2007 Tour de Romandie

Final standings

[General classification]

• 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.

Stages

Prologue – 2007-05-01, [Fribourg], 3.5 km ITT">Individual time trial">ITT

	Rider	Country	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Paolo Savoldelli	ItalyUCI team code|AST|2007CZEUCI team code|LIQ|2007 Stage 1 – 2007-05-02, [Granges-Paccot] – [La Chaux de Fonds], 157 km Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of 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 GermanyUCI team code|GST|2007 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 rider held off Borut Božič with ease. Rider Country Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1 Robbie McEwen AustraliaUCI team code|OLO|2007SLO 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 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 ItalyUCI team code|LAM|2007 Stage 4 – 2007-05-05, Charmey – [Pas de Morgins], 156 km A long break by rider Gorazd Štangelj finished with 8 kilometers to go. By then, '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 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 SpainUCI team code|EUS|2007 Stage 5 – 2007-05-06, [Lausanne], 20 km ITT">Individual time trial">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 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 NetherlandsUCI team code|RAB|2007 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 ItalyUCI team code|GST|2007