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7th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC

Australia, January 18-23, 2005

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Stage 4 - January 21: Unley to Hahndorf, 152 km

White's work rewarded with win

By Gabriella Ekström in Hahndorf

Matt White (Cofidis)
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Cofidis workhorse Matt White delighted not only himself but also the better part of the peloton when he won his first big victory in six years, the fourth stage of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under. After a well-timed breakaway from the peloton, he also broke away from his fellow escapees within the final kilometres close to the finish.

"Well, I'm glad that a lot of people are happy for me," Matt White said from the back seat of his team car after the stage. "This is an important win to our team since it's the first win of the season. It's always good to get a win early in the season, just to keep things rolling. You wouldn't want to wait until late May to get it. The win's also important to me, since it's my first big win since '99. I have won a few smaller races in Australia, and also the odd team time trial, but this is the first win I have got for myself since then."

How it unfolded

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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It was clear before the stage that break would go away, since so many riders were now out of contention for the general classification. The question was just who was going to be in it, and when would it go? The answer came quickly as the attacks were on from the very second the riders reached the South East Freeway tollgate at kilometre zero. Mikel Astarloza and Iñigo Chaurreau (Ag2r Prevoyance), David Betts (United Water), Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) and Adrian Laidler (Uni SA) attacked first and were quickly followed by yellow jersey Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) who was keen to see that no one dangerous was in the break.

At the top of the climb, they were all caught, but the peloton had split up big time, and more than half of the riders found themselves swerving in and out among the cars in the caravan, going downhill at 90 km/h. After only 15 kilometres raced, some of the main contenders for the yellow jumped clear of the others, although the peloton wasn't going to let the likes of Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) and Gene Bates (UniSA) get away.

Paride Grillo (Panaria)
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Leading up to the first sprint in Echunga, the peloton was still together, despite numerous attempts to break clear made by many riders. Panaria's Paride Grillo took the sprint ahead of Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) and team mate Graeme Brown, and shortly after a break containing Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole), Arnaud Gerard and Ian McLeod (FDJeux.com), Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) and the yellow jersey of Luis Sanchez tried to get away, but once again the peloton was on its toes and brought them all back.

At the halfway point, Davitamon-Lotto's Robbie McEwen and Credit Agricole's Sebastian Joly launched an attack, and unlike the other attacks, this one seemed to work. Matthew White (Cofidis), Frederic Finot (FDJeux.com) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r Prevoyance) quickly realised that this might be the one attack that would last all the way, and they were able to bridge over to the two front runners. Just before Checker Hill, Panaria's Fortunato Baliani was also able to bridge across, and he went on to win the KOM prize. The six-man break was now allowed a bit of space, as Sanchez' Liberty Seguros team had already been working hard at the first part of the race, and because no one in the break was a threat to their leader's jersey.

The peloton
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With 35 kilometres to go, the six leaders' gap was five and a half minutes, but was starting to come down as the riders from Navigators put in an extra effort back in the peloton. As the riders were approaching the line, it became clear that they would not be caught, and that the winner would come from their group.

"Knowing that Robbie's pretty fast in the end, I knew I had to do something," White told Cyclingnews after the stage. "There was a little climb where I thought I could put some pressure on the others, so I did. I hadn't planned this would happen today, but since so many riders got into a break yesterday, we knew we had to get into one, without being followed by the guys from yesterday."

Matt White (Cofidis)
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Matt's attack proved successful, and he was not chased by Aussie mate McEwen. "I told Matt, if you do attack, I won't make it my job to hunt you down," second placed McEwen told Cyclingnews. "We are on different teams, and I do get paid for winning races, but I've had several times in the Olympics and in the World Championships where Matt has worked for me, and I'm also counting on his support in coming races of that calibre. If I hadn't got a win already, I would have been a lot keener on this one, but now I just let Matt know that I wouldn't chase him. I just sat up and watched how the others would behave."

Spaniard Luis Sanchez kept his yellow jersey, but today's hard work has certainly taken its toll on his teammates, as co-leader Allan Davis said after the stage. "We have spent a lot more energy today than what we would have liked, but hopefully the guys will have something left for tomorrow, because that will be a crucial stage. So far, I've only been able to get myself over the Willunga Hill climb in the front group once out of seven attempts.

Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros)
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Allan who is in fourth place, 13 seconds down on his teammate Sanchez, is well positioned for a nice ride tomorrow if he does that though, and as Sanchez admitted, his team is still concentrating as much on Davis as they do on him. "It's too early to make predictions whether I will last or not. We take every day as it comes, and everyone knows that Allan has been riding very strongly."

Photography

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Results

1 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone       3.35.00
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                          0.02
3 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
4 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            
5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare           0.06
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                         0.10
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                          3.42
8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone           
9 David McPartland (Aus) United Water                                
10 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita                               
11 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team                            
13 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone            
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                  
16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                  
17 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water                               
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                      
19 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        
20 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA                                     
21 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                   
22 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           
24 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                
25 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance                               
26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                        
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance                             
28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
29 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                           
31 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep                                    
32 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA                                          
33 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team               
34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
35 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance                 
36 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                
37 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA                                           
38 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux                               
39 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water                                 
40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              
41 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            
42 David Betts (Aus) United Water                                    
43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team              
44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team                            
45 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                
46 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                             
47 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            
48 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                              
49 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water                             
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                               
51 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                           
52 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone              
53 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA                                         
54 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water                                
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance                 
56 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone              
57 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team         
58 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        4.31
59 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep                                4.36
60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone         
61 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      
62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                                   
63 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team          
64 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water                                 
65 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            
66 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
67 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           
68 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                
69 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team          
70 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA                                          
71 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
72 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA                                     
73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       
74 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                   
75 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team             
76 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA                                       
77 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
78 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                            
79 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
80 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
81 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                      5.32
82 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone          19.54
83 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone            
84 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                
85 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA                                   
86 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
87 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                               
88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                 
89 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                                   
90 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare      
91 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep                                
DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               
 
Points
 
1 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone             8 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                             6
3 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              4
 
Sprints
 
Adelaide Road at Institute, Echunga - 28.3 km
 
1 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                  6 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone            4
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                   2
 
Onkaparinga Valley Rd(Main St) at Tiers Rd, Woodside - 119.2 km
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                             6 pts
2 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone             4
3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare              2
 
Climbs
 
Checker Hill, Checker Hill Rd near Kersbrook - 86.6 km
 
1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare             16 pts
2 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                           12
3 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone             8
4 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              6
5 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           4
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone                          10.52.24
2 Francaise Des Jeux                                             0.02
3 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  
4 Crédit Agricole                                                    
5 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                                   0.06
6 Ag2R - Prevoyance                                              0.10
7 Liberty Seguros Team                                           3.42
8 Lampre - Caffita                                                   
9 United Water                                                       
10 Uni SA                                                            
11 Quickstep                                                     4.36
12 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             6.19
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team           11.42.28
2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                     0.02
3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare               0.12
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team                         0.13
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone         0.18
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 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                          0.24
10 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita                               
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team                            
12 David McPartland (Aus) United Water                               
13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance                             
14 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          0.34
15 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance                           0.36
16 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
17 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
18 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                             
19 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water                                 
20 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA                                     
21 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                
22 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                       0.55
23 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team      3.06
24 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      16.36
25 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA                              16.48
26 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone          19.43
27 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                        28.03
28 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone        28.12
29 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         28.20
30 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                      28.22
31 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare         28.25
32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                       28.30
33 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                      31.57
34 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 32.02
35 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
37 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            
38 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone          
39 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep                                    
40 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                           
42 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                              
43 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team               
44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance                 
45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team              
46 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        
47 David Betts (Aus) United Water                                    
48 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance                 
49 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            
50 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone              
51 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                               
53 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA                                          
54 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                
55 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water                             
56 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team         
57 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux                               
58 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                
59 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA                                         
60 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water                                
61 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone         32.43
62 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water                            32.51
63 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       32.51
64 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare              32.55
65 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team     32.56
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                            
67 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep                                    
68 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
69 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team             
70 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA                                          
71 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                                   
72 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      
73 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA                                     
74 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            
75 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
76 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
77 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team       
78 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           
79 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
80 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA                                       
81 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare           33.17
82 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                     33.52
83 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           35.25
84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone    38.05
85 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                              48.14
86 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare      
87 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep                                
88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                 
89 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                               
90 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone            
91 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                            28 pts
2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                 22
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team                           20
4 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA                                          16
5 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone            12
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone           12
7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          10
8 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water                                10
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                  8
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                       6
11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                             4
12 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             4
13 David Betts (Aus) United Water                                   4
14 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA                                    4
15 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               2
16 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare             2
17 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA                                         2
18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                  2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA                                          20 pts
2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team         20
3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare             16
4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          16
5 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance                           12
6 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water                                12
7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                             10
8 David McPartland (Aus) United Water                               8
9 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone             8
10 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water                              6
11 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             6
12 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          4
 
U23 classification
 
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team           11.42.28
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 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                         
7 Arnaud Gerard (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

1 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole

Teams classification
 
1 Crédit Agricole                                            35.05.20
2 Liberty Seguros Team                                           2.56
3 United Water                                                   3.26
4 Uni SA                                                         3.38
5 Davitamon - Lotto                                             31.08
6 Francaise Des Jeux                                            31.26
7 Ag2R - Prevoyance                                             31.34
8 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone                             33.16
9 Lampre - Caffita                                              35.06
10 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                               1.02.56
11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          1.09.09
12 Quickstep                                                  1.39.04

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