While many of the big Tour de France contenders have chosen to hone their form at the Criterium du Dauphine, a star-studded cast is set for the Tour de Suisse, the WorldTour’s other traditional Tour form-finder.

Three of the jersey winners from last year’s Tour will start the race – King of the Mountains winner Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), sprinter Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and best young rider Thibaut Pinot (FDJ).

Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) will be chasing stage wins at the Tour de France, and can fine-tune his preparations against the likes of Sagan, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) in Switzerland.

In the absence of three-time back-to-back winner Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), there will also be a new name atop the GC at the end of the nine-day race.

And you can keep a close eye on proceedings on British Eurosport, with live coverage of the first road stage and daily highlights through the week.

Tour de Suisse 2015: TV schedule

Saturday June 13 – prologue (ITT)
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 8pm, 11pm, (Sunday) 10.30am

Sunday June 14 – stage one
LIVE: British Eurosport – 4pm
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 10.45pm; British Eurosport – (Monday) 11.30am

Monday June 15 – stage two
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 7pm, 11pm; British Eurosport – (Tuesday) 7.45am, 10.15am

Tuesday June 16 – stage three
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 7pm; British Eurosport – 8.45pm, (Wednesday) 10.30am

Wednesday June 17 – stage four
Highlights: British Eurosport – 7.10pm, 11pm, (Thursday) 9am

Thursday June 18 – stage five
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 7pm; British Eurosport – 9.45pm, (Friday) 9.30am.

Friday June 19 – stage six
Highlights: British Eurosport 2 – 7pm; British Eurosport – 9.45pm, (Saturday) 9.15am

Saturday June 20 – stage seven
Highlights: British Eurosport – 6.30pm, 11pm, (Sunday) 10am, 1.30pm

Sunday June 21 – stage eight (ITT)
Highlights: British Eurosport – 6pm, (Monday) 7.30am, 8pm; British Eurosport 2 – (Monday) 12am.