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The Tour de Suisse Women continues to go from strength to strength in its reborn version. Originally held between 1998 and 2001, the race went on a 20-year-long hiatus

The Women's Tour de Romandie got off to a great start last season with a surprise but well-deserved win by Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio. The South African managed to outclimb Annemiek van Vleuten, who'd won all 3 major GC battles in 2022 and Elisa Longo Borghini. We also saw one of the real major results from young Swiss rider Petra Stiasny. She finished 5th on the queen stage amongst exalted company.

After a 20-year wait, the Tour de Suisse Women made a return to the calendar in 2021. There'd been a few editions around the turn of the millennium, with Zulfia Zabirova winning two of them. There's a link with the last edition of the Tour de Suisse Women when Olga Zabelinskaya took part in last year's race, 20 years after her last Tour de Suisse Women race.

The women's Tour de Suisse is new for 2021, here are 5 riders to keep an eye on throughout the race. A couple might be in the hunt for...