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5th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.3
Australia, January 21-26, 2003
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Stage 6: Sunday Jan 26, Adelaide City Council circuit, 90km
Astarloza hangs on, O'Grady goes down firing, Brown takes finale
"The only thing that has changed is that I believe in myself now"
By Jeff Jones in Adelaide
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23 year old Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r-Prevoyance) has won his first ever professional race, taking out the fifth edition of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under in a thrilling nail-biting finale. Astarloza's success was brought about by some excellent work from his Ag2r teammates, with Jaan Kirsipuu, Erki Putsep, Andy Flickinger and Mark Scanlon all playing key roles in today's 90 km Adelaide city circuit race. The Ag2r sprinters swallowed up the valuable bonus seconds that were on offer, preventing Lennie Kristensen (CSC, 2nd) and Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole, 3rd) from closing the gap to Astarloza.
"The most important thing with this victory is that it was a race of the team," the yellow clad Astarloza said moments after crossing the line. "They did a great job and I really owe it to them."
"I'm 23 years old and this is my first race win. I had my first ride as a pro in the Tour Down Under and to come back and win is fantastic. The only thing I hoped to do coming into this race was to try and ride well, but I didn't dream of winning. The only thing that has changed is that I believe in myself now."
Astarloza moved into the lead in yesterday's decisive stage 5, where he made the 10 man break over Willunga Hill and finished with them at the end. He was tied with CSC's Lennie Kristensen on time after that stage, but the Dane admitted to Cyclingnews before the start today that it would be very hard to get past Astarloza, and that proved to be the case.
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Home town favourite Stuart O'Grady was also poised to challenge Astarloza today, needing 5 seconds to overhaul the Basque rider. But he only managed a single second, and finished in third on GC. "I gave it everything I had today," said Stuey. "I got pretty close but unfortunately not close enough."
The winner of the final stage was a very satisfied Graeme Brown (Panaria), who put everything together to cross the line well ahead of Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) and confirming his status as one of Australia's top sprinters.
"I was disappointed from the first day, and then I got so close and yet so far the next few days," Brown told the media afterwards. "Today it's good to go out on a high note."
"It was a bit chaotic [at the finish]...FDJeux was working well for Baden Cooke. He's effectively had two stage wins and he's always going to be up there. I had Brett Lancaster - he couldn't quite get to the front, but he did his job right and did what was required. It's not the way we've been doing it but it worked so it doesn't really matter."
Although clearly the fastest today, Brown was denied the opportunity to beat arch-rival Robbie McEwen, who abandoned due to a knee injury yesterday. "I'm very disappointed he's not here actually because I wanted to beat him," said Brown. "I believed I could, and my team thought I could. I beat him on the first day [but was relegated], but I made a mistake when he beat my by less than a centimetre in stage 3. I'm very disappointed that he's not here, but it's in his best interests that he's not, so his knee gets better. We all want him in the Tour."
How it unfolded
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A massive crowd, estimated at 60,000 people, turned out on Australia Day to watch the final stage of the 2003 Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under. The weather was appreciably cooler and more humid than yesterday, with temperatures 'only' reaching 30 degrees. The riders had to complete 20 laps of a 4.5 km circuit situated next to Adelaide's River Torrens. Each lap the short climb of Montefiore Hill had to be tackled, with KOM sprints on the 10th and 16th laps. More important were the two intermediate sprints on laps 8 and 12, worth 3, 2 and 1 seconds for a top three placing.
Prior to the start, Cadel Evans told Cyclingnews that "it's going to be in AG2R's advantage to take the bonus sprints...and for Stuart to win it's easier said than done. I think we're in for probably the most exciting day's racing in the five years of the race."
Jaan Kirsipuu remained tightlipped at the start, not wanting to reveal the team plans, however, team director Laurent Biondi told Cyclingnews (via visiting French journalist Jeff Quenet) that the team plan was "to let any breaks go with more than three riders. It's possible that you may see AG2R riders create a break and then we'll certainly be part of it."
He was not expecting any co-operation from other teams in the final stage, but he was "confident in my team because they are very strong and we had six out of our eight riders finishing in the first two groups yesterday. But I can imagine the Australian riders will be co-operating" to assist Stuart O'Grady secure the overall win via the bonus sprints.
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O'Grady said before the start he "wasn't sure" if he could count on support from the other Australian riders, but as the race went on it was clear that some of his fellow countrymen were working for a win for the local hero.
One person who did have some background knowledge as to O'Grady's chances prior to the stage was his former coach from track racing days with the AIS, Charlie Walsh. "It's very tight, isn't it?" Walsh said prior to the stage.
"I think he (O'Grady) will be giving it a real good crack. To win today he's got to have a real good, dinkum go at it. You just need that ounce of luck, good team riding and it is possible."
The opening laps were very fast, with Credit Agricole and the Australian team United Water working hard to keep the tempo high. No one could escape with the average speed almost 50 km/h, and it was clear that the first bonus sprint on Lap 8 would be contested by a compact peloton.
As they charged up the finishing straight, the orange figure of Graeme Brown was clearly visible at the front with O'Grady on his wheel, trying to lead him out for the three seconds. But Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu and Erki Putsep combined to roll O'Grady on the line, relegating the Aussie champion to third place, gaining just one bonus second.
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After that first sprint, a dangerous 12 man move went clear on Lap 9 containing (among others) Fabio Sacchi (Saeco), Andy Flickinger (Ag2r), Paolo Lanfranchi (Panaria) and David Canada (Quick Step). All were within a handful of seconds on GC, and worked hard to establish a 30 second lead. The momentum from behind was too great however, and they were swallowed up by the end of Lap 11.
That set things up for another bunch sprint at the end of lap 12, and again it was Graeme Brown in front with 500m to go trying to get O'Grady across the line first. But O'Grady didn't have the legs and finished 4th, out of the bonus seconds, which were taken by Kirsipuu, Mark Scanlon and Paolo Lanfranchi.
Brown made no secret of the fact that he was leading O'Grady out, saying that "It's good to have an Australian to win. It's good for the sport here. The fans prefer an Australian winner, especially a local winner to keep the crowds flocking down here. The crowd here is unbelievable as it is and if it gets better it's going to be awesome."
"I wasn't originally going to lead him out but at the last minute I thought if I've got good legs and if I can help an Aussie out, I will help him out."
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On the other side of the coin, one of Ag2r's key protagonists in the bonus sprints was neo-pro Mark Scanlon, the young Irish rider in his first stage race with the French team. He told Cyclingnews their plan was to try to stop O'Grady winning any of the intermediate sprints. "The whole idea was that we wanted to get Credit Agricole to do the riding (at the front), not for us to do the riding."
Did he detect any support for O'Grady from the other Australian teams? "I believe they were," he said with wry understatement. "I know that Graeme Brown definitely was."
The situation with eight laps to go was that O'Grady had to win or finish second in the stage to finish on top of the overall classification, and that was looking increasingly unlikely. Despite several attempts by individual riders to escape in the closing laps, a bunch sprint was inevitable with the FDJeux.com, Quick Step, Ag2r and Panaria teams massing at the front for the final lap.
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FDJeux.com had strength in numbers, and was hoping to deliver Baden Cooke to the line for this third stage win, but Brown was well positioned and very hungry. The sprint gathered momentum at the bottom corner with 500m to go, and despite some jostling there were no incidents this time. Cooke, Brown, and Kirsipuu hit out for the line with 200m to go, but Brown in the middle was too strong for them, winning by nearly a bike length, pumping his arms several times in triumph. Cooke finished just behind in second, with an impressive Kirsipuu holding on for third in front of O'Grady.
So ended the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under for another year, with Ag2r's Mikel Astarloza clinching the yellow jersey, Andrea Tafi (CSC) the sprints, Cadel Evans (Telekom) the mountains, Gene Bates (UniSA) the U23, ONCE the teams classification, and Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) winning a special award for the best placed South Australian rider, in memory of former South Australian cycling journalist Tanya Denver.
With 465,000 people watching the event on the roads over the last six days, the JCTDU looks to be here to stay. Its future has been assured until at least 2009, and who knows how big it could be then?
Photos
Images by www.tombalks.com
- A late signing
- ONCE director Manolo Saiz give his boys a pep talk
- Sean Yates and Lennie Kristensen (CSC) discuss a plan of attack
- Graeme Brown (Panaria) looking confident at the start line
- Lennie Kristensen (CSC) in a dangerous looking break, forming halfway through the race
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R) sits in the wing of a Credit Agricole rider going up Montefiore Hill
- The view from the rear
- Race leader Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R) is flanked by Aussie Road Champion Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole), who moved to 3rd overall after the first sprint
- Cadel Evans (Telekom) sweeps through a corner
- Gene Bates (UniSA) launches a late solo attack
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) moves closer to the front as the race reaches its climax
- The flags are flying high on Australia Day
- Go Stuuuuey!
- Lilian Jegou (Credit Agricole) takes the outside line as the peloton make their way around the U-turn
- High fives were the order of the day among the Ag2R posse
- Gene Bates (UniSA) appears to be getting the hang of this winning thing
- The riders from ONCE on the podium after winning the teams classification
- The various jersey winners have a bit of fun on the podium
- The best view in the house
- Getting in among the fans
- Cadel Evans (Telekom) has developed quite the following since his debut in pro road cycling
- Mike Astarloza (Ag2R) still has the energy to pay an unusual tribute to his director
Images by Gerard Knapp/Cyclingnews.com
- Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu and Mark Scanlon looking nervous at the start
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) talks to SBS's Mike Tomalaris at the start
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R) and DS Laurent Biondi discuss tactics at the start
- Stuart O'Grady (CA) with director Serge Bucherie at the start
- Julian Dean (CSC) starts with a Stuey Stick on his rear stay
- Geert Steegemans (Lotto-Domo) does a no-handed track stand before the start
- Mark Scanlon (Ag2r) was in the action on several occasions
- Kirsipuu and Putsep combined to defeat O'Grady in the first sprint
- Hugs all round in the Ag2r team after the race
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 1.52.09 (48.1 km/h) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 6 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 9 Julian Dean (NZl) CSC 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE Eroski 13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) United Water 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R 15 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto Domo 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R 17 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R 18 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 19 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC 20 David Canada (Spa) Quickstep-Davitamon 21 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 23 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 24 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Telekom 26 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE Eroski 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 28 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE Eroski 29 Lennie Kristensen (Den) CSC 30 Brad McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 31 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto Domo 32 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC 33 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 35 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 36 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 37 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) CSC 38 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R 39 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 40 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R 43 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 44 Andrea Tafi (Ita) CSC 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 46 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 47 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 48 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 49 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE Eroski 50 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 0.17 51 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Domo 53 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 54 David Betts (Aus) United Water 55 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 56 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Domo 58 Brendan Cato (Aus) United Water 59 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 60 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) United Water 61 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 62 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC 63 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 64 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto Domo 65 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE Eroski 0.23 66 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 67 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 0.26 68 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.32 69 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.38 70 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 0.40 71 Jacky Durand (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.42 72 Matt Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.45 73 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.26 74 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 1.42 75 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.44 76 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 1.52 77 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 2.42 78 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 3.00 DNF Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria Fiordo DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Panaria Fiordo DNF Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water DNF Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Panaria Fiordo DNF Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Panaria Fiordo Sprints Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 8 - 36 km 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 6 3 pts/secs 2 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R 4 2 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 1 Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 12 - 54 km 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 6 3 pts/secs 2 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 4 2 3 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 2 1 Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 20 - 90 km - FINISH 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 8 6 pts/secs 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 4 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 4 2 Mountains Montefiore Hill - Lap 10 - 42.5 Km 1 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Domo 2 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 4 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 5 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport Montefiore Hill - Lap 15 - 64.0 Km 1 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto Domo 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 4 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 5 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Most aggressive rider 1 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom Final general classification 1 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R 17.17.45 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) CSC 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.04 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE Eroski 5 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 0.06 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE Eroski 0.07 7 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 0.09 8 David Canada (Spa) Quickstep-Davitamon 0.13 9 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 0.15 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 11 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.16 12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 0.32 13 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 0.39 14 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 0.43 15 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 0.44 16 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE Eroski 0.45 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 18 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) CSC 19 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 0.47 21 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 0.49 22 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R 23 Brad McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.58 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R 2.17 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Telekom 2.21 26 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R 28 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 29 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 2.31 30 Andrea Tafi (Ita) CSC 5.54 31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 6.06 32 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.45 33 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto Domo 6.58 34 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 7.41 35 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7.45 36 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9.35 37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Domo 11.22 38 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC 11.58 39 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE Eroski 12.13 40 Brendan Cato (Aus) United Water 12.15 41 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 12.23 42 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 12.36 43 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 13.24 44 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R 13.32 45 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE Eroski 13.34 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 13.45 47 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 13.47 48 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 13.50 49 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.34 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 15.47 51 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC 16.02 52 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 16.15 53 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 16.53 54 David Betts (Aus) United Water 18.35 55 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 18.50 56 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 20.03 57 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto Domo 22.18 58 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 22.55 59 Mark Renshaw (Aus) United Water 23.03 60 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 24.45 61 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 24.51 62 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC 24.58 63 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 27.06 64 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 27.07 65 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.22 66 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto Domo 28.02 67 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com 31.44 68 Matt Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 32.14 69 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 33.02 70 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 34.31 71 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 51.07 72 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Domo 53.25 73 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) United Water 53.36 74 Julian Dean (NZl) CSC 57.08 75 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 57.52 76 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 1.00.53 77 Jacky Durand (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.01.18 78 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 1.02.28 Points 1 Andrea Tafi (Ita) CSC 34 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 22 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 16 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE Eroski 14 5 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 12 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 12 8 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 12 9 Matt Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 12 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 10 11 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 8 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R 8 13 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 6 14 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 6 15 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE Eroski 4 16 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 4 17 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 4 18 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 19 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 4 20 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R 4 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 22 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) United Water 4 23 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 2 24 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 2 Mountains classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 44 pts 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) CSC 44 3 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 36 4 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 22 5 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 16 6 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Domo 16 7 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 16 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE Eroski 12 9 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R 12 10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto Domo 12 11 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 12 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE Eroski 6 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 6 15 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 6 16 Brad McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 17 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 U23 classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 17.18.30 2 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 6.56 3 Brendan Cato (Aus) United Water 11.30 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 11.38 5 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 13.02 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 16.08 7 David Betts (Aus) United Water 17.50 8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) United Water 22.18 9 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto Domo 27.17 10 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 50.22 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 57.07 Best South Australian rider (Tanya Denver award) 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 51.54.22 2 Team Telekom 0.12 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.18 4 Credit Agricole 0.27 5 UniSA 0.32 6 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.40 7 Team CSC 4.08 8 Saeco-Longoni Sport 9.53 9 Lotto-Domo 16.29 10 FDJeux.com 25.24 11 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 30.14 12 United Water 31.23
