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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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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Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com
- Michael Rogers (Quick Step) signs a large photo of himself
- Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto) was in good spirits this morning
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step)
- The peloton in the neutral zone
- The peloton heading out of town
- Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros) and Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros)
- The peloton from above
- Russell Van Hout (Uni SA) attempts to bridge the gap
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) and Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) joined Russell
- Panaria worked hard after the break was caught
- Paride Grillo (Panaria) won the sprint in Echunga
- The peloton spread out
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) leads an attack but didn't last too long
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) still a contender for GC
- Fortunato Baliani (Panaria) won up Checker Hill
- The rest of the riders ascending Checker Hill
- Navigators on the front after a five man breakaway at 115km
- Plenty of fans showed up to watch the racing today
- Matt White (Cofidis) had an emotional victory today
- Matt White (Cofidis) broke away to win in Handorf
- Matt White (Cofidis) speaks to the media
- Beautiful Adelaide
- Gene Bates (UniSA) held onto the KOM jersey
- Matt White (Cofidis) on the podium
- Matt White (Cofidis) stage 4 winner
- Matt White (Cofidis) a champion
- Most aggressive rider was Sebastien Joly (Crédit Agricole)
- The podium girls looked flash in their outfits
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) in the young rider's jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in the sprint jersey
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) still in yellow
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
