History
The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organizers moved the race to earlier in June.
The first winner of the race was Austrian Max Bulla in the 1933 edition. The rider with most wins is Italian Pasquale Fornara with 4 wins in the 1950s. The most recent winner is Slovenian Simon Špilak, who won for the second time in 2017.
By rider (two or more wins)
| Rider |
Country |
Titles |
Year |
| Pasquale Fornara |  ITA | 4 | 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958 |
| Ferdinand Kübler |  SUI | 3 | 1942, 1948, 1951 |
| Hugo Koblet | SUI | 3 | 1950, 1953, 1955 |
| Rui Costa |  POR | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Gino Bartali | ITA | 2 | 1946, 1947 |
| Hans Junkermann |  GER | 2 | 1959, 1962 |
| Louis Pfenninger | SUI | 2 | 1968, 1972 |
| Andrew Hampsten |  USA | 2 | 1986, 1987 |
| Sean Kelly |  IRL | 2 | 1983, 1990 |
| Simon Špilak |  SLO | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
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