The velodrome primary serves as a training center for the Swiss team and for the junior selection, but the track is also available to recreational cyclists.

In addition, the Velodrome Suisse houses a gym, a training center with medical and physio practice, the BMC Concept Store, Restaurant and Catering, and 30 hotel beds.

The Velodrome is located between two stadiums for football and athletics, directly opposite the headquarters of the initiator, the Swiss entrepreneur Andy Rihs, owner of the bicycle brand BMC.

[2] In 2013 the second stage of the 2013 Tour de Romandie finished on the Velodrome Suisse,[3] and in January 2014, a six-day race was held.

On 8 February 2015 the Australian Rohan Dennis beat the hour record of Matthias Brändle, who had broken it in the meantime, with a distance of 52.491 km.