Tour Down Under - Cat. 2.3Australia, January 18 - 23, 2000Main Page Video Report Results Stage 3 - January 20, Glenelg to McLaren Vale, 184 kmVideo FootageCourtesy of John Doggett-Williams The following clips are from stage 3 of the race, which was dominated by a long break. They'll take a few minutes to download (we recommend you save them first before playing). Again we welcome your feedback on these clips with respect to download time and quality
Courtesy of John Doggett-Williams Cooler weather greeted riders today as they headed out for the longest stage of the tour - 184 km from Glenelg to McLaren Vale, passing through the seaside suburb of Victor Harbour. After yesterday's enourmous time gap between 11 breakaway riders and the peloton, it was a day for opportunists to try and steal a stage win. The teams that missed the break yesterday (Farm Frites, Sunsmart, Saeco-Gaggia, and Polti) were basically out of the race and were expected to do something to redeem themselves. However, the attack came from a Big Mat-Auber93 rider, Stephane Berges, who escaped very early in the race and quickly established a lead on his way toward the first climb. This was Sellicks Hill (58 km, 330m high), and Berges was already 9:54 ahead of the bunch. He also took the points for the first sprint at Myponga (60km) before being treated to a downhill run of 50km into the seaside resort of Victor Harbour. The second sprint at 107 km was a formality for him, despite battling a strong headwind that put the rest of the race 25 minutes behind schedule. Behind Berges, there was some action in going for the second sprint. United Water-AIS rider Graham Brown managed to knock over a spectator while trying for some more points in Victor Harbour. According to another bystander, Brown was not happy, and "looked as though he wanted to go back and finish him off." However, he gallantly soldiered on, and the damaged spectator could breathe easy. Then began the slow, gradual grind for the next 50 km up to the second KOM at Old Willunga Hill (163 km). Despite the conditions, had enough of a lead - it was up to 14 minutes at one stage - to take the KOM points with 24 km to go. After this, it was another pleasant downhill to the finish at McLaren vale, where he happily took the victory, although his eventual winning margin was 1:45 In the bunch finish however, there was a strong showing by sprinter Erik Zabel (Telekom) and he was able to take second place, with Francaise des Jeux rider, Emmanuel Magnien taking third. In the overall classification, there was no change to Mick Rogers' leaders jersey as none of his rivals gained any real time on him today. The riders will face an undulating, winding course tomorrow in their 136 km journey from Unley to Modbury. Results1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 5.07.46 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 1.43 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Maurizio De Pascale (Ita) Linda McCartney 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 6 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 11 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 12 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 13 Torsen Nitsche (Ger) Saeco - Gaggia 14 Franck Pencole (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 17 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 18 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) United Water - AIS 20 Christopher Jenner (NZ) Credit Agricole 21 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 22 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 23 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 24 Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R - Prevoyance 25 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 26 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Polti 27 Mateos Perez (Spa) Polti 28 Corey Sweet (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 29 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney 30 Mathew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 31 Andrei Mizurov (Kaz) Telekom 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Saeco - Gaggia 33 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 36 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 37 Allan Johansen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 38 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney 39 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 40 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 41 Pascal Herve (Fra) Polti 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 43 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 44 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 45 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 47 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 48 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney 49 Brad Davidson (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 51 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 52 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Linda McCartney 53 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 54 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 55 Joeg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco - Gaggia 56 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney 57 Ben Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney 58 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 59 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 60 Mikael Kyneb (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 5.51 61 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 62 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 63 Baden Cooke (Aus) United Water - AIS 64 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 65 Gerben Loewik (Ned) Farm Frites 66 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber93 67 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 68 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 69 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS 70 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 71 Brett Aitken (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 8.03 72 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber93 73 Luke Roberts (Aus) United Water - AIS 74 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 75 Remoo Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 76 Rassano Brasi (Ita) Polti 77 Mirko Crepaldi (Ita) Polti 78 Brett Lancaster (Aus) United Water - AIS 0.11.00 79 Graham Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 80 Johan Capiot (Bel) Farm Frites 81 Frederic Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Jerome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 84 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 85 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 87 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS 88 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Polti 89 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 3.52.14 90 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 91 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 92 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 93 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia DNS 94 Valentino China (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia DNS 95 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti DNS 96 Alexandre Botcharov Russia Ag2R - Prevoyance DNS 1st TAB Sprint (Myponga) - 60 km 1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 6 pts 2 Graham Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 4 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 2nd TAB Sprint (Victor Harbour) - 107 km 1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 6 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 4 3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 2 1st KOM (Sellicks Hill) - 58 km 1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 16 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 12 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) United Water - AIS 8 4 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 6 5 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 4 2nd KOM (Old Willunga Hill) - 163 km 1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 16 pts 2 Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R - Prevoyance 12 3 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 8 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 4 Most aggressive rider: Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 General Classification after stage 3: 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) United Water - AIS 9.51.15 2 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 0.03 3 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 0.09 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.25 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.27 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.28 8 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 0.29 9 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 10 Mathew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 11 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 12 Jamie Drew (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 17.16 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 14 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 24.58 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 26.49 16 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 26.52 17 Maurizio De Pascale (Ita) Linda McCartney 26.53 18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 19 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 20 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 21 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 22 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 23 Torsen Nitsche (Ger) Saeco - Gaggia 24 Franck Pencole (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 26 Bradley McGee (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 28 Christopher Jenner (NZ) Credit Agricole 29 Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R - Prevoyance 30 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Polti 31 Mateos Perez (Spa) Polti 32 Corey Sweet (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 33 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney 34 Andrei Mizurov (Kaz) Telekom 35 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Saeco - Gaggia 36 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 37 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 38 Allan Johansen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 39 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney 40 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 41 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 42 Pascal Herve (Fra) Polti 43 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 44 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 45 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 46 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 48 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 49 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Linda McCartney 50 Brad Davidson (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 51 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 52 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Linda McCartney 53 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 54 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 55 Joeg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco - Gaggia 56 Pascal Richard (Swi) Linda McCartney 57 Ben Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney 58 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 59 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 60 Mikael Kyneb (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 31.01 61 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 62 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 63 Baden Cooke (Aus) United Water - AIS 64 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 65 Gerben Loewik (Ned) Farm Frites 66 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber93 67 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 68 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 69 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS 70 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia 71 Brett Aitken (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 33.12 72 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber93 33.13 73 Luke Roberts (Aus) United Water - AIS 74 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 75 Remoo Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 76 Rassano Brasi (Ita) Polti 77 Mirko Crepaldi (Ita) Polti 78 Graham Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 36.08 79 Brett Lancaster (Aus) United Water - AIS 36.10 80 Johan Capiot (Bel) Farm Frites 81 Frederic Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Jerome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 84 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 85 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 87 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS 88 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Polti 89 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 4.17.24 90 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 91 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 92 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 93 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti DNS 94 Valentino China (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia DNS 95 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco - Gaggia DNS 96 Alexandre Botcharov Russia Ag2R - Prevoyance DNS *note: the commissaires ammended the time of Rene Jorgensen and Gilles Maignan by seconds after reviewing the video of stage 2. The correction is shown in the general classification of stage 3. Under 23 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) United Water - AIS 9.51.15 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.28 3 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 26.53 3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 Brad Davidson (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 3 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) United Water - AIS 31.01 3 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS 3 Graham Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 36.08 3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) United Water - AIS 36.10 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water - AIS King Of the Mountain 1 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 38 pts 2 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 32 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 24 4 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 20 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) United Water - AIS 16 6 Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R - Prevoyance 12 7 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 8 8 Pascal Herve (Fra) Polti 6 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) United Water - AIS 6 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 4 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 4 14 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 4 Overall Sprint Classification (after stage 3) 1 Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber93 20 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) United Water - AIS 14 3 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 14 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 12 5 Graham Brown (Aus) United Water - AIS 12 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 8 7 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 8 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 6 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 6 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 6 11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 4 12 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber93 4 13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 14 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 4 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 Team classification after stage 3: Team classification after stage 3: 1 Ag2R - Prevoyance 40.19.26 2 La Francaise Des Jeux 0.18 3 Team Deutsche Telekom 4 Memory Card - Jack & Jones 26.24 5 Credit Agricole 26.42 6 Team Linda Mccartney 7 Big Mat - Auber93 29.07 8 Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 33.52 9 United Water - Ais 34.38 10 Saeco - Gaggia 53.06 11 Farm Frites 12 Polti 57.14 |