64th Tour de Suisse - 2.HCSwitzerland, June 13 - 22, 2000Main Page ResultsStage 1 - June 13: Uster-Uster, TTT, 24.6 kmTelekom train tops team time trialGerman Team Telekom won the first stage of the Tour de Suisse, the 24.6 kilometre team time trial aorund Uster. Rabobank, and a more surprising Gerolsteiner, offered some resistance on the first half but no one could beat the Telekom train who averaged nearly 56 km/h for the distance. Steffen Wesemann will, as first rider over the finish line will wear the leader's jersey in the second stage tomorrow, with Jens Heppner in second and Alexandre Vinokourov in third. Although they were happy with the result, Telekom said that they've only come here to win stages and not the overall. A less impresive train was Saeco, finishing last after they took a wrong turn on the course. They intially were given a time 1.27 behind the winners, but this was later reduced to 1.15 after they were led off the course by a motorbike at a roundabout. Team leader, Laurent Dufaux believed they lost at least 30 seconds for the error.
ResultsIntermediate Finish 1. Telekom 16.48 26.30 (55.70 km/h) 2. Rabobank 0.00 0.05 3. Mapei-Quick Step 0.04 0.11 4. Gerolsteiner 0.01 0.12 5. Post Swiss Team 0.07 0.19 6. Team Polti 0.06 0.21 7. Lampre-Daikin 0.13 0.23 8. Cofidis 0.15 0.34 9. Francaise des Jeux 0.24 0.35 10. Manheim-Mercury 0.23 0.45 11. Fassa Bortolo 0.28 0.47 12. Vini Caldirola 0.27 0.50 13. Lotto-Adecco 0.25 0.56 14. Liquigas-Pata 0.19 1.04 15. Mercatone Uno 0.51 1.12 16. Phonak Hearing Systems 0.45 1.15 17. Saeco-Valli&Valli 0.56 1.15 General classification after stage 1: 1 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26.30.5 (55.698 km/h) 2 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 Guiseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 5 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 8 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.04 9 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.05 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 Maarten den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 14 Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 15 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 16 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.12 17 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.20 30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 31 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 32 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 33 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 34 Dirk Mueller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 35 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 36 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 0.22 37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 38 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 39 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 40 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 0.23 41 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 43 Raivis Belohvosciks (Let) Lampre-Daikin 44 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Lampre-Daikin 45 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 46 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 47 Massimilano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 0.35 48 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 49 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 50 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 51 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 52 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Française des Jeux 0.36 53 Frank Hoj (Den) La Française des Jeux 54 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Française des Jeux 55 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 56 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Française des Jeux 0.41 57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 0.45 58 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 59 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 60 Henk Vogels (Aus) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 61 Kirk Willett (USA) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 62 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.47 63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 Volodydir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 66 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 68 Mateo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.50 70 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 71 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 72 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 73 Yvan Ledanois (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.53 74 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.54 75 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.55 76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 0.56 77 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Mobistar 78 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 79 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 80 Christopher Horner (USA) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 0.58 81 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 0.59 82 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.00 83 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1.05 84 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 85 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 86 Andrey Teterjouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 87 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 88 Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti 1.09 89 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 90 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 1.10 91 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.12 92 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 93 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 94 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 95 Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 96 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.13 97 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 1.15 98 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak 99 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak 100 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak 101 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak 102 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak 103 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak 104 René Haselbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli&Valli 106 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli&Valli 107 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 108 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 109 Gianmario Ortenzi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 110 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 111 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli&Valli 112 Jéròme Delbove (Fra) Phonak 113 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 114 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 115 Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 116 Sveln-Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Gerolsteiner 117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Team Polti 118 Arnaud Prêtot (Fra) Cofidis 119 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 120 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 122 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata 123 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 124 Philipp Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 125 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Mobistar 126 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 127 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 128 Valentino China (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 129 Rafael Matteos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 130 Gordon Fraser (Can) Manheim Auctions/Mercury 131 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli&Valli 132 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 133 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 134 Jamie Drew (Aus) Manheim Auctions/Mercury |