Tour de Romandie 2026: Route

Tour de Romandie opens on Tuesday with a prologue and finishes on Sunday with a hilly stage with a mountain top finish. Interestingly, that is the only uphill finish of the six-day race. In total, the riders will tackle 14,266 metres of elevation gain over 851.3 kilometres.

First published on 26 April 2026

Race data: Tuesday 28 April – Sunday 3 May
Race type: stage race in French-speaking Switzerland
Key stages: 1, 4 and 5

Stage-by-stage breakdown of the 2026 Tour de Romandie

Prologue – 3.2 kilometres, 69 metres of elevation gain
Tour de Romandie opens with a prologue in Villars-sur-Glâne. For the first 2 kilometres, the road trends very slightly downhill before a flat section leads into a false-flat rise to the finish. There are no sharp bends, so speeds should be high.

Stage 1 – 170.6 kilometres, 1,985 metres of elevation gain
On day two, the riders face a circuit race around Martigny. The peloton completes several laps, climbing La Rasse three times — 2.5 kilometres at 8%. The decisive point comes on the final circuit with the climb to Ovronnaz: 8.9 kilometres at 9.8%. A descent leads then into a flat run to the finish.

Stage 2 – 173.1 kilometres, 3,104 metres of elevation gain
After the start in Rue, the riders head towards the finish town of Vucherens, followed by three identical circuits. The road is constantly rising or falling, making this a classic hilly stage. The final climb rises for 3.1 kilometres at 5.4% to Vuillens, with the finish coming 2.2 kilometres later.

Stage 3 – 176.6 kilometres, 2,409 metres of elevation gain
Stage 3 also features multiple laps. The first two are identical, taking the riders over rolling terrain from Orbe and back again. The final circuit is much tougher, as the Col de Mollendruz serves up 9 kilometres at 6.1%. From the summit, a 32.4-kilometre descent leads back to the finish in Orbe.

Stage 4 – 149.6 kilometres, 3,175 metres of elevation gain
Stage 4 features four climbs, starting with the Jaunpass twice from different sides. The first ascent is 6 kilometres at 7.8%, the second 7.4 kilometres at 8.8%. The riders return to the start town of Broc and then, via a wide southern loop, reach the Saanenmöser — 5.9 kilometres at 4.2% — before descending to Garstatt. From there, they tackle the Jaunpass again from the same side as the second ascent, this time slightly longer at 8.1 kilometres at 8.3%. From the summit, it is a 16.7-kilometre descent to the finish in Charmey.

Stage 5 – 178.2 kilometres, 3,524 metres of elevation gain
The final stage is reminiscent of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, but with a finish on a 14.3-kilometre climb averaging 5.9%. From the start in Lucens, the road immediately rises, and that sets the tone for the rest of the day: up, down, up, down, up, down. After passing through Montreux, there is a 15-kilometre flat section to Aigle before the final climb to Leysin begins.