Team Astana's Andreas Klöden has won the 2008 Tour de Romandie. Klöden built on his successful time trial stage Friday in Sion to carry the yellow jersey all the way to Lausanne. The final stage sprint was won by Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) with Kazakh champion  Maxim Iglinskiy taking 3rd.

“The victory was a real team victory”, commented team director Alain Gallopin. “Thomas Frei, Vladimir Gusev, Maxim Iglinskiy, Julien Mazet, Steve Morabito, Dmitriy Muravyev and Sergey Yakovlev, they all worked hard the whole week.  In the last stage today 40 riders were in the breakaway on the Col des Mosses. All eight Astana ‘s were in that breakaway.  I think we were simply the best team on the Swiss roads.”

The Astana cycling team won the overall team classification as well and the pro team once again leads the ProTour team classification.

For Andreas Klöden, the overall victory was his second win of the season. The 32-year-old rider is the first German ever to win the Tour of Romandy which has taken place since 1947. He will be one of the team leaders in the Tour of Italy, starting next Saturday.

Stage 5: May 4, 2008: Tour of Romandy: Le Bouveret - Lausanne (159.5 km):
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas       03:43:39
2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                              
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            
5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                      
7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                               
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
12 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                
13 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
17 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     
21 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
26 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                              
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     
30 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                        
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                               
33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
34 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
35 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                      
38 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    
39 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
40 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
41 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
42 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  
43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
48 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    
49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
51 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     
52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                          
54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                     
55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
59 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
62 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            
63 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
64 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
65 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                     
66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         
68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                               0.21
69 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                      
70 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
71 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
72 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    
73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              0.27
74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
75 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                               
76 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      0.32
77 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                
78 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                            
80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    
81 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                        
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                           
83 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.37
84 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                               
85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               0.39
86 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
87 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.41
88 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                        
89 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
90 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                   0.45
91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                         0.46
92 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.49
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
95 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                 0.51
96 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
97 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                           
98 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        1.00
99 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                 
100 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                1.18
101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.26
103 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
104 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                        3.03
105 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.08
107 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
108 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4.11
109 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 4.24
110 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                    4.29
111 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6.25
112 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                        
113 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                           
114 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                            
115 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
117 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 6.58
118 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott      10.26
119 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
120 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
121 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                              17.33

Final overall rankings:
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana       16:43:20
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        0.35
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                    0.43
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          0.45
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.54
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.05
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                   1.08
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1.14
9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           1.48
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               1.52
11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                         1.58
12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2.00
13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2.05
14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                               2.10
15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                  2.12
16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            2.30
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             2.36
18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                          2.45
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                3.02
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     3.14
22 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             3.23
23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3.50
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            4.00
25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      4.15
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 4.28
27 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                       5.02
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       5.09
29 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5.17
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.54
31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                       6.43
32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      8.50
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      8.59
34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                   9.22
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                10.11
36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10.20
37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                             11.07
38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               11.30
39 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            11.49
40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        12.04
41 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                  12.29
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                         12.43
43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.46
44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              12.50
46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 13.40
47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     13.44
48 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    15.42
49 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                16.23
50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                16.31
51 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                17.35
52 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        18.37
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               19.53
54 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        20.26
55 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         20.29
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              20.43
57 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                20.51
58 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       20.57
59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      21.19
60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                        22.05
61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 22.45
62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                    23.19
63 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                            23.27
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        23.39
65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      23.47
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          23.58
67 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    23.59
68 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 24.04
69 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           24.28
70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                       24.35
71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               25.22
72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    27.28
73 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             27.31
74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       27.47
75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                 28.12
76 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     29.31
77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 30.49
78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                             30.57
79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                               
80 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   31.35
81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            32.00
82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               32.38
84 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     33.30
85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                      34.02
86 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    34.21
87 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           34.43
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              36.30
89 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                           37.23
90 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             38.15
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       40.38
92 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               40.56
93 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                    41.27
94 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                    41.34
95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               41.44
96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                             41.59
97 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   42.58
98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          43.25
99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 44.35
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                         45.32
101 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                          46.04
102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                46.12
103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     47.23
104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       47.28
105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                               47.48
106 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               48.16
107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      48.17
108 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                50.08
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    50.32
110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                               50.38
111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  53.21
112 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       54.11
113 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                55.34
114 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                             58.43
115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              59.01
116 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                       59.17
117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.00.08
118 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
119 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.05.09
120 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott    1.08.39
121 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                              1.21.57

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