The Regio-Tour is a

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held between

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and

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. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a

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event on the

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. Famous riders like

Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard (born 26 March 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain. Brochard was a runner an ...

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, Alexander Vinokourov,

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and

Viatcheslav Ekimov Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov ( Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born 4 February 1966), nicknamed ''Eki'', is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the tit ...

have won the race. Since 2002 it is called Rothaus Regio-Tour due to sponsorship. There was no professional edition since 2008 and the tour was since then just held a junior race.

Winners

External links

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