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Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 26-May 1, 2005
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Prologue - April 26: Geneva, 3.4km
Opening salvo to Phonak
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Spanish rider Oscar Pereiro has given his Phonak Hearing Systems a win on home turf by taking out the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, a 3.4 km time trial in Geneva. Pereiro's time of 4.28.57 was four seconds slower than Brad McGee's winning time last year, but it was just enough to hold off past Romandie winner Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi), with McGee finishing fourth at just over three seconds.
Pereiro was the last rider to start, with Savoldelli in the hot seat at that stage. But the Spaniard, who showed good form in Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege, did not let his side down as he knocked 0.23 seconds off Savoldelli's time. In addition, Phonak's Alexandre Moos (7th) and Tadej Valjavec (20th) delivered solid performances, ensuring the team finished on top of the teams classification on day 1 as well.
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One rider who wasn't so lucky was Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros). In his first race back since abandoning Tirreno-Adriatico, Beloki finished 160th at 52 seconds - on paper not a particularly inspiring performance. But Beloki experienced mechanical problems when his handlebars came loose during the race, necessitating a bike change. His team director Manolo Saiz was not too disappointed, as a result.
Tomorrow's 166 km first stage starts and ends in Avenches, and contains two Cat. 3 climbs and two sprints. It shouldn't be enough to disturb Phonak's grip on the leader's jersey, but riders like Savoldelli, Garzelli, McGee, and Dekker are all handy when it comes to taking bonus seconds.
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- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) sets out from the start house
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) crosses the line to win the prologue
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) on the podium after winning the prologue
Results
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.28 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.03 4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.04 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 0.05 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.06 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.07 17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.08 25 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 26 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 29 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 32 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.09 35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 39 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 40 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 41 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 42 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 44 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.11 45 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 48 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.12 54 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 57 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 59 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 0.13 61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 63 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 64 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 65 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 66 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 71 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 72 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 74 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 77 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 79 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 82 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 83 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.16 85 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 87 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 88 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 89 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.17 90 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 91 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 92 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 93 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 94 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 96 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 97 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 0.18 98 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 101 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 102 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 103 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 104 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 105 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.19 107 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.20 109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 111 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 112 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 113 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 115 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 116 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 117 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.21 118 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 119 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 120 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 122 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 123 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.22 124 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 125 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 126 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 129 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 130 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.23 132 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 133 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.24 134 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25 135 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 136 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 137 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 138 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 139 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 140 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.24 141 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.25 142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.26 144 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 146 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.27 147 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 148 Unaï Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 149 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 150 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 151 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.28 152 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 153 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 154 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.29 155 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.30 156 Jussy Veikkanen (Fin) La Francaise des Jeux 0.31 157 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.32 158 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 159 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 0.36 160 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.52 Points 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 12 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 8 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 5 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 3 11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 13.36 2 Discovery Channel 0.02 3 Rabobank 0.10 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 0.13 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 0.14 7 Team CSC 0.15 8 Illes Balears-Banesto 9 Lampre-Caffita 10 Credit Par Telephone 0.16 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Domina Vacanze 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Davitamon - Lotto 0.17 15 Quickstep 0.18 16 Fassa Bortolo 0.19 17 Francaise Des Jeux 0.21 18 T-Mobile Team 0.26 19 Credit Agricole 0.28 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.36
