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3rd Jacob's Creek Tour Down UnderAustralia, January 16 - 21, 2001 |
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Stage 6 - January 21: City of Adelaide Circuit, 90 km
Macca magic again as O'Grady finally triumphs
By Jeff Jones
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Any chances of a controlled, processional finish to the 3rd Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under certainly did not occur, after yesterday's GC tie between Kai Hundertmarck and Stuart O'Grady. The onus was on Telekom to defend his jersey, and the other riders to attack, and attack they did in this spectacular finale. By the finish, the crowd was treated to some more 'Macca Magic' as Linda McCartney's David McKenzie took the stage solo in front of Ben Day and Luca Paolini. They were given an even bigger boost when Stuart O'Grady crossed the line virtually glued to Kai Hundertmarck's wheel, the overall winner of the JCTDU.
The three riders that were really vying for the overall honours were Hundertmarck, O'Grady and Fabio Sacchi. As such, Telekom, Credit Agricole and Saeco were seen at the head of the peloton early on, trying to mould the race in their own way. A small break escaped on the first lap, placing pressure on Saeco and Credit Agricole to chase, but they brought it back before the first sprint on lap 8 (km 36).
Sprint leader Graeme Brown had punctured 2 laps prior to the sprint. His whole United Water team dropped back for him and brought him back to the bunch. He managed to work his way to the front in time to challenge for the points, but only succeeded in leading out Stuart O'Grady for second place, putting O'Grady in virtual yellow by 2 seconds. Telekom failed in its job to get Hundertmarck up, as Danilo Hondo took the sprint win. In third place was Fabio Sacchi who therefore moved to within one second of Hundertmarck.
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After the sprint, the race broke up completely. A leading group of approximately 20 formed, containing no riders who could threaten the GC. They rode out to a three minute gap, as O'Grady monitored Sacchi and Hundertmarck in the chasing group. The German team were burdened by mechanical problems, including a puncture to Hundertmarck, making their task to recapture the yellow even more difficult.
The leaders split again with approximately 25 kilometres left, with a group of nine including David McKenzie, Jay Sweet (Big Mat), Ben Day (Sunsmart) and Luca Paolini (Mapei) riding away from the rest. Sweet was the best sprinter, but he was also tired from his constant attacks and David McKenzie took his chance and attacked on the climb with one and a lap laps remaining.
He had a 300 metre lead with 1 lap (4.5 kilometres) to go, and there was no real cohesion in the group to chase him down. To an absolutely deafening cheer from the crowd, he rode up the final straight a winner, much to the delight of his Linda McCartney team.
He spoke to cyclingnews.com directly after the race: "I'm stoked!. Neil (Stephens) gave me the freedom to have a bit of a race and I went for it. Being a stage winner in the Giro was great but it is quickly forgotten. It's 2001 and they look at you as someone else."
"I went with one and a half laps to go on the main hill. I went through there flat out, and I just held it. It was a small enough group to stay away from."
Were you worried about Jay Sweet?
"Yeah, him and a few others."
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How do you feel about O'Grady's win?
"It's awesome to have an Aussie win on the last day, and it's awesome to have an Aussie win the whole race. It was perfect."
As for O'Grady, he achieved the perfect win after coming so close all week. "Firstly I'd like to thank Jacob's Creek and the Tour Down Under organisation for having dream that came reality," he said. "A few years ago who would have believed that we'd have world champions here, all these big hitter guys."
"To race on home ground with support like this, how can I not win. If I don't win, I'd get shot! It's been awesome, the support on the roads. It's been a huge inspiration to have all those little towns with people turning out.
What's happening next?
"Unfortunately I go to freezing France on Tuesday [crowd noise]...yeah boo exactly. Boo really loudly because my boss is around the corner and doesn't want me to stay here any longer!"
However, O'Grady has at least started the year on a very positive note, and will certainly be in good shape for the early season classics - once his body gets used to being in 30 degree cooler temperatures.
Results
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 1.58.48 (45.45 km/h) 2 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 0.17 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.20 4 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 0.32 5 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 7 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 8 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 9 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 0.51 10 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 2.05 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 13 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 14 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 15 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 16 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 17 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 18 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 19 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 20 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 21 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 23 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 24 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 26 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2.42 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 28 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 30 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 31 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 32 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 34 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 35 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 36 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 37 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 38 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 43 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 44 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 46 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 47 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 48 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 49 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 50 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 51 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 52 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 53 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 54 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 55 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 56 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 57 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 58 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 59 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 60 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 61 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 62 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University of South Australia 63 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 64 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 65 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 66 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 67 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 68 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 69 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 70 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 71 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 72 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 73 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 74 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Linda McCartney 3.00 75 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 76 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 77 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney 3.04 78 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 3.06 79 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Linda McCartney 3.59 80 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 81 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 5.56 DNF Oliver Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat DNF Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi DNF Steve Williams (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi Sprints Start/Finish Line - Lap 8 - 36 km (13:48 Hours) 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 6 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 2 Start/Finish Line - Lap 12 - 54 km (14:12 Hours) 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 pts 2 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 4 3 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 2 Stage finish 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 8 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Mountains Montefiore Hill - Lap 10 - 42.5 km 1 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 16 pts 2 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 12 3 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 8 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 5 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 4 Montefiore Hill - Lap 15 - 64.9 km 1 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 16 pts 2 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 12 3 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 8 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Most aggressive rider Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat Final general classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 18.34.20 (40.8 km/h) 2 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 0.02 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 0.03 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.08 5 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 0.10 7 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat 8 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.21 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 0.24 11 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 2.36 12 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 2.51 13 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.55 14 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 4.28 15 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 4.31 16 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.35 17 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 6.06 18 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 6.12 19 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6.20 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 11.33 21 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 14.30 22 Robert Bartko (Ger) Telekom 16.59 23 Ciaran Power (Ire) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 17.00 24 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 17.10 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 19.29 26 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 21.17 27 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.56 28 Nick Gates (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 22.41 29 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 25.20 30 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 26.17 31 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 26.53 32 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 26.56 33 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 27.11 34 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 27.24 35 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 27.33 36 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27.56 37 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 28.10 38 John Tanner (GBr) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 28.50 39 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 29.26 40 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 29.29 41 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 29.43 42 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 29.43 43 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 29.45 44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 30.20 45 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Linda McCartney 30.58 46 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 33.09 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 33.43 48 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat 38.21 49 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 38.26 50 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 39.45 51 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 40.19 52 Robert Sgambelluri (Ita) Telekom 40.22 53 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 40.34 54 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 40.36 55 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 56 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 57 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 40.40 59 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 40.46 60 Maximilliano Sciandri (GBr) Linda McCartney 41.18 61 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 41.43 62 Lado Fumic (Ger) University of South Australia 45.04 63 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 46.29 64 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Linda McCartney 47.01 65 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 48.49 66 Hendrick Van Dijck (Bel) Lotto Adecco 50.11 67 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 50.59 68 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) University of South Australia51.09 69 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Adecco 52.27 70 Matt Wilson (Aus) University of South Australia 54.46 71 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 55.09 72 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 55.18 73 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 55.20 74 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 55.21 75 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 55.31 76 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 55.34 77 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 55.37 78 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 56.34 79 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 58.01 80 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.05.27 81 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Decathlon 1.06.27 Sprints classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 26 pts 2 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 20 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 14 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 14 5 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 6 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 12 7 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 10 8 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 10 9 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 10 10 Peter Rogers (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 10 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 12 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 8 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 8 14 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 8 15 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 8 16 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 17 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 6 18 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 6 19 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 20 Marcel Gono (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 21 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 4 22 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 23 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat 4 24 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 4 25 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 26 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 2 27 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 28 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 Mountains classification 1 Robert Tighello (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 72 pts 2 Russel Van Hout (Aus) University of South Australia 50 3 Ben Day (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 48 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 26 5 Steve Cunningham (Aus) University of South Australia 20 6 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 18 7 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat 14 8 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 14 9 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 12 10 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat 12 11 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 12 12 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Telekom 8 13 Chris Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 8 14 Miguel M. Perdiguero (Spa) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 8 15 David McKenzie (Aus) Jacob's Creek-Linda McCartney 6 16 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 6 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Sunsmart-Mitsubishi 6 18 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 19 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Decathlon 4 21 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 4 22 Luke Roberts (Aus) University of South Australia 4 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Decathlon 4 24 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Decathlon 4 U23 classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) University of South Australia 18.40.26 2 Nic Brown (Aus) United Water 0.06 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) United Water 13.23 4 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15.50 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 21.05 6 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 22.04 7 Cameron Jennings (Aus) United Water 24.14 8 Allan Davis (Aus) United Water 27.03 9 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Per Caffé 34.30 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) United Water 49.03 11 Adrian Laidler (Aus) University of South Australia 51.55 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 55.42.51 2 Sunsmart - Mitsubishi 1.15 3 Mapei Quick-Step 5.15 4 CSC - World Online 13.24 5 Linda Mccartney - Jacob's Creek 27.48 6 Saeco 27.52 7 Team Telekom 28.47 8 Big Mat 29.41 9 United Water 37.30 10 Ag2R Decathlon 43.21 11 University Of South Australia 52.36 12 Lotto Adecco 1.07.58