55th Tour de Romandie - 2.HCSwitzerland, May 2-7, 20001999 Results Teams Past WinnersThe Stages
PreviewThe 54th edition of this Swiss race which begins in Locarno with a 6.5 kilometre prologue time trial. It's likely that last year's winner, Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) will do battle with Saeco's Laurent Dufaux (winner 1998, 3rd in the GP Gippingen on Sunday). This race features highly on each of their goals for the year, whilst others are using it as preparation. Paolo Savoldelli, Dufaux's Saeco teammate, will be one of these as he aims for another podium finish in the Giro this year. Likewise, Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola), Ivan Gotti (Team Polti) and Pavel Tonkov (Mapei) will be riding, but saving themselves. "I just want to test myself on Saturday in the Mountain stage to Leysin. To go for the General Classification would cost me too much energy," said Casagrande. Laurent Jalabert actually lives in Geneva, so he knows the race course well and he won't be riding the Giro. Expect a good performance from the French born-Swiss based powerhouse. Both Jalabert and Dufaux will contest the Tour de France this year, so can afford to dig a little deeper this week. After this race, JaJa will take a two week break before building up for the Tour again. The 16 teams to contest the race: O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank, Cantina Tollo, Cofidis, Fassa Bortolo, Festina, La Francaise Des Jeux, Kelme Costa Blanca, Lampre Daikin, Linda McCartney, Mapei-Quick Step, Phonak Hearing Systems, Team Polti, Post Swiss Team, Rabobank, Saeco-Valli & Valli, and Vini Caldirola-Sidermec.
Starting list:ONCE-Deutsche Bank Cantina Tollo 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 11 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) 2 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) 12 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) 3 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) 13 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita 4 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) 14 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 5 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) 6 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) 16 Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) 7 Miguel A. Peńa Caceres (Spa) 17 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) 18 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cofidis Fassa Bortolo 21 Steve De Wolf (Bel) 31 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 22 Claude Lamour (Fra) 32 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) 23 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 33 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) 24 Thierry Loder (Fra) 34 Andrea Peron (Ita) 25 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) 35 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 26 Roland Meier (Swi) 36 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 27 David Millar (Gbr) 37 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 28 David Moncoutié (Fra) 38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Festina-Lotus La Francaise Des Jeux 41 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) 51 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 42 Angel L. Casero Moreno (Spa) 52 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 43 Sascha Henrix (Ger) 53 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol 44 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) 54 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) 45 Fabian Jeker (Swi) 55 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 46 Michel Klinger (Swi) 56 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 47 David Plaza Romero (Spa) 57 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 48 Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Kelme Costa Blanca Lampre Daikin 61 José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) 71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) 62 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) 72 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) 63 Félix R. Cardenas Ravalo (Col) 73 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 64 Juan M. Cuenca Martinez (Spa) 74 Massimo Codol (Ita) 65 José J. Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) 75 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) 66 Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) 76 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) 67 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) 77 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 68 José J. De Los Angeles (Spa) 78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Linda Mccartney Racing Team Mapei - Quick Step 81 Pascal Richard (Swi) 91 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) 82 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) 92 Davide Bramati (Ita) 83 Emmanuele Lupi (Ita) 93 Manuel Fernandez Gines (S 84 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) 94 Axel Merckx (Bel) 85 David Mckenzie (Aus) 95 William Chann Mcrae (Usa) 86 Matthew Stephens (Gbr) 96 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) 87 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 97 Andrea Noé (Ita) 88 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) 98 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Phonak Hearing Systems Team Polti 101 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 111 Ivan Gotti (Ita) 102 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 112 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) 103 Christian Charričre (Swi) 113 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 104 Jérôme Belbove (Fra) 114 Daniel Clavero Sebastian 105 Cédric Fragničre (Swi) 115 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 106 Dominique Perras (Can) 116 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) 117 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) 108 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 118 José Muria Gonzalez (Sp Post Swiss Team Rabobank 121 Reto Bergmann (Swi) 131 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 122 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) 132 Jan Boven (Ned) 123 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) 133 Bram De Groot (Ned) 124 Christian Heule (Swi) 134 Addy Engels (Ned) 125 Dirk Müller (Ger) 135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 126 Christian Poos (Lux) 136 Marc Lotz (Ned) 127 Christian Sidler (Swi) 137 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 128 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 138 Erik Dekker (Ned) Saeco-Valli & Valli Vini Caldirola 141 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 151 Fransesco Casagrande (It 142 Biagio Conte (Ita) 152 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 143 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 153 Massimo Donati (Ita) 144 Armin Meier (Swi) 154 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) 145 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 155 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) 146 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 156 Matthew White (Aus) 147 Mario Scirea (Ita) 157 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) 148 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) 158 Stefan Rütimann (Swi)
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