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:

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 categorie 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''30h 07' 23"50
2+ 1' 04"40
3+ 1' 30"35
4+ 1' 30"30
5+ 1' 41"25
6+ 1' 46"20
7+ 1' 47"15
8+ 2' 50"-
9+ 3' 16"5
10'''+ 3' 19"2

Points classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1''60
257
350

Mountains classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1''45
236
334

Sprint classification

CyclistTeamPoints
1''29
214
312

Team classification

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

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