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Tour de Romandie 2011 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 The 2011 Tour de Romandie was one of two one week stage races BMC's Cadel Evans won leading up to his win at the Tour de France in July  Big Photos from the 2011 Tour de Romandie — sirotti/reuters |
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News and Updates for Tour de Romandie 2011
Stage 5 results: Ben Swift wins the only sprint finish of the week; Cadel Evans wraps up the overall
Stage 5 results: 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 3:50:51 2 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 4 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 6 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack 7 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 10 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team Final General Classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 16:51:49 2 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad + 0:18 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana + 0:19 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad + 0:31 5 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team + 0:41 6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:51 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack + 0:52 8 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team + 0:58 9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo + 0:59 10 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo + 1:00
Sky's Geneva convention guides Swift to victory; Evans wraps up overall title
— cyclingnewsCadel Evans wraps up Tour de Romandie as Ben Swift takes final stage — velonews
Stage 5 Highlights (01:33 Flemish) — sporza 6 Big Photos from Stage 5 (more photos added) — reuters/sirottiWin at Romandie ‘very satisfying’ for Evans — cyclingnews Graham Watson Stage 5 photos — grahamwatsonMay 1 update: This year's Tour of Romandie ends in Geneva after two cat 1 climbs in the middle heading south from the start in Champagne. The last 25 km are flat so Cadel Evans 18s lead isn't likely in jeopardy provided the rain holds off. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 4 ITT: Cadel Evans's 8th place ride moves him to the top of the GC; Dave Zabriskie benefits from an early start to take the win
9 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — reuters/sirottiStage 4 results: 1 David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo) 27:57 2 Richie Porte (Saxo Bank-SunGard) 27:59 3 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) 28.13 4 Bradley Wiggins (Skuy) 28:15 5 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 28:24 ... 8 Cadel Evans (BMC) 28:41 General Classification after Stage 4 1 Cadel Evans (BMC) 2 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) + 0:18 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) + 0:19 4 Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) + 0:31 5 Beñat Intxausti (Movistar Team) + 0:41
Zabriskie powers to Romandie time trial
— cyclingnewsDave Zabriskie wins Tour de Romandie TT, Cadel Evans takes lead — velonews 9 Big Photos from Stage 4 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti Stage 4 ITT Highlights (02:54 German) — sf.tv Graham Watson Stage 4 photos — grahamwatsonApril 29 update: Pavel Brutt (Katusha) will take a 32s lead over Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and 42s over Cadel Evans (BMC) into the penultimate stage. He's not known as a time-trialist so tune in to see what happens on the lumpy, somewhat technical 20.5 km ITT starting from Aubonne. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 4 ITT Start Order and Times — biciciclismoStage 3 results: Vino schools the field in Neuchatel and collects 10s bonus to move up to 2nd overall before the decisive ITT on Saturday
The only thing AG2R's Mikaël Cherel should be upset about is that he sat on Astana's Alexander Vinokourov's wheel for too long and then tried to pass him in the narrow gap with the barriers
4 Big Photos from Stage 3 — reuters/sirottiStage 3 results: 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 3:47:55 2 Mickael Cherel (AG2R) 3 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 4 Ben Swift (Sky) 5 Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 6 Davide Vigano (Sky) 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) 8 Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 9 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) 10 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) General Classification after Stage 3 1 Pavel Brutt (Katusha) 12:31:34 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) + 0:32 3 Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) + 0:38 4 Cadel Evans (BMC) + 0:42 5 Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 0:46 6 Steve Morabito (BMC) + 0:50 7 Beñat Intxausti (Movistar Team) + 0:51 8 Olivier Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) 9 Pieter Weening (Rabobank) 10 Marcel Wyss (Geox-TMC) + 0:52
Alexandre Vinokourov takes stage three in disputed breakaway sprint — velonationVinokourov powers to victory
— cyclingnewsAlexander Vinokourov wins stage at Tour de Romandie, Pavel Brutt keeps lead — velonews 4 Big Photos from Stage 3 — reuters/sirotti Graham Watson Stage 3 photos — grahamwatsonApril 28 update: Stage 3 isn't as lumpy as stage 2, but it will have category 1 and category 2 climbs near the finish. Unlike stage 2, the last three kms into Neuchâtel will be flat. Note the earlier live video time. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 2: Damiano Cunego surges for the uphill win in Romont; Pavel Brutt put under pressure and loses 45s of his overall lead
Cunego prevails in Romont — cyclingnewsCunego al Romandia
Battuti Evans e Vino — gazzetta.itDamiano Cunego takes uphill sprint victory Tour de Romandie as leader Pavel Brutt struggles — velonews 10 Big Photos from Stage 2 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti Graham Watson Stage 2 photos — grahamwatsonApril 27 update: When in cycle-tourist mode, I enjoy cloverleaf tours. If you are not familiar with the term, that's when you set up base camp somewhere and do recreational rides in all directions over three or four days. Some people call that a "cloverleaf tour." Well, Stage 2 consists of three cloverleaves through the hilly Romandie countryside with Romont being "basecamp" or the hub. Romont is a pictureque Swiss hilltop town (photos) and the last km to the finish of stage 3 will be 7.5%. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Stage 1: Break succeeds with Pavel Brutt (Katusha) winning by almost 2 minutes over the peloton
Brutt solos to victory in Leysin — cyclingnewsPavel Brutt climbs through the rain to take first road stage — velonation 8 Big Photos from Stage 1 (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti Graham Watson Stage 1 Photos — grahamwatsonBenatti out of Tour de Romandie with broken collarbone — cyclingnewsRobert Kiserlovski leaves Touyr de Romandie, Giro d’Italia in doubt — velonews
The view of Chateau d'Oex, km 120 of Stage 1. Here's an excellent recreational ride off of today's route that's too narrow for a professional race:
Cycling Switzerland, Chateau d'Oex - Lac de L'Hongrin 40 km Loop — steephill.tv
April 26 update: Stage 1 gradually works its way uphill finishing with two cat 1 climbs and an uphill finish in Leysin. Call this the Queen Stage for a tame Tour de Romandie this year.
The day starts out easy heading north from yesterday's prologue site in Martigny. We'll pass the UCI head office in Aigle, transverse the shores of Lake Geneva before tackling the diffcult part of this stage. The riders will loop through some classic Romandie countryside (narrow twisty roads with lush hills) climbing Col du Pillon at km 150, the highest point of this year's Tour de Romandie at 1545m (3D tour) before descending to the base of the ski resort in Leysin. The finishing climb (generously awarded category 1) is about 6 km long with a modest 4.4% average grade. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
3D Flyover of Col du Pillon el. 1546m (Cat 1) at km 150 (22 km to go) — cyclingthealps
Prologue results: Jonathan Castroviejo edges Taylor Phinney (BMC) to give Euskaltel-Euskadi a rare prologue win
7 Big Photos from the Prologue (more photos added) — reuters/sirottiPrologue results: 1 Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 3:40.42 (49 kph) 2 Taylor Phinney (BMC) 3:40.69 3 Leigh Howard (HTC) 3:41.55 4 Geoffrey Lequatre (RadioShack) 3:42.37 5 David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) 3:42.52 6 Denis Van Winden (Rabobank) 3:43.40 7 Patrick Gretsch (HTC-Highroad) 3:43.90 8 Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) 3:44.06 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 3:44.37 10 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) 3:44.42
Castroviejo stuns in Romandie prologue — cyclingnewsJonathan Castroviejo takes prologue at 2011 Tour de Romandie — velonews 7 Big Photos from the Prologue (more photos added) — reuters/sirotti Graham Watson Prologue photos — grahamwatson
April 25 update: A short (3.5 km), dead-flat prologue with a bunch of 90 degree corners on pavé. Lots of good TTer's in the field to choose from including Frantisek Rabon (HTC) winner of the flat 3.1 km Lausanne prologue at the 2009 Tour de Romandie (photo left), Rabon's teammate Marco Pinotti who won the prologue last year, perennial prologue favorites David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky). The weather forecast is partly cloudy and 10C which may make it the nicest day weather-wise for the entire race with rain forecasted for much of the remaining week. Apparently, the organizers have cut the hardest turn on the prologue course so the overall distance has been trimmed to 2.9 km. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve
Prologue Start Order and Times — biciciclismo
2011 Race Previews
April 25 update:
2011 Worldwide broadcasters and initial sources for live video — steephill.tvEvans and BMC ready for Romandie — sbs.auEvans, Phinney to ride the Tour de Romandie — cyclingnewsNicolas Roche Video Interview: Building towards Liège, Romandie and Tour
— velonation 2011 Official startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tvTime trials loom large in Tour of Romandie — velonewsEvans, Basso, Menchov line up for Tour de Romandie
— AFP
April 24 update:
Cadel Evans and Taylor Phinney ready to ride at Tour de Romandie — velonews
2011 Tour de Romandie Course Preview
April 17 update: As usual, the Tour de Romandie starts with a short prologue and includes a time-trial near the end. This year's individual time trial is positioned on the penultimate stage on a course that can neither be described as easy or difficult.There are never any big mountain days at the Tour de Romandie just a bunch of hilly stages on narrow roads. Stage 2 will feature two cat 1 climbs near the end with a uphill finish in Leysin so we'll call it the queen stage.
 
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See the stage maps, profiles and timetables in race summary table (right) and scroll down for the provisional rosters.
— Steve
Live Streaming Video, Text Updates and and TV Coverage
April 25 update: A work in progress for Tour de Romandie 2011 live and delayed coverage. Check back at race time for the unrestricted live links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve| media source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions |
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 live video (dutch) tv schedule |
Daily live coverage of Ronde van Romandie on Dutch tv coverage. Stage 3 live at 13:55 CET on EXQI Sport. |
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live video (french) live video (french) tv schedule |
France and Europe satellites; looks like delayed coverage on Sport+ |
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live video
(italian) tv schedule |
Italian; Sport Italia diretta and unrestricted. |
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delayed video (english) live video (english) tv schedule (british) |
British Eurosport will have live coverage on Eurosport 2. Stage 5 is delayed on British Eurosport. Starts at 22:30 CET. |
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 live video (spanish) tv schedule
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Spanish; daily live coverage. Restricted |
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tv schedule |
United States; Delayed coverage, April 26-29 @ 4pm; April 30-May 1 Time TBD |
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highlights
(restricted) tv schedule |
Romande; French. |
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 live text updates |
English updates |
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live text updates (french)live ticker |
live text updates and new race ticker on the official site |
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live text updates ESlive text updates EN |
The Biciciclismo website has the latest Spanish race updates |
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 steephill text updates official tweets
#romandie twitter group |
short text updates from any and everyone | check back at race time for more and updated links;  send a comment or a new live link |
2011 Route Map
Large Detailed Route Map — tourderomandie