Female mountain bikers start the first Tour de Suisse Women in June

The premiere of the Tour de Suisse Women is becoming a showcase for Swiss women's cycling. Both the Swiss Cycling Team and the BeCycling regional team will be at the start in Frauenfeld on the weekend of June 5/6. The core of the Swiss Cycling Team consists of world-class mountain bikers, including Jolanda Neff, Linda Indergand and Sina Frei.

17 teams, two stages and plenty of Swissness: the first Tour de Suisse Women is small but mighty; it can be described as a combination of top-class cycling and the ideal stage for Swiss women. Numerous Swiss athletes will be in action with their professional teams, including figureheads Elise Chabbey and Marlen Reusser.

The Swiss Cycling Team, led by national coach Edi Telser, consists primarily of first-class female mountain bike specialists, all of whom have experience in road racing. Jolanda Neff, for example, competed in the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Sina Frei was part of the Swiss Cycling team at the 2018 World Championships in Innsbruck, while Linda Indergand only had to give way to Chabbey at the 2020 Swiss Road Championships in Märwil. With track specialist Aline Seitz, a strong sprinter has also been nominated. Alessandra Keller and DE-CH;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Caroline Baur complete the team.

The BeCycling regional team, led by national track coach Scott Bugden, consists mainly of U23 national squad athletes. BeCycling, the foundation for young talent in Swiss cycling presided over by National Councillor Aline Trede and double Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara, has taken over the patronage of the ensemble. The up-and-coming young talents will be supported by experienced mountain bikers Nicole Koller and Andrea Waldis.

"The Tour de Suisse Women offers the athletes the perfect platform to present themselves. There is a lot of potential in both teams," says Swiss Cycling Head of Performance Sport Beat Müller.

In addition, Swiss television SRF will broadcast the two stages live from Frauenfeld on June 5 and 6.