73rd Tour de Suisse - UPT

Switzerland, June 13-21, 2009

Photography

Stage 2 - June 14: Davos - Davos, 150km

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Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad) won the field sprint deciding stage two of the Tour de Suisse.
Cervélo TestTeam riders sign in , Brett Lancaster, Heinrich Haussler and Andreas Klier (L-R).
Xavier Florencio (Cervelo TestTeam) is introduced to the crowd at the stage two sign in.
Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam) on stage with his teammates prior to stage two.
Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha)
Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) signs an autograph.
Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad)
George Hincapie (Team Columbia - Highroad)
World champion Alessandro Ballan is racing once again after suffering health problems earlier in the season.
Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) signs in.
Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) greets Luxembourg champion Frank Schleck (Team Saxo Bank).
Frank Schleck (Team Saxo Bank)
Astana on stage prior to stage two.
Switzerland's Michael Schär (Astana) waves to the crowd.
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)
Team Milram's Linus Gerdemann and Peter Wrolich get some reading in before stage two.
Steve Morabito (Astana)
Fuji - Servetto teammates Juan Jose Cobo and Ricardo Serrano share a laugh with Aitor Galdos (Euskaltel - Euskadi).
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) leads the Tour de Suisse.
Fabian Cancellara salutes the crowd after signing in for the day.
Race leader Fabian Cancellara is kept busy before stage two begins.
Garmin - Slipstream on stage prior to stage two.
Garmin - Slipstream riders are through signing in.
The peloton eases off the start line for stage two.
The jersey holders are at the front of the peloton for the start of stage two.
Xavier Florencio (Cervelo TestTeam)
Nick Nuyens (Rabobank) at the start of stage two.
Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) , John Gadret (AG2R) and Ricardo Serrano roll off the start line.
Rui Alberto Faria (Caisse d'Epargne) Marcelo Wyss (Cervelo TestTeam and Lloyd Mondory (AG2R) start stage two.
Inigo Cuesta (Cervelo TestTeam)
Oscar Freire, Gerald Ciolek and Bernard Eisel have less than 50 metres to go.
Freire, Ciolek and Eisel sprint to the line in the closing metres of stage two.
The sprint for stage two was extremely close at the finish line.

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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) , Gerarld Ciolek (Team Milram) and Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad) require a photo finish camera to determine who won.

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Neither Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) nor Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad) knew who won stage two.
Bernard Eisel crosses the finish line in Davos.
Bernard Eisel shows the effort it took to win the Tour de Suisse's second stage.
Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) is accompanied by a UCI chaperone after stage two.
Someone wants to speak to Bernard Eisel.
Bernard Eisel talks to the media.
Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad) celebrates on the podium after winning stage two.
Eisel looks relieved to have won the photo finish deciding stage two.
Bernard Eisel (Team Columbia - Highroad) celebrates his stage victory on the podium.
Cancellara waves to the crowd as he steps to the podium.
Fabian Cancellara remains in the race lead after stage two of the Tour de Suisse.
Tony Martin (Team Columbia - Highroad) leads the mountains classification.
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) on the podium for leading the sprints classification.
Fabian Cancellara also leads the points classification.

Stage 1 - June 13: Mauren - Ruggell, 7.8km

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Swiss time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) en route to winning stage one of his home Tour.
Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) time trials to victory in the first stage of the Tour de Suisse.
Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) in yellow after winning the Tour de Suisse's opening stage.

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Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) on his way to (un)lucky 13th place.
A man to watch this week will be Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), who took second today.
Fabian Cancellara took the win in the opening stage.
Roman Kreuziger will take the points jersey into the second stage.
Astana's Andreas Klöden is awarded the best climber's jersey.
George Hincapie takes the combination jersey into tomorrow's stage.
Mark Cavendish warms up under shade from the glorious Swiss sunshine.
Local rider Michael Albasini finished in 59th and talks about his ride.
Maxime Monfort (Columbia-Highroad) about to start an excellent ride that garnered him seventh place.
Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) before the start.
Milram's Peter Velits looks pleased to be riding the Tour de Suisse.
Astana's Maxim Iglinsky signs on before the opening stage.
Cervélo's Marcel Wyss about to head out for his ride.
Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank) quickly signs on before the start.
Silence-Lotto's Thomas Dekker sets off on his time trial.
A focused George Hincapie prepares to set off for another time trial.
Filippo Pozzato makes some last-minute checks before his time trial.
Gregory Rast (Astana) about to embark on his test against the clock.
The heart rate monitor of David Lopez about to record another datat set.
Cervélo's star rider Heinrich Haussler looks in extremely good condition.
Daniele Bennati doesn't appear too impressed with what awaits him in the time trial.
Christian Vande Velde waits for his start as his bike gets some attention.
A deep breath for Gregory Rast and he'll be off to 107th place.
Andy Schleck remained passive before his TT start.
Katusha's Filippo Pozzato about to head into the fire.
The knee of Eros Cappechi in the start house.
Garmin's Christian Vande Velde wasn't at his best today, finishing way back in 114th.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) will be looking for some redemption after a disappointing Giro last month.
Rabobank's Lars Boom on his way to ninth.
Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) mustered a 126th placing.
Andreas Klöden was looking classy as always on his way to a podium spot.
And Fabian Cancellara looked powerful on his way to another TT win.
Swiss TT champion Fabian Cencellar was back to his devastating best.
Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) took a solid 16th.
Columbia-Highroad's Kim Kirchen enjoyed a sixth place, sandwiched between teammates Maxime Monfort and Tony Martin.
Quick Step rider Carlos Barredo is honing his form for the Tour de France.
Rui Faria Da Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) has enjoyed some solid form this season.

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Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
Full steam ahead for Astana's Andreas Klöden.
Andy Schleck powers to 48th place.
Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) on his way to 12th place.
Christian Vande Velde is on his way back from injury.
Lampre's Damiano Cunego was hoping to set himself up for a good week in the opening stage.
Again in a class of his own. Fabian Cancellara records another win against the clock.
Why so glum, Fabian? Cancellara fields questions at the post-stage press conference.
Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank) will have one eye on the Tour next month.
George Hincapie gives his all on the way to fourth place.
Greg Van Avermaet grimaces as he rides to 82nd.
Olympic silver medallist Gustav Erik Larsson managed a solid 11th place.
Heinrich Haussler was stunning on his way to eighth place.
Kim Kirchen signalled his intentions with a sixth place finish in Ruggell.
Lars Boom (Rabobank) was on song in the opening stage.
Marcel Wyss was another good Cervélo performer with 14th place.
Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) saved his cookies for the sprint stages.
Belgian rider Maxime Monfort was one of the four Columbia-Highroad riders in the top 10.
Rabobank's Nick Nuyens put in an encouraging performance, finishing 17th.
His teammate Pieter Weening was further back in 51st.
Liquigas' classy Czech Roman Kreuziger will definitely be amongst the leaders this week.
Caisse d'Epargne's Rui Faria Da Costa took an excellent top 10.
Thor Hushovd was one of the red and black crew who put themselves in the top 20.
Columbia-Highroad's Tony Martin delivered on his ability with a fifth place.
Vladimir Karpets was Katusha's best finisher with 16th place in the opening stage.