Horner’s performance in the six-day event also included several trips to the podium with a third-place finish in the opening 3.5-kilometer prologue in Fribourg and a third-place effort in the 156-kilometer stage four from Charmey to Morgins on Saturday.

Horner’s efforts on Saturday put him in the yellow leader’s jersey with one stage remaining. After stage four, Horner held a slim seven-second advantage over Igor Anton Hernandez (ESP/Euskatel-Euskadi) but it was the nine-second advantage over eventual winner Thomas Dekker (NED/Rabobank) that worried him the most heading into the last stage.

In the event’s final stage, a 20-kilometer time trial in Lausanne, Horner placed seventh, 55 seconds off the pace of Dekker, to relinquish the yellow jersey and give the Dutchman the overall victory.

Horner’s performance netted him 27 UCI ProTour points. As the only American to score points on the UCI ProTour this season, the United States is now ranked 12th in the overall nation’s standings, also with 27 points.

The 2007 UCI ProTour continues with the first of cycling’s three Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia in Italy, May 12-June 3. Running concurrently with the second week of the Tour of Italy is the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in Spain, May 21-27. Three Americans – George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team), David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City Utah/CSC) and Aaron Olson (Bend, Ore./T-Mobile) are scheduled to compete in the Giro.

2007 UCI Pro Tour

Individual Standings
1. Davide Rebellin (ITA) 157
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (ESP) 107
3. Danilo Di Luca (ITA) 100
4. Oscar Freire Gomez (ESP) 82
5. Stuart O’Grady (AUS) 79
37. Chris Horner (Bend, Ore.) 27

Team Standings
1. Team CSC (DEN) 170
2. Liquigas (ITA) 163
3. Rabobank (NED) 137
4. Casse d’Epargne (ESP) 136
5. Ag2r Prevoyance (FRA) 136
7. Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (USA) 135

Nation Standings
1. Italy 397
2. Spain 354
3. Germany 241
4. Australia 216
5. Belgium 147
12. United States 27

For complete UCI ProTour Standings, visit www.uci.ch.