Index:
64th Tour de Romandie
A dramatic victory in the final stage would be the dramatic conclusion
to an exciting 2010 edition that pitted Tour de France rivals against each other
in an early season meeting. Links to DP Coverage of the Swiss Bike Battle
27 April - 2 May 2010
Stage 5 attack: Denis Menchov leads the break, Valverde, Simon Spilak and Igor
Anton follow, the break would upset the General Classification on the final day
with race leader Michael Rogers of HTC tipped into 4th place. Photo © 2010 Fotoreporter
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the final stage in Scion out of a 4
man break taking the win in the sprint and narrow overall victory of the 2010
Edition of the Swiss 8 day race. The victory took the Murcian to to the
top of the 9th
ranking of the UCI for 2010.
2010 Tour of Romandie
Jerseys (Final)
Maillot Jaune: Alejandro Valverde Caisse
d'Epargne
Best Young Rider: Simon Spilak
Lampre/Farnese Vini Slovenia
KOM: Thibaut Pinot Francaise des Jeux France
Sprint Points: Chad Beyer BMC Racing USA
Team: Team RadioShack
20 year Simon Spilak was the revelation of the race. Here winning stage 4 solo.
Photo © 2010 Fotoreporter
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Valverde's bold attack on the final stage pays off with the stage win... and
overall
Photo © 2010 Fotoreporter
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Top 5 Final General Classification
1 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne Esp 17:37:55
2 *Simon Spilak Lampre/Farnese Vini Slovenia - 0:11
3 Denis Menchov Rabobank Russia - 0:21
4 Michael Rogers HTC/Columbia Australia - 0:35
5 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Russia - 0:42
Final podium of the 2010 Giro di Romandie: Simon Spilak, Alejandro Valverde and
Denis Menchov. Photo © 2010 Fotoreporter
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Alejandro Valverde in yellow on the final podium
Photo © 2010 Fotoreporter
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Links to all the Daily Peloton
coverage of the race:
64th Tour de Romandie
27 April - 2 May 2010
Prologue:
Porrentruy ITT 4.3 km
Stage 1:
Porrentruy -
Fleurier
175.6 km (2,198m)^^
Stage 1:
Results & General Classifications
Stage 1 Team
Reactions
Stage 2:
Fribourg - Fribourg
178 km (1,528m)
^^
Stage 2:
Results & General Classifications
Stage 2: Team
Reactions
Stage 3:
Moudon ITT
23.4 km
Stage 3:
Results & General Classifications
Stage 3: Team
Reactions
Stage 4:
Vevey - Châtel 157.9 km (2,005m)
^^
Stage 4:
Results & General Classifications
Stage 4: Team
& Rider Reactions
Stage 5:
Sion - Sion
121.8 km (2,780m) ^^^
Stage 5:
Results & General Classifications
64th Tour de
Romandie - Final Team & Rider Reactions
Total distance: 654.8 km
Total elevation gain: 3,918 meters
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