2007 Tour de Suisse


The 2007 Tour de Suisse, the 71st edition of the cycle race, took place from 16 June until 24 June. As usual, the race began with a short prologue and featured a long individual time trial. Besides, riders also had to face several mountain stages in the Swiss Alps, including the Grimselpass, a 12.1 kilometres long climb with an average gradient of 6.6% and slopes at 10%. The race also visited the neighbouring countries of Liechtenstein and Austria.
The four top finishers of the 2006 edition, Jan Ullrich, Koldo Gil, Jörg Jaksche and Ángel Vicioso did not take part in 2007, as in one way or another they were all affected by the Operación Puerto affair. Koldo Gil was the only one of these riders who was not left without a team, after Ullrich was fired by his and Vicioso and Jaksche's team folded.

Teams

Twenty-one teams of eight riders started the race:
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Stages

Stage 1

16 June 2007 – Olten,
'''Stage 1 Result & General Classification after Stage 1'''

Stage 2

17 June 2007 – Olten to Luzern,
'''Stage 2 result'''

Stage 3

18 June 2007 – Brunnen to Nauders,
'''Stage 3 result'''

Stage 4

19 June 2007 – Nauders to Triesenberg-Malbun,
'''Stage 4 result'''

Stage 5

20 June 2007 – Vaduz to Giubiasco,
'''Stage 5 result'''

Stage 6

21 June 2007 – Giubiasco to Crans-Montana,
Due to a hailstorm, race officials once abandoned the stage. The stage was later restarted in Ulrichen and was shortened to 95 kilometers. The hors catégorie climb of Nufenenpass was cancelled as well.
'''Stage 6 result'''

Stage 7

22 June 2007 – Ulrichen to Grimselpass,
'''Stage 7 result'''

Stage 8

23 June 2007 – Innertkirchen to Schwarzsee,
'''Stage 8 result'''

Stage 9

24 June 2007 – Bern,
'''Stage 9 result'''

Final standings

General classification

CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTour
Points
1'''Vladimir Karpets.png" />Vladimir Karpets|RUSUCI team code|GCE|2007

Points classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1'''Daniele Bennati.png" />Daniele Bennati|ITAUCI team code|LAM|2007

Mountains classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1'''Vladimir Gusev|RUSUCI team code|DSC|2007

Sprint classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1'''Florian Stalder.png" />Florian Stalder|SUIUCI team code|VBG|2007

Team classification

Team NameTime
190h 27' 56"
2+ 4' 29"
3+ 8' 50"