55th Tour de Romandie - 2.HCSwitzerland, May 8-13, 20012000 results Stage list Preview Start list Past winners Stages
PreviewA good quality field is down to start the 55th edition of the Tour de Romandie, held over six days in Switzerland from May 8-13. Many of the riders will be using it as a final tune up for the Giro d'Italia that starts on May 19, but the top GC riders in the Giro will not go too deep in Romandie. 16 eight man teams will take part in the race, including six of the world's top 20 riders. Last year's winner Paolo Savoldelli (Saeco) will certainly be present, along with Laurent Dufaux, Mario Cipollini and his entourage. Cipollini won two stages in this race last year, and is always hungry for more. Other top riders include Francesco Casagrande and his Fassa Bortolo teammates Dario Frigo and Wladimir Belli. Pavel Tonkov, ranked 18th in the world, will take the start for Mercury-Viatel, while Jan Ullrich (Telekom) and Oscar Camenzind (Lampre) will also be there. The race totals 719.3 kilometres, starting in Pfaffnau (near Lucerne) with a 6.9 kilometre prologue individual time trial. Two road stages (Pfaffnau - Tramelan and Tramelan - Vevey) follow before another 25.5 km test against the clock in Payerne. Following this stage will be a mountain stage that includes that Col de Mosses and the final climb up to Nendaz. The final stage takes the riders from Saxon to Geneva, over 178 kilometres. Starting listSaeco Macchine Per Caffe' Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 11 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 2 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 12 Stéphane Berges (Fra) 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 14 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) 4 Biagio Conte (Ita) 15 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) 5 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 16 Gilles Maignan (Fra) 6 Armin Meier (Swi) 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) 7 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) 8 Mario Scirea (Ita) 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Coast Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 31 Daniel Atienza (Spa) 22 Hans-Kurt Brand (Swi) 32 David Moncoutie (Fra) 23 Jason Phillips (Aus) 33 Stéphane Krafft (Fra) 24 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 34 Claude Lamour (Fra) 25 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 35 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) 26 Sascha Henrix (Ger) 36 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 27 37 Christophe Rinero (Fra) 28 Roland Meier (Swi) 38 Guido Trentin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo La Francaise Des Jeux 41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 51 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 42 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 52 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 43 Marco Fincato (Ita) 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) 44 Dario Frigo (Ita) 54 Thomas Bodo (Fra) 45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) 55 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) 46 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 56 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) 47 Andrea Peron (Ita) 57 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) 48 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Festina Kelme-Costa Blanca 61 71 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa) 62 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) 72 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) 63 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) 73 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) 64 Michel Klinger (Swi) 74 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 65 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) 75 Gustavo Miguel Otero Gomez (Spa) 66 David Plaza Romero (Spa) 76 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) 67 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) 77 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) 68 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) 78 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Lampre-Daikin Lotto-Adecco 81 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) 82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) 92 Christophe Brandt (Bel) 83 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 93 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) 84 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) 94 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 85 Massimo Codol (Ita) 95 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) 96 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 87 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) 97 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 88 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 98 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step Mercury-Viatel 101 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 111 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) 102 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) 112 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 103 David Garcia Canada (Spa) 113 Laurent Chotard (Fra) 104 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) 114 Christopher Horner (USA) 105 115 William Chann Mcrae (USA) 106 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) 116 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) 107 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 117 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 108 David Tani (Ita) 118 Christopher Wherry (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems Post Swiss Team 121 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 131 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) 122 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) 123 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 133 Martin Cotar (Cro) 124 Christian Charriere (Swi) 134 Christian Sidler (Swi) 125 Alexandre Moos (Swi) 135 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) 126 Jean Nuttli (Swi) 136 Reto Bergmann (Swi) 127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) 137 Roland Müller (Swi) 128 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola Team Deutsche Telekom 141 Guiseppe Di Grande (Ita) 151 Alberto Elli (Ita) 142 Massimo Donati (Ita) 152 Jens Heppner (Ger) 143 Piero Zucconi (Swi) 153 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 144 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) 154 Matthias Kessler (Ger) 145 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) 155 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 146 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 156 Kevin Livingston (USA) 147 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) 157 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) 148 Stefan Rütimann (Swi) 158 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Past Winners2000 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1998 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 1997 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 1996 Abraham Olano (Spa) 1995 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1994 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1993 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1992 Andrew Hampsten (USA) 1991 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1990 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1989 Phil Anderson (Aus) 1988 Gerard Veltscholten (Ned) 1987 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1986 Claude Criquielion (Bel) 1985 Jörg Müller (Swi) 1984 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1983 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1982 Jostein Wilmann (Nor) 1981 Tommy Priem (Swe) 1980 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 1978 Johan Van de Velde (Bel) 1977 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1976 Johan De Muynck (Bel) 1975 Francisco Galdos (Spa) 1974 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1973 Wilfried David (Bel) 1972 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 1971 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1970 Gösta Pettersson (Swe) 1969 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1967 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) 1966 Gianni Motta (Ita) 1965 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) 1964 Rolf Maurer (Swi) 1963 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1962 Guido De Rosso (Ita) 1961 Louis Rostollan (Fra) 1960 Louis Rostollan (Fra) 1959 Kurt Gimmi (Swi) 1958 Gilbert Bauvin (Fra) 1957 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1956 Pasquale Fornara (Ita) 1955 René Strehler (Swi) 1954 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1953 Hugo Koblet (Swi) 1952 Wout Wagtemans (Bel) 1951 Ferdi Kübler (Swi) 1950 Edouard Fachleitner (Fra) 1949 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1948 Ferdi Kübler (Swi) 1947 Desire Keteleer (Bel) Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, Berlin |