https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A powerful final day time-trial from Richie Porte saw the Australian BMC leader clinch the Tour de Romandie on Sunday by relegating Britain's overnight leader Simon Yates into second. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170501/australian-wins-tour-de-romandie Mon, 01 May 2017 10:57:12 +0200 australian-wins-tour-de-romandie Switzerland's Stefan Kung battled wintry conditions to claim Thursday's shortened second stage of the Tour de Romandie as Italian Fabio Felline remained in the lead. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170428/tour-de-romandie-stage-shortened-due-to-snow Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:02:29 +0200 tour-de-romandie-stage-shortened-due-to-snow Two-time defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome will test his form ahead of his bid for a fourth title in July at this week's Tour de Romandie. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170425/tour-de-romandie-kicks-off-as-rain-ends-prolonged-dry-spell Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:21:04 +0200 tour-de-romandie-kicks-off-as-rain-ends-prolonged-dry-spell Colombian climber Nairo Quintana of the Movistar team won the Tour de Romandie on Sunday after a breakaway win in the fifth and final stage over 177.4km from Ollon-sur-Villars to Geneva on Sunday for local talent Michael Albasini. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160502/cycling-quinta-hot-tip-for-tour-de-france-tour-de-romandie-cycling Mon, 02 May 2016 11:07:38 +0200 cycling-quinta-hot-tip-for-tour-de-france-tour-de-romandie-cycling The start was scheduled for La Chaux-de-Fonds but with the threat of ice and hail the riders started from Mathon, reducing the circuit to 100 kilometres. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160428/germanys-kittel-takes-romandie-sprint Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:49:49 +0200 germanys-kittel-takes-romandie-sprint Spaniard Ion Izagirre was a surprise winner of the opening prologue of Switzerland's Tour de Romandie on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160427/spaniard-wins-romandie-opener-in-snowy-conditions Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:26:32 +0200 spaniard-wins-romandie-opener-in-snowy-conditions The 70th edition of the Tour de Romandie kicks off on Tuesday with British rider and Team Sky leader Chris Froome aiming to overcome the chilly weather to take a third title. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160426/romandie-cyclers-prepare-to-battle-cold-and-snow Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:34:47 +0200 romandie-cyclers-prepare-to-battle-cold-and-snow Katusha cyclist Ilnur Zakarin of Russia won the Tour de Romandie race in Lausanne on Sunday, holding off Britain's two-time defending champion Chris Froome in the closing individual time-trial. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150503/sweet-success-for-zakarin-in-tour-of-romandie Sun, 03 May 2015 18:28:57 +0200 sweet-success-for-zakarin-in-tour-of-romandie Switzerland's Michael Albasini bagged his second straight win in the Tour de Romandie cycling race to consolidate his overall lead on Thursday's third stage. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150430/albasini-wins-second-stage-in-romandie-race Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:22:12 +0200 albasini-wins-second-stage-in-romandie-race Welsh rider Geraint Thomas surrendered his Tour de Romandie cycling race overall lead to Swiss rival Michael Albasini who won Wednesday's second stage, the 168.1-kilometre ride from Apples to St-Imier and took the yellow jersey. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150429/switzerlands-albasini-takes-romandie-lead Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:10:20 +0200 switzerlands-albasini-takes-romandie-lead Chris Froome's hopes of a third straight win on the Tour de Romandie cycling competition is off to a good start as his Team Sky won Tuesday's opening-stage team time trial by less than a second. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150428/froomes-team-wins-romandie-time-trial Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:04:39 +0200 froomes-team-wins-romandie-time-trial Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana will be looking to prevent Britain's Chris Froome from making it three wins in a row at the Tour de Romandie cycling race in Western Switzerland, which begins on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150428/rivals-challenge-froomes-romandie-tour-bid Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:24:04 +0200 rivals-challenge-froomes-romandie-tour-bid Tour de France cycling champion Chris Froome said he was bang on track to defend his Grand Boucle crown after retaining his Tour de Romandie title by winning Sunday's final stage time-trial. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140505/frooem Mon, 05 May 2014 02:21:00 +0200 frooem Swiss Michael Albasini made it a hat-trick of victories in the Tour de Romandie by winning Saturday's fourth stage after 175 kilometres around Fribourg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140504/albasini-wins-romandie-fourth-stage-spilak-keeps-lead Sun, 04 May 2014 09:13:00 +0200 albasini-wins-romandie-fourth-stage-spilak-keeps-lead Switzerland's Michael Albasini took the overall lead in in the Tour de Romandie cycling race on Thursday after winning his second consecutive stage. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140501/alabsini-wins-second-stage-in-tour-de-romandie Thu, 01 May 2014 21:20:00 +0200 alabsini-wins-second-stage-in-tour-de-romandie Michael Albasini of Switzerland won a shortened first stage in front of his home fans on the Tour of Romandie cycling race on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140430/swiss-cyclist-wins-shortened-tour-de-romandie-leg Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:15:00 +0200 swiss-cyclist-wins-shortened-tour-de-romandie-leg Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski of the Omega Pharma team won the prologue to the Tour de Romandie cycling race on Tuesday in Ascona, a town in the Swiss canton of Ticino. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140429/pole-wins-tour-de-romandie-prologue Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:58:00 +0200 pole-wins-tour-de-romandie-prologue Belgium's Gianni Meersman, of the Omega Pharma team, won the first stage of the Tour de Romandie cycling race in Switzerland on Wednesday, but Britain's race favourite Chris Froome remained in the overall lead. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130424/froome-maintains-lead-in-tour-de-romandie Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:23:00 +0200 froome-maintains-lead-in-tour-de-romandie Britain's Chris Froome, the pre-race favourite, on Tuesday won the Tour de Romandie prologue, a 7.4.kilometre bike race in French-speaking Switzerland between Chable and Bruson, in a time of 13 minutes 15 seconds. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130423/uks-chris-froome-wins-tour-de-romandie-prologue Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:33:00 +0200 uks-chris-froome-wins-tour-de-romandie-prologue