2007 Tour de Romandie
| 2007 UCI ProTour, race 11 of 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1–6 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 666.5 km (414.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 17h 27' 02" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Thomas Dekker (NED)
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(Rabobank) |
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| Second |
 Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)
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(Astana) | |
| Third |
 Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)
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(Astana) | |
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Points |
Thomas Dekker (NED)
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(Rabobank) |
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Mountains |
 Laurent Brochard (FRA)
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(Bouygues Télécom) |
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Sprints |
 Patrick Calcagni (SUI)
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(Liquigas) |
The 2007 Tour de Romandie served as the 59th edition of this event now held on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The stage race was held from May 1 through May 6, 2007 in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. The race winner was Thomas Dekker of Rabobank.
Italian Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) repeats his win in last year's prologue with a time of 4 minutes, 35 seconds over the 3.5 kilometer course at 45.82 km/h (28.5 mph).
Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner took the win after he escaped in the finale together with Francisco Pérez. Fothen beat him in a classical sprint-a-deux. The peloton bunch sprint was just behind the two leaders.
The only real sprinter stage of this edition of the Tour de Romandie was an easy win for Australian rider Robbie McEwen. The Predictor–Lotto rider held off Borut Božič with ease.
Although the course was really difficult, the favourites did not feel like attacking today. And thus, the escapees got their shot at winning a stage. After a win in the Tirreno Adriatico Lampre–Fondital cyclist Matteo Bono added another nice win to his palmares. He held of Japan's Beppu in the sprint. Beppu did score the first Pro Tour points ever for Japan though.
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