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 Rabobank.

2007 UCI ProTour, race 11 of 26
Race details
Dates1–6 May
Stages5 + Prologue
Distance666.5 km (414.1 mi)
Winning time17h 27' 02"
Results
Winner  Thomas Dekker (NED) (Rabobank)
  Second  Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) (Astana)
  Third  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) (Astana)

Points  Thomas Dekker (NED) (Rabobank)
Mountains  Laurent Brochard (FRA) (Bouygues Télécom)
Sprints  Patrick Calcagni (SUI) (Liquigas)
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Final standings

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Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour
Points
1   Thomas Dekker Rabobank 17h 27' 02" 50
2   Paolo Savoldelli Astana + 11" 40
3   Andrey Kashechkin Astana + 34" 35
4   Cadel Evans Predictor–Lotto + 43" 30
5   Chris Horner Predictor–Lotto + 46" 25
6   Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 1' 35" 20
7   Igor Antón Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 51" 15
8   Andy Schleck Team CSC + 1' 53" 10
9   Sylwester Szmyd Lampre–Fondital + 1' 55" 5
10   Janez Brajkovič Discovery Channel + 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.
Cyclist Team Points
1   Laurent Brochard Bouygues Télécom 64 pts.
2   Chris Anker Sørensen Team CSC 42 pts.
3   Eros Capecchi Liquigas 30 pts.
Cyclist Team Points
1   Thomas Dekker Rabobank 43 pts.
2   Paolo Savoldelli Astana 35 pts.
3   Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner 32 pts.

Sprints classification

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Cyclist Team Points
1   Patrick Calcagni Liquigas 10 pts.
2   László Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 9 pts.
3   Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 7 pts.

Stages

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

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Italian Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) 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   Italy Astana 4' 35" 3 pts.
2 Roman Kreuziger   Czech Republic Liquigas + 5" 2 pts.
3 Chris Horner   United States Predictor–Lotto + 7" 1 pt.

Stage 1 – 2007-05-02, Granges-PaccotLa Chaux de Fonds, 157 km

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Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner 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   Germany Gerolsteiner 4h 08' 58" 3 pts.
2 Francisco Pérez   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 2 pts.
3 Joaquim Rodríguez   Spain Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 1 pt.

Stage 2 – 2007-05-03, La Chaux de Fonds – Lucens, 167 km

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The only real sprinter stage of this edition of the Tour de Romandie was an easy win for Australian rider Robbie McEwen. The Predictor–Lotto rider held off Borut Božič with ease.

Rider Country Team Time UCI ProTour
Points
1 Robbie McEwen   Australia Predictor–Lotto 4h 01' 14" 3 pts.
2 Borut Božič   Slovenia Team L.P.R. s.t. N/A
3 Enrico Gasparotto   Italy Liquigas s.t. 1 pt.

Stage 3 – 2007-05-04, MoudonCharmey, 163 km

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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 Lampre–Fondital 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   Italy Lampre–Fondital 4h 04' 15" 3 pts.
2 Fumiyuki Beppu   Japan Discovery Channel s.t. 2 pts.
3 Marco Pinotti   Italy T-Mobile Team + 2" 1 pt.

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

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A long break by Lampre–Fondital rider Gorazd Štangelj finished with 8 kilometers to go. By then, Astana'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 Predictor–Lotto 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   Spain Euskaltel–Euskadi 4h 36' 55" 3 pts.
2 Thomas Dekker   Netherlands Rabobank s.t. 2 pts.
3 Chris Horner   United States Predictor–Lotto s.t. 1 pt.

Stage 5 – 2007-05-06, Lausanne, 20 km ITT

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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 Astana 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   Netherlands Rabobank 26' 36" 3 pts.
2 Paolo Savoldelli   Italy Astana + 5" 2 pts.
3 Andrey Kashechkin   Kazakhstan Astana + 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
  A2R AG2R Prévoyance
  AST Astana
  BTL Bouygues Télécom
  COF Cofidis
  C.A Crédit Agricole
  CSC Team CSC
  DSC Discovery Channel
  EUS Euskaltel–Euskadi
  FDJ Française des Jeux
  GCE Caisse d'Epargne
  GST Gerolsteiner
  LAM Lampre–Fondital
  LIQ Liquigas
  LPR Team L.P.R.
  PRL Predictor–Lotto
  QSI Quick-Step–Innergetic
  RAB Rabobank
  SDV Saunier Duval–Prodir
  TMO T-Mobile Team
  UNI Unibet.com

Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race

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As of May 6, 2007, after the Tour de Romandie[1]

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.

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Rank
Name Nationality Team Points
1 1 Davide Rebellin   Italy Gerolsteiner 157
2 2 Alejandro Valverde   Spain Caisse d'Epargne 107
3 3 Danilo Di Luca   Italy Liquigas 100
4 4 Óscar Freire   Spain Rabobank 82
5 5 Stuart O'Grady   Australia Team CSC 79
6 6 Stefan Schumacher   Germany Gerolsteiner 75
7 7 Fränk Schleck   Luxembourg Team CSC 63
8 8 Juan José Cobo   Spain Saunier Duval–Prodir 62
9 9 Alberto Contador   Spain Discovery Channel 58
10 10 Tom Boonen   Belgium Quick-Step–Innergetic 57
11 Thomas Dekker   Netherlands Rabobank 55
12 11 Andreas Klöden   Germany Astana 53
13 12 Alessandro Ballan   Italy Lampre–Fondital 50
14 13 Matthias Kessler   Germany Astana 50
15 18 Robbie McEwen   Australia Predictor–Lotto 47
  • 93 riders (up from 82 riders) have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.

References

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  1. ^ Updated Rankings Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine 2007-05-06; UCI; Accessed 2007-05-06
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