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Tour de Romandie, Switzerland

Stage 2, Fleurier - Fleurier 174.9 km

28 April

Petacchi, A Sprint Force

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Sprint-king Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins a second stage of the Tour de Romandie, takes the leaders jersey, and breaks a certain Spaniard's heart. Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is left to wonder what could have been, to wonder why the boys at Fassa don't like a man of orange on the run.

It was early in the day's stage, Landaluze looked around at his companions in the gruppo and said "adiós amigos". The tough Basque rider took off for a day in the Swiss foothills. Camera men and support vehicles were his only company, Landaluze built up a solid lead of 9'22".

After 3 categorized climbs Landaluze's lead started to crumble. The Swiss-based Phonak squad were on the front, driving the peloton. Their goal was to catch Landaluze and make sure their leader, Oscar Pereiro, stayed in the lead for one more day. And at 10K to go Landaluze's day was over, after 150K (YES, 150K!) away.

Cue in the blue and white boys of cement and construction, Fassa Bortolo. Before long the boys had the peloton strung out and wondering, 'who could possible beat Petacchi'? The answer came quick, no one. It was Petacchi on the line, showing that he will be a huge force to reckon with in the upcoming Giro d'Italia.

Petacchi took the leader's yellow jersey, but will only hold on to it for one day. Tomorrow there is no way he will stay in yellow, the mountain-men are coming out to play. They will inflict pain on the Petacchi-type. Stay tuned...

Results: 4:17'13"
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Fassa Bortolo, again, amazing!
2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
4 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
5 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
7 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
9 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
11 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
16 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
17 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
20 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
22 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
25 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
29 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
32 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
34 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
35 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears
36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
39 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis
40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
41 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
43 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
45 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
46 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
47 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
48 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
49 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
50 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
51 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
53 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
54 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
55 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
56 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
59 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
60 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
61 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
63 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
64 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
65 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
66 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
67 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
68 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
69 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
71 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
73 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
74 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
75 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
76 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
77 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
79 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
80 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
82 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
84 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
86 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
87 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
88 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
89 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
90 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
91 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel
92 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
94 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
95 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
96 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
98 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
99 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
100 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
101 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
102 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
103 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
106 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
107 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
108 Mourey Francis (Fra) Française Des Jeux
109 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
110 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
111 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
114 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile
115 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
116 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
117 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
118 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
119 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
120 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
121 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
122 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank
123 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
124 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
125 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
126 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
127 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
129 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 1.13
130 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.43
131 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.45
132 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
134 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
135 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
137 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 9.37
139 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
140 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
141 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
142 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears
143 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole
144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 11.22
145 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
146 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
149 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
150 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
152 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.31
153 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner

GC:
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo (This will change tomorrow!)
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 0.08
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.12
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.13
6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.15
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.16
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.18
11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
13 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 0.19
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
15 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.20
19 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
20 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
21 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
23 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
24 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 0.21
27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
28 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
29 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
30 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.22
33 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
34 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
35 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
36 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.23
37 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
44 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis
45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.24
46 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
48 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
49 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
50 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25
51 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
52 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
54 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
55 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
57 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
58 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.26
59 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
61 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile
62 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
64 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.27
65 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
67 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
69 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 0.28
70 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
72 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 0.29
73 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
74 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
75 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
76 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
77 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.30
78 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel
79 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
80 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 0.31
83 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
84 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
85 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
86 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 0.32
87 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
88 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
89 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
90 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
91 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.33
92 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
93 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
94 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
95 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
96 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
97 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.34
98 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
99 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
100 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
101 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
102 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
103 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
104 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35
106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
107 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.37
109 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
110 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
111 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears
112 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 0.38
113 Mourey Francis (Fra) Française Des Jeux
114 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.39
115 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
117 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
118 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 0.40
119 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 0.41
120 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.42
121 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.43
122 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.48
123 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
124 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.56
125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.57
126 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01
127 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.05
128 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.25
129 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 1.54
130 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.07
131 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.01
132 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.12
133 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.14
134 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.16
135 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.23
136 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
137 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.25
138 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.56
139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10.03
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.04
141 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 10.07
142 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10.08
143 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.13
144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 11.37
145 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 11.41
146 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.43
147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.50
148 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 11.58
149 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.59
150 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 12.20
151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.36
152 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.54
153 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.58