Andreas Kloden of Astana Wins The Tour de Romandie
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Astana’s Andreas Kloden won the Tour of Romandie title on Sunday after the final stage, a 154.2km ride from Le Bouveret to Lausanne.
Italian Daniele Bennati of Liquigas won a sprint finish for the stage honors ahead of Sweden’s Markus Zberg and Kazhakh Maxim Iglinsky.
Kloden had taken the leader’s yellow jersey from the third stage.
He took the title ahead of Czech rider Roman Kreuziger of the Liquigas team, who finished 35sec behind and Italian Marco Pinotti of High Road at 43sec.
Tour of Romandie cycling results after Sunday’s 154.2km fifth and final stage between Le Bouveret and here:
5th stage
1. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 3hr 43min 39sec, 2. Markus Zberg (SUI) same time, 3. Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) s.t., 4. Matti Breschel (DEN) s.t., 5.
Bjorn Schroder (GER) s.t., 6. Mark Cavendish (GBR) s.t., 7. Danilo Wyss (SUI) s.t., 8. Daniele Righi (ITA) s.t., 9. Daniel Moreno (ESP) s.t., 10. Mikel Astarloza (ESP) s.t.
Final overall standings
1. Andreas Kloeden (GER) Astana 16hr 43min 20sec, 2. Roman Kreuziger (CZE) at 35sec, 3. Marco Pinotti (ITA) 43, 4. Denis Menchov (RUS) 45, 5. Mikel Astarloza (ESP) 54, 6. Sandy Casar (FRA) 1:05, 7. Manuel Garate (ESP) 01:08, 8. John Gadret (FRA) 01:14, 9. Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) 01:48, 10. Angel Gomez
(ESP) 01:52.
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