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91st Meisterschaft von Zürich - Championship of Zurich - CDM
Switzerland, August 22, 2004
Photography
Images by Reuters/Andreas Meier
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) takes a surprise victory in the 91st Züri-Metzgete/Championship of Zurich, winning a 30-rider bunch sprint ahead of favourite Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Jerome Pineau (Brioches la Boulangère).
- The podium - (L to R) Paolo Bettini (Quick Step - Davitamon), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo, 1st) and Jérôme Pineau (Brioches La Boulangere, 3rd).
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) smiles at the sign in
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) with his race face on
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in his special Olympic gold coloured jersey
- Bettini and Astarloa chat at the start
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) with two of his teammates Georg Totschnig (L) and Fabian Wegmann (R)
- Astarloa, Rebellin and Bettini: there's a bit of talent there with the World Champ, World Cup leader and Olympic Champ.
- Bettini and Di Luca at the start
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) phones home
- Casagrande and Astarloa: two of the strong men in Lampre
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) poses with his bike and gold trimmed jersey
- The Quick.Step-Davitamon team poses with gold coloured Bettini in the centre
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) cruises along in his new Olympic gold coloured jersey
- Bettini gets some adjustments done to his jersey
- David Zabriskie (USPS) leads Carlos Barredo (Liberty) during their long escape
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in action
- The peloton rides through a small Swiss town
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) followed by Serge Baguet (Lotto-Domo)
- Konecny and Guerini working for T-Mobile
- The peloton rides through the countryside around Zurich
- Frank Schleck (CSC) went in pursuit of Zabriskie and Barredo, but didn't get them
- Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) in the peloton
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) did a lot of work for Bettini
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) is definitely the man in form
- Bettini and Rebellin step on the gas
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) in descending mode
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) attacks on the Forch climb on the last lap
- Casagrande leads Vinokourov, Zberg and Rogers
- Yaroslav Popovych (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) takes a flyer
- Michele Bartoli (CSC) attacked in the finale, without success
- Bettini shows the pain of his effort
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) forces the pace at the foot of the final ascent of the Pfannenstiel with Rebellin and Albasini on his wheel
- Casagrande and Vinokourov at the front of the leading group
- Vinokourov leads Freire
- Bettini continues to set the pace
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) was in good form in Zurich
- Moncoutie (L) and Verbrugghe (R) lead Vinokourov over the top of the Pfannenstiel for the last time
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in an aggressive mode
- Rebellin attacks on the Wetzwil climb with 15 km to go
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) goes downhill fast
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) descends
- Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) had a few problems on the descent
- Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) descends
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) goes it alone in the finale
- Rebellin leads a late break with Frigo, Savoldelli and Bettini
- The sprint was close but Flecha (C) got it from Bettini (R)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) wins, as Bettini (R) looks across at him
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) looks happy with his win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) cools down afterwards
- The podium: Paolo Bettini (2nd), Juan Antonio Flecha (1st) and Jerome Pineau (3rd)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) looks worried, and he should be with Bettini now just six points behind him in the World Cup
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) on the podium in the World Cup jersey
