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7th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HCAustralia, January 18-23, 2005Main Page Results Stage Details Live Report Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 3 - January 20: Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 139 kmSanchez steals the dayBy Anthony Tan in Victor Harbor Strong coastal winds and offensive riding turned the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under on its head today, with a relatively unknown Spaniard by the name of Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) now leading the overall classification. Prior to today's stage, 21 year-old Sanchez had won just two races since turning pro two years ago for ONCE-Eroski, which later became known as Liberty Seguros in 2004. But today, the lanky man from Murcia showed teamwork and cunning beyond his years. First, he got himself in the crucial move of the day. Once in the decisive 26-man break, he set himself the task of helping co-leader Allan Davis in the intermediate sprints, who was lying second overall. Then, with Davis and Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) eyeing each other off in the finale, Sanchez broke away with Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon - Lotto) 20 kilometres from the finish, and after outsprinting the Belgian with ease, he now finds himself the new leader of the JCTDU. "Manolo [Saiz] told me this was a race that was going to put me right into form; he spoke very well of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under," said a composed Sanchez immediately following the race finish. "I did a really good block of training in November, but I really didn't come here with the idea to win - my first real objective of the year is Paris-Nice," he said. "In the beginning, I basically went on the attack for Allan, and in the intermediate sprints along the way, I was trying to get bonus seconds for Allan - I actually didn't think I could make it to the finish." Although his team-mate from Bundaberg was the race leader on the road for much of the day, and would have certainly relished a spell in yellow, 'Alby' Davis has no hard feelings about the situation. "Yeah, he's a great bike rider," acknowledged Davis. "Get used to his name... he deserves to win. It's not a one-man team; Luis' in good form and he deserves [the win] if he's got it. We work as a team, and that's it." Asked whether he was expecting such a difficult day in the saddle, Davis conceded that after yesterday, he and his team were prepared to do battle. And with the equal-most riders (four) represented out of any team in the move, the odds were always in favour of Liberty. "Our team was expecting an intense start, a lot of attacks, and that's exactly what happened. We had someone in all of the breaks, and [when the break occurred], our team rode awesome. The two sprints mucked up the rhythm of the train a bit, but everyone worked evenly, and that's what made the break get so far ahead." When Cyclingnews spoke with Johan Van Summeren, today's second place-getter was visibly disappointed, paying the price for not keeping his cool when it counted: "I started the sprint too early, because I really wanted to get this win," said the 23 year-old. "But I was too nervous - I should have waited." Equally distraught was new mountains leader Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare), who finished second on yesterday's stage, and was just eight seconds off Robbie McEwen's lead at the start of today. "I'm happy... but not really," said the 22 year-old Italian. "Initially, I was after the leader's jersey, and if I couldn't get that, I wanted the stage win, so the climber's jersey was sort of like the last thing I wanted. I will try and defend the jersey, but first, I'd still like a stage win." Someone who was happy, however, was third placegetter Gene Bates (Uni SA), who now leads the sprint classification. "Well, I had a really good day, and this is really the first selection day," said the former Under 23 road champion to Cyclingnews. "[David] O'Loughlin lead the sprint out in our group, and I came around him with 200 metres to go. But this is only the start of it; the coming days should be interesting. At the last climb, I knew we had to get some time back on the two guys ahead of us, or the race would pretty much be over." How it unfolded93 riders began the 139 kilometre journey today from the pretty little seaside town of Glenelg. Missing was Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare's Scott Davis, the younger brother of Allan the second rider after Henk Vogels' DNS yesterday to fall ill. With much cooler temps (21-22°C), a strong breeze blowing and many wishing to see the end of Robbie's reign in yellow, it was obvious at the start that most riders were anticipating a hard-fought stage; those that didn't were simply hoping for the best. The usual flurry of nervous attacks and a small pile-up that took out a second Panaria rider, Julio Perez Cuapio (poor bastards; they're not having a good tour), characterised the start, with the peloton settling down momentarily before exploding once again - this time for good. 26 riders broke clear of the peloton shortly before Aldinga Beach (km 28); in the move were: Stuart O'Grady and Jans Koerts (Cofidis), Johan Van Summeren and Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto), Bradley Wiggins, Sebastien Hinault, Laszlo Bodrogi, Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Juan Fuentes and David Loosli (Lampre-Caffita), Allan Davis, Aaron Kemps, Javier Ramirez and Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), Matthew Wilson and Mark Renshaw (FDJeux.com), Erki Putsep and Simon Gerrans (Ag2r Prevoyance), David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance), Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare), David McPartland, Ashley Humbert and Rob Mclachlan (United Water), Gene Bates, Steve Cunningham, Chris Jongewaard (Uni SA) - the notable exception being Quick.Step, who were ordered to ride home from Victor Harbor at the end of the day by their school teacher Patrick Lefevere. And onward the break went and upward ran the gap: first 42 seconds (km 33), then 1'06 (km 43.7, at the Sellicks Hill KOM), then 7'30 at the Mt Compass sprint prime (km 66.7), then over 12 minutes at the second sprint in Goolwa (km 92) - and then ballooning out to 22 minutes with 25 to go. So, with victory assured to one of the 26, the counter-attacking began. Slightly unusually, it was of the first moves that stuck, as Luis Sanchez (Liberty) and Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto) took off in full flight, catching out those who were eyeing an O'Grady/Davis showdown in Victor Harbor. Although the pair's lead never amassed anywhere near the proportion of the original break - in fact, never amassing more than a minute - the Euro duo did enough to stay away, with Sanchez comfortably accounting for Van Summeren in the drag race to the line. 15 seconds in arrears was a trio lead home by Gene Bates (Uni SA), evergreen Robert McLachlan (United Water) and Javier Ramirez Abeja (Liberty Seguros Team), before race favourite Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros Team) took the kick for sixth from Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare), where he now lies third overall on the general classification. Stage 4 - January 21: Unley to Hahndorf, 152 kmWith 26 riders finishing 20-plus minutes clear of the rest of the field today, it's looking awfully good for Manolo's men, but Liberty Seguros' Allan Davis says the team will "play it by ear" on tomorrow's leg to Hahndorf. "Y'know, it's a hard race to win when you've got the lead with a few days to go, but I think we'll assess it a bit more tonight," he said. "The team's going well, they're keeping healthy - that's the main thing - and we'll play it by ear tomorrow. Anything can happen - you've seen what happened today - that can happen tomorrow as well. We'll just be on our toes, so we've got no excuses after the race." Stage 4 contains two intermediate sprints (km 28.3 and 119.2) and the one KOM at Checker Hill (km 86.6), but a slightly bumpier profile than today may cause problems for more than a few. And if the wind keeps blowing the way it has been, who knows what may happen. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com
Results1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 3.19.39 (41.8 km/h) 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 0.16 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 5 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.18 7 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 9 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 12 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 14 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 16 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.30 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 18 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 19 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 20 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 21 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 23 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 24 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 26 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 2.22 27 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 31.56 28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 29 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 30 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 33 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 34 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 35 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 36 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 38 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 39 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 41 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 42 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 44 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 46 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 47 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 48 David Betts (Aus) United Water 49 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 50 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 52 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 53 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 54 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 56 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 59 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 60 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 61 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 63 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 64 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 65 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 66 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 67 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 68 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 69 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 70 Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 71 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 72 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 73 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 74 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 76 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 77 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 78 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 79 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 81 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 82 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 84 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 85 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 86 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 87 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 88 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 89 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 90 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 91 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 92 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare DNF Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare DNS Scott Davis (Aus) United Water Points 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 3 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 4 Sprints Victor Harbor Rd (Main St), Mt Compass - 66.7 km 1 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 6 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 4 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Cadell St near Dawson St, Goolwa - 92 km 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 6 pts 2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 4 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Climbs Main South Rd, Sellicks Hill - 43.7 km 1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 16 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 3 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 8 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 6 5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4 General classification after stage 3 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8.03.46 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.02 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.13 4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.15 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 0.20 6 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 0.20 7 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 0.22 8 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.24 10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 11 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 12 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 14 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.34 16 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 0.36 17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 18 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 20 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 21 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 22 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 23 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 24 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 0.55 25 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.12 26 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 3.31 27 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 31.50 28 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31.57 29 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 30 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 32.02 31 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 34 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 35 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 36 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 37 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 38 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 39 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 41 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 44 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 46 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 47 David Betts (Aus) United Water 48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 49 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 50 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 51 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 52 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 54 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 55 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 56 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 57 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 59 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 61 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 63 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 64 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 65 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 66 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 67 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 68 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 69 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 70 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 71 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 72 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 73 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 74 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 75 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 76 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 77 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 78 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 79 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 81 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 82 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 83 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 84 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 85 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 86 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 87 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 32.23 89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 32.43 90 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.31 91 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 37.11 92 Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 40.25 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 20 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 16 3 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 16 4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 16 5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 6 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 10 7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 8 9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 10 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4 11 David Betts (Aus) United Water 4 12 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 4 13 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 14 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 2 Mountains classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 20 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 20 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 4 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 12 5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 10 6 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 8 7 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 6 U23 classification 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8.03.46 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.24 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31.57 4 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 32.02 5 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 9 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 10 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 11 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water Most aggressive rider classification 1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros Team 24.12.10 2 United Water 0.30 3 Uni SA 0.42 4 Crédit Agricole 0.44 5 Davitamon - Lotto 31.52 6 Lampre - Caffita 32.10 7 Ag2R - Prevoyance 8 Francaise Des Jeux 9 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 34.02 10 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.03.36 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 Quickstep 1.35.14 |
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