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Tour de Suisse Women Route, Stages and Results 2023

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Tour de Suisse Women 2023 Race Preview

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on June 12, 2023
• in Women's Cycling

Tour de Suisse Women History

The Tour des Suisse Women has quickly moved up the ranks since its re-introduction to the calendar. Opening up as a 2.1 in 2021, it was a 2.Pro in 2022 and now part of the Women’s WorldTour in 2023. It had been a 20-year wait from the last original edition in 2001 and the return in 2021. The two races were linked by the presence of Olga Zabelinskaya , the Russian-born Uzbek taking part in both sides of the gap. 

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Last year’s edition was a close call, with Lucinda Brand and Kristen Faulkner facing off in a battle that went down to the final corner of the stage race. Lucinda Brand had attacked the descent before the final climb and pulled out a gap with Jolanda Neff with some impressive cornering. Faulkner reeled her back in up the climb, however, so the two riders were neck and neck going through a small underpass. Faulkner slid out however on the exit of the corner, a victim of the rain that had fallen. The exciting racing certainly helped the Tour de Suisse Women gain a good reputation.

This year’s race sees a short opening stage, similar to the one that encouraged splits and attacks last year before a long, hilly TT on stage 2. There’s no summit finish this year but instead, we’ll see plenty of lumps and hills to crest on the final 2 stages. Both stages offer a launchpad for late attacks.

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2022 Lucinda Brand 2021 Lizzie Deignan 2020 Not held

Tour de Suisse Women 2023 Profiles

Stage 1 profile.

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Saturday 17th June 2023 to Tuesday 20th June 2023

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Stage 1: 17:20-20:15 Stage 2: 09:30-12:00 Stage 3: 14:20-16:40 Stage 4: 14:20-16:15

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Tour de Suisse Women 2023 Contenders

The obvious favourite will be Demi Vollering as SD Worx look to continue their winning streak. After win after win, their streak is now up to 18 races won in a row, borderline unheard of even in say the peak Marianne Vos era. Stage 1 feels like it will be tough for them to win without a Kopecky or Wiebes here but the hilly TT should see Vollering get a GC lead she won’t relinquish on the final 2 days. Marlen Reusser will also look to do well on home roads and obviously will be considered a favourite for the Tour de Suisse Women’s time trial stage. The hill there will be tough but we saw at the European Championships last year that it might not be all that much of an issue. A strong TT could set up a GC charge.

Juliette Labous had a solid Vuelta Femenina finishing 7th in GC in Spain . Her only other top-10 in 2023 though is at the Tour of Flanders back in April. It feels like she’s gearing up for another Giro Donne/Tour de France Femmes GC hunt, which worked out rather well for her last year . She’s a good TT rider and the lack of a major climb should keep her time gaps close to the predicted SD Worx stars.

Movistar’s Liane Lippert hasn’t been seen with a number on her back for a month, since finishing 7th at Itzulia Women . With no Van Vleuten here, Lippert will get the nod for the GC hopes but a podium spot feels like the best possible result thanks to the TT. It’s tough to see her coming out on top against SD Worx but she’s in a good spot against other riders. No Lippert in the end for Movistar, so it looks like maybe another chance for Katrine Aalerud to lead some GC hopes. It’ll be tough with the TT but the Norwegian is in strong form after winning the Vuelta a Andalucia 2 weeks ago . She didn’t win a stage there but finished no lower than 8th across the 5 stages and will be one to watch. Teammate Arlenis Sierra will be in the stage hunt as well but hasn’t raced in nearly 2 months since Liege-Bastogne-Liege . If she can recreate her form to 4th place at Alfredo Binda, she will be a threat on 3 stages at the Tour de Suisse Women.

Trek’s Gaia Realini will be considered a threat on paper but the TT here won’t help her GC hopes. So we’ll have to see what Trek can do with her on stages instead. With no summit finish, they will have to roll the dice and go long and the biggest climb on Stage 4 might set something up. It’s a longshot for a win at this year’s Tour de Suisse Women but the team might be able to conjure something up. Instead, it’s probably Elisa Longo Borghini who has the best all-round threat for the GC. Strong against the clock, she can also do well on the individual stages here, especially if she’s in the form to tackle the Giro in a few weeks. Lizzie Deignan will be a fun wildcard for the stages after a strong weekend at RideLondon Classique. She’s recently had an illness however, so may not quite be at her best.

The retirement tour pushes on for Marta Bastianelli who was 4th last weekend at the Flanders Diamond Tour . She’s good enough to be a threat on most of these stages but Stage 1’s short fast stage should represent the best chance for the Italian to pick up a Women’s WorldTour win before the Giro Donne finale. Teammate Olivia Baril will be the GC hope but won’t be able to challenge the SD Worx favourites thanks to that TT. She’s got a good shout for a stage win though and has good recent form. 4th in GC at Itzulia Women on her adopted home roads of the Basque County and a second win in a row at the GP Ciudad de Eibar too. The rolling terrain served up here should suit.

With a different parcours to last year, it’s tough to see a strong GC threat coming from Clara Koppenburg , who may have to be hunting stages. The TT here won’t suit at all and so time will be lost to other riders. Stage 4’s lumps help suit the best but this one might just work out as a tune-up for the Giro Donne at the end of the month.

Another rider we’ve not seen race for a month is Kasia Niewiadoma . The Pole had a strong Itzulia Women where she finished 3rd in GC . The Tour de Suisse Women will be an ideal race to help prepare for the Giro Donne and Tour de France Femmes but the TT won’t help the aspirations of victory. Like many others, she will be chasing for podium spots behind the dominant SD Worx. Expect to see Elise Chabbey do well on home roads, surprisingly it’s rare to see a good time trial from such a strong rider, but the other 3 stages look perfect for her to have another raid on the QoM jersey in a major race. There’s also Ricarda Bauernfeind who should be a threat. She was taken ill at the  Thüringen Ladies Tour and had to leave that race early. Her TT might be interesting to see where it puts her going into the other stages but it’s possible to see her match her 5th in GC at the Vuelta Femenina.

Jumbo-Visma will bring a duo threat in Eva van Agt and Amber Kraak . The pair probably won’t be particularly highly rated but have been solid in the last month. Van Agt was 9th at Itzulia Women which included plenty of tough punchy climbing. Amber Kraak was 11th there as well and was consistent throughout the Vuelta Femenina to finish just out the top 20 as a domestique. We know that Jumbo-Visma can time trial well as a team, they won the opener in the Vuelta after all, maybe it carries through individually and gets either rider sneakily high on GC by the end of the Tour de Suisse Women.

Israel Premier-Tech will have the twin threat of Claire Steels and Anna Kiesenhofer. The Brit is likely to be up there on stages but lose time to rivals on the TT. There’s still enough there to maybe fit in the top-10 GC however. Anna Kiesenhofer represents an interesting shout for the time trial. Because it’s not simply a flat out and back TT, we might see the Austrian do quite well.

Lotte Claes continues to impress at the moment after 4th in GC at Vuelta Andalucia and 10th at the abortive Tour des Pyrénées. She might struggle to make the top-10 GC here, the WWT opposition and tougher racing might push her to only a top-20 spot. The Belgian is still going to be an interesting rider to watch and surely has done enough already this year to get snapped up by a stronger team for 2024.

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There’s a chance that Petra Stiasny can pull off another strong result at home like her finish at the Tour de Romandie last year . However, the lack of a major summit finish probably hampers a repeat and the time trial has the potential to see the Swiss rider lose a bunch of time. There will still be an outside chance at a good stage result.

Megan Armitage and  Dani de Francesco will be the best threats for Arkea here. Armitage was 13th in GC at the  Thüringen Ladies Tour, just missing out a few times on winning breaks as she gamefully tried to close the gap between the bunch and leaders. The Vuelta Extremadura winner has had a good season that also includes 4th at  GP Féminin de Chambéry. Teammate Dani de Francesco has been a little bit quieter in recent weeks and you have to go back to early and mid-May for good results at the Bretagne Ladies Tour and 8th at  GP de Plumelec-Morbihan. She can be a threat in the rolling stages that make up the last 2 days here.

Ruby Roseman-Gannon had a great  Thüringen Ladies Tour where the Aussie finished 4th in GC and no longer than 6th on any stage. If it wasn’t for SD Worx, she probably would’ve taken a stage win at some point. Going back to her 5th place at Dwars door Vlaanderen, we know that she has a quick finish after a hilly race and that might come in handy here for strong stage finishes.

Team Grand-Est Komugi rider Ségolène Thomas will be a threat on individual stages. She was 10th at Alpes Gresivaudan and was in the front group at the Tour des Pyrénées until a moment of distraction saw her touch wheels and come down. A WWT race might be that extra step which is too tough but the French rider is one to watch.

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Itzulia Women 2024 - Analysing the contenders

T he stage racing season is underway across Spain, and with the conclusion of La Vuelta Femenina , moves into the back-to-back Itzulia Women , from May 10-12, and Vuelta a Burgos Feminas , from May 16-19. 

If the Vuelta was any indication cycling fans are in for three days of action-packed racing. Itzulia Women is set to begin in with a 140km race from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Elgoibar that will set the tone for the overall classification with its punchy parcours. 

However, as the race continues with stage 2's hilly 104km race in Basauri and then finale queen stage 3 in Donostia, the general classification could go to any number of all-rounders among the peloton.

Reusser will once again be a favourite, even after recovering and returning to racing following a crash at the Tour of Flanders, though she'll face a considerable challenge in her quest to defend the title. Cyclingnews highlights the key riders to watch at the three-day Itzulia Women.

Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime)

SD Worx-Protime won two consecutive Itzulia Women titles, with Demi Vollering in 2022 and Marlen Reusser in 2023, and now the aim is to make it three.

The team arrives at Itzulia Women fresh off claiming the overall at La Vuelta Femenina. It was Demi Vollering's first victory of the season, a winning peak timed to perfection , and she will undoubtedly carry that top form into the next two stage races, aiming for stages and a top place in the overall classifications.

However, SD Worx-Protime have shown that they do not need to rely on one rider in order to be successful when it comes to both one-day and stage racing, and like at last year's Itzulia Women, Marlen Reusser will be a key rider to watch as she aims to defend her overall title.

The punchy terrain suits both Vollering and Reusser, but Reusser has the ability to use her time trial power in strategic breakaways and that lends well to consistently gaining time in the overall classification each day. 

Reusser has had a turbulent spring, but she has recovered from illness and the injuries sustained in a crash at the Tour of Flanders, which included fractures to her jaw, both ear canals and several broken teeth.

She said that she is ready to try for a second consecutive victory, which would be part of a stepping stone to bigger goals at the Tour de Suisse and Giro d'Italia Women.

Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck)

Pauliena Rooijakkers will lead the Fenix-Deceuninck team at Itzulia Women. She has had experience racing for the general classification at the event after finishing second overall in the 2022 edition behind Demi Vollering.

Fenix-Deceuninck has shown promising form this spring, especially at the recent La Vuelta Femenina, where Yara Kastelijn secured two podium finishes and eighth overall, while Rooijakkers' consistency across the final four stages led to ninth place overall.

Kastelijn isn't racing at Itzulia Women, which means the team will be solely focused on stage opportunities and an overall classification result with Rooijakkers.

The shorter and punchier climbs at Itzulia Women, compared to the Vuelta, might better suit Rooijakkers, who can be among the strongest in the finals but could also be a breakaway card for Fenix-Deceuninck.

Kasia Niewiadoma and Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon-SRAM)

Kasia Niewiadoma won the world title at the Gravel World Championships last fall and then carried her winning spirit into La Flèche Wallonne, where she triumphed atop the Mur de Huy.

It marked her first road race victory since 2019 and appeared to bode well for the upcoming stage racing season. While she went into La Vuelta Femenina as a major contender, the team made the decision to pull her out of the race so that she could recover from a lingering illness from the Ardennes Classics. 

Back in good health, Niewiadoma will want to continue her top form in the next set of shorter stages races at Itzulia Women and Vuelta a Burgos. These races are also great preparation for potential summer targets at the Giro d'Italia Women and Tour de France Femmes.

Canyon-SRAM also have a contender in Ricarda Bauernfeind, who has shown promising results at the UAE Tour Women (10th), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (9th) and La Vuelta Femenina (6th). In fact, in Niewiadoma's absence at the Vuelta, Bauernfeind stepped up to the GC plate in the mountain stages, where she was sixth at Alto del Fuerte Rapitán and La Laguna Negra and fifth at Valdesquí. Comunidad de Madrid.

A former stage winner at the Tour de France Femmes, Bauernfeind has shown that she can handle the pressures of top-tier racing as a contender in both stages and general classification. What's more, if Neve Bradbury is back on track following the illness that took her out of La Vuelta Femenina the team have yet another rider that could challenge right at the top of the overall results table.

Évita Muzic (FDJ-SUEZ)

Évita Muzic (FDJ-SUEZ) has always been a strong climber and top-10 overall contender, but she has improved her game this spring with a stage win and fifth overall at La Vuelta Femenina.

A former French national champion in 2021, Muzic took her first big victory in 2022 at the Giro d'Italia and has steadily improved with podium finishes in stages at the Tour de France, Tour de Suisse and second overall at Vuelta a Burgos.

Her recent victory atop La Laguna Negra was all the more impressive as she matched Demi Vollering on the ascent and then outsprinted the Dutch Champion across the finish line, showing both stamina on the climbs, strategic nous and speed at the finish.

FDJ-SUEZ also line up with Marta Cavalli, who had a late start to the season due to a pelvis injury sustained while training, and she recently spent several weeks training at altitude instead of racing the Spring Classics.

Cavalli was forced to abandon the Vuelta following a crash on stage 2, but if she is recovered and 100% healthy, she could play a role in the team's overall success at Itzulia Women.

Mavi García (Liv AlUla Jayco)

Spanish champion Mavi García was recognised on the podium as the top rider from her nation in the final classification at La Vuelta Femenina.

Although she can be proud of that achievement, the Liv AlUla Jayco all-rounder as looking for more than 20th overall and will undoubtedly want to improve on that performance at both Itzulia Women and Vuelta a Burgos.

When she is in peak form, Garcia is a major contender for the overall classification at any of the Grand Tours. However, Itzulia Women might be more inherently her style of racing, given its shorter and steeper climbs, which lend well to the powerful attacks and breakaways that she has become so well known for over the last five years.

Garcia is an opportunistic rider, so watch for her to initiate breakaways at the most challenging part of each stage when the peloton is suffering at its worst. She also isn't afraid to launch 50+ km attacks and is more than capable of being among the selection in the finals.

Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek)

Shirin van Anrooij enjoyed a strong Spring Classics campaign that saw her consistently play a role in the finals of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Strade Bianche, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Tour of Flanders, and Brabantse Pijl.

Many of those efforts were well-coordinated team tactics alongside Tour of Flanders winner Elisa Longo Borghini, who is not competing at Itzulia Women. The Italian Champion recently finished third overall at La Vuelta Femenina but is now taking a well-deserved rest, so Van Anrooij will take up the GC mantle at the three-day race.

The Dutch rider recently finished third at the Navarra Women's Elite Classic, a tough one-day race in Spain. She formed part of a select chase group behind solo winner Hannah Ludwig (Cofidis). 

Van Anrooij is clearly in good form after recovering from the Spring Classics, and watch for the contest stages and the overall classification at Itzulia.

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• Date: 18 June 2023
• Start time: 10:30
• Avg. speed winner: 42.016 km/h
• Race category: WE - Women Elite
• Distance: 25.7 km
• Points scale: F-2.WWT.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WE.WWT.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 40
• Vert. meters: 371
• Departure: St. Gallen
• Arrival: Abtwil
• Race ranking: 23
• Startlist quality score: 776
• Avg. temperature: 25 °C

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Savvino-storozhevsky monastery and museum.

Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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