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Tour de Suisse 2019

November 15, 2025March 6, 2019

Belvedere near the summit of the Furka — Hotel Belvedere on the Furka – photo credit: Anthony Leutenegger Photography

This year’s official Tour de Suisse, will take place from June 15th to June 23rd. While this is an event I like to follow – and watch, if it is at all possible to find a feed – this post is to inform you that I will construct a ‘Tour de Suisse 2019’ of my own 🙂

I already have my own Giro and Tour, and at the end of my last Giro d’Italia in 2015, I rode a final stage in Switzerland.

This stage made such an impression, that I promised myself to get back there one day, so as usal, I have no problem dubbing that Tour de Suisse.

Cols of the Swiss Stage

November 14, 2025March 19, 2016

In June last year, at the end of my Giro d’Italia 2015, I rode an entirely ‘Swiss Stage’ including the Gotthard (Tremola road), the Furka and the Grimsel.

You can read a report on that stage here – it offered some of the most stunning views I have encountered so far and I am determined to get back there for more, during a longer stay.

The Col Informer

November 13, 2025August 27, 2015

Cyclopaat’s life being what it is, the “Col Informer” is another project dedicated to his idiotic cycling the Alps adventures.

If you’re looking for info on the many more he cycled, have a look at the Col Collector page – most reports will give you a good idea about a climb.

Most of them were during his “Tour de France” or “Giro d’Italia” expeditions, but after having a Swiss Stage during 2015’s Giro, he also organized a “Tour de Suisse” in 2019.

The “Col Informer” pages you can find on great sites like CyclingCols or ClimbFinder are often too generic – just profiles, which usually mean jack shit – to give you the whole picture.

Click on a link for the corresponding page for (detailed) info on the more ‘famous’ climbs he’s had the pleasure to die on himself.

Name	Country	Summit
Col de l'Iseran	France	2764
Passo delle Stelvio	Italy	2758
Col Agnel	France	2744
Col de la Bonette	France	2715 2802 (Cime)
Passo Gavia	Italy	2621
Grossglockner	Austria	2571
Col du Galibier	France	2556 2642 (loop)
Umbrail	Switzerland	2501
Colle Fauniera	Italy	2478
Furkapass	Switzerland	2436
Col d'Izoard	France	2360
Bernina Pass	Switzerland	2328
Passo di Giau	Italy	2236
Grimselpass	Switzerland	2164
Col du Tourmalet	France	2115
St. Gotthard	Switzerland	2106
Croix de Fer	France	2068
Passo del Mortirolo	Italy	1852
Alpe d'Huez	France	1840
Monte Zoncolan	Italy	1735

The Col Collector – Been There, Done That

November 13, 2025February 20, 2013

This “Col Collector” project lists the many climbs that I’ve been cycling during my various cycling the Alps adventures and a few other regions too..

Other than those, I discover (many, many) more, every time I plan a new expedition 🙂

For more info on cols I have made more detailed information pages on myself, click on their names.