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1997 Results
Past Winners
Riders
Stage 4a, Sion - Lausanne, 100.4 kms:1. BETTINI Paolo ITA ASI 2.09.17 2. BALDATO Fabio ITA RIS 3. SIMON François FRA GAN 4. PUTTINI Felice SUI RMY 5. SCIREA Mario ITA SAE 6. CREPALDI Mirco ITA PLT 7. LANFRANCHI Paolo ITA MAP 8. PARADIS Daniel SUI POS 0.05 9. SAUGRAIN Cyril FRA COF 0.31 10. PETILLEAU Stéphane FRA GAN 0.48 11. WAUTERS Marc BEL RAB 1.23 12. McEWEN Robbie AUS RAB 1.49 13. ZBERG Markus SUI POS 6.41 14. CAMENZIND Oskar SUI MAP 15. LEBLANC Luc FRA PLT 16. DUFAUX Laurent SUI FES 17. MOOS Alexandre SUI SAE 18. CASAGRANDE Francesco ITA COF 19. RINERO Christophe FRA COF 20. SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA SAE 21. GOTTI Ivan ITA SAE 22. VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOT 23. REBELLIN Davide ITA PLT 24. MEIER Roland SUI COF 25. VETSCH Patrick SUI POS 26. GONZALEZ Chepe COL KEL 27. HUSER Rolf SUI POS 28. VALOTI Gianluca ITA PLT 29. ZUELLE Alex SUI FES 30. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt BEL LOT 31. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago COL KEL 32. GOUBERT Stéphane FRA COF 33. NOE Andrea ITA ASI 34. TONKOV Pavel RUS MAP 35. SHEFFR Aleksandr KAZ ASI 36. BOBRIK Vladislav RUS RIS 37. SIBONI Marcello ITA MER 38. GUERINI Giuseppe ITA PLT 39. LUTTENBERGER Peter AUT RAB 40. AGNOLUTTO Christophe FRA CSO 41. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel ESP PLT 42. SPRUCH Zbigniew POL MAP 43. HEULOT Stéphane FRA FDJ 44. CODOL Massimo ITA MAP 45. BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POS 46. FARESIN Gianni ITA MAP 47. PODENZANA Massimo ITA MER 48. MORIN Anthony FRA FDJ 49. TETERIOUK Andrei KAZ LOT 50. GOUGOT Fabrice FRA CSO 51. SCHNIDER Daniel SUI POS 52. BUGNO Gianni ITA MAP 53. JEKER Fabian SUI FES 54. MONCOUTIE David FRA COF 55. EDO ALSINA Angel ESP KEL 56. CONTI Roberto ITA MER 57. DE PAOLI Daniele ITA RMY 58. FINESSO Stefano ITA RMY 59. HOTZ Franz SUI POS 60. GARCIA CASAS Félix ESP FES 61. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E. ESP KEL 62. VIRENQUE Richard FRA FES 63. JONASSON Danny DEN RAB 64. MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA MAP 65. DE WOLF Steve BEL LOT 66. JAERMANN Rolf SUI CSO 67. MUELLER Roland SUI ERI 68. BOUYER Franck FRA FDJ 69. CALI Vincent FRA CSO 6.56 70. HORNER Christopher USA FDJ 71. VOIGT Jens GER GAN 72. SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN 73. GRAF Urs SUI ERI 7.05 74. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio ITA RMY 7.07 75. MEIER Armin SUI FES 7.08 76. CASAGRANDA Stefano ITA RIS 7.16 77. PEERS Chris BEL LOT 78. SALIGARI Marco ITA CSO 7.22 79. BESSY Frederic FRA CSO 80. VELO Marco ITA MER 7.25 81. OCHOA Javier ESP KEL 82. RUBIERA VIGIL José Luis ESP KEL 83. GARZELLI Stefano ITA MER 7.31 84. GOEHRING Christoph SUI ERI 7.33 85. BARNSLEY Chris NZL ERI 86. PLAZA ROMERO David ESP COF 7.45 87. CAMPAGNARI Simone ITA RMY 7.49 88. BOARDMANN Christopher GBR GAN 8.04 89. GONO Marcel AUS GAN 90. URIARTE José Ramon ESP FES 91. MOLINARI Maurizio ITA RMY 92. MINALI Nicola ITA RIS 8.19 93. CIPOLLINI Mario ITA SAE 8.20 94. CENGHIALTA Bruno ITA RIS 95. BOSCARDIN Bruno SUI FES 96. ZUMSTEG Lukas SUI ERI 97. TAULER Toni ESP RMY 98. BROGNARA Andrea ITA RIS 99. VON FLÜE Daniel SUI ERI 100. PERON Andrea ITA FDJ 101. LEDANOIS Yvon FRA FDJ 102. VIFIAN Frédéric SUI POS 103. SALVATO Cristian ITA PLT 104. LOTZ Marc NED RAB 105. KONYSHEV Dmitri RUS MER 8.47 106. CHARRIERE Christian SUI RIS 9.26 107. FONTANELLI Fabiano ITA MER 9.34 108. MICELI Nicola ITA RIS 9.48 109. FAGNINI Gian Matteo ITA SAE 10.08 110. TANI David ITA ASI 111. CALCATERRA Giuseppe ITA SAE 112. BORGHERESI Simone ITA MER 10.13 113. COPPOLILLO Michele ITA ASI 114. SCINTO Luca ITA ASI 115. GUALDI Mirko ITA PLT 11.26 GC after Stage 4a 1. DUFAUX Laurent SUI FES 15.39.12 2. CASAGRANDE Francesco ITA COF 0.46 3. REBELLIN Davide ITA PLT 0.49 4. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago COL KEL 0.59 5. GOTTI Ivan ITA SAE 1.11 6. LEBLANC Luc FRA PLT 1.23 7. ZUELLE Alex SUI FES 1.29 8. MEIER Roland SUI COF 1.36 9. TONKOV Pavel RUS MAP 1.46 10. SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA SAE 2.29 11. ZBERG Markus SUI POS 3.35 12. TETERIOUK Andrei KAZ LOT 4.14 13. SHEFFR Aleksandr KAZ ASI 4.57 14. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel ESP PLT 5.10 15. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt BEL LOT 5.25 16. CAMENZIND Oskar SUI MAP 6.22 17. GONZALEZ Chepe COL KEL 6.45 18. FARESIN Gianni ITA MAP 6.45 19. MONCOUTIE David FRA COF 6.46 20. VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOT 7.05 21. PODENZANA Massimo ITA MER 7.06 22. PUTTINI Felice SUI RMY 7.35 23. BOBRIK Vladislav RUS RIS 9.59 24. RINERO Christophe FRA COF 10.49 25. CONTI Roberto ITA MER 11.12 26. NOE Andrea ITA ASI 11.28 27. GARCIA CASAS Félix ESP FES 11.33 28. GUERINI Giuseppe ITA PLT 11.49 29. HOTZ Franz SUI POS 11.49 30. LANFRANCHI Paolo ITA MAP 13.20 31. MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA MAP 14.43 32. JAERMANN Rolf SUI CSO 15.22 33. GOUGOT Fabrice FRA CSO 15.46 34. RUBIERA VIGIL José Luis ESP KEL 17.03 35. VALOTI Gianluca ITA PLT 17.16 36. MEIER Armin SUI FES 19.06 37. BORGHERESI Simone ITA MER 19.08 38. CODOL Massimo ITA MAP 19.28 39. LUTTENBERGER Peter AUT RAB 19.30 40. MOOS Alexandre SUI SAE 20.35 41. VETSCH Patrick SUI POS 23.21 42. SIBONI Marcello ITA MER 23.35 43. HORNER Christopher USA FDJ 23.49 44. HUSER Rolf SUI POS 23.56 45. SCIREA Mario ITA SAE 24.04 46. GARZELLI Stefano ITA MER 24.10 47. BETTINI Paolo ITA ASI 24.45 48. PARADIS Daniel SUI POS 25.59 49. COPPOLILLO Michele ITA ASI 26.19 50. SIMON François FRA GAN 26.29 51. BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POS 26.33 52. SCINTO Luca ITA ASI 26.50 53. SCHNIDER Daniel SUI POS 28.14 54. MUELLER Roland SUI ERI 28.19 55. BALDATO Fabio ITA RIS 28.21 56. GOUBERT Stéphane FRA COF 30.01 57. DE WOLF Steve BEL LOT 30.21 58. HEULOT Stéphane FRA FDJ 31.16 59. VIRENQUE Richard FRA FES 32.25 60. MORIN Anthony FRA FDJ 32.47 61. FINESSO Stefano ITA RMY 32.54 62. WAUTERS Marc BEL RAB 35.27 63. BUGNO Gianni ITA MAP 35.28 64. VELO Marco ITA MER 36.13 65. LEDANOIS Yvon FRA FDJ 38.11 66. GUALDI Mirko ITA PLT 39.12 67. JEKER Fabian SUI FES 39.34 68. AGNOLUTTO Christophe FRA CSO 39.54 69. CREPALDI Mirco ITA PLT 40.07 70. DE PAOLI Daniele ITA RMY 40.26 71. FONTANELLI Fabiano ITA MER 40.36 72. SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN 40.39 73. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio ITA RMY 40.55 74. PETILLEAU Stéphane FRA GAN 40.59 75. SALIGARI Marco ITA CSO 41.03 76. CALI Vincent FRA CSO 41.21 77. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E. ESP KEL 41.24 78. SAUGRAIN Cyril FRA COF 41.59 79. PERON Andrea ITA FDJ 42.01 80. CENGHIALTA Bruno ITA RIS 42.04 81. SALVATO Cristian ITA PLT 43.22 82. TANI David ITA ASI 43.31 83. JONASSON Danny DEN RAB 43.40 84. CALCATERRA Giuseppe ITA SAE 45.46 85. CIPOLLINI Mario ITA SAE 46.40 86. VOIGT Jens GER GAN 46.46 87. LOTZ Marc NED RAB 47.00 88. BESSY Frederic FRA CSO 47.29 89. BOARDMANN Christopher GBR GAN 47.37 90. VIFIAN Frédéric SUI POS 48.21 91. EDO ALSINA Angel ESP KEL 49.05 92. SPRUCH Zbigniew POL MAP 49.11 93. OCHOA Javier ESP KEL 49.41 94. McEWEN Robbie AUS RAB 49.49 95. PEERS Chris BEL LOT 49.53 96. FAGNINI Gian Matteo ITA SAE 50.06 97. BOSCARDIN Bruno SUI FES 50.36 98. URIARTE José Ramon ESP FES 50.38 99. TAULER Toni ESP RMY 50.40 100. MOLINARI Maurizio ITA RMY 51.02 101. ZUMSTEG Lukas SUI ERI 51.28 102. BOUYER Franck FRA FDJ 52.07 103. MICELI Nicola ITA RIS 52.28 104. PLAZA ROMERO David ESP COF 52.33 105. CHARRIERE Christian SUI RIS 53.15 106. VON FLÜE Daniel SUI ERI 54.29 107. GRAF Urs SUI ERI 54.39 108. CASAGRANDA Stefano ITA RIS 54.49 109. CAMPAGNARI Simone ITA RMY 55.07 110. GOEHRING Christoph SUI ERI 55.10 111. KONYSHEV Dmitri RUS MER 55.11 112. BROGNARA Andrea ITA RIS 55.47 113. MINALI Nicola ITA RIS 55.59 114. BARNSLEY Chris NZL ERI 56.39 115. GONO Marcel AUS GAN 57.17 Stage 4b, ITT Lausanne - Romanel, 18 kms:1. ZULLE Alex SUI FES 23.34.85 2. DUFAUX Laurent SUI FES 11.37 3. MEIER Roland SUI COF 15.34 4. CAMENZIND Oskar SUI MAP 32.08 5. SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA SAE 35.41 6. GUERINI Giuseppe ITA PLT 36.07 7. BOARDMANN Christopher GBR GAN 36.82 8. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago COL KEL 39.43 9. TETERIOUK Andrei KAZ LOT 48.41 10. CASAGRANDE Francesco ITA COF 48.85 11. TONKOV Pavel RUS MAP 54.40 12. BOSCARDIN Bruno SUI FES 59.44 13. LEBLANC Luc FRA PLT 1.00.19 14. SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN 1.04.64 15. RINERO Christophe FRA COF 1.06.47 16. REBELLIN Davide ITA PLT 1.07.31 17. VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOT 1.11.26 18. VIFIAN Frédéric SUI POS 1.13.03 19. GOTTI Ivan ITA SAE 1.13.76 20. BOBRIK Vladislav RUS RIS 1.16.12 21. FARESIN Gianni ITA MAP 1.16.83 22. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt BEL LOT 1.19.47 23. CONTI Roberto ITA MER 1.20.80 24. TAULER Toni ESP RMY 1.21.28 25. PERON Andrea ITA FDJ 1.21.80 26. MONCOUTIE David FRA COF 1.24.35 27. VOIGT Jens GER GAN 1.28.26 28. MEIER Armin SUI FES 1.30.63 29. SCHNIDER Daniel SUI POS 1.37.71 30. ZBERG Markus SUI POS 1.42.28 31. JAERMANN Rolf SUI CSO 1.42.91 32. GARCIA CASAS F_lix ESP FES 1.43.81 33. GOUBERT St_phane FRA COF 1.45.18 34. CODOL Massimo ITA MAP 1.45.67 35. SALVATO Cristian ITA PLT 1.46.23 36. PODENZANA Massimo ITA MER 1.46.78 37. CREPALDI Mirco ITA PLT 1.47.53 38. BETTINI Paolo ITA ASI 1.48.70 39. VELO Marco ITA MER 1.50.60 40. SIMON François FRA GAN 1.51.58 41. FONTANELLI Fabiano ITA MER 1.53.71 42. SHEFFR Aleksandr KAZ ASI 1.56.90 43. SIBONI Marcello ITA MER 2.00.03 44. BORGHERESI Simone ITA MER 2.02.16 45. MOOS Alexandre SUI SAE 2.03.05 46. VETSCH Patrick SUI POS 2.04.09 47. HUSER Rolf SUI POS 2.07.36 48. LUTTENBERGER Peter AUT RAB 2.07.98 49. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E. ESP KEL 2.08.51 50. EDO ALSINA Angel ESP KEL 2.08.64 51. HORNER Christopher USA FDJ 2.09.10 52. MORIN Anthony FRA FDJ 2.11.83 53. HEULOT Stéphane FRA FDJ 2.12.31 54. VIRENQUE Richard FRA FES 2.15.77 55. CAMPAGNARI Simone ITA RMY 2.17.39 56. CASAGRANDA Stefano ITA RIS 2.18.07 57. URIARTE José Ramon ESP FES 2.18.10 58. JONASSON Danny DEN RAB 2.18.12 59. PARADIS Daniel SUI POS 2.20.36 60. CHARRIERE Christian SUI RIS 2.21.30 61. SCINTO Luca ITA ASI 2.22.75 62. NOE Andrea ITA ASI 2.22.76 63. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel ESP PLT 2.23.67 64. GONZALEZ Chepe COL KEL 2.24.13 65. MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA MAP 2.28.66 66. BOUYER Franck FRA FDJ 2.29.54 67. CIPOLLINI Mario ITA SAE 2.30.31 68. CENGHIALTA Bruno ITA RIS 2.31.02 69. COPPOLILLO Michele ITA ASI 2.31.59 70. TANI David ITA ASI 2.31.71 71. SAUGRAIN Cyril FRA COF 2.33.92 72. PUTTINI Felice SUI RMY 2.35.75 73. GONO Marcel AUS GAN 2.36.16 74. FAGNINI Gian Matteo ITA SAE 2.36.95 75. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio ITA RMY 2.37.38 76. LANFRANCHI Paolo ITA MAP 2.37.54 77. WAUTERS Marc BEL RAB 2.38.42 78. KONYSHEV Dmitri RUS MER 2.41.35 79. GOUGOT Fabrice FRA CSO 2.42.90 80. GARZELLI Stefano ITA MER 2.43.79 81. DE PAOLI Daniele ITA RMY 2.44.66 82. MUELLER Roland SUI ERI 2.48.33 83. LEDANOIS Yvon FRA FDJ 2.48.68 84. CALI Vincent FRA CSO 2.49.08 85. DE WOLF Steve BEL LOT 2.49.68 86. PLAZA ROMERO David ESP COF 2.51.84 87. BESSY Frederic FRA CSO 2.52.68 88. SPRUCH Zbigniew POL MAP 2.53.07 89. HOTZ Franz SUI POS 2.53.18 90. BALDATO Fabio ITA RIS 2.53.28 91. CALCATERRA Giuseppe ITA SAE 2.54.10 92. LOTZ Marc NED RAB 2.56.65 93. BROGNARA Andrea ITA RIS 3.02.67 94. BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POS 3.03.59 95. VON FLÜE Daniel SUI ERI 3.04.52 96. VALOTI Gianluca ITA PLT 3.06.69 97. McEWEN Robbie AUS RAB 3.07.01 98. SALIGARI Marco ITA CSO 3.11.51 99. BARNSLEY Chris NZL ERI 3.12.01 100. OCHOA Javier ESP KEL 3.17.08 101. PEERS Chris BEL LOT 3.17.91 102. FINESSO Stefano ITA RMY 3.19.28 103. GRAF Urs SUI ERI 3.20.50 104. SCIREA Mario ITA SAE 3.21.75 105. GOEHRING Christoph SUI ERI 3.25.82 106. BUGNO Gianni ITA MAP 3.29.36 107. ZUMSTEG Lukas SUI ERI 3.37.09 108. MINALI Nicola ITA RIS 3.41.93 109. PETILLEAU Stéphane FRA GAN 3.43.59 110. AGNOLUTTO Christophe FRA CSO 3.53.59 111. MOLINARI Maurizio ITA RMY 4.00.18 112. MICELI Nicola ITA RIS 5.15.74 113. JEKER Fabian SUI FES 5.39.28 GC after Stage 4b 1. DUFAUX Laurent SUI FES 16.02.59 2. ZUELLE Alex SUI FES 1.17 3. CASAGRANDE Francesco ITA COF 1.23 4. BOTERO Echeverry Santiago COL KEL 1.27 5. MEIER Roland SUI COF 1.39 6. REBELLIN Davide ITA PLT 1.44 7. LEBLANC Luc FRA PLT 2.11 8. GOTTI Ivan ITA SAE 2.12 9. TONKOV Pavel RUS MAP 2.28 10. SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA SAE 2.53 11. TETERIOUK Andrei KAZ LOT 4.50 12. ZBERG Markus SUI POS 5.05 13. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt BEL LOT 6.33 14. CAMENZIND Oskar SUI MAP 6.42 15. SHEFFR Aleksandr KAZ ASI 6.42 16. ATIENZA URENDEZE Daniel ESP PLT 7.21 17. FARESIN Gianni ITA MAP 7.50 18. MONCOUTIE David FRA COF 7.59 19. VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOT 8.04 20. PODENZANA Massimo ITA MER 8.41 21. GONZALEZ Chepe COL KEL 8.57 22. PUTTINI Felice SUI RMY 9.58 23. BOBRIK Vladislav RUS RIS 11.03 24. RINERO Christophe FRA COF 11.44 25. GUERINI Giuseppe ITA PLT 12.13 26. CONTI Roberto ITA MER 12.21 27. GARCIA CASAS Félix ESP FES 13.05 28. NOE Andrea ITA ASI 13.39 29. HOTZ Franz SUI POS 14.30 30. LANFRANCHI Paolo ITA MAP 15.45 31. JAERMANN Rolf SUI CSO 16.53 32. MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA MAP 17.00 33. GOUGOT Fabrice FRA CSO 18.17 34. VALOTI Gianluca ITA PLT 20.10 35. MEIER Armin SUI FES 20.24 36. BORGHERESI Simone ITA MER 20.58 37. CODOL Massimo ITA MAP 21.01 38. LUTTENBERGER Peter AUT RAB 21.26 39. MOOS Alexandre SUI SAE 22.26 40. VETSCH Patrick SUI POS 25.13 41. SIBONI Marcello ITA MER 25.23 42. HORNER Christopher USA FDJ 25.46 43. HUSER Rolf SUI POS 25.51 44. BETTINI Paolo ITA ASI 26.21 45. GARZELLI Stefano ITA MER 26.42 46. SCIREA Mario ITA SAE 27.14 47. PARADIS Daniel SUI POS 28.07 48. SIMON François FRA GAN 28.08 49. COPPOLILLO Michele ITA ASI 28.39 50. SCINTO Luca ITA ASI 29.01 51. BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POS 29.24 52. SCHNIDER Daniel SUI POS 29.40 53. MUELLER Roland SUI ERI 30.55 54. BALDATO Fabio ITA RIS 31.02 55. GOUBERT Stéphane FRA COF 31.34 56. DE WOLF Steve BEL LOT 32.58 57. HEULOT Stéphane FRA FDJ 33.16 58. VIRENQUE Richard FRA FES 34.29 59. MORIN Anthony FRA FDJ 34.47 60. FINESSO Stefano ITA RMY 36.01 61. VELO Marco ITA MER 37.52 62. WAUTERS Marc BEL RAB 37.53 63. BUGNO Gianni ITA MAP 38.45 64. LEDANOIS Yvon FRA FDJ 40.47 65. SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN 41.31 66. CREPALDI Mirco ITA PLT 41.42 67. FONTANELLI Fabiano ITA MER 42.17 68. DE PAOLI Daniele ITA RMY 42.59 69. PERON Andrea ITA FDJ 43.11 70. CHIAPPUCCI Claudio ITA RMY 43.21 71. GUTIERREZ CATALUNA José E. ESP KEL 43.21 72. AGNOLUTTO Christophe FRA CSO 43.35 73. CALI Vincent FRA CSO 43.58 74. SALIGARI Marco ITA CSO 44.02 75. SAUGRAIN Cyril FRA COF 44.21 76. CENGHIALTA Bruno ITA RIS 44.23 77. PETILLEAU Stéphane FRA GAN 44.31 78. SALVATO Cristian ITA PLT 44.56 79. JEKER Fabian SUI FES 45.01 80. JONASSON Danny DEN RAB 45.46 81. TANI David ITA ASI 45.50 82. BOARDMANN Christopher GBR GAN 48.01 83. VOIGT Jens GER GAN 48.02 84. CALCATERRA Giuseppe ITA SAE 48.28 85. CIPOLLINI Mario ITA SAE 48.58 86. VIFIAN Frédéric SUI POS 49.22 87. LOTZ Marc NED RAB 49.45 88. BESSY Frederic FRA CSO 50.10 89. EDO ALSINA Angel ESP KEL 51.01 90. BOSCARDIN Bruno SUI FES 51.23 91. TAULER Toni ESP RMY 51.49 92. SPRUCH Zbigniew POL MAP 51.52 93. FAGNINI Gian Matteo ITA SAE 52.31 94. URIARTE José Ramon ESP FES 52.44 95. McEWEN Robbie AUS RAB 52.44 96. OCHOA Javier ESP KEL 52.46 97. PEERS Chris BEL LOT 52.59 98. BOUYER Franck FRA FDJ 54.25 99. MOLINARI Maurizio ITA RMY 54.50 100. ZUMSTEG Lukas SUI ERI 54.53 101. PLAZA ROMERO David ESP COF 55.12 102. CHARRIERE Christian SUI RIS 55.24 103. CASAGRANDA Stefano ITA RIS 56.55 104. CAMPAGNARI Simone ITA RMY 57.13 105. VON FLÜE Daniel SUI ERI 57.22 106. MICELI Nicola ITA RIS 57.32 107. KONYSHEV Dmitri RUS MER 57.41 108. GRAF Urs SUI ERI 57.48 109. GOEHRING Christoph SUI ERI 58.23 110. BROGNARA Andrea ITA RIS 58.38 111. MINALI Nicola ITA RIS 59.29 112. BARNSLEY Chris NZL ERI 59.39 113. GONO Marcel AUS GAN 59.41 Brief Switzerland's Alex Zulle finished ahead of GC leader and teammate Laurent Dufaux in the 18 kms ITT. Zulle has basically played the role of domestique for Dufaux so far in this tour (and being instrumental in setting up two stage wins by Dufaux) took his second win for the season and showed he is well placed formwise for the Giro d'Italia which begins next weekend. The ITT was held on the edge of Lake Geneva at Lausanne and was a tough 18 kms circuit. Zulle powered his way around the road in 23.34 seconds, 11 in front of Dufaux and 15 in front of Roland Meier. Dufaux now has a 1.17 gap on second place in the GC and barring anything sensational will hold that lead with only the 168 kms stage from Lausanne to Geneva tomorrow. In the morning stage, Paolo Bettini scored his first professional victory when he outsprinted Fabio Baldato and Francois Simon at the end of the 100 kms stage from Sion to Lausanne. |