55th Tour de Romandie - 2.HCSwitzerland, May 2-7, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 3a - May 5: Neuchatel - Orbe, 66.6 kmFast stage sees ex-Saeco rider on top
The short (66 km) half stage on day four of the Tour of Romandie was conducted at a predictably high rate, with riders trying to steal some seconds before the time trial in the afternoon. The race almost ended in a bunch sprint, but Polti's Eddy Mazzoleni managed to break Saeco's run of wins as he covered the 66 kilometres at over 48 km/h. A former Saeco man himself, Mazzoleni escaped at the beginning with Cofidis' Steve de Wolf and the two had over a minute lead at the 23 kilometre point (St Haubin). The pursuers were screaming along though and gradually ate into the lead but it was going to be tight. The two leaders had to overcome an uphill last kilometre, and this proved a little too much for De Wolf, who was caught before the line to finish 8th. However, Mazzoleni held on to win by a few seconds over Fassa Bortolo's Dimitri Konychev and Vini Caldirola's Romans Vainsteins. Linda McCartney's Dane, Tayeb Braika continued his good form by finishing fourth in the stage. Savoldelli still kept his green leader's jersey going into the afternoon 24.2 kilometre time trial, but that would likely provide more of a challenge for this young Italian.
Results1 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 1.22.43 (48.309 km/h) 2 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 0.03 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 9 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 13 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 19 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 22 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti 23 Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 24 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 25 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 26 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 27 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 29 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 32 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blan 33 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 34 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo 35 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 36 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 38 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 39 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 43 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 44 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 45 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 46 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 47 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 48 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 49 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 50 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 53 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 55 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 56 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 57 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 59 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 61 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin 63 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus 64 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol La Francaise Des Jeux 65 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 66 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 67 Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 68 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 70 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 71 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 72 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 73 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 75 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 76 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 77 Jérôme Belbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 79 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 81 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 82 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 83 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 José Javier Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 86 Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 87 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 88 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 89 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 90 Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 91 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 92 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 93 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 94 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 95 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 96 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina-Lotus 97 Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 98 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 99 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 100 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 101 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 102 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 103 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 104 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 105 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 106 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 107 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 108 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 109 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 110 José Muria Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 111 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 112 Cédric Fragnière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 114 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 115 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 116 Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 117 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.59 118 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.14 119 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.19 120 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.23 121 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.29 DNF Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis Stage points: 1 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 13 pts 2 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 10 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8 4 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 7 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 6 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 7 Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 8 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 3 9 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams: 1 Team Polti 4.08.15 2 Lampre-Daikin 0.03 3 Saeco-Valli & Valli 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 La Francaise Des Jeux 6 Mapei-Quick Step 7 Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Rabobank 9 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 12 Linda McCartney Racing Team 13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14 Cantina Tollo 15 Festina 16 Post Swiss Team General classification after stage 3a: 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 11.54.20 2 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.17 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.19 4 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.19 5 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.19 6 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.20 7 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.21 8 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 9 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.22 10 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 0.23 11 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 0.23 12 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 0.23 13 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.23 14 Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.24 15 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 0.25 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.26 17 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.27 18 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.27 19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 0.28 20 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.28 21 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.28 22 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.28 23 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 0.29 24 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.29 25 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.30 26 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.30 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.31 28 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.32 29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.32 30 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.33 31 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 0.33 32 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 0.34 33 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.34 34 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 35 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.35 36 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.35 37 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.35 38 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.36 39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.36 40 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.36 41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.37 42 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.37 43 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 0.37 44 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus 0.37 45 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 0.38 46 Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.41 47 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.42 48 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.42 49 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.43 50 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.43 51 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.43 52 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.44 53 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.44 54 Cédric Fragnière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.46 55 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.51 56 Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.51 57 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.52 58 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin 0.53 59 José Javier Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.53 60 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 0.53 61 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 62 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 63 Jérôme Belbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.57 64 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 1.29 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.38 66 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 1.38 67 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 1.59 68 Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.04 69 Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.05 70 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.08 71 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 2.09 72 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.35 73 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.44 74 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 2.45 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.46 76 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2.49 77 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2.53 78 Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2.55 79 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.45 80 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.48 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.54 82 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol La Francaise Des Jeux 4.03 83 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 4.07 84 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 4.14 85 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo 4.23 86 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5.20 87 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.21 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.22 89 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 5.33 90 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.33 91 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5.35 92 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.35 93 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5.36 94 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.42 95 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 11.09 96 Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 16.37 97 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 16.38 98 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 16.39 99 Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16.43 100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 16.48 101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16.49 102 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 16.50 103 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 16.53 104 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 16.54 105 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti 16.55 106 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 16.56 107 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16.57 108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16.59 109 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 17.01 110 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 17.10 111 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina-Lotus 17.24 112 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17.47 113 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 17.57 114 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 18.20 115 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19.35 116 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 19.41 117 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.51 118 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 19.54 119 José Muria Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 19.55 120 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23.01 121 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.20 Points classification: 1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 29 pts 2 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 27 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 26 4 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 25 6 Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24 7 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 23 8 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 9 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 20 10 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 20 11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 16 12 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 13 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15 14 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 14 15 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 11 16 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 11 17 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 10 18 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 10 19 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 20 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 9 21 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 22 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 23 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 8 24 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 6 25 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 26 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blan 6 27 Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 28 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 29 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5 30 Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4 31 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3 32 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 3 33 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 34 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 2 35 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 37 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1 Mountains classification: 1 Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 13 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 10 4 Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 5 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 5 6 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 4 7 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 3 8 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 9 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 Teams classification: 1 Saeco-Valli & Valli 35.43.39 2 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.15 3 Lampre-Daikin 0.30 4 Mapei-Quick Step 0.32 5 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.32 6 Festina 0.35 7 La Francaise Des Jeux 0.44 8 Fassa Bortolo 0.51 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.53 10 Team Polti 0.55 11 Cantina Tollo 1.01 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.10 13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.54 14 Post Swiss Team 2.45 15 Rabobank 2.49 16 Linda McCartney Racing Team 3.07 |
