55th Tour de Romandie - 2.HCSwitzerland, May 2-7, 2000Main PagePrologue - May 2: Locarno - Locarno, 6.5 km
Paolo Savoldelli, in Switzerland known as Laurent Dufaux' team mate, will carry the green leader's jersey after winning the prologue in front of 20 000 people with an impressive average of 51.868 kph over 6.5 kilometres. He has an equally impressive 11 seconds margin to Spaniards Miguel Angel Pena and Inigo Cuesta, known everywhere as Laurent Jalabert's team mates. JaJa himself came in as 51st, at 28.30 overshadowed by kid brother Nicolas, eighth at 16.45. What about 117. Ivan Gotti at 47.42, 122. Dimitri Konyschev at 50.21, and 125. Pavel Tonkov at 52.48. Hiding form? Nope, rather the Vuelta syndrome. Heavy rain in the later part of the stage when the stars rode. British David Millar carries the espoir's jersey after finishing seventh overall, thirteen and a half seconds behind Savoldelli. Results1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7.31.14 (51.868 km/h) 2 Miguel Angel Peña Caceres (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 10.87 3 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 11.66 4 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.89 5 Dirk Müller (Ger) Post Swiss Team 13.33 6 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre Daikin 13.48 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 13.56 8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.65 9 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15.74 10 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.93 11 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 16.89 12 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 16.99 13 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 17.38 14 Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 17.71 15 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 18.07 16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 18.67 17 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 19.29 18 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 19.64 19 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 19.76 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 20.28 21 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 20.43 22 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 21.13 23 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21.14 24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.15 25 Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.22 26 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 21.44 27 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 22.01 28 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 22.22 29 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 22.36 30 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.64 31 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney Racing Team 22.70 32 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina-Lotus 22.81 33 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 22.83 34 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23.05 35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 23.09 36 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 23.36 37 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney Racing Team 23.89 38 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 23.98 39 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24.10 40 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 24.41 41 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 25.12 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 25.28 43 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 25.74 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 26.58 45 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.69 46 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 26.93 47 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 27.13 48 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 27.14 49 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 27.54 50 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney Racing Team 28.04 51 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.38 52 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28.39 53 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 28.51 54 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 28.88 55 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28.89 56 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 28.99 57 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti 29.00 58 Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29.24 59 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 29.31 60 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 29.59 61 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29.63 62 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.08 63 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.14 64 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 30.23 65 Fransesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30.64 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 31.18 67 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 31.28 68 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 31.51 69 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus 31.77 70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 31.85 71 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 32.31 72 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 32.95 73 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team 33.17 74 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Francaise Des Jeux 33.19 75 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33.22 76 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis 33.23 77 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 33.46 78 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 33.51 79 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 33.75 80 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 33.78 81 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 34.14 82 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 35.07 83 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 35.47 84 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney Racing Team 35.59 85 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 35.80 86 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 36.02 87 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre Daikin 36.06 88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.35 89 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 36.43 90 Jérôme Belbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.62 91 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 37.15 92 Félix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca 37.29 93 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 37.39 94 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 37.70 95 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 37.73 96 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 37.85 97 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 38.11 98 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 38.40 99 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team 38.56 100 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 38.68 101 Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.25 102 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.23 103 Cédric Fragnière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.60 104 Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 40.68 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.15 106 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 42.11 107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.86 108 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol La Francaise Des Jeux 43.07 109 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney Racing Team 44.25 110 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 44.69 111 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 45.10 112 Ivan Sastre Estevez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 45.75 113 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 46.25 114 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 46.63 115 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre Daikin 47.34 116 José Javier Gomez Gonzalo (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 47.35 117 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 47.42 118 José Muria Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 47.44 119 Ricardo Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 47.86 120 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 47.97 121 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 49.14 122 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 50.21 123 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo 50.59 124 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.78 125 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 52.48 126 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 52.85 127 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina-Lotus 58.53 |
