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3rd Jacob's Creek Tour Down UnderAustralia, January 16 - 21, 2001 |
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Stage 5 - January 20: Gawler - Tanunda, 156 km
Barossa Pearl
By Jeff Jones
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The historic Barossa Valley is South Australia's best known wine region, as well possessing a rich and deeply rooted German culture. It was therefore fitting today that one of Germany's favourite cycling sons, Kai Hundertmarck, took the honours for stage five from Gawler to Tanunda. In doing so, Hundertmarck also gained the yellow jersey, although he is now on equal time with Credit Agricole's Stuart O'Grady.
There was absolutely no let up to the baking heat today, with temperatures in the high 30's, and even hotter in the bright sunshine. Adding to the misery was a strong wind that blew the riders in every direction as they twisted and turned through the wineries of the Barossa. That didn't deter the crowds of course, who were spotted in abundance on the sides of the roads drinking unwooded Chardonnay as the race passed by.
The first riders to try their luck in the opening kilometres included Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2R), Jay Sweet (Big Mat), Alexandre Chouffe (Big Mat), Crescenzo d'Amore (Mapei), Allan Davis (United Water), Trent Wilson (Sunsmart), Juan Carlos Dominguez (Linda McCartney), Bruce Mcintosh (United Water), and Russel Van Hout (Uni of SA). They slowly rode away to a lead that hovered between 4 and 5 minutes, with no one really willing to chase in the bunch.
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At one point, Crescenzo d'Amore (Mapei) was the leader on the road - but not by too much and it didn't look as though he would hold it. The first time up the steep, 1 kilometre climb of Menglers Hill (km 78.3), the cracks started to show in the break as well as back in the bunch. The fierce heat took a heavy toll as rider after rider dropped back to the team cars for water.
Some strong riding came from Russell Van Hout (Uni SA) earned him the most aggressive rider award, and he was the last rider to be recaptured by the peloton with 15 kilometres to go. However, the second climb of Menglers Hill (km 131) had proved to be too much for yellow jersey wearer, Nicolaj Bo Larsen (CSC) who "simply ran out of legs" as he related afterwards. He rode his hardest, but couldn't keep up with the 22 rider leading group that had ridden away on the hill, driven by four Credit Agricole riders.
But once again in the closing kilometres, the Green and White train could not use their numbers to maximum advantage, as Stuart O'Grady finished well out of the time bonuses in 10th place. The principal reason for this was a late attack by danger man, Daniele Nardello, forcing Credit Agricole to expend themselves chasing. Instead, Telekom's Kai Hundertmarck grabbed the stage, emulating his compatriot Erik Zabel who won here in Tanunda last year. A German victory in a German region, and now a German yellow jersey wearer as Hundertmarck was given it ahead of O'Grady.
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The heat didn't seem to bother the shaven headed, goateed German veteran: "It was very hot today but we did some good training rides before the tour while we had this hot weather. I like the heat - so I was already a little bit adapted to it."
The crucial cut came on Menglers Hill, where "we saw the leader [Larsen] wasn't with us, so we were all pulling. In the end it ran very well for me in the sprint."
And now the yellow jersey with just one stage left. Was that the plan? "No, it was not a plan. The team worked very well, and I just wanted to ride well to keep my place in the top five," he said. "I was already happy with the second stage where I got third, and I just wanted to keep my place. But I won today, and it was a surprise for me also."
"I think the whole team will be motivated. I'm going to try to keep it," he added, and it certainly will be an exciting finale in Adelaide tomorrow. With two 3-2-1 time bonuses for the intermediate sprints, and a 6-4-2 bonus for the stage win, anything can happen. There are 8 riders within 8 seconds of yellow, and O'Grady, Sacchi, Nardello, Botcharov, and Jonker are all in with a chance.
Of course, the perfect finish for the South Australians would be an O'Grady win. He commented after the stage today that it was "not exactly the plan I'd hoped for, but it's the organisers dream I suppose. I hope for a good day tomorrow."
Results
1 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 4.00.28 (38.9 km/h) 2 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 3 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 4 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 5 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 9 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 12 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 13 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 14 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 15 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 17 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.15 20 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.22 21 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 0.38 22 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 2.47 23 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 24 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 25 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 26 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 27 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 28 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 29 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 30 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 31 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 32 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 33 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 35 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 36 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 37 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 38 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 39 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 2.55 40 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 2.55 41 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 2.55 42 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.59 43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 6.01 44 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 6.59 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 6.59 46 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 13.03 47 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 48 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 50 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 52 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 53 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 54 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 55 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 56 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 57 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 58 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 59 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 60 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 61 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 62 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 63 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 64 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 65 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 66 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 67 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 68 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 69 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 70 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 71 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 72 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 73 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 74 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University of South Aust 17.35 75 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 76 Oliver Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 19.46 77 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 22.53 78 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 22.54 79 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 80 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 81 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 82 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 24.40 83 Steve Williams (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 84 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat 85 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney DNF Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat DNF Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) United Water DNS Jerome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole DNS Franck Pencole (Fra) Big Mat Sprints Jacob's Creek - 33.5 km 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 pts 2 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 4 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 2 Hotel, Angaston - 92.1 km 1 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 6 pts 2 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 4 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 2 Stage finish, Tanunda - 156 km 1 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 8 pts 2 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 3 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 4 Climbs Menglers Hill - 78.3 km 1 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 16 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 12 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 8 4 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 6 5 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 4 Menglers Hill - 130.7 1 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 16 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 12 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 8 4 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 6 5 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Most agressive rider Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia General classification after stage 5 1 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 16.32.52 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 0.02 4 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.06 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 0.08 7 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 8 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.19 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 0.22 11 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 2.34 12 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 2.49 13 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.53 14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.33 15 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 6.39 16 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 6.41 17 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 6.49 18 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6.55 19 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6.55 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 12.11 21 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 13.11 22 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 16.57 23 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 16.58 24 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 17.08 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 19.27 26 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 21.15 27 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.54 28 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 23.16 29 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 27.27 30 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Austral 27.28 31 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 27.28 32 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 27.31 33 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 27.31 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 27.46 35 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 28.06 36 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 28.48 37 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Linda McCartney 29.39 38 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 29.41 39 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 29.43 40 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 30.04 41 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 42 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 30.10 43 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 30.18 44 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 46 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 33.23 48 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 33.44 49 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 38.19 50 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 40.17 51 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 40.20 52 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 53 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 54 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 40.32 56 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 40.34 57 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 58 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 59 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 60 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney 40.54 61 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 41.12 62 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 41.41 63 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 45.02 64 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 46.27 65 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Linda McCartney 46.41 66 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University South Australia 49.24 67 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 50.09 68 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University South Australia 51.07 69 Steve Williams (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 52.11 70 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat 71 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 52.25 72 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 53.07 73 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 54.45 74 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 55.07 75 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 55.16 76 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 55.18 77 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 55.19 78 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 55.21 79 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 55.29 80 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 55.32 81 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 55.35 82 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 56.32 83 Oliver Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 1.02.18 84 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.05.25 85 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 1.06.25 Sprints classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 26 pts 2 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 20 3 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 4 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 12 5 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 10 6 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 10 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 10 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 8 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 8 11 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 8 12 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 8 13 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 8 14 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 15 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 6 16 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 6 17 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 18 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 4 19 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 4 20 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 21 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 4 22 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 23 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 Mountains classification 1 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 56 pts 2 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 38 3 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 24 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 20 5 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 18 6 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 16 7 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 14 8 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 14 9 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 12 10 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 11 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 8 12 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Linda McCartney 8 13 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 6 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 15 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 16 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 4 17 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 4 18 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 4 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 4 20 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 4 U23 classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 16.39.33 2 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 0.08 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 12.46 4 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15.13 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 21.05 6 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 23.37 7 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 23.37 8 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 27.03 9 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 33.53 10 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 48.04 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 48.26 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 49.38.58 2 Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 4.17 3 Mapei Quick-Step 8.14 4 CSC - World Online 14.57 5 Saeco 29.25 6 Linda Mccartney - Jacob's Creek 29.53 7 Big Mat 30.55 8 Team Telekom 30.57 9 United Water 40.17 10 Ag2R Decathlon 43.58 11 University Of South Australia 53.50 12 Lotto Adecco 1.10.08