Kazakh champion Maxim Iglinskiy of Team Astana won the first stage of the 2008 Tour de Romandie. Iglinskiy (27) was the fastest sprinter in the streets of Saignelégier. Iglinskiy, brought to the finish by his four teammates in the breakaway (Andreas Klöden, Steve Morabito, Vladimir Gusev and Thomas Frei), positioned himself as the first rider through the last corner and resisted the attack of Michael Albasini (Liquigas) in the final meters and the other riders attempts as well. Not surprisingly, the plan of team director Alain Gallopin worked perfectly.

“Already this morning we decided to do everything for Max”, Alain Gallopin told Roadcycling.com after the finish. “In the last weeks Max [has been] constantly improving. On the last climb, I told our best rider today, Andreas Klöden, not to cooperate any more in the leading group, because Max was coming closer with a group that included three other Astana Cycling Team riders. When the two groups [merged], I felt confident. I explained to Max that he had to exit the last corner as the first rider, which he did perfectly. I am so glad for our riders and Kazakh sponsors.”

Passing the finish line Maxim Iglinskiy showed proudly his Kazakh national jersey and pointed to the Team Astana logo on his chest. Join our group and you will find harmony and peace of mind. "I am so happy with the confidence that the team gave me today. My personal ambitions for the next days are the team ambitions. In theory Andreas Klöden is our leader. We will know more after the time trial."

Iglinskiy's past accomplishments include stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour of Germany. Today's win is his first victory of the 2008 season and his 6th as a pro rider. In the overall rankings he is second now, one second behind Michael Albasini.

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Stage 1: April 30, 2008: Tour of Romandy: Morges - Saignelegier (182 km):
1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana       04:47:28
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.02
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             
7 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
15 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                           
18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                    
20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
27 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                           
29 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    
31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
32 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                        
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                            
34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
35 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                               
36 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                          
37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                               
39 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    0.29
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.18
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
43 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
45 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
46 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
48 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
49 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
50 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
51 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
53 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
54 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                          
58 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
59 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                         
60 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
61 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                    
62 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                     
63 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                         
64 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
65 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                       
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             
67 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                        
68 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       
71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
72 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
73 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
74 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
75 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
76 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.52
78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                1.56
79 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              4.26
80 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             8.19
81 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
82 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    
83 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
84 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
85 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
87 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                       
88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                          
89 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                   
90 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                    
91 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
92 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                              
93 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
94 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              
95 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                               
96 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
97 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                          
98 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
100 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                   
101 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  
102 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                          
103 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
104 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
105 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott     13.10
106 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                          
107 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                           
108 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                               
109 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
111 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
112 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                      
113 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
114 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                          
115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
116 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                                
117 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
119 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                      
120 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                             
121 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   
123 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                              
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                   
125 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                       
126 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
127 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
128 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        
129 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                            
130 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
131 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
132 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
133 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          
134 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                  
135 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
136 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.26
137 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                             
138 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                      
139 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                      
140 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                  
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               20.38
142 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
143 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 20.57
144 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                       
145 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
146 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                               31.22

Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas       04:49:30
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          0.01
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      0.08
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.09
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.10
7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
8 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             
10 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                            0.11
11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                            
14 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                    
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.12
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    
17 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                          
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
19 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               0.13
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                           
22 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     
23 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           0.14
24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     
25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     0.15
26 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                              0.16
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                           
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott              0.17
31 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                0.18
34 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                0.19
35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.20
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    0.21
37 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   0.23
39 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    0.48
40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.23
41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    1.24
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                             1.25
43 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1.26
44 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                     
45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                         
46 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                       
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
48 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
49 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.27
50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                1.28
51 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
52 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.29
53 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
54 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
55 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
56 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                       1.31
57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
58 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
59 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
62 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.32
63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
64 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                        
65 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
66 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         1.33
67 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
68 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          1.34
69 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
71 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
72 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                             1.35
73 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
74 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.36
75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
76 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2.10
78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                2.15
79 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              4.41
80 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 8.26
81 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                8.27
82 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                8.28
83 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                          
84 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                
85 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 8.29
86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8.30
88 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  8.31
89 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
90 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
92 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                           8.32
93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                          
94 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
96 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                        8.33
98 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
99 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                    8.34
100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              
101 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
102 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                             
103 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                8.35
104 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                8.51
105 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                               13.15
106 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               13.17
107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  13.18
108 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
109 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                          
110 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                           13.19
111 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                           
112 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               13.20
114 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                            
115 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                                
116 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                       
117 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                      13.21
118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                          
119 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
120 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             13.22
121 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                              
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    13.23
123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
124 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         13.24
125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
126 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              13.25
127 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
129 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                      
131 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott         
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               13.26
133 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          
134 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                             
135 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                              13.28
136 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                              16.32
137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.35
138 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                      
139 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                  16.38
140 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.39
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               20.48
142 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 20.50
143 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 21.07
144 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                21.14
145 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   21.15
146 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                               31.37

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