The 2023 Tour de Suisse Women was a women's
road cycling
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stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...
that was held in
Switzerland
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from 17 to 20 June 2023. It was the seventh edition of the
Tour de Suisse and was the nineteenth event on the
2023 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2023 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that includes twenty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2023 women's cycling season. It is the eighth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cyclis ...
calendar, joining the World Tour for the first time. The race was held following the men's
Tour de Suisse.
It was won by Swiss rider
Marlen Reusser
Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed ...
of
SD Worx
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company ...
, in her third win of the season. SD Worx dominated the event, winning 4 out of 5 classifications.
Teams
10 of 14
UCI Women's WorldTeams and 8
UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
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UCI Women's Continental Teams
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Born To Win-Zhiraf-G20
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Maxx-Solar Rose
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Team Grand Est-Komugi-La Fabrique
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Route
The first stage was a circuit race in
Weinfelden with 3 climbs, the second stage was an
individual time trial from
St. Gallen to
Abtwil, the third stage was a hilly stage from St. Gallen to
Ebnat-Kappel
Ebnat-Kappel is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Kappel is first mentioned in 1218 as ''Capelle''. Until 1762 Ebnat was known as ''Ober-Wattwil''.
Geography
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with 2 climbs and the final stage was a hilly stage from Ebnat-Kappel to Ebnat-Kappel with 4 climbs.
Result
The race was dominated by
SD Worx
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company ...
, who won three of the four stages. Both the overall and points classification were won by Swiss rider
Marlen Reusser
Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed ...
of SD Worx, who also won the stage 2 individual time trial.
The youth classification won by stage 4 winner
Niamh Fisher-Black
Niamh Fisher-Black (born 12 August 2000) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the older sister of fellow racing cyclist Finn Fisher-Black, and was educated at Nelson College for Gir ...
of SD Worx. The mountains classification was won by Swiss rider
Elise Chabbey
Elise Chabbey (born 24 April 1993 in Geneva) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed as a slalom canoer in the K-1 event, finishing 20th in the heats, failing to q ...
of
Canyon–SRAM
Canyon–SRAM (stylised as Canyon//SRAM) is a professional women's cycling team that competes in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The title sponsors are Canyon Bicycles and SRAM Corporation. The team's ...
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Vollering retained her lead in the
UCI Women's World Tour standings.
See also
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2023 in women's road cycling
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Suisse Women, 2023
2023 UCI Women's World Tour
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Events
Predicted and scheduled events
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