Tour de Romandie 2008 Final Results

Andreas KlÃ¶den of Astana became the first German ever to win the Tour de Romandie, easily holding on to his overall title win in a final stage which saw Daniele Bennati of Liquigas take the sprint finish. Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas was second overall, followed by Marco Pinotti of Team High Road.

The German winner turned his attention immediately to the upcoming Giro d’Italia, to which his controversial team finally received a last-minute invitation. “Winning the Tour de Romandie is not a dream, but a great satisfaction in one of the most beautiful tests in the ProTour. It is true that this happiness is doubled by being able to take part in the Giro, knowing that the Tour de Romandie is the best preparation.”

Final General classification1 Andreas KlÃ¶den (Ger) Astana                16.43.20

2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas

3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road

4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FranÃ§aise des Jeux

7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step

8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale

9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana

10 JosÃ© Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott

11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre

12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner

14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas

15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road

16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott

17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana

19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC

20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne

21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner

22 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FranÃ§aise des Jeux

23 David MoncoutiÃ© (Fra) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) CrÃ©dit Agricole

25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                     4.15

26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team

27 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step

28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

29 Chris Anker SÃ¸rensen (Den) Team CSC

30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) CrÃ©dit Agricole

31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott

32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas

33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC

34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC

35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto

36 Francis Mourey (Fra) FranÃ§aise des Jeux  10.20

37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale

38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

39 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

41 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step

42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana

43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom

44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto

45 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel (Fra) FranÃ§aise des Jeux

46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step

47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott

48 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner

49 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto

50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) CrÃ©dit Agricole

51 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram

52 IÃ±aki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) CrÃ©dit Agricole

54 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi  20.26

55 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott

56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

57 RenÃ© Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale

58 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana

59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank

60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step

61 JÃ©rÃ©my Roy (Fra) FranÃ§aise des Jeux

62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road

63 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana

64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre

65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram

67 BjÃ¶rn SchrÃ¶der (Ger) Team Milram

68 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team

69 RÃ©my Di GrÃ©gorio (Fra) FranÃ§aise des Jeux

70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana

71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC

73 Julien El FarÃ¨s (Fra) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC

75 JosÃ© Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale

76 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner

77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team

78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale

79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre

80 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team

81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre

82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) CrÃ©dit Agricole

83 Christophe Kern (Fra) CrÃ©dit Agricole

84 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre

85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas

86 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner

87 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

89 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana

90 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) CrÃ©dit Agricole

91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram              40.38

92 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

93 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road

94 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road

95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom

96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale

97 JosÃ© Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre

101 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC

102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone

103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas

104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank

105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road

106 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram

107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas

108 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team

109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas

110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road

111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team

112 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas

113 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road

114 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team

115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

116 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram

117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom  1.00.08

118 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank

119 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step

120 Luciano AndrÃ© Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott

121 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team       1.21.57