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Gonzalez wins the Tour de Suisse Cyclingnews spoke to a bitter Michael Rogers after the finish, and asked whether he was satisfied with the fact that he did everything he could today.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 14, 2006 in Frank Schleck , Jorg Jaksche , Tour de Suisse.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 17, 2006 in Cadel Evans , Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Jorg Jaksche , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
TrackBack June 16, 2006 Freire takes cagey win at Tour de Suisse Oscar Freire took a shortcut to a stage win on Friday.
who had a terrific spring campaign, will also pull out of the Tour of Switzerland before tomorrow's stage start.
Ullrich takes Swiss Tour with strong TT VeloNews quotes Ullrich:
“It's so close before the Tour de France, and it proves to me that I have the performance and I'm ready for the Tour,” he said.
Tour Of Switzerland Horner and NabiliAFP photo from VeloNews.
Tour Of Switzerland
Saturday's a big day, as the king stage of the Dauphiné covers 4 major climbs, and the Tour of Switzerland kicks off.
TrackBack June 15, 2005 One for the Swiss: Albasini takes Tour de Suisse Stage 5
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It was a different kind of Aussie taking the sprint for Française Des Jeux today, as Austria's Bernhard Eisel took the first stage of the Tour de Suisse, ahead of Quick Step's Tom Boonen and Gerolsteiner's Peter Wrolich.
Ullrich sounds Tour warning
T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich took a convincing win at the Tour de Suisse today.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 15, 2006 in Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Jorg Jaksche , Michael Rasmussen , Tour de Suisse.
Tomorrow is a 36-kilometer individual time trial that should provide a measure of Jan Ullrich's fitness with 3 weeks to go to the start of the Tour de France.
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The Tour de Suisse official page is available in French or in German.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 11, 2005 in Bobby Julich , Chris Horner , Fred Rodriguez , Iban Mayo , Jan Ullrich , Oscar Freire , Robbie McEwen , Saul Raisin , Tom Boonen , Tour de Suisse.
Ullrich "ready" for Tour de France
T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich says he's very happy with his condition with three weeks until the start of the 2005 Tour de France.
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Posted by Frank Steele on June 18, 2006 in Fabian Cancellara , Michael Rogers , Tour de Suisse.
Ullrich has long preferred the 9-day Swiss race to the Dauphiné Libéré as Tour prep, and this year, he'll be joined by T-Moble Tour squad compatriots Michael Rogers, who also abandoned at the Giro, in his case for a severe toothache, and Andreas Klöden.
Of course, Jan Ullrich is the biggest Tour GC threat at the race, starting today, but there are a lot of other Tour players involved.
TrackBack June 18, 2006 Tour de Suisse ITT underway
The final stage of the Tour of Switzerland is underway; it's an up-and-down 30 kilometers from Kerzera to Bern.
Ullrich is leading the Tour of Switzerland, which today is contesting its longest stage, told an unnamed "French sports daily": "Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Top 10:
1) Aitor Gonzalez, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 3:03:52
2) Frank Schleck, CSC, at :46
3) Daniel Atienza, Cofidis, at :58
4) Michael Rogers, Quick Step, same time
5) Chris Horner, Saunier Duval-Prodir, same time
6) Leonardo Piepoli, Saunier Duval-Prodir, same time
7) Beat Zberg, Gerolsteiner, at 1:42
8) Alexandre Moos, Phonak, same time
9) Tadej Valjavec, Phonak, same time
10) Koldo Gil Perez, Liberty Seguros, same time
11) Jan Ullrich, T-Mobile, same time
Ullrich on the TdS:
"I'm happy with my Tour de Suisse," said Ullrich in a brief statement before disappearing into his team's bus.
Last year, McGee had a disastrous Tour because of back, hip, and leg pain he said were initially caused by planting olive trees at his home.
World champion Freire out of Tour de France
Reigning world champ Oscar Freire of Rabobank will miss the 2005 Tour de France -- and for the same reason he missed last year's race.
TrackBack June 11, 2005 Bernhard Eisel takes first stage at Tour de Suisse
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Gerdemann breaks pro victory duck
Back-to-back surprise wins at the Tour of Switzerland, as CSC's Linus Gerdemann forged a stage win with an attack in the last 8 kms of the Friday stage.
TrackBack June 16, 2005 Chris Horner takes Tour de Suisse Stage 6! Michael Rogers takes race lead
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"Repeating last year's victory is not on my mind, it's all about a measured build-up to the Tour de France," Ullrich said.
Top 10:
1) Linus Gerdemann, Team CSC, 4:25
2) Lorenzo Bernucci, Fassa Bortolo, at :04
3) David Etxebarria, Liberty Seguros, at :14
4) Karsten Kroon, Rabobank, at :15
5) Fred Rodriguez, Davitamon-Lotto, same time
6) Martin Elmiger, Phonak, same time
7) Daniele Colli, Liquigas, at :23
8) Rene Haselbacher, Gerolsteiner, same time
9) Baden Cooke, Francaise des Jeux, same time
10) Robbie McEwen, Davitamon-Lotto, same time
Posted by Frank Steele on June 18, 2005 in Baden Cooke , Fred Rodriguez , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Robbie McEwen , Tour de Suisse.
TrackBack June 14, 2006 Tour de Suisse Stage 5 underway
With 5 kilometers to ride, Discovery Channel's Jurgen Van Goolen and Phonak's Steve Morabito have almost 2 minutes on the surviving pack.
In 2003, McGee won the Tour prologue, but then abandoned, complaining of metabolic problems; later tests suggested he was making too much insulin, screwing up his blood sugar levels.
Today and tomorrow, subscribers have both the Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour de Suisse to choose from.
Now, after Inigo Landaluze grabbed victory at the Dauphiné Libéré and Aitor Gonzalez turned up the heat on the hardest stage of the race to win the Tour of Switzerland, the Basque team looks like a team to watch in the mountains at the Tour de France.
Jan Ullrich to ride the Tour de Suisse Posted by Frank Steele on June 1, 2006 in Andreas Klöden , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Tour de Suisse.
Tour de Suisse Stage 3 results
Posted by Frank Steele on June 13, 2005 in Alejandro Valverde , Bradley McGee , Iban Mayo , Jan Ullrich , Joseba Beloki , Michael Rogers , Paolo Bettini , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
Saunier Duval-Prodir's Chris Horner took a big win today at the Tour de Suisse, finishing 1:12 ahead of Fassa Bortolo's Vincenzo Nibali.
Gonzalez finishes with 46 seconds in hand, to take the stage and the Tour of Switzerland!
Rogers made a show of sprinting for the bonus time, but Frank Schleck of CSC was second and Daniel Atienza third.
Tour de France 2006: Tour de Suisse Archives
McGee wins Tour of Switzerland third stage McGee, from cyclingnews.
Athlete of the Week Horner peaks in return to Europe Chris Horner's win in Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse, alongside his overall 5th-place finish in the race, prompted USA Today to name him their US Olympic Athlete of the Week.
"It was a beautiful race, and it was good preparation for the Tour de France, which was what I intended.
Tour de Suisse start list Cycling4All offers a final Tour de Suisse start list.
Photo Gallery Posted by Frank Steele on June 16, 2006 in Erik Zabel , Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Jorg Jaksche , Oscar Freire , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
TrackBack June 15, 2006 Tour de Suisse Stage 6 underway
Simon Gerrans of AG2R is alone ahead of Rabobank's Michael Rasmussen nearing the top of the final climb, long descent to La Punt to come.
Stage 3 Photo Gallery Posted by Frank Steele on June 12, 2006 in Bradley McGee , Cadel Evans , Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Jorg Jaksche , Michael Rasmussen , Paolo Bettini , Robbie McEwen , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
Tour Of Switzerland
Aitor Gonzalez, who animated yesterday's stage, is moving into the virtual yellow jersey at the Tour de Suisse this afternoon.
TrackBack June 17, 2006 Contador takes Suisse Stage 8
Astaná-Würth's Alberto Contador attacked 33 kilometers out on the last major climb of the day to take the last road stage of the Tour of Switzerland.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 13, 2005 in Bradley McGee , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Photo galleries , Tour de Suisse.
Michael Albasini of Liquigas-Bianchi took his first pro win at the Tour of Switzerland today, outsprinting the rest of a seven-man break that rode a 130-km breakaway.
Today, he took a big field sprint in Bad Zurzach (my favorite Spiderman villain!) at the Tour of Switzerland, following 3 wins in a short stay at the Giro d'Italia last month.
TrackBack June 01, 2006 Ullrich will return at Tour de Suisse
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TrackBack June 12, 2006 Nuyens takes Suisse Stage 3 and race lead
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Posted by Frank Steele on June 10, 2006 in Bradley McGee , Cadel Evans , Erik Zabel , Fabian Cancellara , Michael Rasmussen , Michael Rogers , Oscar Freire , Paolo Bettini , Robbie McEwen , Tom Boonen , Tour de Suisse.
On a Tour route widely considered to favor time trial specialists, he looks well-positioned to take a second career Tour win.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 19, 2005 in Aitor Gonzalez , Chris Horner , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Tour de Suisse.
Injured Ullrich eyes Swiss return Jan Ullrich, who pulled out of the Giro d'Italia last week complaining of a back injury, will next race at the Tour of Switzerland, starting a week from Saturday.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 17, 2005 in Chris Horner , Jan Ullrich , Photo galleries , Tour de Suisse.
Tour de Suisse Stage 4 results
Posted by Frank Steele on June 14, 2005 in Baden Cooke , Jan Ullrich , Robbie McEwen , Tom Boonen , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
At one point, McGee said 2005 was the year when he thought he could win the Tour's overall title; his good form has got to at least make him a favorite in this year's prologue.
McGee takes third stage of Tour of Switzerland
Quoting McGee:
"For the first time I started training for the Tour de France last October," he said.
McGee closes in on Ullrich
There were some notable performances with the Tour de France in mind.
Australia's Brad McGee is looking well-prepared for the Tour, as he took a sprint win on Stage 3 at the Tour of Switzerland today.
Nuyens moves into Swiss Tour lead QuickStep's 26-year-old Nick Nuyens kept the freshest legs in a late-stage breakaway Monday to take the 3rd stage of the Tour de Suisse.
TrackBack June 19, 2005 Tour de Suisse Stage 9 underway
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Posted by Frank Steele on June 21, 2005 in Chris Horner , Tour de Suisse.
by Frank Steele on June 19, 2006 in Cadel Evans , Christian Vande Velde , Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse , Vladimir Karpets.
Top sprinters Tom Boonen and Robbie McEwen are here, and are the favorites for the Tour's green jersey this year.
Horner takes tough stage at Swiss Tour Good lead:
With a veteran's tactics and the heart of a rookie, American underdog Chris Horner (Saunier Duval - Prodir) picked up his first major European victory Thursday, crushing the competition in the mountainous sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland.
Tour de Suisse Stage 6 results
Posted by Frank Steele on June 16, 2005 in Chris Horner , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
Results
Posted by Frank Steele on June 15, 2005 in Jan Ullrich , Tour de Suisse.
2005 Tour Wayback Machine
Stage 1: Zabriskie takes stage, Armstrong passes Ullrich!.
TrackBack Tour of Switzerland kicks off today
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Posted by Frank Steele on June 20, 2005 in Aitor Gonzalez , Jan Ullrich , Photo galleries , Tour de Suisse.
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"But what I can say for sure is that two weeks before the start of the Tour, I am very close to my ultimate fitness level.
Ullrich takes second Tour de Suisse title Jan Ullrich took a 2nd career Tour de Suisse win, winning the final stage time trial by more than 20 seconds over his nearest competition.
There are a few more mountain stages [at the Tour of Switzerland] that will help me gauge my true form.
Ullrich's victory in his preferred Tour de France warmup showed he could stay close to the climbers on the climbing stages, and that he's still the man to beat in a time trial.
Tour de Suisse Stage 9 and Overall Results Posted by Frank Steele on June 20, 2005 in Aitor Gonzalez , Chris Horner , Frank Schleck , Jan Ullrich , Michael Rogers , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 15, 2005 in Oscar Freire , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse , Tour news.
TrackBack June 10, 2006 Boonen wins Tour de Suisse opener
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TrackBack Gonzalez takes stage and Tour de Suisse
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His teammate Michael Albasini will finish with both the climbers' and points jersey for the Tour de Suisse, and both are on the just-named Liquigas Tour squad.
On the other hand, he skipped a number of classics with flu, and left the Giro before the hardest stages, so he may be tapering perfectly to the Tour.
TrackBack June 14, 2005 McEwen takes mass sprint at Tour de Suisse
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That's not Baden! Posted by Frank Steele on June 11, 2005 in Baden Cooke , Bradley McGee , Fabian Cancellara , Jan Ullrich , Robbie McEwen , Tour de Suisse.
McEwen has managed to maintain a high level of fitness since winter, when he won a number of summer races in the southern hemisphere, including 3 stages at the Tour Down Under (where beer does flow and men chunder).
Posted by Frank Steele on June 10, 2006 in Erik Zabel , Robbie McEwen , Tom Boonen , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
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There may be a stronger field taking the start of the Tour de Suisse than is contesting the Dauphiné, despite the presence of the top American GC threats at the Dauphiné; the Swiss tour includes Ullrich, Robbie McEwen, Oscar Freire, last year's Dauphiné champion Iban Mayo, Tom Boonen, and Americans Bobby Julich, Freddie Rodriguez, Saul Raisin, Jason McCartney, Guido Trenti, and Chris Horner.
With Alessandro Petacchi skipping this year's Tour de France, it looks like Robbie McEwen will be the fast man to beat during the Tour's first week.
Top 10:
1) Jan Ullrich, T-Mobile, 44:06
2) Bradley McGee, Française des Jeux, at :15
3) Michael Rogers, Quick Step, at :18
4) Fabian Cancellara, Fassa Bortolo, at :39
5) Serguei Gonchar, Domina Vacanze, at :40
6) Vladimir Gusev, Team CSC, at :46
7) Jens Voigt, Team CSC, at :58
8) Bobby Julich, Team CSC, at 1:02
9) Dario Frigo, Fassa Bortolo, at 1:08
10) Patrik Sinkewitz, Quick Step, at 1:09
Posted by Frank Steele on June 12, 2005 in Bobby Julich , Bradley McGee , Fabian Cancellara , Jan Ullrich , Jens Voigt , Michael Rogers , Patrik Sinkewitz , Top Stories , Tour de Suisse.
Tour de Suisse Stage 3
Picking up the DP commentary as Koldo Gil is trying a late breakaway:
But unfortunately for him, there was a certain German wearing a certain yellow thingy around today.
Rogers has 20 kms to make up 32 seconds on Gonzalez, or Aitor will take the Tour of Switzerland title.
TrackBack June 12, 2005 Ullrich takes Tour de Suisse TT, race lead
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