{"id":3325,"date":"2024-03-25T11:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdesuisse.ch.ownb.it\/route\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:19:54","slug":"route","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/women\/route\/","title":{"rendered":"Route Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro-section page-section style-default layout-default align-default\">\n\t<div class=\"section-grid grid-layout container\">\n\t\t<div style=\"--grid-layout-index: 1; --col-xs: 12; --col-sm: 12; --col-md: 12; --col-lg: 12; --col-xl: 12\" class=\"section-item layout-default layout-margin-default\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro-background-title\" data-content=\"2026\">2026<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"intro-title\">Stage Plan<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#map\" class=\"button style-text with-arrow\">View map<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro-content lead-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  id class=\"page-section style-default layout-default align-default\">\n\t<div class=\"section-grid grid-layout container\"><div  style=\"--grid-layout-index: 1; --col-xs: 12; --col-sm: 12; --col-md: 12; --col-lg: 4; --col-xl: 4\" class=\"section-item layout-default layout-margin-default\">\n<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tour de Suisse 2026 Route\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7Lx9dL6WpA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div><div  style=\"--grid-layout-index: 2; --col-xs: 12; --col-sm: 12; --col-md: 12; --col-lg: 8; --col-xl: 8\" class=\"section-item layout-default layout-margin-default\"><h2>Tour de Suisse 2026 \u2013 No Mercy from Start to Finish<\/h2>\n<p>Sports Director David Loosli has designed a route that leaves virtually no room to recover \u2014 transitional stages are nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>The race kicks off in the Italian town of Sondrio with a technically challenging circuit reminiscent of Il Lombardia. Stage 2 brings punchy terrain along Lago Maggiore, followed by a tactical battle on the Schw\u00e4galp climb around Bad Ragaz (Stage 3). The individual time trial in Aarburg (23 km, fast and technical) gives specialists their moment to shine, before the Queen Stage in Villars-sur-Ollon settles everything: a circuit starting on the Col de la Croix, with over 4,000 metres of climbing for the men and around 3,000 for the women \u2014 relentlessly up or down, barely a flat metre in sight.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the Tour de Suisse presents both the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s races with largely parallel route designs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div  id class=\"page-section style-default layout-default align-default\">\n\t<div class=\"section-grid grid-layout container\"><div  style=\"--grid-layout-index: 1; --col-xs: 12; --col-sm: 12; --col-md: 12; --col-lg: 12; --col-xl: 12\" class=\"section-item layout-default layout-margin-default\"><style>\n#tdsads-wrapper-6e728bbd-b86c-45a8-85d0-edd7bbd29dd0 {\n\tcontainer: tdsads-outer \/ inline-size;\n}\n\t\n#tdsads-iframe-6e728bbd-b86c-45a8-85d0-edd7bbd29dd0 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--col-sm: 12; --col-md: 12; --col-lg: 12; --col-xl: 12\" class=\"section-item layout-default layout-margin-default\">\n<div class=\"stages\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stage\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-head\">\n\t<span class=\"stage-number\" data-stage=\"01\">01<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-date\">Wednesday, 17.06.2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stage-title\">\n\n\t\tSondrio\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"stage-badges badges\">\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-route-length\" title=\"Distance\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Distance:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">109.3 km<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-elevation\" title=\"Elevation\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Elevation:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">1&#8217;642 m+<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-category\" title=\"Category\" x-data x-tooltip data-category=\"slightly-hilly\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Category:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">Hilly<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-difficulty\" title=\"Difficulty\" x-data x-tooltip style=\"--difficulty: 4\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"stars\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Difficulty: 4\/5<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/stage\/women-01\/\" class=\"stage-link button style-text with-arrow\">Show Stage<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/passerella-cassandre-496x272.jpg\" class=\"stage-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/passerella-cassandre-496x272.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/passerella-cassandre-992x544.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stage\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-head\">\n\t<span class=\"stage-number\" data-stage=\"02\">02<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-date\">Thursday, 18.06.2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stage-title\">\n\n\t\tLocarno\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"stage-badges badges\">\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-route-length\" title=\"Distance\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Distance:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">105.3 km<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-elevation\" title=\"Elevation\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Elevation:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">1&#8217;242 m+<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-category\" title=\"Category\" x-data x-tooltip data-category=\"slightly-hilly\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Category:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">Hilly<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-difficulty\" title=\"Difficulty\" x-data x-tooltip style=\"--difficulty: 3\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"stars\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Difficulty: 3\/5<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/stage\/women-02\/\" class=\"stage-link button style-text with-arrow\">Show Stage<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/9e10866-Piazza-Grande-Locarno-2-\u00a9-Ascona-Locarno-Tourism-foto-Alessio-Pizzicannella-scaled-1-496x272.jpg\" class=\"stage-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/9e10866-Piazza-Grande-Locarno-2-\u00a9-Ascona-Locarno-Tourism-foto-Alessio-Pizzicannella-scaled-1-496x272.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/9e10866-Piazza-Grande-Locarno-2-\u00a9-Ascona-Locarno-Tourism-foto-Alessio-Pizzicannella-scaled-1-992x544.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stage\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-head\">\n\t<span class=\"stage-number\" data-stage=\"03\">03<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-date\">Friday, 19.06.2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stage-title\">\n\n\t\tBad Ragaz\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"stage-badges badges\">\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-route-length\" title=\"Distance\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Distance:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">120.3 km<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-elevation\" title=\"Elevation\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Elevation:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">1&#8217;330 m+<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-category\" title=\"Category\" x-data x-tooltip data-category=\"flat\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Category:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">Flat Stage<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-difficulty\" title=\"Difficulty\" x-data x-tooltip style=\"--difficulty: 1\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"stars\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Difficulty: 1\/5<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/stage\/women-03\/\" class=\"stage-link button style-text with-arrow\">Show Stage<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golfclub-Bad-Ragaz_2-5n31rzg8sxdx37k-496x272.jpg\" class=\"stage-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golfclub-Bad-Ragaz_2-5n31rzg8sxdx37k-496x272.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golfclub-Bad-Ragaz_2-5n31rzg8sxdx37k-992x544.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stage\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-head\">\n\t<span class=\"stage-number\" data-stage=\"04\">04<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-date\">Saturday, 20.06.2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stage-title\">\n\n\t\tAarburg\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"stage-badges badges\">\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-route-length\" title=\"Distance\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Distance:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">23.8 km<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-elevation\" title=\"Elevation\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Elevation:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">270 m+<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-category\" title=\"Category\" x-data x-tooltip data-category=\"time-trial\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Category:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">Time Trial<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-difficulty\" title=\"Difficulty\" x-data x-tooltip style=\"--difficulty: 2\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"stars\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Difficulty: 2\/5<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/stage\/women-04\/\" class=\"stage-link button style-text with-arrow\">Show Stage<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aarburg-3-Luftbild-Kirche-nah-496x272.jpg\" class=\"stage-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aarburg-3-Luftbild-Kirche-nah-496x272.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aarburg-3-Luftbild-Kirche-nah-992x544.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"stage\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-head\">\n\t<span class=\"stage-number\" data-stage=\"05\">05<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-date\">Sunday, 21.06.2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stage-title\">\n\n\t\tVillars-sur-Ollon\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"stage-badges badges\">\n\t\t<span class=\"badge stage-route-length\" title=\"Distance\" x-data x-tooltip>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Distance:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"badge-label\">100.3 km<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span 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