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2005 Tour de Suisse, Stage 1

Tour de Suisse, Switzerland

Stage 1, Schaffhausen - Weinfelden, 170K

11 June

FDJ Day for Eisel

Bernhard Eisel Wins, photo: Tour de Suisse

It was a FDJ Day in Switzerland. The team rallied behind Bernhard Eisel and delivered the Austrian to the line first. The Tuscan Terror, Paolo Bettini, put in a move to try to upset affairs in the final meters. The Italian's move did not phase Française des Jeux from giving Eisel stage 1 victory in the Tour de Suisse.

The stage, 170K from Schaffhausen to Weinfeldenstage, was a solo affair by Gregory Rast (Phonak). Rast went on the move and stayed away for over 100K, being brought back by the 25K banner. The Swiss rider managed a max advantage of almost 5 minutes, but that was never going to hold.

Swiss Champ Rast, photo: Capture-The- Peloton.com

Today's stage was as stage destined to be a sprint show-down. The rest of the Tour de Suisse is a mountainous affair and the sprinters wanted their chance to shine. Cue in the men of speed, and the Swiss Champion's days were numbered. As a consolation Rast won the climber's jersey, which he should be able to keep in tomorrow's TT.

It was a steady run home for the boys in white, FDJ. They did just what a proper sprint team should do, stay calm and steady, building up the pace so no attacks will hold. The Olympic champion tried, and failed, due to FDJ's tempo. McGee and Cooke did blistering turns of speed for their FDJ man. Eisel did not let down, taking out Boonen and Wrolich on the line.

Jan Ullrich Leads, photo: Capture-The- Peloton.com

Tune in tomorrow when all men of the clock will test their legs. It is stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse, a 36K TT test around Weinfelden. Jan Ullrich and other Tour de France men will show their goods.

Results: 4:00'07" , 42.45 K/h
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.03
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.06
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
18 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
19 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
20 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
21 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
26 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
27 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole
29 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
30 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
33 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
34 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
35 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
36 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
37 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
40 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
42 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
43 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
45 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
46 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
49 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
50 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
51 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
52 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
53 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
54 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
55 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
57 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
58 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
62 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
63 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
65 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
67 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
68 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
69 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
71 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
72 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
74 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
75 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
76 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
79 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
80 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Crédit Agricole
81 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
84 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
86 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
90 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
95 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears
96 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
97 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
98 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
99 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
100 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
101 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
105 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
107 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo
110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
111 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
114 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
115 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
120 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
122 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
123 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
124 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears
127 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
128 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
130 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
131 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
134 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
136 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
137 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28
138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0.30
139 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
140 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
141 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
143 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.37
144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.48
145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
146 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak 0.52
147 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.00
148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22
150 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.51
151 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3.14
152 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.31
153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.26
154 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
155 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
156 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 8.58
157 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel
158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
159 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel
DNF Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze

Points
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 20
3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 13
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 8
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 7
10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6
11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1

Mountains
Hoochstrooss, 75 K
1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 3
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Weerswilen, 137.6 K
1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 3
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1

Sprints
Sirnach, 111.8 K
1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 6
2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1

Morstetten, 164.9 K
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Teams
1 Française Des Jeux 12.00.27
2 Quick-Step
3 Gerolsteiner 0.06
4 Fassa Bortolo 0.12
5 Team CSC
6 Liquigas-Bianchi
7 Lampre-Caffita
8 Illes Balears
9 Davitamon-Lotto
10 Discovery Channel
11 Bouygues Telecom
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Liberty Seguros-Würth
14 Crédit Agricole
15 Phonak
16 Rabobank
17 T-Mobile
18 Domina Vacanze
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Cofidis

GC:
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.59.57
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 0.04
3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.06
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.10
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.12
6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.13
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
8 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.14
9 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
10 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 0.15
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.16
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
13 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
14 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
15 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
17 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
23 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
24 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
26 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
27 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
28 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
29 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
30 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole
32 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
33 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
34 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
35 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
36 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
37 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
38 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
39 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
41 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
42 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
44 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
45 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
48 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
50 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
51 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
52 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
53 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
54 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
55 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
56 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
58 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
59 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
62 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
64 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
65 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
66 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
68 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
70 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
71 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
73 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
74 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
75 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
76 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
77 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
78 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
80 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
81 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
84 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
86 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
90 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
95 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears
96 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
97 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
98 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
99 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
100 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
101 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
105 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
107 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo
110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
111 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
114 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
115 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
120 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
122 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
123 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
124 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears
127 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
128 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
130 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
131 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
134 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
136 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
137 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 0.37
138 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38
139 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0.40
140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
141 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
143 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.47
144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.58
145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
146 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak 1.02
147 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.10
148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.28
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32
150 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.01
151 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3.24
152 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41
153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.36
154 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
155 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
156 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 9.08
157 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel
158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
159 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel

Mountains
1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 6
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Sprints
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 7
2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 6
3 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
4 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3
5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 1