Tour of Switzerland
June 13-22 1995
General Information
Stages
Stage 1 June 13: 7.1km ITT, Bellinzona
Stage 2 June 14: 202km Bellinzona--Viege
Stage 3 June 15: 210km Viege--Geneva
Stage 4 June 16: 254km Geneva--Lenzbourg
Stage 5 June 17: 190km Lenzbourg--Wil
Stage 6 June 18: 23km ITT, Appenzel--Schwagalp
Stage 7 June 19: 187km Appenzel--Zoug
Stage 8 June 20: 204km Zoug--La Punt (including the Albula climb, 2312m)
Stage 9 June 21: 180km La Punt-Flumersberg (summit finish)
Stage 10 June 22: 200km Flume--Zurich
The Principal Participants
MG: Richard, Bugno, D. Rebellin
Aki: Jaskula, Jarno, Qunton
Amore e Vita: Di Basco
Carrera: Pantani, Zberg
Refin: Imboden, Capiot
Condor: Delphis
Gewiss: Ugrumov, Bobrik, Rattini, Riis
Kelme: Cubino, Buenahora
Lampre: Tonkov, Belli
Mapei: Rominger, Bortolami, Museeuw
Motorola: Armstrong, Bauer, Casartelli, Mejia
Novell: Ekimov, Moncassin, Abdoujaparov
Once: Zulle, Rincon
Polti: Gianetti, Boyer, Outschakov
Suisse-Team: Risi, Betschart
Telekom: Aldag, Poulnikov, Ludwig
Vlaanderen 2002: Roosen
Prologue
7.1 kms
1. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 08:13
2. Tony Rominger (Switzerland) + 01 secs.
3. Pascal Richard (Switzerland) 08
4. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 11
5. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) 15
6. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 16
7. Neil Stephens (Australia) s.t.
8. Stephen Swart (New Zealand) 18
9. Andrea Peron (Italy) 19
10. Olaf Ludwig (Germany) s.t.
Stage 2
205 kms
1. Giorgio Furlan (Italy, Gewiss) 05:25:33
2. Davide Rebellin (Italy, MG-Technogym)
3. Gilberto Simoni (Italy, Carrera) s.t.
4. Andrea Peron (Italy) + 01 sec.
5. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy) 02
6. Jan Ulrich (Denmark)
7. Frank Vandenbruecke (Belgium)
8. Heinz Imboden (Switzerland)
9. Alessio di Basco (Italy)
10. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) all s.t.
Stage 3
207 kms/130 miles
1. Erik Zabel (Germany) 05:06:45
2. D. Abduschaparov* (Uzbekistan)
3. Giovanni Fidanza (Italy)
4. Johan Capiot (Belgium)
5. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy)
6. Olaf Ludwig (Germany)
7. Frederic Moncassin (France)
8. Fabio Baldato (Italy
9. Patrick Vetsch (Switzerland)
10. Alessio di Basco (Italy) all s.t.
And;
14. Andrea Peron, Italy
27. Frankie Andreu, USA
41. Zenon Jaskula, Poland
58. Alex Zulle, Switzerland
98. Lance Armstrong, USA
100. Tony Rominger, Switzerland all s.t.
G.C. (3)
1. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 10:40:41
2. Tony Rominger (Switzerland) + 01 sec.
3. Pascal Richard (Switzerlsnd) 06
4. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 11
5. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) 15
6. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 16
7. Neil Stephens (Australia) s.t.
8. Andrea Peron (Italy) 18
9. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 19
10. Johan Bruyneel Belgium) 21
Stage 4
262 kms/163 miles
1. Erik Zabel (Germany) 06:21:45
2. Giovanni Fidanza (Italy)
3. D. Abduschaparov (Uzbekistan)
4. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy)
5. Alessio di Basco (Italy)
6. Johan Capiot (Belgium)
7. Bruno Risi (Switzerland)
8. Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
9. Fabio Roscioli (Italy)
10. Jan Ulrich (Germany) all same time
And;
33. Lance Armstrong, USA
40. Alex Zulle, Switzerland
71. Frankie Andreu, USA
92. Tony Rominger, Switzerland
130. Maximilian Sciandri, UK all s.t.
G.C. (4)
1. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 17:02:18
2. Tony Rominger (Switzerland) + 01 sec.
3. Pascal Richard (Switzerland) 06
4. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 11
5. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) 15
6. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 16
7. Neil Stephens (Australia) s.t.
8. Andrea Peron (Italy) 18
9. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 19
10. Johan Bruyneel Belgium) 21
And;
58. Frankie Andreu (USA) 7:18
Stage 5
193 kms
1. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 04:39:11
2. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy)
3. Jan Ulrich (Germany)
4. Beat Zberg (Switzerland)
5. Lance Armstrong (U.S.)
6. Alberto Volpi (Italy)
7. Vladimir Pulmikov (Ukraine)
8. Ignacio Garcia Camacho (Spain)
9. Pavel Tankov (Russia)
10. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) all s.t.
And;
19. Pascal Richard, Switzerland s.t.
57. Tony Rominger, Switzerland 1:49
134. Frankie Andreu (USA) 15:42
G.C. (5)
1. Zuelle 21:41:29
2. Ekimov + 06 secs.
3. Richard s.t.
4. Armstrong 11
5. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) 15
6. Neil Stephens (Australia) 16
7. Zberg 19
8. Johan Bruyneel (Belgium) 21
9. Tankov 22
10. Andrei Teteriouk (Kazakhstan) 24
And;
31. Rominger 1:50
85. Andreau 23:00
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Stage 6
This is Zuelle's 2nd ITT victory in a week. The first for the 27
year-old rider was Stage 1 in Geneva.
Rain hindered the riders during the stage.
Rominger abandoned before the start of Stage 6 after falling
to 31st in Saturday's Stage 5. He's reported to be feverish and is
returning home to recover for the Tour.
Zuelle proudly wore the leader's yellow jersey into his hometown of
Wil to end Stage 5.
Said Zuelle about today's win, "This is a great day for me. I am in
the form of my life. If all goes well I should win this tour on home
soil on my first appearance."
ITT-Mountain - 22 kms (13.4 miles)
1. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 00:35:57
2. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) + 1:15
3. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) 1:21
4. Pascal Richard (Switzerland) 1:30
5. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 1:33
6. Heinz Imboden (Switzerland) 2:13
7. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 2:26
8. Ivan Gotti (Italy) 2:31
9. Fernando Escartin (Spain) 2:32
10. Giorgio Furlan (Italy) s.t.
And;
98. Frankie Andreau (USA) 7:13
G.C. (6)
1. Zuelle 22:17:26
2. Jaskula + 1:31
3. Richard 1:37
4. Tonkov 1:43
5. Armstrong 1:44
6. Ekimov 2:32
7. Imboden 2:39
8. Furlan 2:59
9. Beat Zberg (Suisse) 3:05
10. Escartin 3:06
And;
88. Andreau 30:13
Stage 7
Stage winner Giovanni Lombardi (Italy) was one of an eight-man
breakaway group.
Rolf Jaermann (Suisse) initiated the break at 56 kms.
Said Lombardi, "There was good harmony in the breakaway group."
Said by Rolf Jaermann (Suisse) regarding his loss in the sprint,
"I'd found a good day, everything was going well except that I emerged
too late from behind Lombardi's slipstream."
Lombardi won the final stage of this year's Giro.
The peloton faces its first mountain stage (distance - 191.9 kms)
tomorrow. The most difficult stretch is the last 68 kms, climbing
from an altitude of 585 meters to 1,695 meters.
Zuelle feels countryman Pascal Richard stands the best chance for
tomorrow's stage. Commented by Zuelle, "Pascal is the strongest mountain
rider. I've the greatest respect for him. As he never rides in the Tour
de France he can afford to apply maximum effort in his attacks right up
to the end."
169 kms
1. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy) 03:48:11
2. Rolf Jaermann (Switzerland)
3. Fabio Casartelli (Italy)
4. Gabriele Colombo (Italy)
5. Wladimir Belli (Italy)
6. Ivan Gotti (Italy)
7. Armin Meier (Switzerland) all s.t.
8. Angel Camargo (Colombia) + 07 secs.
9. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy) 9
10. Erik Zabel (Germany) s.t.
And;
16. Frankie Andreau (USA)
38. Alex Zuelle, Switzerland
55. Bobby Julich (USA)
74. Lance Armstrong (USA) all s.t.
G.C. (7)
1. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 26:05:46
2. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) + 01:31
3. Pascal Richard (Switzerland) 1:37
4. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) 1:43
5. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 1:44
6. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Russia) 2:32
7. Heinz Imboden (Switzerland) 2:39
8. Giorgio Furlan (Italy) 2:59
9. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 3:05
10. Fernando Escartin (Spain) 3:06
And;
31. Lombardi 6:31
88. Andreau 30:13
89. Julich 30:25
Stage 8
Climbing specialist Paascal Richard dropped out of contention,
finishing far off the pace at 24th, nearly 15 minutes in arrears.
Stage winner Tonkov attacked 20 kms from the finish, reeling in a
break of Heinz Imboden (Suisse), David Rebellin (Italy), and Andrei
Teteriuk (Kazakhstan).
Twelve kilometers from the finish Zuelle upped his tempo, but was
unable to prevent losing the leader's jersey.
Part of the reason that Pascal Richard was 15 minutes down was that
he was stopped at a railway crossing for a considerable period of time. I
just happened to see this in Swiss News this afternoon on TV5 (a TV channel
dedicated only to French- it includes French, Swiss, Belgian and French
programming). This for me in Canada is an excellent of 30-second to 2
minute highlight packages of cycling events on the day they are run.
192 kms
1. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) 05:06:34
2. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) + 01:52
3. Davide Rebellin (Italy) 3:26
4. Giorgio Furlan (Italy) 4:52
5. Leonardo Piepoli (Italy)
6. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) s.t.
7. Andrei Teteriuk (Kazakhstan) 5:20
8. Ivan Gotti (Italy) 6:07
9. Fernando Escartin (Spain)
10. Federico Echave (Spain) s.t.
And;
13. Lance Armstrong (USA) 7:31
49. Bobby Julich (USA) 22:27
113. Frankie Andreau (USA) 35:19
G.C. (8)
1. Tonkov 31:13:53
2. Zuelle + 13 secs.
3. Jaskula 4: 50
4. Rebellin 5:02
5. Furlan 6:18
6. Teteriuk 7:08
7. Escartin 7:40
8. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 7:41
9. Gotti s.t.
10. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 7:42
And;
72. Julich 51:19
98. Andreau 01:03:59
Stage 9
174 kms
1. Marco Pantani (Italy) 04:25:38
2. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) + 55 secs.
3. Leonardo Piepoli (Italy) 1:06
4. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) 1:18
5. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) 1:20
6. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 1:29
7. Giogio Furlan (Italy) 1:33
8. Ivan Gotti (Italy) 1:36
9. Rodolfo Massi (Italy) 2:27
10. Arsenio Gonzales (Spain) 2:30
And;
28. Lance Armstrong (USA) 5:41
58. Bobby Julich (USA) 13:08
General Classification (9)
1. Tonkov 35:40:51
2. Zuelle + 11 secs.
3. Jaskula 4:19
4. Furlan 6:31
5. Zberg 7:50
6. Gotti 7:57
7. Piepoli 8:43
8. Davide Rebellin (Italy) 8:44
9. Andrei Teteriouk (Kazakhstan) 9:27
10. Fernando C. Escartin (Spain) 9:28
And;
13. Armstrong 12:23
Stage 10 - Final Stage
Flavio Vanzella (Italy) won stage 10 after breaking away from a
five-rider group led by Swiss Rolf Jaermann 10 kms from finish.
Eyeing overall victory, Pavel Tonkov (Russia) remained safely in
the peloton during the stage.
This is the first major tour win for the 26-year-old Tonkov.
191 kms
1. Flavio Vanzella (Italy) 04:24:05
2. Rolf Jaermann (Switzerland) + 31 seconds
3. Gilberto Simoni (Italy)
4. Dario Bottaro (Italy)
5. Johan Capiot (Belgium)
6. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy)
7. Andreas Kappes (Germany)
8. Bruno Risi (Switzerland)
9. Roberto Pelliconi (Italy)
10. Frederic Moncassin (France) all same time
And;
11. Pavel Tonkov, Russia
35. Alex Zuelle, Switzerland
45. Bobby Julich, Switzerland all s.t.
General Classification (10/Final)
1. Pavel Tonkov (Russia) 40:13:12
2. Alex Zuelle (Switzerland) + 11 secs.
3. Zenon Jaskula (Poland) 4:25
4. Giorgio Furlan (Italy) 6:31
5. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 7:50
6. Ivan Gotti (Italy) 7:57
7. Leonardo Piepoli (Italy) 8:43
8. Davide Rebellin (Italy) 8:44
9. Andrei Teterjiuk (Kazakhstan) 9:27
10. Fernando Escartin (Spain) 9:28
And;
68. Bobby Julich (USA) 01:03:07
70. Flavio Vanzella 1:04:40
Lance Armstrong (USA) WD