Tour de Suisse at 75
August 10, 1939: on the Gotthard Pass, stage Lucerne to Lugano.
July 1, 1950: near Walenstadt.
August 28, 1934: at the station on the Brünig Pass, stage Lucerne to Lausanne.
August 31, 1934: in canton Solothurn, stage Bern to Basel.
June 22, 1956: ascent at San Bernardino, stage Bellinzona to Chur.
August 31, 1934: stage Bern to Basel.
August 16, 1947: transit during the stage Siebnen to Vaduz.
June 17, 1952: Swiss cyclist Walter Bucher falls during the stage Adelboden to Monthey.
August 9, 1939: stage Thun to Lucerne.
June 24, 1950: information board giving an udpate on the race at Huttwil, canton Bern, stage Zurich to Winterthur.
July 1, 1950: the Swiss Max Meier on the Flüela Pass.
June 15, 1959: the German Hennes Junkermann on the ascent to the Lukmanier Pass, stage Siebnen to Bellinzona.
August 6, 1938: stage Bern to Schaffhausen.
August 8, 1939: the Swiss Robert Zimmermann, the later Tour winner, on the stage Sion to Thun.
June 29, 1953: the Swiss Ferdi Kübler on the stage Lucerne to Bellinzona.
Looking back at the legendary cycling race.
The Tour de Suisse is Switzerland's biggest sporting event and a cycling classic. It is taking place for the 75th time in 2011. (All pictures: Keystone/Photopress-Archiv)