52nd Tour de Romandie, Hors Category

Switzerland, May 5-10, 1998


1997 Results     Past Winners     Riders

The Stages

May 5     Prologue - Rheinfelden - Rheinfelden, 5 kms.
May 6     Stage 1 - Rheinfelden - Saignélégier, 170.5 kms.
May 7     Stage 2 - Saignelégier - Montreux, 182.8 kms.
May 8     Stage 3 - Montreux - Veysonnaz, 151.1 kms.
May 9     Stage 4a - Sion - Lausanne, 100.4 kms.
May 9     Stage 4b - ITT Lausanne - Romanel, 18 kms.
May 9     Stage 5 - Lausanne - Genève, 167.4 kms.

Complete Starting List

MAPEI-BRICOBI				ASICS

Manager: Pietro Algeri			Manager: Serge Parsani

 1 Tonkov, Pavel (Rus)			 9 Bartoli, Michele (Ita)
 2 Camenzind, Oscar (Swi)		10 Bettini, Paolo (Ita)
 3 Codol, Massimo (Ita)			11 Coppolillo, Michele (Ita)
 4 Faresin, Gianni (Ita)		12 Noe', Andrea (Ita)
 5 Lanfranchi, Paolo (Ita)		13 Scinto, Luca (Ita)
 6 Missaglia, Gabriele (Ita)		14 Sheffr, Aleksandr (Kaz)
 7 Spruch, Zbigniew (Pol)		15 Tani, David (Ita)
 8 Svorada, Jan (Cze)			16 Turicchia, Alain (Ita)

CASINO					COFIDIS

Manager: Gilles Mas			Manager: Bernard Quilfen

17 Richard, Pascal (Swi)		25 Casagrande, Francesco (Ita)
18 Agnolutto, Christophe (Fra)		26 Bertolini, Alessandro (Ita)
19 Bessy, Frédéric (Fra)		27 Goubert, Stéphane (Fra)
20 Bouvard, Gilles (Fra)		28 Lelli, Massimiliano (Ita)
21 Cali, Vincent (Fra)			29 Moncoutie, David (Fra)
22 Jaermann, Rolf (Swi)			30 Meier, Roland (Swi)
23 Saligari, Marco (Ita)		31 Plaza Romero, David (Spa)
24 Streel, Marc (Bel)			32 Rinero, Christophe (Fra)

TEAM ERICSSON VILLIGER			FESTINA

Manager: Olivier Senn			Manager: Bruno Roussel

33 Barnsley, Chris (NZ)			41 Zülle, Alex (Swi)
34 Goehring, Christophe (Swi)		42 Boscardin, Bruno (Swi)
35 Graf, Roman (Swi)			43 Dufaux, Laurent (Swi)
36 Heule, Christian (Swi)		44 Garcia Casas, Félix M. (Spa)
37 Jolidon, Jacques (Swi)		45 Jeker, Fabian (Swi)
38 Müller, Roland (Swi)			46 Meier, Armin (Swi)
39 Von Flüe, Daniel (Swi)		47 Uriarte, José Ramon (Spa)
40 Zumsteg, Lukas (Swi)			48 Virenque, Richard (Fra)

LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX			GAN

Manager: Guy Gallopin			Manager: Denis Roux

49 Gianetti, Mauro (Swi)		57 Boardman, Christopher (GB)
50 Bouyer, Franck (Fra)			58 Gono, Marcel (Aus)
51 Heulot, Stéphane (Fra)		59 Hinault, Sébastien (Fra)
52 Horner, Christopher (USA)		60 Langella, Anthony (Fra)
53 Jan, Xavier (Fra)			61 Petilleau, Stéphane (Fra)
54 Ledanois, Yvon (Fra)			62 Seigneur, Eddy (Fra)
55 Morin, Anthony (Fra)			63 Simon, François (Fra)
56 Peron, Andrea (Ita)			64 Voigt, Jens (Ger)

KELME-COSTA BLANCA			LOTTO-MOBISTAR

Manager: Alvaro Pino Counago		Manager: Jos Braeckevelt

65 Botero Echeverry, Santiago (Col)	73 De Wolf, Fabian (Bel)
66 Edo Alsina, Angel (Spa)		74 Madouas, Laurent (Fra)
67 Gonzalez Gutierrez, Arsenio (Spa)	75 Marichal, Thierry (Bel)
68 Gonzalez, Chepe (Spa)		76 Peers, Chris (Bel)
69 Gutierrez Cataluna, José E. (Spa)	77 Teteriouk, Andrei (Kaz)
70 Ochoa, Javier (Spa)			78 Van de Wouwer, Kurt (Bel)
71 Rubiera Vigil, José Luis (Spa)	79 Van Hyfte, Paul (Bel)
72 Vidal Martinez, José A. (Spa)	80 Verbrugghe, Rik (Bel)

MERCATONI UNO				POLTI

Manager: Giuseppe Martinelli		Manager: Gianluigi Stanga

81 Pantani, Marco (Ita)			89 Atienza Urendeze, Daniel (Spa)
82 Borgheresi, Simone (Ita)		90 Gualdi, Mirko (Ita)
83 Conti, Roberto (Ita)			91 Guerini, Giuseppe (Ita)
84 Fincato, Marco (Ita)			92 Guidi, Fabrizio (Ita)
85 Garzelli, Stefano (Ita)		93 Leblanc, Luc (Fra)
86 Konyshev, Dmitri (Rus)		94 Rebellin, Davide (Ita)
87 Podenzana, Massimo (Ita)		95 Salvato, Cristian (Ita)
88 Velo, Marco (Ita)			96 Valoti, Gianluca (Ita)

POST SWISS TEAM				RABOBANK

Manager: Jacques Michaud		Manager: Theo De Rooy

 97 Aebersold, Niki (Swi)		105 Boogerd, Michael (Ned)
 98 Bourquenoud, Pierre (Swi)		106 Boven, Jan (Ned)
 99 Hotz, Franz (Swi)			107 Jonasson, Danny (Den)
100 Huser, Rolf (Swi)			108 Lotz, Marc (Ned)
101 Paradis, Daniel (Swi)		109 Luttenberger, Peter (Aut)
102 Schnider, Daniel (Swi)		110 Moerenhout, Koos (Ned)
103 Vifian, Frédéric (Swi)		111 Van Heeswijk, Max (Ned)
104 Zberg, Marcus (Swi)			112 Zberg, Beat (Swi)

RISO SCOTTI				ROS MARY

113 Bobrik, Vladislav (Rus)		Manager: Sandro Quintarelli
114 Brignoli, Ermanno (Ita)
115 Brognara, Andrea (Ita)		121 Chiappucci, Claudio (Ita)
116 Casagranda, Stefano (Ita)		122 Della Santa, Stefano (Ita)
117 Charrière, Christian (Swi)		123 De Paoli, Daniele (Ita)
118 Miceli, Nicola (Ita)		124 Dotti, Fausto (Ita)
119 Minali, Nicola (Ita)		125 Finesso, Stefano (Ita)
120 Pistore, Roberto (Ita)		126 Puttini, Felice (Swi)
					127 Uria Gonzalez, José Manuel (Spa)
					128 Zatti, Andrea (Ita)

SAECO-CANNONDALE

Manager: Antonio Salutini

129 Gotti, Ivan (Ita)
130 Cipollini, Mario (Ita)
131 Fagnini, Gian Matteo (Ita)
132 Fornaciari, Paolo (Ita)
133 Moos, Alexandre (Swi)
134 Padrnos, Pavel (Cze)
135 Savoldelli, Paolo (Ita)
136 Scirea, Mario (Ita)

Past Winners

1947	Desire Keteleer (Bel)
1948	Ferdi Kübler (Swi)
1949	Gino Bartali (Ita)
1950	Edouard Fachleitner (Fra)
1951	Ferdi Kübler (Swi)
1952	Wout Wagtemans (Bel)
1953	Hugo Koblet (Swi)
1954	Jean Forestier (Fra)
1955	René Strehler (Swi)
1956	Pasquale Fornara (Ita)
1957	Jean Forestier (Fra)
1958	Gilbert Bauvin (Fra)
1959	Kurt Gimmi (Swi)
1960	Louis Rostollan (Fra)
1961	Louis Rostollan (Fra)
1962	Guido De Rosso (Ita)
1963	Willy Bocklant (Bel)
1964	Rolf Maurer (Swi)
1965	Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1966	Gianni Motta (Ita)
1967	Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1968	Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1969	Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1970	Gösta Pettersson (Swe)
1971	Gianni Motta (Ita)
1972	Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
1973	Wilfried David (Bel)
1974	Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1975	Francisco Galdos (Spa)
1976	Johan De Muynck (Bel)
1977	Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita)
1978	Johan Van de Velde (Bel)
1979	Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1980	Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1981	Tommy Priem (Swe)
1982	Jostein Wilmann (Nor)
1983	Stephen Roche (Ire)
1984	Stephen Roche (Ire)
1985	Jörg Müller (Swi)
1986	Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1987	Stephen Roche (Ire)
1988	Gerard Veltscholten (Ned)
1989	Phil Anderson (Aus)
1990	Charly Mottet (Fra)
1991	Tony Rominger (Swi)
1992	Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1993	Pascal Richard (Swi)
1994	Pascal Richard (Swi)
1995	Tony Rominger (Swi)
1996	Abraham Olano (Spa)
1997    Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
1998     ?
Past winners from my friend Mario Stiehl in Berlin