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6th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.3
Australia, January 20-25, 2004
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Stage 3: Thursday Jan 22, Goolwa - Victor Harbor, 150 km
A new leader emerges: Jonker in yellow
Phillipe Gilbert a surprise winner
By Gabriella Ekström in Adelaide.
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After finishing in the top three yesterday, UniSA's Patrick Jonker used today's stage on the Fleurieu Peninsula to move up to the highest position in the general classification, being part of a successful 16 man breakaway that stayed away to the finish. The stage was won by young Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com), who used his relative anonymity to join an attack initiated by Gene Bates (UniSA) with four kilometres remaining, outsprinting the former U23 Australian champion to claim his first win of 2004.
How it unfolded
After an aggressive start with many attempts to break away, an initial attack was launched by Aurélien Clerc (Quickstep), Murillo Fischer (Domina Vacanze) and Luke Roberts (UniSA). They were brought back before the peloton hit the scenic climb of Newland Hill at 35 kilometres, and first over the climb were Paolo Tiralongo (Panaria) and Massimiliano Gentili (Domina Vacanze). Behind them chased UniSA's Russell Van Hout, who was keen for the KOM points.
On the descent, a break was formed as the riders regrouped after the climb, and when they left the turquoise ocean behind them, the nineteen riders ahead of the bunch were Jose Pecharroman, Kevin Hulsmans and Frederic Amorison (Quickstep), Antonio Fisher Murillo and Massimo Giunti (Domina Vacanze), David McKenzie and Ciaran Power (Navigators), Patrick Jonker (UniSA), Glenn D'Hollander (Lotto-Domo), Mark Jamieson (United Water), Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Ben Day (Team Australia), Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r), Gene Bates and Luke Roberts (UniSA), Wim Vansevenant (Lotto-Domo), Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Philippe Gilbert and Bernhard Eisel (FDJeux.com).
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Over the following kilometres the group built up a lead of half a minute, but at the 55 kilometre mark, they could no longer fight the peloton off and the race came back together briefly. However some of the riders in the break were able to go along once again as a new break was formed. A group of sixteen took control over the race, and built up a lead of 1'27 as they passed over the second sprint of the day in Myponga, cheered by hundreds of participants from the Be Active Tour, who proudly coloured the roadsides with their orange jerseys in a Tour de France-esque style.
Just like yesterday, both Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) and Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) paid attention to the movements at the front of the peloton and got in that break, and so did Pat Jonker. The other riders in the group were Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Antonio Fisher Murillo, Massimo Giunti (Domina Vacanze), Kevin Hulsmans (Quickstep), Philippe Gilbert and Bernard Eisel (FDJeux.com), David McKenzie, Ciaran Power (Navigators), Ben Day (Team Australia), Giuliano Figueras (Panaria), Mark Jamieson (United Water), Gene Bates and Luke Roberts (UniSA).
Race leader Dave McPartland of Team Australia found himself sitting in the second group at this point, and Quick.Step was driving that bus. However, they were safe with three riders in the break and didn't grit their teeth to catch the first group.
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When the front riders hit the 10 km section of dirt road at Myponga reservoir, they had a two minute advantage over the followers. The dusty piece of road soon took its toll on the riders, and one of the more remarkable punctures was experienced by Baden Cooke who was instantly given a new wheel by teammate Bernhard Eisel, and thereby was able to stay with the group.
Coming round the Newland Hill in the opposite direction, the front group seemed certain that it would stay clear, and the tactics were taking over as the riders headed closer towards Victor Harbor. With four kilometres left to race, UniSA's Gene Bates got the order to attack and did so, bringing FDJeux.com rider and current U23 leader Philippe Gilbert with him.
Gilbert explained after the stage that his main intention was to protect Baden Cooke's chances in the sprint, and that he therefor went after Bates. "After I had decided to follow Bates, I saw that Alexandre Botcharov was coming after us, so I changed my mind, and decided to have a go at the stage win myself instead." Gilbert said.
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Despite the effort put in by the riders behind them, Bates and Gilbert just stayed clear over the line, with the other riders from the breakaway close enough to finish within the same second as the winners. Young Gilbert took out the sprint, and was clearly thrilled after the finish. "I had two goals for this early season. To win a stage here and to ride well at Tour Méditerranéen, and now I've fulfilled one of my wishes!"
Pat Jonker probably fulfilled one of his wishes too, when he stepped onto the podium to receive the yellow jersey and the cheers from the big crowds. "I knew that I would be in a good position if I could get into a break within the first hour. At one point, our group was almost caught, but Robbie (McEwen) and Baden (Cooke) really kept it going."
"Tomorrow's going to be a hard stage, and you really have to use your head while tackling it. I can't just put my boys at the front and have them ride there all day. I'm pretty tired now, but if I find myself in the same position I'm in now after tomorrow's stage, I'd feel pretty confident."
Robbie McEwen who finished third at the stage was rewarded with the sprint jersey, but it was of little consolation to a rider who had been hoping to get the stage victory. "It is a bit annoying to sit out there all day, riding for the win, just to see Gene Bates attack like that and handing over the win to Gilbert," said a disgruntled McEwen.
Photography
Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- David McPartland looking good in yellow at the start of today's race
- The crowds turned out once again for the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- Baden Cooke's biggest fan
- Crowds on the beach
- Young and old were there to see the riders
- All sorts of action was happening in the peloton right from the start
- Nick Gates (Lotto-Domo) getting some on the move repairs
- No time to stop and enjoy the view as the peloton ascends Newland Hill
- The peloton crosses the bridge onto Hindmarsh Island
- The peloton approaching Victor Harbor for the first time
- Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Quick.Step) initiated the break followed closely by Luke Roberts (UniSA)
- Who's coming?
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) in action
- The leaders descend with 60km to go in stage 3
- The chasing group descending at breakneck speeds
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) finished well to beat the best sprinters
- Patrick Jonker (UniSA) the new leader in the general classification
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) was pretty happy with his win
- Philippe Gilbert with a couple of new friends
- Philippe Gilbert laps up the applause
- Philippe's bike
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) looking pretty cool
Images by Karen Forman/Cyclingnews
- The Australian equivalent of Paris-Roubaix? In stage 3 of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- Patrick Jonker (UniSA) is interviewed at the end of stage 3
Images by Cycling fan
- The leaders working together on the 10 km dirt section
- The chasing group could not close the gap on the dirt
- The chase was desperate but fruitless
Results
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 3.28.50 2 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 9 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 10 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 13 Mark Jamieson (Aus) United Water 0.05 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 15 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.18 16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.20 17 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 21 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 22 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 24 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28 Ben Day (Aus) Team Australia 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 30 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 31 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 33 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 34 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 35 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 36 Jose Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Australia 40 Jose Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41 Richard Moffat (Aus) United Water 33.46 42 Steve Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 43 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 44 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 45 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria-Margres 48 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Team Australia 49 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 50 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Margres 51 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Panaria-Margres 52 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 53 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 55 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Panaria-Margres 56 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 59 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 60 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 62 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Australia 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 66 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 68 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 69 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Margres 70 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 71 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 72 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 73 Matthew Rex (Aus) UniSA 74 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 75 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 76 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 77 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 79 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Nicholas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 81 Julian Dean (Nzl) Credit Agricole 82 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 83 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) United Water 84 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 85 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 86 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 87 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 89 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 90 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Nic Sanderson (Aus) United Water Sprints North Terace, Port Elliot - 23.6 km 1 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 pts 2 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 2 Main South Road at General Store, Myponga - 91.9 km 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 3 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 2 Esplanade at Warland Reserve, Victor Harbor - 150 km (Finish) 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 8 pts 2 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 6 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 Mountains Newland Hill, Encounter Bay - 35.9 km 1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 16 pts 2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 8 4 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 5 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 General classification after stage 3 1 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 8.14.14 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1.39 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.44 4 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 5 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 1.46 6 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 1.47 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 8 David McKenzie (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.48 9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 11 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 2.17 14 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.05 15 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.08 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 20 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 22 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Australia 24 Ben Day (Aus) Team Australia 25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 26 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4.15 28 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.11 29 Mark Jamieson (Aus) United Water 29.08 30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 31 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 29.21 32 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 31.23 33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 34 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 36 Jose Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 38 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 39 Jose Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 40 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 41 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 33.48 42 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 35.34 43 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 44 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 45 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 46 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Australia 47 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Margres 35.41 48 Nicholas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 49 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 50 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 51 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 53 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 36.14 54 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.02.24 55 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA 56 Matthew Rex (Aus) UniSA 1.02.44 57 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.02.48 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.02.49 59 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 60 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 62 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 63 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Team Australia 64 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 65 Richard Moffat (Aus) United Water 66 Steve Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 67 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Panaria-Margres 71 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 72 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 74 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 76 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 77 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 78 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 79 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 80 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 82 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria-Margres 83 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 84 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Margres 85 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Panaria-Margres 86 Julian Dean (Nzl) Credit Agricole 87 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 88 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 89 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 90 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) United Water Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 16 pts 2 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 16 3 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 16 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 14 5 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 7 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10 8 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 6 9 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 6 10 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 12 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 13 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 2 14 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 2 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 2 16 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Panaria-Margres 2 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 16 pts 2 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 14 4 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 12 5 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 6 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 8 7 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 8 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 4 9 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 U23 classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 8.15.53 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 34.02 3 Mark Jamieson (Aus) United Water 27.29 4 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA 1.00.45 5 Matthew Rex (Aus) UniSA 1.01.05 6 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 1.01.10 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 9 Richard Moffat (Aus) United Water 10 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 11 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 12 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) United Water Teams classification 1 UniSA 24.46.26 2 FDJeux.com 1.52 3 Domina Vacanze 4.00 4 Crédit Agricole 6.20 5 Lotto-Domo 6.27 6 Quick Step-Davitamon 7 Team Australia 6.59 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.40 9 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31.40 10 Panaria-Margres 37.53 11 Bankgiroloterij 1.09.59 12 United Water 2.31.02
