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61st Tour de Romandie - PTSwitzerland, May 1-6, 2007Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Next Stage Prologue - May 1: Fribourg - Fribourg, 3.5 kmSavoldelli repeats prologue win with a blow-outBy Susan Westemeyer Paolo Savoldelli, resplendent in his Astana turquoise, repeated his win of last year in the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, taking only 4'35 to tame the technically-demanding, undulating 3.5 km course through the old town of Fribourg, Switzerland. Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger finished second in the prologue, five seconds down, and Predictor-Lotto's Chris Horner took third, seven seconds down. "I didn't come here to win, but to test and do the best I could," Savoldelli said. "You needed very good legs to win today and to negotiate the last kilometre well." He will look to hold on to the leader's jersey, saying, "If the race allows it, we will hold on to it, because the Astana team is capable of controlling the race." He indicated, however, that if he can't hold on to the jersey, perhaps a team-mate could wear it. "I may try something with Kashechkin. The Astana team is a good team with ambitions." The young Kaszahki finished fourth, only nine seconds behind his captain. How it unfolded There were only 166 riders at the start, as both Milram and Discovery Channel started with only seven riders. Those 166 took to the twisty, turny course through the narrow streets of Fribourg. The drought in Europe had left a lot of dust on the streets, and when a light rain started, the wet dust was slippery, so the difficult course became dangerous. Astana's Andrey Mizourov set the first accent for his team by establishing a time of 4'45, which stayed the best for a long time. CSC's time trial whiz Dave Zabriskie started simultaneously with the rain, so he held himself back to keep from crashing. Predictor-Lotto's Chris Horner took over the lead with a time of 4'42, but was followed shortly by Savoldelli, who jumped into the lead. By that time, the rain had stopped and surface conditions were better. Kreuziger, the 2005 Junior World Champion, got off to a wobbly start, as he had gear problems which cost him a few seconds. The 20-year-old still managed an outstanding time to finish second. The surprise finisher of the day was Sandy Casar, of Francaise de Jeux, who placed fifth. Many favourite finished fairly far down in the standings. Defending overall champion Cadel Evans was 16th, 14 seconds down, CSC's Carlos Sastre finished 20 seconds down in 59th, and two-time World time trial champion Michael Rogers was 62nd, also 20 seconds down. And last year's Tour de France surprise Oscar Pereiro, who won the prologue here two years ago, never got on pace and ended up 27th. David Millar, of Saunier Duval, had been considered a favourite to win the prologue, but finished down in 19th place, 15 seconds behind the winner, although the rain had stopped by the time he rode. "I didn't do so bad, considering the conditions, but I'm in a training phase right now. My goal is the Tour de France." Wednesday's stage one goes 157 km from Granges-Paccot - La Chaux-de-Fonds, an up-and-down course featuring two each Cat. 1 and Cat. 2 climbs and a total of 2320 climbing meters.
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Results1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 4.35 (45.82 km/h) 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.05 3 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 0.07 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.09 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.10 6 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.11 8 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.12 12 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 14 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 0.13 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.14 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 19 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 0.16 24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 31 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 33 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 34 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.17 35 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 38 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.18 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.19 48 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 51 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 60 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 61 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 63 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 65 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 66 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.21 67 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 69 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 70 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 71 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 74 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 75 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 79 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.23 81 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 83 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 84 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 88 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.24 89 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 90 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 92 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 0.25 94 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre - Fondital 95 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 96 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 98 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 100 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 103 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 105 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.27 106 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 107 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.28 108 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 114 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 115 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.29 116 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 0.30 118 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 0.31 119 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 120 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 121 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.32 122 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 124 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 125 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 127 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 128 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.33 129 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 132 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.34 133 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 134 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 136 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.36 137 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 138 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 139 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.39 140 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.40 143 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 144 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 145 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.42 146 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R. 147 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 148 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 149 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 151 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 152 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 153 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.44 154 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 156 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.45 157 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 0.46 158 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.47 159 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.49 160 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.50 161 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 162 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.53 163 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 164 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.08 165 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1.11 166 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.30 General classification after stage 1 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 4.35 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.05 3 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 0.07 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.09 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.10 6 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.11 8 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.12 12 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 14 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 0.13 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.14 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 19 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 0.16 24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 31 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 33 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 34 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.17 35 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 38 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.18 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.19 48 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 51 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 60 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 61 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 63 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 65 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 66 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.21 67 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 69 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 70 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 71 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 74 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 75 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 79 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.23 81 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 83 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 84 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 88 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.24 89 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 90 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 92 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 0.25 94 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre - Fondital 95 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 96 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 98 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 100 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 103 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 105 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.27 106 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 107 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.28 108 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 114 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 115 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.29 116 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 0.30 118 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 0.31 119 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 120 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 121 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.32 122 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 124 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 125 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 127 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 128 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.33 129 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 132 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.34 133 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 134 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 136 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.36 137 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 138 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 139 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.39 140 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.40 143 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 144 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 145 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.42 146 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R. 147 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 148 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 149 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 151 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 152 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 153 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.44 154 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 156 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.45 157 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 0.46 158 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.47 159 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.49 160 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.50 161 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 162 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.53 163 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 164 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.08 165 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1.11 166 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.30 |
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