55th Tour de Romandie - 2.HCSwitzerland, May 2-7, 2000Main Page Results Previous day's stageStage 1 - May 3: Locarno - Le Bouveret, 224.3 kmCipo backs up for Saeco
The first stage of the Tour de Romandie ended in a bunch sprint with Mario Cipollini (Saeco) first over the line ahead of Fabrizio Guidi (FDJ) and Linda McCartney's Dane Tayeb Braikia. This was a double jubilee for the Italian, it was his 150th victory, criteriums included, since his debut in 1989, and also his 10th in the Tour de Romandie. But the final chase today was a bit more dramatic than usual. In Monthey, 20 kilometres from the finish, an eleven man group managed to get away from the peloton. In the group were Laurent Jalabert and Axel Merckx with Nozal, Bertoletti, Peron, Boven, Petacchi, Brooks, Cuenca, Calcagni and Le Boulanger. The group was caught with only two kilometres to go. Canadian Dominique Perras (Phonak) was the hero of the day with an early break, 150 kms long, that brought him alone over the major climb with as most a nine minute lead. He was caught in the headwind with a little less than 40 kilometres remaining but will ride in the climbers jersey to his own, and his Swiss sponsor's, joy. Paolo Savoldelli keeps the green leader's jersey. Linda McCartney were quite happy with today's results (3rd and 7th, plus Brooks in the break) and designated lead out man, Dave McKenzie had this to say: "I was feeling pretty good, and I told Tayeb I would lead him out in the finale," he said. "Bjornar gave us a huge effort as we came under the 1km-to-go banner, and left us in a perfect position. I was about third, with Tayeb glued to my wheel. But as we approached the penultimate bend, the two guys in front were confused by a marshall and went the wrong way. I slammed the anchors on, and left poor old Tayeb to lead the whole thing out on his own from 700 metres!" said McKenzie. Third place for the Dane was a good result as it turned out. Team manager, Sean Yates was described as "delerious" with the result. 1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.28.19 2. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 3. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 4. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 5. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 7. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 8. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 10. Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 11. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 12. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 13. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 14. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 15. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 16. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 17. Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 18. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 20. José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 21. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol La Francaise Des Jeux 22. Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23. Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25. Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 26. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 27. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28. Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 29. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 30. Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 31. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 32. Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 33. Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 34. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 35. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 36. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 37. Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 38. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 39. Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 40. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 41. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 42. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus 43. Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 44. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 45. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 46. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo 47. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 48. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 49. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 50. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 52. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 53. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55. Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 56. Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 58. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 59. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 60. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 61. Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 62. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 63. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 64. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 65. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 66. Cédric Fragnière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67. Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 68. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 69. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 70. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 71. Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 72. Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 73. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 74. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin 75. Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 76. Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina-Lotus 77. Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 78. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 79. David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 80. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 81. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 82. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 83. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 84. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 86. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 87. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 88. Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 89. Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 90. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 91. Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 92. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 93. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 94. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 95. Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 96. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 97. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 98. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 99. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 100. José Javier Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 101. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 102. Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103. Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 104. Jérôme Belbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 105. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 106. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 107. Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina-Lotus 108. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 109. Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 110. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 111. Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 112. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 113. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 114. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 115. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 116. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 117. David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 118. José Muria Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 119. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 120. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 121. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti 122. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 123. Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams: 1. Saeco - Valli & Valli 19.24.57 2. La Francaise Des Jeux 3. Post Swiss Team 4. Linda Mccartney Team 5. Fassa Bortolo 6. Mapei - Quick Step 7. Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 8. Cantina Tollo 9. Lampre - Daikin 10. Kelme - Costa Blanca 11. Rabobank 12. Phonak Hearing Systems 13. O.N.C.E. 14. Festina 15. Cofidis, Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16. Team Polti Sprints: Sion, 154.9 km 1. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 3 St-Maurice (km 198.3) 1. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2. José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 3. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 3 Mountains: Col du Simplon, 82.3 km, cat. 1 1. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2. Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 3. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 4. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 Points: 1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 pts 2. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 3. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 16 4. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 13 5. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 6. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 10 7. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 9 8. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 9. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 7 10. Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 11. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5 12. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3 14. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 15. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 1 General Classification 1. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.35.50 2. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.10 3. Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.11 4. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 0.12 6. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.13 7. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 8. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 9. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.14 10. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.15 11. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16 12. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 0.17 13. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 14. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 15. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 16. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 17. José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 18. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.18 19. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 20. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 0.19 21. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 22. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.20 23. Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.21 24. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 25. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26. Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27. Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 28. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.22 29. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 30. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 31. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32. Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina-Lotus 33. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 34. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.23 35. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 36. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 37. Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.24 38. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 39. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 41. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.25 42. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 43. Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 44. David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.26 45. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 46. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 0.27 47. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 48. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 49. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 50. Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 51. Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.28 52. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 53. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 54. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 55. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.29 56. Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57. Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 58. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti 59. Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 60. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 61. Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.30 62. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 63. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 64. Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 65. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.31 66. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 67. Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 68. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus 69. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 70. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 0.32 71. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 0.33 72. Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 73. Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 74. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 75. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 76. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 77. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 78. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 79. Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.34 80. David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.35 81. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 82. Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 83. Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 84. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 85. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.36 86. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 88. Jérôme Belbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 89. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.37 90. Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 91. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 92. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 93. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 94. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 95. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.38 96. Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 97. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 98. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 99. Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 100. Cédric Fragnière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.40 101. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 102. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41 103. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.42 104. Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 105. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol La Francaise Des Jeux 106. Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.44 107. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 108. Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.45 109. Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 110. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.46 111. Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 112. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 113. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.47 114. José Javier Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 115. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 116. José Muria Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 117. Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.48 118. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 119. Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 0.50 120. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo 121. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 123. Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina-Lotus Teams: 1. Saeco - Valli & Valli 19.48.03 2. O.N.C.E. 0.03 3. Lampre - Daikin 0.18 4. Cofidis, Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.23 5. Mapei - Quick Step 0.26 6. Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 7. Festina 0.29 8. Post Swiss Team 0.32 9. Rabobank 0.36 10. Linda Mccartney Team 0.37 11. La Francaise Des Jeux 0.38 12. Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.41 13. Fassa Bortolo 0.45 14. Team Polti 0.46 15. Cantina Tollo 0.49 16. Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 Sprints: 1. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 pts 2. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 3. José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 4. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 3 5. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 3 Mountains: 1. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2. Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 3. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 4. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 Points: 1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 pts 2. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 3. Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 16 4. Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 13 6. Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 10 7. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 8. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 10 9. Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 10. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 9 11. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 12. Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 13. José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 14. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5 15. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5 16. Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4 17. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 18. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 4 19. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3 20. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3 21. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 22. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 |
