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Tour de Romandie - 2.HC

Switzerland, April 27 - May 2, 2004

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Prologue - April 27: Genèva ITT, 3.4 km

First win for McGee

Australia's Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) showed once more that he is a true specialist in short tests against the clock, storming to a prologue victory at the Tour de Romandie. At only 3.4 kilometres, the narrow, technical parcours in the old sections of Geneva offered no room for error, and barely a moment for riders to click into the biggest gears between corners. McGee was among the last starters, beating the time of fellow specialist Olaf Pollack of Gerolsteiner.

Defending champion Tyler Hamilton, riding his first Swiss event for new sponsor Phonak, kept in contact with the leaders but couldn't match the fastest times. Hamilton's Phonak teammates were out in force, however, as Martin Elmiger and Alexandre Moos took third and fourth, respectively, and an unlucky Alex Zülle finished ninth despite a spill in the hairpin bend shortly before the finish. The Swiss veteran was on a good ride and would almost certainly have been among the top times had he not fallen.

Down the list on the general classification are other team leaders such as CSC's Jörg Jaksche, Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) and Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), but the short parcours offered a chance for almost all riders to stay within reasonable range of the new leader McGee.

Results

1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                    4.24.40
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      3.14
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6.98
4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          7.45
5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          8.58
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     9.21
7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         9.40
8 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) FDJeux.com                                     11.34
9 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             11.75
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                       12.18
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            13.19
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                          13.20
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         13.56
14 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       13.86
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       14.37
16 Iker Camańo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                14.38
17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                         14.46
18 Ludovic Martin (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                        14.53
19 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf       14.62
20 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie             14.64
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       14.65
22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                        14.71
23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       14.87
24 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            14.90
25 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   14.97
26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         15.03
27 Alberto Ardila Cano Mauricio (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Ni     15.16
27 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               15.27
30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            15.31
31 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        15.57
32 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf               15.62
33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    15.73
34 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 15.86
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      15.88
36 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 16.03
37 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  16.04
38 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              16.06
39 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf               16.11
40 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            16.19
41 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                  16.61
42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         16.93
43 Peter Lüttenberger (Aus) Team CSC                                  17.13
43 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             17.25
46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf              17.28
47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      17.38
48 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      17.53
49 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                         17.68
50 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf               17.73
51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                     17.79
52 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie         17.89
53 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               18.02
54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               18.12
55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        18.47
56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie         18.50
57 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    18.53
58 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           18.67
59 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 18.73
60 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     18.74
61 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        18.96
62 Christophe Laurent (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                    19.38
63 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        19.44
63 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    19.45
66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 19.56
67 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            19.70
68 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie           19.85
69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               20.19
70 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre                                         20.24
71 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    20.90
72 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        21.01
73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       21.09
74 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                       21.15
75 Eric Berthoud (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                         21.23
76 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        21.25
77 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                 21.29
78 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                    21.65
79 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              22.13
80 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                 22.36
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    23.02
82 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     23.07
83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                                   23.18
84 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco                                     23.25
85 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                    23.69
86 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                      24.50
87 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        24.99
88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                        25.25
89 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     25.37
90 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                        25.41
91 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              25.43
92 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                                   25.55
93 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                      25.62
94 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                           25.68
95 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          26.01
96 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie            26.11
97 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      26.18
98 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            26.22
99 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     26.39
100 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                       27.33
101 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       27.57
102 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie     27.78
103 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                    28.19
104 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             28.37
105 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   29.08
106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                   29.70
107 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre                                    31.05
108 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     31.23
109 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf            31.28
110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                   33.22
111 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            34.18
112 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            35.75
113 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      38.57
114 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                          38.71
115 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    41.78
116 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                    47.31
117 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 1.49.01
 
Points
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                         15 Pts
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        12
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            10
4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             9
5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             8
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        7
7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            6
8 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) FDJeux.com                                         5
9 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 4
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                           3
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                2
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              13.34
2 FDJeux.com                                                           0.01
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         0.13
4 Iles Baleares - Banesto                                              0.15
5 Team CSC                                                             0.20
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               0.23
7 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                                     0.24
8 Saeco
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                       0.25
11 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterrie                               0.26
12 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                     0.27
13 RAGT Semences - MG Rover                                            0.28
14 Lampre                                                              0.29
15 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                                           0.37
 
General classification after prologue
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                       4.24
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      0.03
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.07
4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.08
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     0.09
7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         9.00
8 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) FDJeux.com                                      0.11
9 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              0.12
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             0.13
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
14 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        0.14
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
16 Iker Camańo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco
18 Ludovic Martin (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover
19 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf        0.15
20 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco
23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
24 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
25 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
27 Alberto Ardila Cano Mauricio (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
27 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance
30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC
32 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                0.16
33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
34 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
36 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com
37 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
38 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
39 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
40 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
41 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo
42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.17
43 Peter Lüttenberger (Aus) Team CSC
43 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
48 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre
49 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                          0.18
50 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover
52 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
53 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
57 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
58 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            0.19
59 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
60 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
61 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
62 Christophe Laurent (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover
63 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
63 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
67 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             0.20
68 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
70 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre
71 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     0.21
72 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
74 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto
75 Eric Berthoud (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover
76 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
77 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo
78 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                     0.22
79 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance
80 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.23
82 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com
84 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco
85 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                     0.24
86 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC
87 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         0.25
88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
89 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
90 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover
91 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
92 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com
93 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                       0.26
94 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
95 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
96 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie
97 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
98 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
99 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
100 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) RAGT Semences-MG Rover                        0.27
101 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco
102 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterrie      0.28
103 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco
104 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance
105 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    0.29
106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    0.30
107 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre                                     0.31
108 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                    0.33
111 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             0.34
112 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             0.36
113 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                       0.38
114 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                           0.39
115 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.42
116 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                     0.47
117 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                                    1.49
 
Points classification
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                         15 Pts
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        12
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            10
4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             9
5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             8
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        7
7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            6
8 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) FDJeux.com                                         5
9 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 4
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                           3
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                2
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                              1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              13.34
2 FDJeux.com                                                           0.01
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         0.13
4 Iles Baleares - Banesto                                              0.15
5 Team CSC                                                             0.20
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               0.23
7 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                                     0.24
8 Saeco
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                       0.25
11 Vini Caldirola - Nobili                                             0.26
12 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                     0.27
13 RAGT Semences - MG Rover                                            0.28
14 Lampre                                                              0.29
15 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                                           0.37