Early-bird registration opens on October 1, 2025 at 12pm (Swiss time).
Departure and arrival
Ferme de Pierre-à-Bot, Route de Pierre-à-Bot 94, CH-2000 Neuchâtel
How to get to Neuchâtel
By train
Neuchâtel is well served by SBB/CFF trains, which are also designed to accommodate your bikes or bike boxes.
Approximate journey times :
- Geneva Airport → Neuchâtel : 1h 17 min
- Basel Airport → Neuchâtel : approx 1h 30 min
- Zurich Airport → Neuchâtel : approx 1h 30-1h 50 min
- Paris ↔ Neuchâtel: approx 4 h
- Lyon ↔ Neuchâtel: approx 3h40
- Frankfurt ↔ Neuchâtel: approx. 4h-5h
- Munich ↔ Neuchâtel: approx 2h30
- Milan↔ Neuchâtel: approx. 5-6 h
By plane
Airports: Zurich ZRH / Geneva GVA / Basel BSL
All airports have train connections to Neuchâtel station, with journey times of between 1h15 and 1h50 maximum.
Next to the race
Architecture and the charm of heights
The Château de Neuchâtel and the Gothic Collegiate Church dominate the cobbled old town, while Belle Époque buildings recall the industrial prosperity of the 19th century. Up in the hills, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle are UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their watchmaking urbanism.
Gastronomy: from terroir to still
Here you can enjoy Neuchâtel sausage, Jura cheeses, Neuchâtel-style potatoes and taillaule, a brioche flavored with aniseed and citrus zest.
It's impossible to talk about Neuchâtel without mentioning absinthe, once forbidden, and best consumed after the race!
Culture, arts and crafts
As the cradle of Swiss watchmaking, Neuchâtel has nurtured a culture of precision and technical innovation. Discover the meaning of Swiss precision.
Mountain hospitality and discreet benevolence
The Neuchâtel mentality is sincere. Here, the welcome is never intrusive: a precise advice on where to go, a smile at the village grocery store. Respect, authenticity and measured generosity are deeply Swiss values, all the more so in the Haut countryside. You'll also feel very safe.
Nature, between lakes, cliffs and deep forests
Lake Neuchâtel, the largest lake in Switzerland, borders terraced vineyards. Higher up, the Areuse gorges, the Saut du Doubs waterfalls and the Creux du Van, a spectacular rocky cirque nicknamed the "Swiss Grand Canyon", offer breathtaking scenery.
