pass. The next day, the longest stage of the tour takes place from Gstaad to the Sursee campus in Oberkirch: At 161.7 km, it is even slightly longer than the UCI actually allows. Stages 3 and 4 also take place in hilly terrain and end in the Schwyz municipality of Küssnacht am Rigi. Sunday's stage takes place on exactly the same route as the men's stage.
The favorites
The road to overall victory leads via Demi Vollering. The 28-year-old Dutchwoman already won the Tour of Switzerland last year - and every multi-stage race in which she took part this year. Whether it was the Tour of Valencia, the Tour of Spain, the Tour of the Basque Country or the Tour of Catalonia, Vollering was in a class of her own. Alongside Katarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland, who won the Tour de France last summer, the most promising challenger is Marlen Reusser.
The 33-year-old from Bern, who is making a strong comeback season after a completely unsuccessful 2024 due to health reasons, finished second overall behind Vollering in both the Tour of Valencia and the Tour of Spain. Reusser, who has been riding for the Spanish team Movistar since the beginning of the year, won the four-day Tour of Burgos at the end of May in Vollering's absence.
The Swiss women
In addition to Reusser, several Swiss riders have already made their mark this season. Elise Chabbey finished second overall in Catalonia last week behind her FDJ teammate Vollering. The 32-year-old from Geneva also wore the leader's jersey for one day after her stage win in Reus.
Noemi Rüegg caused a sensation at the start of the season by winning the overall classification of the three-day Tour Down Under and the second stage at the World Tour opener in Australia. In March, the Zurich native took 3rd place in the Milan - Sanremo. Rüegg is making her comeback at the Tour de Suisse after being unable to compete for several weeks due to a broken collarbone.
With Elena Hartmann, Petra Stiasny and Steffi Häberlin, three other Swiss women will be competing in Gstaad with their World Tour teams. A selection of the new Swiss Continental team Nexetis will also be taking part in the national tour.
