Roman Kreuziger - Team Liquigas

Tour de Suisse: Roman third in Switzerland

Sun June 21, 2009, 18:51

Roman Kreuziger conquered third place overall at the Tour de Suisse and he proved to be in exquisite shape before the Tour de France.

"I think I can be satisfied. After all, I finished on the podium at a prestigious race. And it is a good sign towards the Tour. I had a month off racing and I didn’t know how I would be riding at all after a difficult training camp in the mountains, "Roman said. 
In the ultimate time trial in Bern he finished in seventh. Not surprisingly, the last stage was dominated by an excellent time trialist Cancellara who consequently won the race overall. "I knew that Cancellara would be clearly the best. And I was also afraid of Martin. He is a great time trialist, too. So it worked out as I kind of expected. Though, I was frightened a little bit before the time trial that I would be fifth or so, "Kreuziger admitted. 
Cancellara started off two minutes behind Roman and he caught him with three kilometers to go."It is always unpleasant when somebody catches you up during a time trial. But it can be accepted considering it is Cancellara. Instead, it gave morale and I made the finish better. I was even able to gain some seconds on Klöden who gave me 25 seconds in long time trials last year. So I can’t be disappointed, "Roman added. 
Tomorrow he is going to take a ride in Italy and in the evening he is moving to the Czech Republic for a short visit. 
Results (Bern 39 km): 1. Fabian Cancellara (Swi/Saxo Bank) 45:59, 2. Tony Martin (Ger/Columbia-Highroad) +1:27, 3. Thomas Dekker (Hol/Silcence-Lotto) +1:42, 4. Marcus Burghardt (Ger/Columbia-Highroad) +1:43, 5. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Quick Step) +1:48, 6. Cameron Meyer (Aus/Garmin-Slipstream) +1:50, 7. Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Liquigas) +2:00. Final overall classification: 1. Cancellara 33:05:51, 2. Martin +2:02, 3. Kreuziger +2:24, 4. Klöden (Ger) +2:50, 5. Karpec (Rus) +3:18, 6. Cunego (Ita) +3:23.

This article is also translated :
Paráda: Roman ve Švýcarsku třetí!
Giro di Svizzera: Roman terzo in classifica generale - Translated by: A&J Sport as Image