2008 Tour of Switzerland Results - Stage 1

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06/14/2008| 0 comments
by Thomas Valentinsen

2008 Tour of Switzerland Results - Stage 1

Freire wins hard first stage, claims overall lead.

Stage 1: June 14, 2008: S. Benedetto del Tronto - S. Benedetto del Tronto (175 km):
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank      03:42:35
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                  
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                  
11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom               
14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                               
15 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                            
16 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
17 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                             
19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                           
21 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
23 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                       
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     
27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
29 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
31 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                             
32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          
33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      
34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      
36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
37 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                   
39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  
40 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                             
41 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
44 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            
45 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
46 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
48 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                        
49 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 
50 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.22
53 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         0.23
54 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
56 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                 
60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     
61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                      
63 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                             
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    
65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
67 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                     
68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                       
69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 1.35
70 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
71 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
72 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              
73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                         
74 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
76 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                
77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                      
78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
80 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                   
81 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
82 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          3.21
83 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      
84 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
87 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                    5.31
89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
90 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                
91 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                              
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                    
95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
96 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        
97 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                
99 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     
100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 
101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
104 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                             
106 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                6.59
107 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     8.36
108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                               9.52
109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  
110 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
111 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                       
112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  
114 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
115 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
116 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                              
117 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   
118 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             
119 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                  
120 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
121 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          
122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                             
124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  
125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                           
126 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              
127 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      
128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                 
129 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
130 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
131 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
132 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         14.52
133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                
134 Jose Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                               
135 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
136 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                        
137 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
138 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               
139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                           
140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
141 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                              
143 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
144 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                             
145 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                
146 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                               
147 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
148 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                              
149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              
150 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
151 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             
152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                   
153 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott           
154 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
155 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                             
156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                 
158 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                     
159 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    
160 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        

Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank      03:42:25
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                          0.04
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                         
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                               0.06
5 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          0.07
6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        0.10
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
11 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                  
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    
17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                               
18 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                            
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                             
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
23 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                           
24 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
26 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                       
27 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        
29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
32 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
33 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
34 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                             
35 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          
36 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      
37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      
39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
40 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                   
42 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  
43 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                             
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
47 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
48 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
49 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
50 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 
51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
53 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
54 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
56 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                 
60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     
61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                      
63 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                             
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    
65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
67 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                     
68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                       
69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 1.45
70 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
71 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
72 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              
73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                         
74 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
76 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                
77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                      
78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
80 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                   
81 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
82 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          3.31
83 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      
84 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
87 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                    5.41
89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
90 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                
91 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                              
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                    
95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
96 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        
97 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                
99 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     
100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 
101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
104 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                             
106 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                7.09
107 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     8.46
108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                              10.02
109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  
110 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
111 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                       
112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  
114 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
115 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
116 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                              
117 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   
118 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             
119 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                  
120 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
121 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          
122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              

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