Tour de Suisse

by Geoff on June 14th, 2008

Switzerland is completely sport crazy at the moment.

Not only do we have the EM (Did I mention that?) but there’s also the Tour de Suisse, one of the biggest annual sports events in the country.

It’s not as big as the Tour de France, but then France is much bigger than Switzerland.

But as Switzerland consists mainly of hills and mountains, it is a major event for cyclists.

It runs over 9 days, and covers 1411 km (close to 900 miles). That’s 100 miles per day, over hilly passes. Rather them than me!

It finishes on the 22nd June, so still plenty of time to catch a bit of the action - it really is very impressive as the riders go cycling by.

The downside is that it is over very quickly, but then you get to look at the scenery and find a nice restaurant to provide sustenance. Life is good.

Photos: Flickr Meckimac

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