61st Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, May 1-6, 2007

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Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) rides, tongue hanging out, on his way to win the stage and the overall.
Winner of the Tour of Romandie, Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) of the Netherlands smiles while he receives kisses.
Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) of Italy rode to second today and in the overall.
Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) of Kazakhstan took third today and overall.
Australian Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto) on his way to fourth overall.
The podium (left to right): Paolo Savoldelli (Astana), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) dropped from first to fifth overall in the final stage.

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Dutch rider Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) (right), second for today, reacts as Spanish winner Igor Anton (Euskaltel - Euskadi) crosses the finish line.
Stage 4 winner Igor Anton (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
New overall leader American Christopher Horner (Predictor Lotto) smiles with his yellow jersey on the podium.

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Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel) is the only Japanese rider in Romandie
Matteo Bono salutes after winning stage three of Tour de Romandie from a three-man break
Matteo Bono (Lampre) wins the sprint ahead of Fumi Beppu (Discovery)
Matteo Bono shoulds with joy after nabbing his second pro win
Bono opens up the sprint and passes Discovery's Beppu
Paolo Savoldelli dons his fourth leader's jersey

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Overall leader Italian Paolo Savoldelli wears the yellow jersey.
A crash in the peloton mars the final sprint.
Riders fall during the final sprint.
Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) gives his victory salute.
Robbie McEwen of Australia raises his arms on his way to win.
Spain's Ignac Gutierrez Cataluna (front) and Colombia's Leonardo Duque sit on the asphalt after crashing in the final yards of the race.
France's Nicolas Crosbie in a solo break.

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Markus Fothen wins the sprint for stage one ahead of Francisco Perez
Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) celebrates winning stage one
Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) soaks in his moment on the podium
Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) looks serious with the leader's jersey
Sandy Casar (FdJ) gets the green sprint leader's jersey
Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) gets some Swiss cheese for being points leader
Laurent Brochard smiles as he steps onto the points classification podium

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Sandy Casar (FdJ) rode to a solid fifth place
Last year's winner Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) had lost 14 seconds
Chris Horner's characteristic grin is apparent as he rides to a podium finish in third
Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) took second
Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) dons the leader's jersey
Savoldelli waves to the crowd from the podium
Paolo Savoldelli rides to first place in the prologue