52nd Tour de Romandie, Hors Category

Switzerland, May 5-10, 1998


1997 Results     Past Winners     Riders

Prologue, Rheinfelden - Rheinfelden, 5 kms:

  1. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 		      5.44.88
  2. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland)        			 1.45
  3. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale          	 1.95
  4. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis       			 2.67
  5. Toni Tauler (Spa)              			 4.77
  6. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina    			 4.80
  7. Christopher Boardman (GB) GAN   			 5.44
  8. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi    		 5.50
  9. Armin Meier (Swi) Festina        			 6.29
 10. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN          			 7.16
 11. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics         		 7.34
 12. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank        			 7.94
 13. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino         		 8.26
 14. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti			 8.26
 15. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino    			 8.39
 16. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi  		 8.90
 17. Rik Verbugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 		 9.65
 18. Pascal Richard (Swi) Casino 			10.25
 19. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 		10.35
 20. Rik Verbugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 		10.41
 21. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 		10.43
 22. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux   	11.24
 23. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti  				11.71
 24. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux  	11.72
 25. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		11.75
 ..
 28. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti 			12.55
 32. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		14.48
 35. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 			14.92
 39. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 				15.89
 43. Roland Müller (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger 		16.80
 47. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis 		17.55
 50. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  		18.24
 51. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 				18.40
 53. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei  			18.90
 57. Marco Saligari (Ita) Casino  			19.74
 60. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei  				21.30
 64. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team  			21.66
 69. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina  			22.22
 79. Frederic Vifian (Fra) Post Swiss Team  		23.71
 82. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		23.84
 89. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale  		25.39
 91. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  		25.97
 95. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		27.42
108. Daniel Von Flüe (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger 		29.90
116. Christian Charriere (Swi) Riso Scotti-MG  		31.92
126. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		36.65
127. Christope Göhring (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger 		37.14
131. Urs Graf (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  			41.02
133. Jacques Jolidon (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  		42.62
135. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  		48.38

Stage 1, Rheinfelden - Saignélégier, 170.5 kms:

  1. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina                        4.38.14
  2. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team  		    0.04
  3. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics
  4. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti
  5. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis
  6. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino
  7. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
  8. Luc Leblanc (France) Polti
  9. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
 10. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 11. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 12. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
 13. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
 14. Felice Puttini (Swi) Ros Mary - Amica Chips
 15. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale			     0.04

 16. MEIER Roland                        SUI  COF            0.04
 17. HOTZ Franz                          SUI  POS            0.04
 18. MADOUAS Laurent                     FRA  LOT            0.04
 19. COPPOLILLO Michele                  ITA  ASI            0.04
 20. LUTTENBERGER Peter                  AUT  RAB            0.04
 21. MOOS Alexandre                      SUI  SAE            0.04
 22. GUERINI Giuseppe                    ITA  PLT            0.04
 23. RICHARD Pascal                      SUI  CSO            0.04
 24. BOBRIK Vladislav                    RUS  RIS            0.04
 25. NOE Andrea                          ITA  ASI            0.04
 26. CAMENZIND Oskar                     SUI  MAP            0.04
 27. RINERO Christophe                   FRA  COF            0.04
 28. GIANETTI Mauro                      SUI  FDJ            0.04
 29. ZUELLE Alex                         SUI  FES            0.04
 30. TONKOV Pavel                        RUS  MAP            0.04
 31. MONCOUTIE David                     FRA  COF            0.04
 32. RUBIERA VIGIL José Luis             ESP  KEL            0.04
 33. TETERIOUK Andrei                    KAZ  LOT            0.04
 34. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago           COL  KEL            0.04
 35. PODENZANA Massimo                   ITA  MER            0.04
 36. GOUGOT Fabrice                      FRA  CSO            0.04
 37. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt                  BEL  LOT            0.04
 38. SHEFFR Aleksandr                    KAZ  ASI            0.04
 39. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel             ESP  PLT            0.04
 40. VERBRUGGHE Rik                      BEL  LOT            0.04
 41. GONZALEZ Chepe                      COL  KEL            0.04
 42. MEIER Armin                         SUI  FES            0.04
 43. HORNER Christopher                  USA  FDJ            0.04
 44. CONTI Roberto                       ITA  MER            0.04
 45. VALOTI Gianluca                     ITA  PLT            0.04
 46. GARCIA CASAS Félix                  ESP  FES            0.04
 47. BORGHERESI Simone                   ITA  MER            0.04
 48. BOARDMANN Christopher               GBR  GAN           12.00
 49. GUALDI Mirko                        ITA  PLT           12.00
 50. SAUGRAIN Cyril                      FRA  COF           12.00
 51. GONZALEZ GUTIERREZ Arsenio          ESP  KEL           12.00
 52. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E.          ESP  KEL           12.00
 53. ZUMSTEG Lukas                       SUI  ERI           12.00
 54. SCHNIDER Daniel                     SUI  POS           12.00
 55. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio                  ITA  RMY           12.00
 56. URIARTE José Ramon                  ESP  FES           12.00
 57. MUELLER Roland                      SUI  ERI           12.00
 58. EDO ALSINA Angel                    ESP  KEL           12.00
 59. VETSCH Patrick                      SUI  POS           12.00
 60. TAULER Toni                         ESP  RMY           12.00
 61. JEKER Fabian                        SUI  FES           12.00
 62. NAZON Damien                        FRA  FDJ           12.00
 63. DE WOLF Steve                       BEL  LOT           12.00
 64. DE PAOLI Daniele                    ITA  RMY           12.00
 65. MOLINARI Maurizio                   ITA  RMY           12.00
 66. CALI Vincent                        FRA  CSO           12.00
 67. PEERS Chris                         BEL  LOT           12.00
 68. VOIGT Jens                          GER  GAN           12.00
 69. JONASSON Danny                      DEN  RAB           12.00
 70. BOURQUENOUD Pierre                  SUI  POS           12.00
 71. CALCATERRA Giuseppe                 ITA  SAE           12.00
 72. LEDANOIS Yvon                       FRA  FDJ           12.00
 73. TANI David                          ITA  ASI           12.00
 74. LELLI Massimiliano                  ITA  COF           12.00
 75. CENGHIALTA Bruno                    ITA  RIS           12.00
 76. SALIGARI Marco                      ITA  CSO           12.00
 77. CHARRIERE Christian                 SUI  RIS           12.00
 78. HEULOT Stéphane                     FRA  FDJ           12.00
 79. PARADIS Daniel                      SUI  POS           12.00
 80. CODOL Massimo                       ITA  MAP           12.00
 81. BALDATO Fabio                       ITA  RIS           12.00
 82. BUGNO Gianni                        ITA  MAP           12.00
 83. FONTANELLI Fabiano                  ITA  MER           12.00
 84. MORIN Anthony                       FRA  FDJ           12.00
 85. BOUYER Franck                       FRA  FDJ           12.00
 86. SCINTO Luca                         ITA  ASI           12.00
 87. WAUTERS Marc                        BEL  RAB           12.00
 88. LANFRANCHI Paolo                    ITA  MAP           12.00
 89. VIRENQUE Richard                    FRA  FES           12.00
 90. SPRUCH Zbigniew                     POL  MAP           12.00
 91. HUSER Rolf                          SUI  POS           12.00
 92. PERON Andrea                        ITA  FDJ           12.00
 93. BESSY Frederic                      FRA  CSO           12.00
 94. SEIGNEUR Eddy                       FRA  GAN           12.00
 95. BETTINI Paolo                       ITA  ASI           12.00
 96. SIMON François                      FRA  GAN           12.00
 97. PETILLEAU Stéphane                  FRA  GAN           12.00
 98. MICELI Nicola                       ITA  RIS           12.00
 99. GOUBERT Stéphane                    FRA  COF           12.00
100. CREPALDI Mirco                      ITA  PLT           12.00
101. SALVATO Cristian                    ITA  PLT           12.00
102. BOUVARD Gilles                      FRA  CSO           12.00
103. VIFIAN Frédéric                     SUI  POS           12.00
104. BOSCARDIN Bruno                     SUI  FES           12.00
105. AGNOLUTTO Christophe                FRA  CSO           12.00
106. SIBONI Marcello                     ITA  MER           12.00
107. VELO Marco                          ITA  MER           12.14
108. FINESSO Stefano                     ITA  RMY           15.34
109. VON FLÜE Daniel                     SUI  ERI           15.34
110. JOLIDON Jacques                     SUI  ERI           15.34
111. ZATTI Andrea                        ITA  RMY           16.48
112. CIPOLLINI Mario                     ITA  SAE           16.48
113. CAMPAGNARI Simone                   ITA  RMY           16.48
114. PLAZA ROMERO David                  ESP  COF           16.48
115. CASAGRANDA Stefano                  ITA  RIS           16.48
116. BROGNARA Andrea                     ITA  RIS           16.48
117. MINALI Nicola                       ITA  RIS           16.48
118. HEULE Christian                     SUI  ERI           16.48
119. FORNACIARI Paolo                    ITA  SAE           16.48
120. LANGELLA Anthony                    FRA  GAN           16.48
121. GRAF Urs                            SUI  ERI           16.48
122. BOVEN Jan                           NED  RAB           16.48
123. GOEHRING Christoph                  SUI  ERI           16.48
124. LOTZ Marc                           NED  RAB           16.48
125. MOERENHOUT Koos                     NED  RAB           16.48
126. BARNSLEY Chris                      NZL  ERI           16.48
127. GALVAN MANCHON Ruben                ESP  KEL           16.48
128. McEWEN Robbie                       AUS  RAB           16.48
129. OCHOA Javier                        ESP  KEL           16.48
130. SCIREA Mario                        ITA  SAE           16.48
131. KONYSHEV Dmitri                     RUS  MER           16.48
132. FAGNINI Gian Matteo                 ITA  SAE           16.48
133. GONO Marcel                         AUS  GAN           18.39

GC after Stage 1

  1. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina                         4.43.48
  2. Alex Zulle (Swi) Festina 				     0.16
  3. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 		     0.16
  4. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis     			     0.17
  5. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 			     0.18
  6. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 		     0.18
  7. Armin Meier (Swi) Festina     		 	     0.21
  8. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 				     0.22
  9. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti       		     0.23
 10. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino 			     0.23
 11. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		     0.23
 12. Rik Verbugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar      		     0.24
 13. Pascal Richard (Swi) Casino 			     0.25
 14. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar		     0.25
 15. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux          0.26

 16. GIANETTI Mauro                  SUI     FDJ             0.26
 17. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago       COL     KEL             0.26
 18. RUBIERA VIGIL José Luis         ESP     KEL             0.27
 19. REBELLIN Davide                 ITA     PLT             0.27
 20. RINERO Christophe               FRA     COF             0.27
 21. VAN HYFTE Paul                  BEL     LOT             0.30
 22. GARZELLI Stefano                ITA     MER             0.30
 23. LEBLANC Luc                     FRA     PLT             0.30
 24. MISSAGLIA Gabriele              ITA     MAP             0.31
 25. MONCOUTIE David                 FRA     COF             0.31
 26. CASAGRANDE Francesco            ITA     COF             0.32
 27. NOE Andrea                      ITA     ASI             0.32
 28. FARESIN Gianni                  ITA     MAP             0.33
 29. TONKOV Pavel                    RUS     MAP             0.36
 30. LUTTENBERGER Peter              AUT     RAB             0.36
 31. HOTZ Franz                      SUI     POS             0.36
 32. CONTI Roberto                   ITA     MER             0.36
 33. BOBRIK Vladislav                RUS     RIS             0.36
 34. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt              BEL     LOT             0.36
 35. GOUGOT Fabrice                  FRA     CSO             0.37
 36. GOTTI Ivan                      ITA     SAE             0.39
 37. COPPOLILLO Michele              ITA     ASI             0.39
 38. MOOS Alexandre                  SUI     SAE             0.40
 39. GARCIA CASAS Félix              ESP     FES             0.40
 40. MADOUAS Laurent                 FRA     LOT             0.42
 41. GONZALEZ Chepe                  COL     KEL             0.43
 42. SHEFFR Aleksandr                KAZ     ASI             0.44
 43. PUTTINI Felice                  SUI     RMY             0.45
 44. BORGHERESI Simone               ITA     MER             0.48
 45. VALOTI Gianluca                 ITA     PLT             0.48
 46. PODENZANA Massimo               ITA     MER             0.49
 47. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel         ESP     PLT             0.53
 48. TAULER Toni                     ESP     RMY            12.15
 49. BOSCARDIN Bruno                 SUI     FES            12.15
 50. BOARDMANN Christopher           GBR     GAN            12.16
 51. SEIGNEUR Eddy                   FRA     GAN            12.18
 52. BOUVARD Gilles                  FRA     CSO            12.19
 53. BALDATO Fabio                   ITA     RIS            12.21
 54. GUALDI Mirko                    ITA     PLT            12.22
 55. SCHNIDER Daniel                 SUI     POS            12.22
 56. PERON Andrea                    ITA     FDJ            12.24
 57. FONTANELLI Fabiano              ITA     MER            12.25
 58. GONZALEZ GUTIERREZ Arsenio      ESP     KEL            12.25
 59. SCINTO Luca                     ITA     ASI            12.25
 60. VIRENQUE Richard                FRA     FES            12.25
 61. SALVATO Cristian                ITA     PLT            12.26
 62. HEULOT Stéphane                 FRA     FDJ            12.27
 63. MUELLER Roland                  SUI     ERI            12.27
 64. VOIGT Jens                      GER     GAN            12.27
 65. BOUYER Franck                   FRA     FDJ            12.28
 66. HUSER Rolf                      SUI     POS            12.29
 67. SIMON François                  FRA     GAN            12.29
 68. EDO ALSINA Angel                ESP     KEL            12.29
 69. SPRUCH Zbigniew                 POL     MAP            12.29
 70. MORIN Anthony                   FRA     FDJ            12.30
 71. SALIGARI Marco                  ITA     CSO            12.30
 72. CALCATERRA Giuseppe             ITA     SAE            12.31
 73. JEKER Fabian                    SUI     FES            12.32
 74. CODOL Massimo                   ITA     MAP            12.32
 75. CREPALDI Mirco                  ITA     PLT            12.32
 76. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E.      ESP     KEL            12.32
 77. CENGHIALTA Bruno                ITA     RIS            12.33
 78. AGNOLUTTO Christophe            FRA     CSO            12.33
 79. PEERS Chris                     BEL     LOT            12.33
 80. VELO Marco                      ITA     MER            12.33
 81. LELLI Massimiliano              ITA     COF            12.34
 82. SAUGRAIN Cyril                  FRA     COF            12.34
 83. VIFIAN Frédéric                 SUI     POS            12.34
 84. MICELI Nicola                   ITA     RIS            12.34
 85. VETSCH Patrick                  SUI     POS            12.34
 86. DE PAOLI Daniele                ITA     RMY            12.34
 87. CALI Vincent                    FRA     CSO            12.34
 88. BOURQUENOUD Pierre              SUI     POS            12.38
 89. GOUBERT Stéphane                FRA     COF            12.38
 90. LEDANOIS Yvon                   FRA     FDJ            12.38
 91. BUGNO Gianni                    ITA     MAP            12.38
 92. LANFRANCHI Paolo                ITA     MAP            12.38
 93. URIARTE José Ramon              ESP     FES            12.39
 94. BETTINI Paolo                   ITA     ASI            12.40
 95. BESSY Frederic                  FRA     CSO            12.40
 96. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio              ITA     RMY            12.40
 97. NAZON Damien                    FRA     FDJ            12.41
 98. JONASSON Danny                  DEN     RAB            12.42
 99. SIBONI Marcello                 ITA     MER            12.42
100. CHARRIERE Christian             SUI     RIS            12.42
101. DE WOLF Steve                   BEL     LOT            12.43
102. TANI David                      ITA     ASI            12.43
103. WAUTERS Marc                    BEL     RAB            12.43
104. PETILLEAU Stéphane              FRA     GAN            12.44
105. PARADIS Daniel                  SUI     POS            12.47
106. MOLINARI Maurizio               ITA     RMY            12.53
107. ZUMSTEG Lukas                   SUI     ERI            12.59
108. VON FLÜE Daniel                 SUI     ERI            16.14
109. FINESSO Stefano                 ITA     RMY            16.19
110. JOLIDON Jacques                 SUI     ERI            16.24
111. CIPOLLINI Mario                 ITA     SAE            17.09
112. MOERENHOUT Koos                 NED     RAB            17.14
113. FAGNINI Gian Matteo             ITA     SAE            17.15
114. McEWEN Robbie                   AUS     RAB            17.18
115. LOTZ Marc                       NED     RAB            17.20
116. GALVAN MANCHON Ruben            ESP     KEL            17.21
117. LANGELLA Anthony                FRA     GAN            17.22
118. BOVEN Jan                       NED     RAB            17.22
119. CAMPAGNARI Simone               ITA     RMY            17.23
120. HEULE Christian                 SUI     ERI            17.24
121. SCIREA Mario                    ITA     SAE            17.24
122. FORNACIARI Paolo                ITA     SAE            17.25
123. BROGNARA Andrea                 ITA     RIS            17.26
124. OCHOA Javier                    ESP     KEL            17.27
125. CASAGRANDA Stefano              ITA     RIS            17.29
126. ZATTI Andrea                    ITA     RMY            17.30
127. PLAZA ROMERO David              ESP     COF            17.31
128. GOEHRING Christoph              SUI     ERI            17.36
129. MINALI Nicola                   ITA     RIS            17.36
130. BARNSLEY Chris                  NZL     ERI            17.37
131. GRAF Urs                        SUI     ERI            17.39
132. KONYSHEV Dmitri                 RUS     MER            17.44
133. GONO Marcel                     AUS     GAN            19.09