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7th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 18-23, 2005
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Stage 1 - January 18: East End Adelaide Street Race, 50 km
The McEwen massacre continues
By Gabriella Ekström in Adelaide
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Although surprising himself, Robbie McEwen of Davitamon-Lotto surprised no-one else when he took the yellow jersey on the first night of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under. "I honestly didn't expect to do well today," the recently crowned Australian champion said after the stage. "I am still suffering from the championships, but I figure that the others are suffering too, because either they were in the championships too, or they have came straight from European winter."
Like last year, the cycling season's starter took off with a criterium in the East End of Adelaide. A two kilometre lap was to be contested 25 times, and the attacks were on from the first lap when Dave McPartland of United Water set off. The peloton was quick on his wheels, and one of the favourites for the stage win, Graeme Brown of Ceramiche Panaria Navigare took his chance already on the second lap. Graeme told Cyclingnews before the stage that he didn't have the best of form, but that he'd give it a try. Shortly after Brown's break was eliminated, David Betts of United Water and Stephen Cunningham of UniSA took off in a break that got the biggest gap of the stage...a mere ten seconds.
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After four laps, the peloton was stretched like a bungy cord, and many riders were willing to give it a go at the front. After eight laps, Davitamon-Lotto and Cofidis sent their strong men to the front, but that didn't stop the other riders from continuing their attacks. After 20 kilometres, the first sprint was contested, and Gene Bates of UniSA raced aggressively and took the sprint out in a convincing way. With good assistance from his team he also took out the second sprint at kilometre 40 and secured the sprinters jersey for at least one stage. "My objective is really a top five placing in the general classification, and the climber's jersey, but now I've got the sprinter's jersey, and that's not too bad either," Bates told Cyclingnews after the stage.
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At this point of the race, most of the stars wanted to try their wings, and jumps were made by McEwen, Cadel Evans from Davitamon-Lotto and Stuart O'Grady from Cofidis, although none were given the freedom they wanted. With three laps to go, Liberty Seguros was moving up its squad to the front, and Spanish celebrity Isidro Nozal took off for a short solo show at the front. A crash took out a handful of riders, just within the three kilometre limit where the same time is given to those who abandon due to crashing, but the fall wasn't affecting the front where the riders were lining up for the likely sprint.
Ceramiche Panaria was showing off their full colours at the front with two kilometres to go, and it was looking all set for Graeme Brown, but Lotto-Davitamon had more to give and joined up at the front. However, heading towards the last stretch of the road, O'Grady surprised them all when he took off in a flying attack and entered the finishing straight first. Allan Davis from Liberty Seguros did a strong job to catch O'Grady just before the line, but could do nothing about super strong Robbie McEwen who was right on his wheel and came around him in the last metres.
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"My team worked great for me, especially towards the end," Robbie said before the prize ceremony. "O'Grady took off and surprised us all, and we had to work hard to get him back in time. Allan Davis chased closest, and I got on his wheel. Although I have won the first stage before, this is the first time I actually have a time bonus on the others. Unfortunately it's no simple task to take the jersey all the way home. Normally it's the strongest rider who wins the race, but you never know when a break could go. Also I feel a bit shaky now. I think I got a bit lactic, although I probably shouldn't be telling you that. It's nothing that a good rub down can't fix though."
Gene Bates, who won the two sprints, will start tomorrow's stage in Salisbury in the sprinters jersey, and David McPartland of United Water will dress himself in the KOM jersey tomorrow, thanks to him being the highest placed rider in last years king of the mountain competition taking part this year.
Queenslander Aaron Kemps of Liberty Seguros won the young riders jersey, and United Water's David Betts received the jersey for being the most aggressive rider.
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2R) signs on for stage 1
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in his Australian Champion jersey
- Stuart O’Grady (Cofidis) happy to be in Adelaide
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) in the lime light
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) kept a low profile this evening
- The peloton rides past the Stag Hotel
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) cuts a tight corner
- The riders corner the first bend
- The peloton in the fading Adelaide light
- The peloton stretched out as the pace picks up
- The peloton with 2 laps to go
- Frederic Finot (FDJeux.com) leads David McKenzie (United Water) on an attempted breakaway
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) corners
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) on the top straight
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) once again worked hard for Robbie McEwen
- Uni SA pushing it with 3 laps to go
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) outsprints Alan Davis (Liberty Seguros)
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) laps up the attention after winning stage 1 of the Tour Down Under
- The Most Aggressive Rider
- The Young Riders Jersey
- The KOM Jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) gets a kiss only the winner gets
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) off to a great start this season
Images by Rachel Burke/maximumattack.biz
- Russell Van Hout from Team Uni SA looking relaxed during his pre-race warm up
- A tight knit bunch: the Cofidis team warm up
- And they're off! The peloton sets off on the first lap of Stage 1 of the 2005 Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- Javier Ramirez (Liberty Seguros) and Mickael Delage (FDJeux.com) set a cracking pace
- Chris Sutton (United Water) checks out the opposition
- Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) gets some Aussie encouragement from the crowd
- Aussie hero Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) on a charge
- Standing out in a sea of blue is Ceramiche Panaria Navigare rider Sergey Matveyev
- Riding strong Frederic Finot from FDJeux.com
- Ashley Humbert (United Water) tussles with Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Panaria rider Mirko Allegrini with an edge on Liberty Seguros' Luis Leon Sanchez
- Quickstep teammates Filippo Pozzato and Kevin De Weert
- Cofidis rider Jans Koerts powers out of the corner
- The peloton heads up East Terrace
- Hometown favourite Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
- One of the race favourites Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita)
- Local rider Matthew Rex riding strong with the bunch (Uni SA)
- Nick Gates (Davitamon-Lotto) swings around the hairpin
- An Ag2r Prevoyance rider concentrates hard whilst negotiating the tight hairpin corner
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) shows the others how it's done
- A United Water rider on the attack
- Complete determination on the face of Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Stuart O'Grady powers away but keeps an eye on his opposition
- Gene Bates' great form was evident during the race
- A crash took out several riders
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.00.45 (49.5 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 8 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 9 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 10 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 13 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 14 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 21 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 22 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 23 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 26 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 28 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 30 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 32 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 34 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 35 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 36 David Betts (Aus) United Water 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 39 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 40 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 41 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 43 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 44 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 45 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 46 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 47 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 52 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 54 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 55 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 56 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 57 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 58 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 59 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 60 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 61 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 62 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 63 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 64 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 66 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 67 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 68 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 69 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 70 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 71 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 72 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 73 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 75 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 76 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 77 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 78 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 79 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 83 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 84 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 85 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 86 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 87 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 88 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 89 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 90 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 91 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 92 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 94 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 95 Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 5.54 Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 8 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 6 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Sprints Finish Arch - Lap 10 - 20.0 km 1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 6 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 4 3 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 Finish Arch - Lap 20 - 40.0 km 1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 6 pts 2 David Betts (Aus) United Water 4 3 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 2 General classification after stage 1 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.00.39 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.02 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 0.04 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 0.06 5 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 8 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 9 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 10 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 13 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 14 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 21 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 22 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 23 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 26 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 28 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 30 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 32 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 34 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 35 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 36 David Betts (Aus) United Water 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 39 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 40 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 41 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 43 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 44 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 45 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 46 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 47 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 52 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 54 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 55 Scott Davis (Aus) United Water 56 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 57 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 58 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 59 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 60 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 61 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 62 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 63 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 64 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 66 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 67 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 68 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 69 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 70 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 71 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 72 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 73 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 75 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 76 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 77 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 78 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 79 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 83 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 84 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 85 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 86 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 87 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 88 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 89 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 90 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 91 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 92 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 94 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 95 Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6.00 Points classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 12 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 8 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 6 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 4 5 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 4 6 David Betts (Aus) United Water 4 7 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 8 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 2 King of the Mountain classification 1 David McPartland (Aus) United Water U23 classification 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 1.00.45 2 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 6 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 9 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 10 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 11 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA Most aggressive rider 1 David Betts (Aus) United Water Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros Team 3.02.15 2 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 3 Ag2R - Prevoyance 4 Quickstep 5 Francaise Des Jeux 6 Lampre - Caffita 7 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 8 Crédit Agricole 9 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 United Water 11 Uni SA 12 Davitamon - Lotto
