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2005 Tour de Romandie, Stage 1

Tour de Romandie, Switzerland

Stage 1, Avenches - Avenches 170 km

27 April

Petacchi With Ease

Allesandro Petacchi and Tom Steels Stage 1 Sprint, photo: Tour de Romandie

Today in Avenches, Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) got the best of legend Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) in a true bunch sprint. Sprinters, GC-men, and crashes were all part of the day's work in the final K.

It was a day when Sébastien Rosseler (Quick-Step) and Ivan Ravaioli (Saunier Duval - Prodir), decided to make a long escape, to try their luck. They escaped after 17K and mid-way through their escape, they had a maximum of eight minutes.

Cycling is cruel and Fassa Bortolo is even crueler, especially with fast-man Petacchi in the running. The duo's lead was whittled down slowly, but surely. Rosseler was eventually dropped by Ravaioli, who was going alone with a thin margin (about 50") at 30K remaining.

At 25K, with the weather worsening, Fassa Bortolo had caught their prey, and the day was over for Ravaioli. Ravaioli did pick up enough points today to secure the mountains jersey, which he will wear in tomorrow's stage.

There were a few desperate attacks as the line drew near, but they came to nothing. The fast-men were mixing it up, and the GC-men were up in the chaos to secure placings for the final GC in a few days. A crash took out some of the sprinters, but Steels and Petacchi were able to open up the juice in the final meters. Petacchi taking the win easily, over a strong Belgian.

Paolo Savoldelli, Stefano Garzelli, Bradley McGee and Oscar Pereiro were all up in the final top 10 for the stage. Pereiro retained the leader's jersey, but on equal time with Petacchi (thanks to bonifications). Savoldelli is 2" back, and looks strong.

Results: 3:42'55", ave 44.92 K/hr
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
3 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
5 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
8 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
11 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
14 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
15 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
16 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
20 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
23 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
27 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
28 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
29 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
32 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
33 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
35 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
36 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
37 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
38 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears
39 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
40 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
41 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
42 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
43 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
44 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
46 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
47 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
50 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
51 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
52 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
54 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
57 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears
58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
59 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
61 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
62 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
64 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
65 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
68 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
69 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
70 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
71 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
72 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
75 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
79 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
80 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
81 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
82 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
83 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
84 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
85 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
86 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
87 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
89 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
90 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
91 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
92 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
93 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
94 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
95 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
96 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole
99 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
100 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
102 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
103 Mourey Francis (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
106 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
107 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
108 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
109 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
110 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
111 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
112 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
114 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis
116 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
118 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
119 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
120 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
121 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
122 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
123 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
124 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
125 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel
126 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
127 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
128 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
129 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
130 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
132 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
133 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
134 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
135 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
136 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
138 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
140 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile
141 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
142 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
143 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
144 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
145 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
146 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
147 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.29
149 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
150 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.30
151 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.34
153 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.52
154 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.13.00
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
DNF Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
DNF Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNS Jussy Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNS Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze

GC:
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3.47.21
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.02
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.03
5 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 0.05
6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06
9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 0.08
12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09
14 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
15 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
17 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.10