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3rd Jacob's Creek Tour Down UnderAustralia, January 16 - 21, 2001 |
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Stage 3 - January 18: McLaren Vale - Victor Harbor, 165 km
O'Grady fights back
By Jeff Jones
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Popular favourite, Stuart O'Grady has snatched back the lead in the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, after again gaining a podium finish in today's third stage. Although only a two second gap, the psychological advantage may help the freckled South Australian over the final three stages as he attempts to win his second Tour Down Under. The honours of the day belonged to Saeco again, as blond haired Alessio Galletti won the stage after an impressive 156 kilometre breakaway.
The seaside town of Victor Harbor hosted the finish, and once again a huge crowd turned out to watch the action. This was the case for the entire day, as right from the start in the wine district of McLaren Vale, scores of people lined the route. Street parties, colourful balloons, and decorated bicycles were just some of the sights on offer as the convoy travelled around the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Unfortunately for the riders, there was a strong head-cross wind for much of the day, and when Uni of SA's Steve Cunningham rolled off the front at kilometre 9, only Saeco's Alessio Galletti went up to join him. Cunningham said afterwards that he didn't realise the peloton were in "go slow mode", but it became quickly evident as the time gap grew.
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The only King of the Mountain of the day was the long steady grind up Sellick's Hill (km 30). Cunningham crested first with Galletti in tow, and the pair were already 5 minutes in front. Their gap grew to a maximum of 15:45 at kilometre 74, just after the feed zone in Delamere. The riders in the peloton were biding their time, as the leading pair were absolutely no threat to the GC, and they rolled along together.
Galletti decided to take his chance at kilometre 95, when he rode away on a small hill. "When Cunningham went early I went but I didn't believe we'd pull it off or keep going that far. As the race went on, Cunningham tired with 70 kilometres to go. I went by myself and decided to attack," he said. "Again, I was not sure about it, but in the last couple of kilometres I believed it."
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Cunningham paid for his efforts and was caught by the pack with 10 kilometres to go, just before they turned at Goolwa for the run back to Victor Harbor. Galletti's final gap was just 3:18, but all eyes were on who was going to take second place and a valuable time bonus in the bunch sprint. Stage one winner, Graeme Brown (United Water), led Stuart O'Grady home by a bike length, and O'Grady's bonus was enough to take the yellow jersey from Fabio Sacchi (Saeco).
Afterwards, O'Grady commented on the stage, which was a tough slog into a headwind for much of the day. "When it's not for the win obviously everyone is subdued, not in killing mode," he said "At 60-70 to go, we knew it was too late...Galletti could have pushed himself in a wheelchair and still won."
Now he has the yellow: "Yeah it would have been nice to win on the first night, but that would have meant we were in the yellow a bit early. In the long run, it's probably better having it in the last few days."
Do you think you'll get there? "I'm hoping...it's a long way to go."
Results
1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 4.18.12 (38.3 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 3.18 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 5 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 7 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 8 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 9 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 3.20 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 11 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 13 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 14 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 15 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)Telekom 16 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 17 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 18 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 19 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 20 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 23 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 24 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 28 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 30 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 31 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 32 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 33 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 34 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 36 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 37 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 38 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 39 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University of South Australia 40 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 41 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 3.31 42 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 43 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 44 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 45 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 46 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 47 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 48 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 49 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat 3.34 50 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 52 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 53 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 54 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 55 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 57 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 58 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 59 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 61 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 62 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 63 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 64 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 65 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 66 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 67 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 69 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 70 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 71 Steve Williams (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 72 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 73 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 74 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 77 Oliver Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 78 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 79 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 80 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 81 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat 82 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 83 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 84 Franck Pencole (Fra) Big Mat 85 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 86 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 87 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCa 3.54 88 Darren Rolfe (Aus) United Water 4.00 89 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 4.12 90 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) United Water 4.23 91 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 92 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 4.33 DNF Scott Suckling (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi Sprints Main St, Myponga - km 33.4 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 6 pts 2 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 4 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 2 Dawson St, Goolwa - km 145.9 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 6 pts 2 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 4 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 2 Stage finish, Victor Harbor - km 165 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 8 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 6 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 Climbs Sellicks Hill - km 30.0 1 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 16 pts 2 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 3 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 8 4 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 6 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 4 General classification after stage 3 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 8.48.00 2 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 0.02 3 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 4 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)Telekom 0.06 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 0.08 7 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 8 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 9 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 11 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 12 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 0.19 13 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 15 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 0.22 16 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.53 18 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 3.54 19 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 20 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 21 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 3.55 22 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 4.02 23 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 4.05 24 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 4.08 25 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 26 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 27 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.11 28 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 29 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 12.28 30 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 31 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University of South Austral 18.34 32 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 18.48 33 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 23.45 34 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 26.41 35 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 27.09 36 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 27.15 37 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 38 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 39 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 27.17 40 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 41 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 42 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 43 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 44 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 45 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 46 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 47 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 48 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 50 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 52 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 53 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 55 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 56 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 57 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 27.28 58 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 59 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat 27.31 61 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 63 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 64 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 65 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 66 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 67 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 68 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 69 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 70 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 72 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 73 Steve Williams (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 74 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 75 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 76 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 77 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 79 Oliver Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 81 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 82 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 83 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat 84 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 85 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 86 Franck Pencole (Fra) Big Mat 87 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCa 27.51 88 Darren Rolfe (Aus) United Water 27.57 89 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 28.09 90 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 28.30 91 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 30.24 92 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) United Water 43.29 Sprints classification 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 20 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 20 3 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 10 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 6 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 8 7 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 8 8 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 6 9 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 10 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 4 11 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)Telekom 4 12 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 13 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 Climbs classification 1 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 40 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 24 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 16 4 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 14 5 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda Mc 8 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 8 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 6 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 4 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 4 11 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 4 U23 classification 1 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8.51.54 2 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 3 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 0.08 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 8.34 5 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 14.54 6 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 22.47 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 23.15 8 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 23.37 9 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 10 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 12 Darren Rolfe (Aus) United Water 24.03 13 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) United Water 39.05 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 26.24.22 2 CSC-World Online 3.48 3 Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 4.30 4 Mapei-Quick Step 7.37 5 Linda McCartney-Jacob's Creek 11.25 6 Saeco 23.51 7 Big Mat 27.22 8 Ag2r Decathlon 30.55 9 Team Telekom 30.57 10 United Water 34.43 11 University of South Australia 48.33 12 Lotto Adecco 54.18 Most aggressive rider Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia