53rd Tour de Romandie, Hors Category

Switzerland, May 4-9, 1999


1998 Results     Past Winners     Teams    

The Stages:

  • Prologue - Bernex - Bernex (Geneva), 4.9 kms:
  • Stage 1 - Geneva - Val de Travers/Fleurier, 165.4 kms:
  • Stage 2 - Fleurier - Moleson, 171.3 kms:
  • Stage 3a - Moudon - Moudon, 66.6 kms:
  • Stage 3b - Moudon ITT, 18.5 kms:
  • Stage 4 - Moudon-Veysonnaz, 156.8 kms:
  • Stage 5 - Sion - Genčve, 180.2 kms:

Complete Starting List

Saeco-Cannondale			Banesto

1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)			11 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa)
2 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita)		12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)
3 Mario Cipollini (Ita)			13 Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por)
4 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)		14 José Maria Jimenez Sastre (Spa)
5 Armin Meier (Swi)			15 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa)
6 Roberto Petito (Ita)			16 Miguel Angel Pena Caceres (Spa)
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)		17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)
8 Mario Scirea (Ita)			18 Alex Zülle (Swi)

Cofidis					Festina-Lotus

21 Steve De Wolf (Bel)			31 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
22 Bobby Julich (USA)			32 Wladimir Belli (Ita)
23 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)		33 Pascal Hervé (Fra)
24 Thierry Loder (Fra)			34 Franz Hotz (Swi)
25 Roland Meier (Swi)			35 Rolf Huser (Swi)
26 David Millar (GB)			36 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
27 David Moncoutie (Fra)		37 Alexandre Moos (Swi)
28 Jérôme Delbove (Fra)			38 Francisque Teyssier (Fra)

Kelme-Costa Blanca			Lampre-Daikin

41 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)	51 Matteo Frutti (Ita)
42 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa)	52 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
43 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa)		53 Massimo Codol (Ita)
44 José Jaime Gonzalez Pico (Col)	54 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
45 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa)	55 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
46 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa)	56 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
47 Jose Manuel Uria Gonzalez (Spa)	57 Marco Della Vedova (Ita)
48 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa)		58 Jan Svorada (Cze)

Mapei-Quick Step			Mercatone Uno-Bianchi

61 Paolo Bettini (Ita)			71 Simone Borgheresi (Ita)
62 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)		72 Marco Artunghi (Ita)
63 Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa)		73 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
64 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)		74 Massimiliano Napolitano (Ita)
65 Dirk Müller (Ger)			75 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)
66 William Chann Mcrae (USA)		76 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)
67 Andrea Noe' (Ita)			77 Marco Velo (Ita)
68 Gianni Faresin (Ita)			78 Enrico Zaina (Ita)

Mobilvetta Design-Northwave		ONCE-Deutsche Bank

81 Alessandro Calzolari (Ita)		91 David Cańada Garcia (Spa)
82 Stefano Faustini (Ita)		92 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa)
83 Sergueď Lelekin (Rus)		93 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa)
84 Mario Manzoni (Ita)			94 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
85 Pascal Richard (Swi)			95 Peter Luttenberger (Aut)
86 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)		96 Andrea Peron (Ita)
87 Massimo Strazzer (Ita)		97 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa)
88 Paolo Valoti (Ita)			98 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa)

Post Swiss Team				Rabobank

101 Bruno Boscardin (Swi)		111 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
102 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)		112 Jan Boven (Ned)
103 Philipp Buschor (Swi)		113 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
104 Christian Charričre (Swi)		114 Patrick Jonker (Ned)
105 Rolf Järmann (Swi)			115 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
106 Sven Montgomery (Swi)		116 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
107 Patrick Vetsch (Swi)		117 Beat Zberg (Swi)
108 Frédéric Vifian (Swi)		118 Marcus Zberg (Swi)

Riso Scotti-Vinavil			Team Ericsson-Villiger

121 Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita)		131 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi)
122 Diego Ferrari (Ita)			132 Josef Christen (Swi)
123 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita)		133 Christoph Göhring (Swi)
124 Oscar Pozzi (Ita)			134 Urs Graf (Swi)
125 Samuele Schiavina (Ita)		135 Christian Heule (Swi)
126 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)		136 René Stadelmann (Swi)
127 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz)		137 Daniel Von Flüe (Swi)
128 Alain Turicchia (Ita)		138 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi)

Team Polti				TVM-Farm Frites

141 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa)	151 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned)
142 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita)		152 Davide Casarotto (Ita)
143 Ivan Gotti (Ita)			153 Andreas Klier (Ger)
144 Stéphane Goubert (Fra)		154 Michel Lafis (Swe)
145 Gianluca Valoti (Ita)		155 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)
146 Davide Rebellin (Ita)		156 Pieter Vries (Ned)
147 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)		157 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
148 Richard Virenque (Fra)		158 Martin Van Steen (Ned)

Vini Caldirola-Sidermec

161 Ruggero Borghi (Ita)
162 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
163 Guido Trentin (Ita)
164 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
165
166 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)
167
168 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
Thanks to Pascal Meisser, Switzerland for last minute changes

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    Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin