44th GP Kanton Aargau/Gippingen - 1.HC

Switzerland, June 10, 2007

2006 Results Results Past winners

Gadret takes first win in Gippingen

By Susan Westemeyer

Frenchman John Gadret of Ag2R attacked out of a four-man escape group to take his first road victory in the GP Kanton Argau - Gippingen. Raffaele Ferrara (Team LPR) was second, Tomasz Marczymski (Ceramica Flaminia) third and Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) fourth.

On the sixth of 10 rounds of the course, a 13-man strong escape group formed, which included Wiesenhof's Steffen Wesemann. The group got away and stayed away. On the last lap, about 15 km before the end, the four top finishers got away again. Gadret escaped from his companions in the last kilometre to win by three seconds.

Results - 196 km

1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                 4.45.54 (41.133 km/h)
2 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   0.03
3 Tomasz Marczymski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                            0.05
4 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    0.06
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              0.41
6 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                            
7 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  0.45
8 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques                               
9 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                       
10 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                                
11 David Mcpartland (Aus) Hadimec                                          
12 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques                                   
13 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt                              
14 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                            0.57
15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                              1.13
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R Prévoyance                                    
17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                     
18 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
19 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                          
20 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
21 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques                                    
22 Antonio D Aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                               
23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
24 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                     
25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
26 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
27 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                3.08
28 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
29 Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec                                        3.49
30 Marco Jimenez (Swi) Hadimec                                             
31 Elias Schmäh (Swi) Hadimec                                              
32 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Hadimec                                              
33 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com                                              
34 Peter Pichler (Aut) ELK Haus - Simplon                                  
35 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                               
36 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                        
37 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    
38 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          
39 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                       
40 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                  
41 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia    
42 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                    
43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
44 Sergio Lagame (Ita) Tenax                                               
45 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
46 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
47 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                  
48 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    
49 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia                                   
50 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques                                   
51 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia    
52 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
53 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                       
54 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques                                  4.53
 
Outside time limit (hors delai)
 
HD Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                
HD Florian Salzinger (Ger) Hadimec                                         
HD Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   
HD Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                 
HD Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                       
HD Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                     
HD Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Hadimec                                       
HD Honorio Machado (Ven) Tenax                                             
HD Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                   
HD Marco Corsimi (Ita) Tenax                                               
HD Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                
HD Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                    
HD Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia        
HD Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Tenax

Past winners

2006 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                 
2005 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
2004 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo  
2003 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
2002 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
2001 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
2000 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom


Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com