2007_Tour_de_Romandie
2007 Tour de Romandie
Cycling race
The 2007 Tour de Romandie served as the 59th edition of this event now held on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The stage race was held from May 1 through May 6, 2007 in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. The race winner was Thomas Dekker of Rabobank.
| 2007 UCI ProTour, race 11 of 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1–6 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 666.5 km (414.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 17h 27' 02" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI ProTour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thomas Dekker |
Rabobank | 17h 27' 02" | 50 |
| 2 |  Paolo Savoldelli |
Astana | + 11" | 40 |
| 3 |  Andrey Kashechkin |
Astana | + 34" | 35 |
| 4 |  Cadel Evans |
Predictor–Lotto | + 43" | 30 |
| 5 |  Chris Horner |
Predictor–Lotto | + 46" | 25 |
| 6 |  Roman Kreuziger |
Liquigas | + 1' 35" | 20 |
| 7 |  Igor Antón |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1' 51" | 15 |
| 8 |  Andy Schleck |
Team CSC | + 1' 53" | 10 |
| 9 |  Sylwester Szmyd |
Lampre–Fondital | + 1' 55" | 5 |
| 10 |  Janez Brajkovič |
Discovery Channel | + 2' 00" | 2 |
- UCI ProTour points are not awarded to riders on UCI Continental Team that finish in the top-10 overall or a top-3 stage finish.
Mountains classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Laurent Brochard |
Bouygues Télécom | 64 pts. |
| 2 |  Chris Anker Sørensen |
Team CSC | 42 pts. |
| 3 | Eros Capecchi |
Liquigas | 30 pts. |
Points classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Dekker |
Rabobank | 43 pts. |
| 2 | Paolo Savoldelli |
Astana | 35 pts. |
| 3 |  Markus Fothen |
Gerolsteiner | 32 pts. |
Sprints classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Patrick Calcagni |
Liquigas | 10 pts. |
| 2 |  László Bodrogi |
Crédit Agricole | 9 pts. |
| 3 | Sandy Casar |
Française des Jeux | 7 pts. |
Prologue – 2007-05-01, Fribourg, 3.5 km ITT
Italian Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) repeats his win in last year's prologue with a time of 4 minutes, 35 seconds over the 3.5 kilometer course at 45.82 km/h (28.5 mph).
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy |
Astana | 4' 35" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic |
Liquigas | + 5" | 2 pts. |
| 3 | Chris Horner | United States |
Predictor–Lotto | + 7" | 1 pt. |
Stage 1 – 2007-05-02, Granges-Paccot – La Chaux de Fonds, 157 km
Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner took the win after he escaped in the finale together with Francisco Pérez. Fothen beat him in a classical sprint-a-deux. The peloton bunch sprint was just behind the two leaders.
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Fothen | Germany |
Gerolsteiner | 4h 08' 58" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Francisco Pérez | Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 2 pts. |
| 3 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 1 pt. |
Stage 2 – 2007-05-03, La Chaux de Fonds – Lucens, 167 km
The only real sprinter stage of this edition of the Tour de Romandie was an easy win for Australian rider Robbie McEwen. The Predictor–Lotto rider held off Borut Božič with ease.
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen | Australia |
Predictor–Lotto | 4h 01' 14" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Borut Božič | Slovenia |
Team L.P.R. | s.t. | N/A |
| 3 | Enrico Gasparotto | Italy |
Liquigas | s.t. | 1 pt. |
Stage 3 – 2007-05-04, Moudon – Charmey, 163 km
Although the course was really difficult, the favourites did not feel like attacking today. And thus, the escapees got their shot at winning a stage. After a win in the Tirreno Adriatico Lampre–Fondital cyclist Matteo Bono added another nice win to his palmares. He held of Japan's Beppu in the sprint. Beppu did score the first Pro Tour points ever for Japan though.
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matteo Bono | Italy |
Lampre–Fondital | 4h 04' 15" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Fumiyuki Beppu |  Japan |
Discovery Channel | s.t. | 2 pts. |
| 3 | Marco Pinotti | Italy |
T-Mobile Team | + 2" | 1 pt. |
Stage 4 – 2007-05-05, Charmey – Pas de Morgins, 156 km
A long break by Lampre–Fondital rider Gorazd Štangelj finished with 8 kilometers to go. By then, Astana's Eddy Mazzoleni upped the pace. He thinned out the group until there were about 15 riders left. Attacks followed by José Ángel Gómez Marchante and Sylwester Szmyd. But the only real successful attack was by Spaniard Igor Antón. Dutch rider Thomas Dekker saw the danger and took over from Mazzoleni. As a result, only five riders could follow. American Predictor–Lotto cyclist Chris Horner attacked with 4 kilometers to go. Dekker replied instantly and with much pain and suffering also Frenchman John Gadret managed to follow. The trio caught up with Anton, who was happy he could sit in last wheel and follow. Although Dekker made the strongest impression and tried to get away twice, it was Anton who took the win. Dekker disputed the win due to a seemingly irregular sprint by Anton. But his protest was denied.
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Antón | Spain |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 4h 36' 55" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands |
Rabobank | s.t. | 2 pts. |
| 3 | Chris Horner | United States |
Predictor–Lotto | s.t. | 1 pt. |
Stage 5 – 2007-05-06, Lausanne, 20 km ITT
In the finishing time trial around Lausanne Thomas Dekker didn't allow his competitors to have any hopes of winning the Tour de Romandie. Only Astana riders Paolo Savoldelli and Andrey Kashechkin stayed somewhat in the vicinity of Dekker. The young Dutch hope of winning the Tour de France in the future did a triple strike by winning the time trial, the final general classification and the points classification.
| Rider | Country | Team | Time | UCI ProTour points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands |
Rabobank | 26' 36" | 3 pts. |
| 2 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy |
Astana | + 5" | 2 pts. |
| 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Kazakhstan |
Astana | + 12" | 1 pt. |
The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2007 Tour de Romandie:
| Nation | UCI Code |
Team Name |
|---|---|---|
| A2R | AG2R Prévoyance |
| AST | Astana |
| BTL | Bouygues Télécom |
| COF | Cofidis |
| C.A | Crédit Agricole |
| CSC | Team CSC |
| DSC | Discovery Channel |
| EUS | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| FDJ | Française des Jeux |
| GCE | Caisse d'Epargne |
| GST | Gerolsteiner |
| LAM | Lampre–Fondital |
| LIQ | Liquigas |
| LPR | Team L.P.R. |
 | PRL | Predictor–Lotto |
| QSI | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| RAB | Rabobank |
| SDV | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
| TMO | T-Mobile Team |
 | UNI | Unibet.com |
As of May 6, 2007, after the Tour de Romandie[1]
While the top 10 places remained the same, race winner Thomas Dekker scored his first UCI ProTour points and moved into 11th place. Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen gained three points to jump from 18th to 15th place. Paolo Savoldelli moves into 18th place thanks to the 45 points scored at the Tour de Romandie.
| Rank | Previous Rank |
Name | Nationality | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Davide Rebellin | Italy |
Gerolsteiner | 157 |
| 2 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne | 107 |
| 3 | 3 | Danilo Di Luca | Italy |
Liquigas | 100 |
| 4 | 4 | Óscar Freire | Spain |
Rabobank | 82 |
| 5 | 5 | Stuart O'Grady | Australia |
Team CSC | 79 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan Schumacher | Germany |
Gerolsteiner | 75 |
| 7 | 7 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg |
Team CSC | 63 |
| 8 | 8 | Juan José Cobo | Spain |
Saunier Duval–Prodir | 62 |
| 9 | 9 | Alberto Contador | Spain |
Discovery Channel | 58 |
| 10 | 10 | Tom Boonen | Belgium |
Quick-Step–Innergetic | 57 |
| 11 | – | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands |
Rabobank | 55 |
| 12 | 11 | Andreas Klöden | Germany |
Astana | 53 |
| 13 | 12 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy |
Lampre–Fondital | 50 |
| 14 | 13 | Matthias Kessler | Germany |
Astana | 50 |
| 15 | 18 | Robbie McEwen | Australia |
Predictor–Lotto | 47 |
- 93 riders (up from 82 riders) have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.
- Updated Rankings Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine 2007-05-06; UCI; Accessed 2007-05-06