2007 Tour de Romandie

Template:Short description 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 Template:Cycling data RAB.

Final standings

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Template:Flagicon Thomas Dekker	Template:Cycling data RAB	17h 27' 02"	50
2	Template:Flagicon Paolo Savoldelli	Template:Cycling data AST	+ 11"	40
3	Template:Flagicon Andrey Kashechkin	Template:Cycling data AST	+ 34"	35
4	Template:Flagicon Cadel Evans	Template:Cycling data OLO	+ 43"	30
5	Template:Flagicon Chris Horner	Template:Cycling data OLO	+ 46"	25
6	Template:Flagicon Roman Kreuziger	Template:Cycling data LIQ	+ 1' 35"	20
7	Template:Flagicon Igor Antón	Template:Cycling data EUS	+ 1' 51"	15
8	Template:Flagicon Andy Schleck	Template:Cycling data SAX	+ 1' 53"	10
9	Template:Flagicon Sylwester Szmyd	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 1' 55"	5
10	Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič	Template:Cycling data DSC	+ 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	Template:Flagicon Laurent Brochard	Template:Cycling data EUC	64 pts.
2	Template:Flagicon Chris Anker Sørensen	Template:Cycling data SAX	42 pts.
3	Template:Flagicon Eros Capecchi	Template:Cycling data LIQ	30 pts.

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Thomas Dekker	Template:Cycling data RAB	43 pts.
2	Template:Flagicon Paolo Savoldelli	Template:Cycling data AST	35 pts.
3	Template:Flagicon Markus Fothen	Template:Cycling data GST	32 pts.

Sprints classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Patrick Calcagni	Template:Cycling data LIQ	10 pts.
2	Template:Flagicon László Bodrogi	Template:Cycling data C.A	9 pts.
3	Template:Flagicon Sandy Casar	Template:Cycling data FDJ	7 pts.

Stages

Prologue – 2007-05-01, Fribourg, 3.5 km ITT

Italian Paolo Savoldelli (Template:Cycling data AST) 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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data AST	4' 35"	3 pts.
2	Roman Kreuziger		Template:Cycling data LIQ	+ 5"	2 pts.
3	Chris Horner	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data OLO	+ 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 Template:Cycling data GST 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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GST	4h 08' 58"	3 pts.
2	Francisco Pérez	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data MOV	s.t.	2 pts.
3	Joaquim Rodríguez	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data MOV	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 Template:Cycling data OLO rider held off Borut Božič with ease.

	Rider	Country	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Robbie McEwen	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data OLO	4h 01' 14"	3 pts.
2	Borut Božič		Team L.P.R.	s.t.	N/A
3	Enrico Gasparotto	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data LIQ	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 Template:Cycling data LAM 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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data LAM	4h 04' 15"	3 pts.
2	Fumiyuki Beppu	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data DSC	s.t.	2 pts.
3	Marco Pinotti	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data THR	+ 2"	1 pt.

Stage 4 – 2007-05-05, Charmey – Pas de Morgins, 156 km

A long break by Template:Cycling data LAM rider Gorazd Štangelj finished with 8 kilometers to go. By then, Template:Cycling data AST'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 Template:Cycling data OLO 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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data EUS	4h 36' 55"	3 pts.
2	Thomas Dekker	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data RAB	s.t.	2 pts.
3	Chris Horner	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data OLO	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 Template:Cycling data AST 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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data RAB	26' 36"	3 pts.
2	Paolo Savoldelli	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data AST	+ 5"	2 pts.
3	Andrey Kashechkin		Template:Cycling data AST	+ 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
Template:Flagicon	A2R	Template:Cycling data A2R
Template:Flagicon	AST	Template:Cycling data AST
Template:Flagicon	BTL	Template:Cycling data EUC
Template:Flagicon	COF	Template:Cycling data COF
Template:Flagicon	C.A	Template:Cycling data C.A
Template:Flagicon	CSC	Template:Cycling data SAX
Template:Flagicon	DSC	Template:Cycling data DSC
Template:Flagicon	EUS	Template:Cycling data EUS
Template:Flagicon	FDJ	Template:Cycling data FDJ
Template:Flagicon	GCE	Template:Cycling data MOV
Template:Flagicon	GST	Template:Cycling data GST
Template:Flagicon	LAM	Template:Cycling data LAM
Template:Flagicon	LIQ	Template:Cycling data LIQ
Template:Flagicon	LPR	Team L.P.R.
Template:Flagicon	PRL	Template:Cycling data OLO
Template:Flagicon	QSI	Template:Cycling data QST
Template:Flagicon	RAB	Template:Cycling data RAB
Template:Flagicon	SDV	Template:Cycling data GEO
Template:Flagicon	TMO	Template:Cycling data THR
Template:Flagicon	UNI	Unibet.com

Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race

As of May 6, 2007, after the Tour de Romandie

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	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GST	157
2	2	Alejandro Valverde	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data MOV	107
3	3	Danilo Di Luca	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data LIQ	100
4	4	Óscar Freire	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data RAB	82
5	5	Stuart O'Grady	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data SAX	79
6	6	Stefan Schumacher	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GST	75
7	7	Fränk Schleck		Template:Cycling data SAX	63
8	8	Juan José Cobo	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GEO	62
9	9	Alberto Contador	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data DSC	58
10	10	Tom Boonen	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data QST	57
11	–	Thomas Dekker	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data RAB	55
12	11	Andreas Klöden	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data AST	53
13	12	Alessandro Ballan	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data LAM	50
14	13	Matthias Kessler	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data AST	50
15	18	Robbie McEwen	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data OLO	47

• 93 riders (up from 82 riders) have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.

External links

• Official site (French)