2023 Tour de Suisse Women

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2023 Tour de Suisse Women

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| date = 17–20 June 2023

| series = 2023 UCI Women's World Tour

| race_no = 19

| season_no = 27

| stages = 4

| distance =303.3

| unit = km

| time = 10h 48' 51"

| first = Marlen Reusser

| first_nat = SUI

| first_team = {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| first_color = yellow

| second = Demi Vollering

| second_nat = NED

| second_team = {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| third = Elisa Longo Borghini

| third_nat = ITA

| third_team = {{UCI team code|TFS women|2023}}

| points = Marlen Reusser

| points_nat = ITA

| points_team = {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| points_color = black

| mountains = Elise Chabbey

| mountains_nat = SUI

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|CSR|2023}}

| mountains_color = red

| youth = Niamh Fisher-Black

| youth_nat = NZL

| youth_team = {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| youth_color = white

| team = {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| previous = 2022

| next = 2024

}}

The 2023 Tour de Suisse Women was a women's road cycling stage race that was held in Switzerland from 17 to 20 June 2023. It was the seventh edition of the Tour de Suisse and was the nineteenth event on the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour calendar, joining the World Tour for the first time. The race was held following the men's Tour de Suisse.

It was won by Swiss rider Marlen Reusser of SD Worx, in her third win of the season. SD Worx dominated the event, winning 4 out of 5 classifications.{{Cite web |last=Knöfler |first=Lukas |date=2023-06-20 |title=Tour de Suisse Women: Reusser secures overall title as teammate Fisher-Black scores stage 4 victory |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-women-2023/stage-4/results/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}

Teams

10 of 14 UCI Women's WorldTeams and 8 UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race.{{Cite web |title=Startlist for Tour de Suisse Women 2023 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse-women/2023/startlist |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}

UCI Women's WorldTeams

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  • {{UCI team code|UAD women|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|CSR|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|LIV|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|PLP|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|MOV women|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|CGS|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|JAY women|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|DSM women|2023}}
  • {{UCI team code|TFS women|2023}}

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UCI Women's Continental Teams

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Route

The first stage was a circuit race in Weinfelden with 3 climbs, the second stage was an individual time trial from St. Gallen to Abtwil, the third stage was a hilly stage from St. Gallen to Ebnat-Kappel with 2 climbs and the final stage was a hilly stage from Ebnat-Kappel to Ebnat-Kappel with 4 climbs.{{Cite web |title=Stage profile Tour de Suisse Women 2023 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse-women/2023/route/stage-profiles |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}{{Cite web |title=Stage plan - Tour de Suisse Women 2023 |url=https://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/tds-2023/women/stage-plan/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Tour de Suisse |language=en-US}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Stage characteristics and winners

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 17 June

| Weinfelden to Weinfelden

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|56|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagathlete|Blanka Vas|HUN}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 18 June

| St. Gallen to Abtwil

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|25.7|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Time_Trial.svg

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Marlen Reusser|SUI}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 19 June

| St. Gallen to Ebnat-Kappel

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|120.8|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagathlete|Eleonora Gasparrini|ITA}}

4

|20 June

|Ebnat-Kappel to Ebnat-Kappel

|{{convert|100.8|km|abbr=on}}

|File:Hillystage.svg

|Hilly stage

|{{flagathlete|Niamh Fisher-Black|NZL}}

colspan="2" | Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|303.3|km|abbr=on}}

Result

The race was dominated by SD Worx, who won three of the four stages. Both the overall and points classification were won by Swiss rider Marlen Reusser of SD Worx, who also won the stage 2 individual time trial. The youth classification won by stage 4 winner Niamh Fisher-Black of SD Worx. The mountains classification was won by Swiss rider Elise Chabbey of Canyon–SRAM. Vollering retained her lead in the UCI Women's World Tour standings.

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|+Final general classification{{Cite web |title=Tour de Suisse Women 2023 Stage 4 results |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse-women/2023/gc |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}

! scope="col" |Rank

! scope="col" |Rider

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |Time

scope="row" |1

|{{flagathlete|Marlen Reusser|SUI}}

|{{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

|{{nowrap|7h 53' 22"}}

scope="row" |2

|{{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

|{{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| +1' 02"

scope="row" |3

|{{flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|TFS women|2023}}

| +1' 17"

scope="row" |4

|{{flagathlete|Katarzyna Niewiadoma|POL}}

|{{UCI team code|CSR|2023}}

| +1' 24"

scope="row" |5

|{{flagathlete|Elise Chabbey|SUI}}

|{{UCI team code|CSR|2023}}

| +3' 35"

6

|{{flagathlete|Claire Steels|GBR}}

|{{UCI team code|CGS|2023}}

| +3' 38"

7

|{{flagathlete|Urška Žigart|SLO}}

|{{UCI team code|JAY women|2023}}

| +4' 21"

8

|{{flagathlete|Niamh Fisher-Black|NZL}}

|{{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}

| +4' 57"

9

|{{flagathlete|Amber Kraak|NED}}

|{{UCI team code|JVW|2023}}

| +5' 03"

10

|{{flagathlete|Eglantine Rayer|FRA}}

|{{UCI team code|DSM women|2023a}}

| +5' 12"

See also

References

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