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2005 Tour de Romandie, Stage 4

Tour de Romandie, Switzerland

Stage 4, Châtel-St-Denis - Les Paccots 147.9 km

30 April

Contador Flies Away

Animal lover, Liberty Seguros-Würth rider Alberto Contador, won on top of Les Paccots in today's final mountain stage. This comeback-kid beat-out such big names as Cunego, Piepoli and former tour leader, Botero.

Lampre-Caffita Leads, photo: Tour de Romandie

In warm Swiss conditions, the peloton had to tackle 147K including three times up the three climbs Les Paccots, french for "pain". Shortly after taking off from Châtel-St-Denis, Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and David Moncoutié (birthday-boy and long time Cofidis rider) established a break. But it was curtains for the pair after the second assent of Les "pain" Paccots.

The Dekker Duo kicked into action and spoiled any birthday parties for Moncoutié. After the duo did their work they then faded fast as another group moved into action: Christian Moreni (Quick Step), Manuel Garate (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Dario Andriotto (Liquigas-Bianchi), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze).

At the foot of the final climb, Ivanov went into action. He attacked his companions in what was to be a fruitless effort, if you don't count the Domina Vacanze TV time. Ivanov was washed up by a storming elite group containing Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita), Santiago Botero (Phonak) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi). Piepoli was attacking like a man possessed but his attacking came to nothing. Contador countered with explosively in the final 500 meters to steal the stage.

Lampre-Caffita Leads, photo: Tour de Romandie

Cunego was able gain bonifications on the day's stage which enabled him to move into the race lead. The "Piccolo Principe" will have his work cut out for him tomorrow in the TT, as there will be a Russian and a Colombian at his throat for overall honors.

Results: 3:40'48", 40.8 K/hr
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 17 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty 20 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 33 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 40 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 41 Mourey Francis (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 43 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) 45 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 48 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 50 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 52 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 54 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 55 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 57 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty 58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 60 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 61 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 62 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 64 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 65 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 68 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 69 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 70 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 71 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 74 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 79 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 83 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 86 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 87 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 91 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 93 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 94 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 97 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 98 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile 99 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 100 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears 101 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 102 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 103 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 104 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis 105 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 109 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 110 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 112 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 115 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 118 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 120 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 124 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 125 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 126 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 128 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 130 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 133 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 134 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 136 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole DNF Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel DNS Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.04
0.11

0.19
0.28
0.30

0.33
0.36
0.37
Seguros-Würth

0.43
0.46

0.52

0.56
0.57
0.59
1.07

1.11
1.13

1.20
1.25
1.29
1.30

1.49
Française Des Jeux 1.51
2.01

2.10
2.14
2.34

2.37
2.43
2.52
2.54
Seguros-Würth 2.56
2.58
3.02

3.06
3.13
3.15
3.40
3.41
4.21

4.27
4.52
5.36

5.43

6.02
Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.09
7.20

7.26
7.57
8.09
11.09
12.31
12.42

14.05

14.12

14.14
15.44

Française Des Jeux

16.21

17.54
31.13

Crédit Agricole

GC:
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.31.30
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 0.03
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.13
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.19
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 0.31
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.33
7 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.39
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.58
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.05
10 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1.23
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 1.31
12 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.55
13 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56
14 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.57
16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.13
17 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.22
18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.28
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.43
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.56
21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.08
22 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.19
23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.44
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.09
25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.12
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.15
27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.49
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 5.17
29 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.35
30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5.41
31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.55
32 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.21
33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 7.32
34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 7.58
35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 8.11
36 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8.31
37 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
38 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 8.34
39 Mourey Francis (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.45
40 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.22
41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 9.23
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.05
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 10.11
44 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.32
45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 10.40
46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.59
47 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 11.04
48 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.08
49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 11.15
50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.39
51 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.49
52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 12.32
53 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.50
54 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 13.32
55 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 14.01
56 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 14.06
57 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 14.29
58 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 14.41
59 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 14.49
60 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.01
61 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 15.02
62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 15.12
63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.21
64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 15.24
65 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.12
66 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 16.27
67 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.13
68 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 21.22
69 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.42
70 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 22.33
71 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.30
72 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.15
73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 24.24
74 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.31
75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24.39
76 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.56
77 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.18
78 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 25.33
79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 25.41
80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.48
81 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.58
82 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 26.04
83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 26.06
84 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 26.08
85 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.11
86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.25
87 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 30.40
88 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.53
89 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.23
90 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 33.10
91 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile 33.46
92 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35.33
93 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 37.05
94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.19
95 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.34
96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.35
97 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 38.39
98 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 38.42
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
100 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 38.45
102 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.47
103 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38.53
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39.15
105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.20
106 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.39
107 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 40.00
108 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 40.08
109 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears
110 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 40.09
111 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis 40.10
112 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 40.18
113 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 40.27
114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40.28
115 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.33
116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.38
117 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 41.47
118 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.48
119 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.01
120 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 42.41
121 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears 46.07
122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.23
123 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.44
124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 49.01
125 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.10
126 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50.41
127 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50.59
128 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51.03
129 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 51.34
130 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 51.55
132 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 52.14
133 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 53.51
134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 55.25
135 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 57.29