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Good news - After cycling Team IAM, BMC launches Team U23

More good news for the Swiss cycling. After the announcement during the Tour de Romandie by Team IAM to create a Pro Continental team, including a dozen Swiss riders, it's time to think BMC's young professionals. BMC will indeed launch next year a team M23.

This team will be composed mainly of young Swiss and Americans.
Mentioned last week at the Tour de Romandie by Andy Rihs, the news was confirmed in a statement. "I think we will attract much interest from the best young riders. They will have the opportunity to reap the benefits of a team that is successful," said Andy Rihs, the owner of the ProTour training.
"For the long term, we must think about who will succeed to some of our veterans," added the businessman Zurich.

This team will be U23 registered in the USA Cycling and will take part in international races. Like BMC Racing, his little sister U23 will be funded by BMC Switzerland, the Helvetic bicycle brand.

WorldTour - It\'s moving behind Boonen

While the Kazakh Maxim Iglinskyi won at Liege-Bastogne-Liege
classic the first major of his career, although several men-ranked World Tour marked important points.

As a result, the positions behind Tom Boonen remains a strong leader have changed somewhat. Vincenzo, the second in Liege, rose to second place and
Samuel Sanchez, the seventh Sunday, settled only in 3rd place.

WorldTour - Standings after Liege-Bastogne-Liege and before the
Tour de Romandie (April 24-29).

Individual
1. Tom Boonen (Bel / Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 366 points. 2. Vincenzo Nibali (IUF) 252. 3. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) 252. 4. Peter Sagan (SLQ) 229. 5. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) 222. 6. Simon Gerrans (Aus) 210. 7. Oscar Freire (Spa) 180. 8. Michael Albasini (Swi) 172. 9. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 8. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 166. Then: 17. Maxim Iglinskyi (Kaz) 100. 21. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86.

Teams
1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 547. 2. Liquigas Cannondale-516. 3.
Katusha 502. 4. Astana 408. 5. Greenedge 402. 6. Sky 366. 7. BMC 350. 8.
RadioShack 327-Nissan. 9. Rabobank 254. 10. Euskaltel-Euskadi 252.

Nations
1. Spain 851. 2. Italy 765. 3. Belgium 674. 4. Netherlands . 404
5. Australia 315. 6. Switzerland 258. 7. Slovakia 229. 8. U.S. 153. 9. Ireland 132. 10. France 120.

From Liège to Romandie: good shape

Several of the runners and spectators will discover on the road Romande April 24 to 29 showed promising form at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Three of them have taken place particularly in the "Top Ten": Daniel Martin and Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda), fifth and ninth, Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) sixth.

A meeting also 11th in Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale), the 12th of Pierrre Rolland (Europcar), the 21st of Arthur Vichot (FDJ-BigMat 22nd and Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM). Special mention to Pierre Rolland who was revealed to the public last year by winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France. beyond its high ranking, he was one of the great main protagonnistes Belgian classic, part of a trio of cons-attack who made the junction with the échapée morning to the 180th km and is now almost permanently to the first positions, leaving several times on the offensive without complex..

Ivan Basso will start

The list of favorites for the Tour de Romandie widens. The Italian team Liquigas-Cannondale, which currently holds the third place of the WorldTour, has announced its selection in the presence of Ivan Basso.

2010 Giro winner Basso will be the leader of a formidable training including
the Colombian Jose Sarmiento, Fabio Sabatini and Polish Sylvester Szmyd. The Tour de Romandie will start next Tuesday with the prologue to be held in Lausanne.

WorldTour - The performance of Albasini

La Fleche Wallonne, the 12th round of the WorldTour was won by Joaquim Rodriguez. With tremendous success, certainly not too surprising, the Spannish of Katusha passes third in the standings on equal points with compatriot Samuel Sanchez. Tom Boonen is a very strong leader with 137 points ahead of Peter Sagan.

The second "Purito" Rodriguez at the top of the terrible wall of Huy was Michael Albasini. This superb performance came after his victory in the Tour of Catalonia, has reported 60 points and allowed to settle in an excellent 8th place overall in the WorldTour. It also allows Switzerland to win a place in the standings by nation. Sixth of the Amstel Gold Race, the third arrow, Philippe Gilbert confirmed his return to condition and occupies 23rd place on the eve of Liège-Bastogne-Liege.

WorldTour - Standings after the Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-before Liege (April 22)

Individual - 1. Tom Boonen (Bel / Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 366 points. 2. Peter Sagan (SLQ) 229. 3. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) 222. 5. Simon Gerrans (Aus) 210. 6. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 192. 7. Oscar Freire (Spa) 180. 8. Michael Albasini (Swi) 172. 9. Alejandro
Valverde (Esp) 167. 8. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 166. Then: 16. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86.

Teams - 1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 547. 2. Katusha 502. 3. Liquigas Cannondale-436. 4. Greenedge 402. 5. Sky 366. 6. BMC 350.

Nations - a. Spain 851. 2. Belgique670. 3. Italy 611. 4. Netherlands 364. 5. Australia 315. 6. Switzerland 258. 7. Slovakia 229. 8. U.S. 153. 9. France
120. 10. Great Britain 118. 29 classified.

WorldTour - Peter Sagan second

The Amstel Gold Race, the 11th round of the WorldTour saw the victory of the unexpected Enrico Gasparotto. The Italian team Astana has become
front and Jelle Vanendert Peter Sagan.
Suddenly, the Slovak won three overall ranks, becoming the heir apparent Tom Boonen, the distance, however respectable 131 points.

While Gasparotto celebrated his first victory in a great classic, Gilbert last year's winner, got his first points of the season. Note also 10th in the Dutch Bauke Mollema, in ascending form and will be one of the favorites of the Tour de Romandie.

WorldTour - Standings after the Amstel Gold Race and Fleche Wallonne before (April 18) and Liege-Bastogne-Liege (April 22).

Individual - 1. Tom Boonen (Bel/ Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 366 points. 2. Peter Sagan (SLQ) 229. 3. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) 222. 4. Simon Gerrans (Aus) 210. 5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 182. 6. Oscar Freire (Spa) 180. 7. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 8. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 166. 9. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) 142. 10. Michael Albasini (Swi) and Bradley Wiggins (GB) 112. 16. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86.

Teams - 1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 547. 2. Liquigas
Cannondale-426. 3. Katusha 422. 4. Sky 366. 5. Greenedge 342. 6.
RadioShack 327-Nissan. 7. BMC 300. 8. Euskaltel-Euskadi 222. 9. Astana 213. 10. Movistar 205.

WorldTour - Tom Boonen takes off

Tom Boonen continued his wild streak. In celebrating his fourth victory on the road to "Hell of the North", he joined the De Vlaeminck record and also aligned its fourth classic of the season after the GP E3, Ghent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders. So, he flew to the classification of WorldTour, now before Simon Gerrans of 156 points

WorldTour - Standings after the Tour of the Basque Country and Paris-Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race before (April 15).

Individual - 1. Tom Boonen (Bel / Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 366 points. 2. Simon Gerrans (Aus) 210. 3. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) 208. 4. . Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 182. 5. Peter Sagan (Slo) 179. 6. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 7. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 166. 8. Joaquin Rodriguez / Esp) 142. 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) 140. 10. Michael Albasini (Swi) and Bradley Wiggins (GB) 112. 16. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86.

Teams - 1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 547. 2. Katusha 382. 3. Liquigas Cannondale-376. 4. Sky 366. 5. Greenedge 342. 6. RadioShack 327-Nissan. 7. BMC 279. 8. Euskaltel-Euskadi 208.

Nations -  Spain 717. 2.Belgique 567. 3. Italy 566. 4. Netherlands 348. 5. Australia 315. 6. Switzerland 198. 7. Slovenia 179. 8. U.S. 153. 9. France 120. 10. Great Britain 118.

Tom Boonen\'s new No. 1 worldwide

Successively won the GP E3, Ghent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders, Belgium's Tom Boonen is the new No. 1 worldwide. It removes the top spot WorldTour Australian Simon Gerrans.

The Tour of Flanders was particularly unfortunate for the Swiss. Victim of a fall to about sixty kilometers from the finish, Fabian Cancellara was forced
to retire after suffering a broken collarbone. RadioShack and
teammate-Nissan, Gregory Rast 11th at the finish, the fourth time Greg Van Avermaet has missed a place for getting his first points for the WorldTour.

However good day for BMC class two men in the top five, Alessandro Ballan and Greg Van Avermaet third fourth. So, Ballan be found at a nice 9th place of WorldTour.

WorldTour. Standings after the first eight trials and before the Tour of the Basque Country (April 2-7) and Paris-Roubaix (April 8).



Individual: 1. Tom Boonen (Bel / Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 266 points. 2. Simon Gerrans (Aus) 210. 3 .Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 182. 4. Peter Sagan (Slo) 179. 5. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 6. Oscar Freire (Spa) 140. 7. Michael Albasini (Swi) and Bradley Wiggins (GB) 112. 9. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 96. 10. Lieuwe Westra (PB) 92. 11. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) 88. 12. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86. 92 classified.

Teams: 1. Liquigas Cannondale-376. 2. Sky 356. 3. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 349. 4. Greenedge 333. 5. RadioShack 315-Nissan. 6. Katusha 282. 7. BMC 208. 8. Movistar and Vacansoleil DCM-198. 10. Astana 130.

Nations: 1. Belgium 467. 2. Spain 461. 3. Italy 416. 4. Australia 297.
5. Netherlands 204. 6. Switzerland 198. 7. Slovakia 179. 8. U.S. 141-9.
Great Britain 116. 10. France 98. 28 classified.

Deserved invitation for Saur-Sojasun

The riders of the French team Saur-Sojasun (Continental ProTeams) were quick to show themselves worthy of the invitation they received from the organizers of the Tour de Romandie. They have won two stages in the Tour of Catalonia.

In Catalonia, where the final victory returned to Switzerland Michael Albasini, also winning the first two stages, the Saur-Sojasun sprinter Julian Simon proved the fastest of the 5th and 7th sectors, winning a first time before Rigoberto Uran then the second, before Francesco Gavazzi and Damiano Cunego. Saur Sojasun also took 3rd place in the team standings, behind Garmin, Katusha and Barracuda.

The brilliant start to the season of the training led by Stephane Heulot was also visible in the second place finish on the European Tour UCI Jerome Coppel and team standings, with only 2 points-of Endura Racing.

Evans, Cavendish head Tour de Romandie entries

our de France winner Cadel Evans and road race world champion Mark Cavendish head the entry list for the Tour de Romandie next month.
Race organizers say Cavendish's Britain and Sky teammate, Bradley Wiggins, winner of this month's Paris-Nice race, is also scheduled to compete in the April 24-29 event.

Evans won in Romandie for BMC Racing last year, a stepping stone to capturing his first Tour victory in July.

Cavendish won the Romandie prologue in 2008 and will be favored for this year's 3.34-kilometer (2.08-mile) opening stage, which finishes in front of the Olympic Museum.

The six-day race ends with a time trial covering 16.5 kilometers (10.25 miles) of terrain around the ski resort of Crans-Montana.

WorldTour: Michael Albasini in the Top 10!

Winner of the General and two stages of the Tour of Catalonia, Michael
Albasini got 112 points for the WorldTour. A brilliant performance that let him to be in seventh place ranking with a leading Australian Simon Gerrans remains.

The 112 points of Albasini added to 86 points of Fabian Cancellara earned at Tirreno-Adriatico (1st chrono) and Milan-San Remo (second), allowing
Switzerland to position themselves in fifth place in the standings by nation.

WorldTour. Standings after the first seven events and before the Tour of Flanders.

Individual: 1. Simon Gerrans (Aus / Greenedge) 210 points.
2. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 182. 3. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 4. Tom Boonen (Bel) 166. 5. Oscar Freire (Spa). 140. 6. Peter Sagan (Slo) 129. 7. Michael
Albasini (Swi) and Bradley Wiggins (GB) 112. 9. Lieuwe Westra (PB) 92. 10. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) 88. 11 - Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 86.

Teams: 1. Sky 356. 2. GreenEdge 333. 3. Liquigas Cannondale-326. 4. RadioShack-Nissan 315. 5. Katusha 256. 6. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 239. 14. BMC 78.

Nations: 1. Spain 461. 2. Italy 351. 3. Belgium 337. 4. Australia 297. 5.
Switzerland 198. 6. Netherlands 164. 7. U.S. 141. 8. Slovakia 129. 9. Great Britain 118. 10. France 94.

WorldTour - Gerrans Leader

With his victory in Milan-San Remo, Simon Gerrans is the new leader of the WorldTour. Second on the Riviera, Fabian Cancellara is now in the TopTen.

 

Rankings after Milan-San Remo and before the Tour of Catalogne

Individuel: 1. Simon Gerrans (Aus/Greenedge) 210 points. 2. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 182. 3. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) 167. 4.Bradley Wiggins (GB) 112. 5. Lieuwe Westra (PB) 92. 6. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) 86. 7. Christopher Horner (USA) 84. 8. Roman Kreuziger (Tch) 78. 9. Tiago Machado (Por) 72. 10. Peter Sagan (SLQ) 69.

Teams:
1. RadioShack-Nissan 312. 2. Liquigas-Cannondale 263. 3. Sky 219. 4. Greenedge 218. 5. Movistar 192. 6. Vacansoleil-DCM 176. 7. Katusha 156. 8. Astana 89. 9. AG2R-La Mondiale 74. 10. BMC 72. Country: 1. Italie 305. 2. Australie 297. 3. Espagne 280. 4. Pays-Bas 163. 5. Etats-Unis 118. 6. Grande-Bretagne 118. 7. Belgique 91. 8. Suisse 86. 9. République tchèque 78. 10.- Portugal et France 72.

Santini new supplier for leader jerseys

Santini Maglificio Sportivo is the new supplier of the Tour de Romandie leader jerseys.


The Italian cyclingwear company and the Tour de Romandie subscribed to a
2 year sponsorship agreement starting from 2012 for the supply of the yellow, pink, white and green leader jerseys for the event.

The Santini clothing range has some of the most technically advanced features currently available on the market. Founded in 1965, Santini is currently sponsor of 3 major World Tour teams (Greenedge, Katusha, Vacansoleil-DCM) and also partner and supplier of the Giro d'Italia and the UCI.

Santini is a family run company based in Bergamo, Italy, with over 40 years manufacturing experience. All Santini clothing is 100% handmade and designed in Bergamo, Italy, with a daily production of over 3000
pieces. The company has an export rate of more than 70%, which, together with the constant research into new materials and new production methods, keeps them ahead of the competition and at the top of the market.

Richard Chassot, General Manager of Tour de Romandie is proud to welcome Santini as the partner of the leader jerseys because of their fabulous experiences and their proximity with professional cycling teams. Richard Chassot says: “I enjoy counting an international sponsor as Santini in our team of faithful sponsors.”

A wild card awarded to the team of Jerome Coppel

After Europcar, a second Pro Continental team
was awarded a wild card for the Tour de Romandie which runs from April 24 to 29. This is training French Saur-Sojasun whose general manager is former rider Stephane Heulot and leader Jerome Coppel. The participation of Tour de Romandie is now complete including 20 teams of 8 riders (18 of the WorldTour and two Continental Pro).

Coppel, a native of Arbusigny on the slopes of Mount Salève above
Geneva, is the best French rider this season with two victories (against
the time-trial uphill and General Final L’Etoile de Bessèges) and two third places (the time-trial and the final overall Tour of Andalucía-Ruta
del Sol). He comes to take 5th place in the eighth and final stage of Paris-Nice, a time-trial to the top of the Col d'Eze.

The other runners on theThe Tour de Romandie, announced by Saur-Sojasun
are the following : Brice Brice Feillu - winner of the mountain stage of Arcalis during the Tour de France 2009, winner Jimmy Engoulvent-prologues of the Tour of Luxembourg in 2007 and 2009, Tour of Portugal in 2010, the Tour of Andalusia in 2011, Jonathan Hivert - winner of a stage of the Tour of Andalusia in 2011, Laurent Mangel - winner of a stage of the Tour de Wallonie 2010, Julian Simon - winner of Grand Prix Villafranca, 2011, Cyril Lemoine and David Le Lay.

 

Richard Chassot new president of Swiss Cycling



Richard Chassot new president of Swiss Cycling

Director of the Tour de Romandie last five years, Richard Chassot is
from Saturday, March 3rd President of Swiss Cycling. At the 145th general assembly of delegates in Ittigen, the many members present of the federation have made ​​important decisions for the future of Swiss cycling: by electing the new president and supporting the implementation of dual membership in the new sport concept of Swiss Cycling, the
Federation may consider the future more confidently.

With 88 votes out of 132, Richard Chassot was elected new
president of Swiss Cycling. The “Fribourgeois” (41 years) will head the steering committee, which now welcomes four new members. Bruno Hofer, the former Olympic champion Robert Dill-Bundi, Jean-Pascal Depallens and Melchior Ehrler had been unanimously elected by the delegates present at the general meeting.

Swiss Cycling has closed 2011 with a profit of CHF 42'000. -. This
result was mainly achieved through strict adherence to the 2011 budget.  of Swiss Olympic has been reduced by CHF 50'000. -. The deficit of the Federation to 31.12.2011 amounts to CHF 1'247'928. -.

Tour de Romandie 2014 - Prolog in Tessin

The 68th edition of the Tour de Romandie will leave from Ticino. The prologue will be held on Tuesday in Ascona, on a distance of about 5 km, and the first stage will start from the same town and will end  in Valais. The agreement between the president of Ascona Aldo Rampazzi and Richard Chassot, director of the Tour de Romandie, was announced on Wednesday at a press conference held in Ticino.

This is the third time that the prolog of the Tour de Romandie will start in Ticino. In 1986, the prolog in Lugano was the victory of the French Jean-Francois Bernard, while the first stage between Lugano and Sion was won at the end of 234.6 kilometers by the Belgian Nico Emonds. In 2000, Paolo Savoldelli won the prolog in Locarno.  Mario Cipollini won the sprint at the end of the first stage Locarno-Le Bouveret, 225 km long.

In 1977 was the final stage of the Tour de Romandie in Ticino. He was part of the fifth stage which ran in two sections, the first (Brissago Lugano 90 km) won by Gianni Motta and the second (6 laps of the circuit 15 km from Lugano) marked by the victory of Gosta Petterson

\"Contador Affair\": UCI takes a stand

UCI learned of the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to impose a suspension of 2 years following the Alberto Contador appeal, as the Doping Agency (WADA), in the case against the Spanish rider.

In rejecting defense arguments concerning especially the consumption of contaminated meat that would have been the cause of the presence in urine of clembuterol Alberto Contador, the judgment confirms the position of the UCI.

This is not a feeling of satisfaction that the CAS decision sparked with the UCI, which has welcomed the news as the culmination of a long case, extremely painful for cycling. The UCI President, Pat McQuaid said in effect: "It's a sad day for our sport: some might think that we won, but that's not true at all. There is never a winner when it comes to doping: each case, regardless of variations, is still one too many.

Doping: Contador suspended two years and deprived of his victory in the Tour de France 2010

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has made ​​its decision on "the case Contador". The Spanish rider was sentenced to two-year suspension for his doping test during the Tour de France 2010.

He loses the benefit of his victory in the Tour 2010, the Luxembourg Andy Schleck finished in second place. Suspended until August 6, 2012, it will not be aligned at the start of the next Tour de France.

Contador's victories gained in 2011, the Giro, are also lost by the Spanish rider, now aged 29.

The decision was taken by the CAS arbitral panel composed of the Israeli Efraim Barack, the Swiss Quentin Byrne-Sutton and Germany's Ulrich Haas. The CAS, which imposed two year suspension retroactive to January 25, 2011, took into account the temporary suspension of Contador, nearly six months between August 2010 and February 2011.

The case arose July 21, 2010 when Contador, then yellow jersey of the Tour de France, has undergone a drug test which was positive due to minute traces (50 picograms) of clenbuterol, an illegal substance.

Contador, who pleaded food contamination to explain the presence of traces of clenbuterol in its analyzes, had been acquitted at trial by his federation in February 2011.

He was thus able to run normally during last season and won the Giro before finishing fifth in the Tour de France.

Contador is a member since 2011 of the Saxo Bank team led by Bjarne Riis. This year, he began by winning two stages of the Tour de San Luis in Argentina.

Good news: Marcel Wyss remains in the peloton

The Swiss-Jakroo Personnal Atlas received his licence from UCI Continental
for the 2012 season. A double good news for swiss cycling since Marcel
Wyss will be part of this training.

Marcel Wyss appeared last year in the ranks of Geox. This team had
disappeared, abandoned by its sponsor, the rider of Münsingen found unemployed. His "recovery" by Personnal Atlas-Jakroo should allow him to speak again to him and who knows, some interesting directors Sports Pro
Continental or even ProTour for next season. For Marcel Wyss, 26 year old, is still a great talent, as evidenced by his second in the time trial swiss championship in 2011 and his eighth place of the Tour de Romandie 2010
which was even to rank fifth on the very difficult stage to ending in Abondance.

Team Atlas-Personnal Jakroo this season will have 17 riders as the Swiss Raphael Addo, Marcel Aregger, Michael Baer, Felix Baur, Peter Erdin, Jonathan Fumeaux, Daniel Henggeler, Jan Keller, Pirmin Lang, Bernhard Oberholzer, Simon Pellaud, Patrick Schelling, Nicolas Winter and Marcel Wyss, and the Germans Florian David Rösch and Salzinger and the Hungarian Peter Kusztor.

Tour de Romandie 2012: towards a reunion Evans-Martin

The month of January is the presentation of
the new season for cycling teams. Team managers and riders
share their projects, their program.

Through the various ads include those of Cadel
Evans (BMC) and Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) both
of them have included the Tour de Romandie in their program. Last year, Cadel Evans won the Tour de Romandie with only 18''ahead
of Tony Martin, who would later become time trial world champion. Their reunion in Romandie ahead spectacular.

Jakob Fugelsang and Oliver Zaugg (RadioShack-Nissan)
have also announced their participation in the 2012 Tour de Romandie.

WorldTour 2012: Simon Gerrans leading the first

The 2012
season was on the road as it is now a tradition launched by the Australian
trial of the Tour Down Under. The victory went to Simon Gerrans, who thus
becomes the first leader of the UCI WorldTour. It allows the new Australian
GreenEdge team celebrated its first success. Note also the dramatic return
after suspension of Alejandro Valverde. Three Swiss were engaged, was the best Martin Kohler, the 15th overall standings after wearing the leader's jersey two days, while Mathias Frank and Martin Elmiger completed the 42nd and 51st places.


WorldTour positions. Individual:
1. Simon Gerrans (Aus / GreenEdge) 106 points. 2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain /Movistar) 87. 3. Tiago Machado (Por / RadioShack-Nissan) 72. 4. Michael Rogers (Aus) 61. 5. Jan Bakelants (Bel) 40. 6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) 34. 7. Javier Moreno (Spa) 20. 8. André Greipel (All) 18. 9. Michael Matthews (Aus) 15. 10. Yauheni Hutarovich (Biel) 7.
Teams: 1. RadioShack-Nissan 115 points. 2. Movistar 108. 3. GreenEdge 107. 4. Sky 95. 5. Rabobank 20. 6. Lotto-Belisol 18. 7. Katusha 10. 8. FDJ-Big Mat 7. 9. Lampre-ISD 6. 10. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4. 11. Liquigas Cannondale 1.
Nations: 1. Australia 188 points. 2.
Spain 114. 3. Portugal 72. 4. Belgium 40. 5. Norway 35. 6. Germany 22. 7. Italy 10. 8. Belarus 7. 9. Russia 4.

Track cycling: The Swiss pursuit riders good, but ...

The four Swiss Team Pursuit (4 km) took 11th place in the race in Beijing, during the World Cup, with a time of 4'11''089 (average 57.350 per hour at 3 ''Britain, fourth.) A very good time, less than a second national record but not enough to open the doors of the Olympic Games. In this race, the Russians won in 4'00''88 ahead teams of Australia and New Zealand. Claudio Imhof, Stefan Kung, Kilian Moser and Théry Schir have paid a relatively laborious start before finishing very strong, making the last km in 1'00''777 which is the sixth fastest time of the final kilometre.

Cyclocross: from Beromünster in Koksijde

Julien Taramarcaz, from Wallis, won his first title in the Swiss elite cyclocross championships which was organised in Beromünster. He beats Simon Zahner and defending champion Christian Heule. In the women's victory Jasmine Achermann won as local representative while other titles were won by Fabian Lienhard (M23), Dominic Grab (M19) and Beat Morf (master).

Following these national championships, Swiss Cycling made ​​its selections for the World Championships to be held on January 28th and 29th in Koksijde (Belgium).

The following riders were selected in the Elite men category: Christian Heule (Tuggen), Julien Taramarcaz (Fully), Marcel Wildhaber (Wangen), Simon Zahner (Dürnten).

M23: Lars Forster (Jona), Arnaud Grand (Territet), Fabian Lienhard (Steinmaur), Michael Wildhaber (Wagon).

Women: Jasmin Achermann (Hunzwil), Lise-Marie Henzelin (Damphreux), Sabrina Maurer (Altstätten).

Juniors: Andri Frischknecht (Feldbach), Dominic Grab (Ebmatingen), Dominic Zumstein (Männendorf)

 

 

Swiss Cycling: Richard Chassot stays available ...

Melchior Ehrler will leave the presidency of Swiss Cycling at the next scheduled meeting of delegates on 3rd March 2012.

The name of Richard Chassot (41 years old), director of the Tour de Romandie, was quoted to replace Mr Ehrler. According to the statutes, applications must be submitted until January 21st.


Richard Chassot will be the new president of Swiss Cycling? "I didn’t apply as membership, he says. But it is true that I was actually contacted. And I said as I stood at the disposal if the committee and delegates feel that I can be the man of the situation. But being available does not mean that I will start a campaign or be an executive chairman. The Federation has enough skilled people for such tasks. "

Continental Pro Teams: 22 teams, 4 Switzerland

The UCI has released the list of professional continental teams (second division) in 2012. This list, ultimately, includes 22 teams. Four Swiss riders are part of either of these courses, or Andreas Dietziker and Reto NetApp Hollenstein, Rubens Bertogliati at Team Type 1-Sanofi and Jura Joris Boillat by Champion System.

The 22 pro continental teams for 2012: (in brackets the country of their license): Accent Verand Job Willems (Bel), Acqua & Sapone (Ita), Androni Giocattoli (Ita), Bretagne-Schuller (Fra), Caja Rural (Esp ), Cofidis (Fra), Colnago-CSF (IRL), Colombia-Coldeportes (Col), Lanbouwkrediet (Bel), Saur-Sojasun (Fra), Spidertech (Can) Team Netapp (All), Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (Bel ) UnitedHealthcare (United States), Project 1T41 (PB), Europcar (Fra), Andalucia (Spain), Champion System (China), Farnese Vini (Ita), Rusvélo (Rus), Ustensilnord Named (Irl).

Sponsorship contract with the banks Raiffeisen

Tour de Romandie's Direction is very pleased to renew its sponsorship contract with the banks Raiffeisen Suisse Romande 2015.

New website for Tour de Romandie : d-day

Friday, December 16, 2011. Today in Payerne, during the Tour de Romandie 2012 press conference, the course is presented. Friday, December 16th is also the D-Day to launch the redesigned website of Tour de Romandie. The organizers invite you to discover and visit it regularly. It does not just involve a lot of information about the Tour de Romandie but also other information relating to international cycling in general and cycling in Switzerland in particular.

And this Friday, December 16, 2011 is also the D-Day - 130 before the prologue of the Tour de Romandie Lausanne.

Teams of the UCI WorldTour and the leaders

18 teams get a WorldTour licence for 2012. They must participate at all the races of the WorldTour calendar like the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse.

Below the list of the 18 teams and the leaders :

11 Swiss in WorldTour

11 swiss bikers are in a team which is going to participate at the WorldTour calendar. They are:

Tour de France 2013 – 3th stage in Corsica

Christian Prudhomme, General Manager of Tour de France, introduced the program of the Grand Depart of the 100th edition in 2013. For the first visit of the Tour in Corsica, three steps were drawn between sea and mountains.

Prior to joining Bastia in the first stage, the peloton will make a slight detour to admire the cliffs of Bonifacio. On the coastal uplift, riders then borrow one of the few flat areas of the Island. But the next day, the registry change will be challenging. The diagonal Bastia-Ajaccio via Corte, offer climbers a field of expression with first ascents to the passes Bellagranajo, the Serra and Vizzavona. And for the third installment of this series island, the road to Calvi, with its spectacular views of the creeks of Piana, will also visit a must for the title contenders.

The stages in Corsica : Saturday, 29th June : Porte-Vecchio – Bastion, 200km. Sunda, 30th June : Bastion. Ajaccio, 155km. Monday, 1st July : Ajaccio – Calvi, 145km.

Track World Cup – The Swiss are distingued in Colombia

The third round of the Track World Cup held in Colombia, Cali. The Swiss have excellent performance with the bronze medal in the madison Périzzolo-Thiéry, 5th place in the points race, the eighth of Pascale Schnider in the individual pursuit and team pursuit in the ninth.

The swiss french speaking cyclistes Loïc Perizzolo and Cyrille Thiery have won in fine style the bronze medal in Madison where the victory went to Colombians wildly encouraged by their audienc. France finished second. The third place allows Swiss riders to take the overall lead in the World Cup, having already won the silver medal with Perizzolo and Dillier in the second round organised in Astana. The Swiss riders will be in Beijing with the grey jersey as leader.

As for the team pursuit, with Oliver Beer, Cyrille Thiery, Loïc Perizzolo Courthésy and Damien, she found a good level, finishing in ninth place with the time of 4'11''824.

New Label for Verbier La Romandie Classic

Two events « Cycling for all » join the "Swiss Cycling Classics" in 2012. This label recognizes the quality of their organization. It was delivered to the „Rund um Zürisee“ and „Verbier-La Romandie Classic“..

Events with a glorious past, a high level of quality and which excite the participants! The Swiss Cycling Classics brings together few of the main cycling for all events or mountain biking that expanding its scope.

The Rund um Zürisee was held for 30 years by the Bicycle Club since 2009 Küsnacht and its organization was taken over by the Bike Trial Club Stäfa. As for the cycling event "Verbier-La Romandie Classic" which is organized by the Committee of the Tour de Romandie, it was launched in 2010 and its first two editions have been a great success.

UCI WorldTour – 16 registrated teams

Nine teams confirmed on November 2nd, five recorded on November 18 and two renewed: sixteen of the eighteen teams WorldTour 2012 are known. Only two places will still be allocated. Only two places will still be allocated

The communication department of the UCI checked the situation. On November 2nd, the UCI registered teams already hold a current license and whose cases were eligible for registration.

These were the teams Astana, BMC Racing Team, Garmin-Cervélo, Lampre - ISD, liquid - Cannondale, Movistar Team, Rabobank, Sky Procycling, Vacansoleil-DCM.

After hearing 15th, 16th and 18th November 2011, the UCI WorldTour license was granted to the following teams: 2012-2015 Katusha, JDF (2012-2014), Belisol Lotto (2012-2015), Omega Pharma - Quick -Step (2012-2014), Saxo Bank (2012). The license application of Team Europcar was rejected and the Committee took note of the withdrawal of the license application GEOX-TMC team. Finally, the Licence Commission has granted registration for the 2012 season team AG2R La Mondiale and Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Decisions on GreenEDGE Cycling team and RadioShack-Nissan team will be given later, the Commission is waiting for additional documentation to be provided by these teams.

Quotas for 2012 Olympics - Switzerland has no complaints

UCI informed the National Olympic Committees about places for the Olympics 2012 in London. Switzerland will have the same number of riders as the big nations. The medals won by Fabian Cancellara in Beijing are in favour of this great situation.

Here are the quotas. Sprint Nations with 5 riders:

Australia, Belgium, Spain, Grea Britain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United States

4 riders for : Denmark and France

3 riders for : Bielorussia, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Irland, Marocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Turquia and Venezuela

2 riders for : Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lituania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Serbia, Ukraine and Ouzbekistan

1 rider for : Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chili, Costa Ricao, Cuba, Ecuator, Erythree, Estoonia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong-Konhg, Hungary, Corea, Lettonia, Mexico, Namibia, Roumania, South Africa, Slovakia, Sweden and Uruguay.

Total number of riders: 140

Individual time-trial :

2 riders for :

Australia, Denmark, Spain, Great Britain, Germany, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Switzerland

one rider:

Argentina, Belgium, Bielorussia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Iran, Irland, Italy, Japan, Lituania, Luxembourg, Marroco, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkia, United States and Venezuela.

Total number of riders : 40