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7th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 18-23, 2005
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Stage 5 - January 22: Willunga to Willunga, 147 km
Contador and Sanchez lead Liberty quartet to victory
By Gabriella Ekström in Willunga
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Spanish team Liberty Seguros secured the grip on the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under by taking first, second, third and also fourth in the stage to the well-dressed city of Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsula on the penultimate race day. Alberto Contador was given the stage win by his teammate and race leader Luis Sanchez after the pair destroyed the leading bunch on the final climb of Willunga Hill. Allan Davis and Javier Ramirez led the next group home for third and fourth, meaning that Davis climbed from fourth to second on GC. It would take a catastrophe to unseat the team from the top two places on GC in tomorrow's closing criterium.
Although modest when speaking to the press about his abilities, race leader Luis Sanchez finally confirmed, both in action and in words, that he has been feeling great all week. "I've been certain of my form all the time, but I came here originally to work for Allan Davis. Today it was our plan to attack at the bottom of the Old Willunga climb and try to get rid of Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) and Paride Grillo (Panaria), but the day ended even better than what we had expected."
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Young Sanchez also confirmed that tomorrow's 81 kilometre stage shouldn't provide any major difficulties for him, and that his team are still hungry for more stage wins, despite having won two already. "Normally a stage like that isn't a problem. We should be able to defend the jersey, as well as riding for Allan Davis in the finale too. At the moment, he is one of the best sprinters in the world, and it would be great to end the race with a win for Allan."
Allan himself confirmed that he still had one ambition left, and also threw in the odd comment about his teammate Sanchez. "I'm here to get a win. I'd say we'll still go for a win tomorrow; it'll be hard, but first thing on the agenda will be to protect the lead, and then we'll see how the race pans out during the stage - we'll play our tactics like that.
"As a kid, Sanchez dreamed about signing autographs, he always wanted to be a winner. He might be signing autographs; I'll be wiping his arse!" added Davis with a grin.
How it unfolded
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The stage started out similar to yesterday's stage, with riders jumping clear of the peloton from kilometre zero. The pace was unforgiving from the start, and the spectators were surprised to see the riders and caravan flying past at 60 km/h in some places. The first major break went when the riders were tagging along the beautiful beach of Aldinga when Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), Sebastian Rosseler (Quick.Step) and Chris Sutton (United Water) were allowed a gap of forty seconds.
The break was caught shortly before the first sprint at 59 km, easily won by McEwen. "Panaria were the ones who chased us down. They wanted to catch us before the sprint so that they could put Grillo in the sprint. I figured I'd win it instead," Robbie told Cyclingnews with a smile after the stage. After the first sprint, a new series of attacks started, with Davitamon-Lotto's Cadel Evans present in most of them, eager to make an impact as he had his family waiting for him at the line.
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None of the breaks were being let away, and with ten kilometres to the second intermediate sprint, Davitamon and Panaria closed the gap to a break containing Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis), Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto), Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita), Allan Davis and Aaron Kemps (Liberty Seguros), Mickael Delage and Frederic Finot (FDJeux.com), Mikel Astarloza and Erki Putsep (Ag2r Prevoyance), Hilton Clarke and David O'Loughlin (Navigators), Ashley Humbert and David Betts (United Water) and Gene Bates (Uni SA).
In time for the second sprint, McEwen then attacked again, this time bringing Navigators' Hilton Clarke with him. "I attacked again for the second sprint," McEwen told Cyclingnews. "Panaria were quick to chase after us, but I told them that they should sit up, since we had just helped them chase down the last dangerous break. They did, and I got the second sprint as well."
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Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto), Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), Allan Davis and Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), Graeme Brown and Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare), Gene Bates and Adrian Laidler (Uni SA) then formed a breakaway that could have been dangerous, hadn't race leader Sanchez seen the danger in time and joined them. They were able to reach McEwen and Clarke before the whole breakaway was hauled in by Cofidis, who had missed getting O'Grady in it. The race was now getting nervous as the riders were preparing for the climb at the finish, and the peloton was splitting up into many groups as the speed was getting higher.
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With 30 kilometres to go, Michael Rogers (Quick.Step), Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Javier Ramirez (Liberty Seguros) and Chris Sutton (United Water) attacked, and Rogers and Ramirez still had an advantage on the peloton as they entered the climb. A group of 20 riders then formed on the climb, among them Sanchez who broke away over the summit together with teammate Alberto Contador in an impressive way. Most major contenders for the jersey fought behind the two Liberty Seguros riders, but no one could get any time on them once they were gone. At the finish, Sanchez offered Contador the victory, and Contador proudly crossed the line to show that he was back on the racing scene again.
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"I had a very bad accident last year," Contador told us behind the scenes. It was an accident that didn't only threaten my career, but also my life. I bled from a little vein in my brain, and it built up a pressure that made me pass out on my bike while racing Tour of Asturias last year. A month later I was operated on and they managed to unblock the obstruction in my brain. The doctors are still doing check-ups, but so far, so good. By November, they told me I was healthy so I started training harder than ever."
Allan Davis who broke away from the chasing group to finish third, praised the team's effort after the finish line; "The team decided today to keep it controlled, and up the climb, you noticed we attacked to sort of see who could go with us. Those two young guys up the front showed how much talent they've got; they attacked at the top of the climb, and there were a lot of guys swapping off at the back. Javier Ramirez and myself had to keep control of the chase group - that's just race tactics - and that's how it panned out for the team."
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After dominating the race here, Davis admitted that the team would feel confident once the racing starts in Europe. "Yeah, Manolo Saiz is not here, but Marino Lejarreta is and he's really happy. Manolo... he'll be happy as a pig in shit!" he said with a laugh.
Robbie McEwen starts tomorrow's stage with the sprinter's jersey secure on his shoulders, and UniSA's Gene Bates was rewarded for his efforts today with a new climber's jersey. Quick.Step's Michael Rogers was picked most aggressive rider of the day, thanks to his numerous attacks, and was presented the Century 21 jersey on the stage, and race leader Luis Sanchez also leads the U23 competition, as he is only 21 years of age.
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) was relaxed before today's stage
- The peloton rides along Aldinga Beach on the first lap
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) leads an early break away
- The peloton riding through Willunga
- The peloton head towards Aldinga Beach
- Davitamon-Lotto pushing the pace
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) and Hilton Clarke (Navigators) closing in on the second sprint
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) in an Aussie trio
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) leading the last lap breakaway, which was caught
- After the breakaway was caught a five man counter-attack went ahead approaching Willunga Hill
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) leads the way up Willunga Hill
- ...but the fast approaching bunch caught them
- Russell Van Hout (Uni SA) took the lead for a while
- Liberty Seguros had strength in numbers
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r) leads the next group up
- Gene Bates (Uni SA) has been consistent in the hills all tour
- Russell Van Hout (Uni SA) leads Michael Rogers (Quick.Step)
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) shows the strain as he starts the descent towards Willunga
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) and teammate Alberto Contador Velasco
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) and teammate Alberto Contador Velasco worked together and secured victory
- It was Liberty's day
- Alberto Contador Velasco (Liberty Seguros) cyclist or Indian god?
- Gene Bates (Uni SA) was stuffed after a hard race today
- Alberto Contador Velasco (Liberty Seguros) on the podium
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) was the most aggressive rider today
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) held onto his points jersey
- Gene Bates (UniSA) enjoys himself as KOM leader
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Liberty Seguros) is virtually ensured of the tour win after today's team spirited win
Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz
- The tour promotional parade arrives in Snapper Point, Aldinga
- Residents of Aldinga Beach go all out to decorate their houses
- 'Team Davis' has come to the JCTDU to support Allan and Scott Davis
- A junior member of 'Team Davis'
- The peloton is on a charge as it gets closer to swallowing up the two man Fdjeux.com and United Water breakaway
- The two man fight between Robbie McEwen and a Paride Grillo (Panaria) to claim the first sprint at Snapper Point, Aldinga. McEwen was annoyed that Panaria was chasing him.
- Robbie McEwen claims the second SA Lotteries Sprint of the day
- The peloton spreads out along the Esplanade at Snapper Point, Aldinga
- Robbie McEwen holds off Hilton Clarke (Navigators) to claim his second stage 5 Sprint victory at Snapper Point Aldinga
- An Aussie flag flies proudly for Sprint King Robbie McEwen after claiming his second sprint win
- Encouraging words for the torturous King of the Mountain climb at Willunga
- After ascending a gruelling climb KOM winner for stage 5 goes to Alberto Contador of Liberty Seguros
- Although a white flag was flying Alberto Contador of Liberty Seguros did not surrender to the Mountain taking KOM honours on stage 5
Images by Gerard Knapp/Cyclingnews.com
- South Australia's she-devil makes an appearance at the top of Willunga Hill on stage 5 of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under.
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 3.17.51 (44.6 km/h) 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.22 4 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.25 5 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 0.36 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 0.42 9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 0.50 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 0.52 12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.57 13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 14 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 16 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 17 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 18 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.00 19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 20 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.03 22 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 1.07 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 24 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.36 25 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 1.41 26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 27 David Betts (Aus) United Water 28 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 1.45 29 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 32 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 33 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 34 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 37 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 38 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 39 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 40 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 41 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 6.43 43 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 44 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 45 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 47 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 48 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 49 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 50 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 51 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 52 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 53 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 54 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 55 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 57 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 58 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 12.38 59 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 60 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 61 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 62 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 63 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 64 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 66 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 14.28 67 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 68 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19.11 69 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 70 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 71 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 72 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 73 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 74 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 76 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 78 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 81 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 84 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 85 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 86 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 87 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 88 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance DNF Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare DNS Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team Points 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 6 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 4 Sprints The Esplanade near Butterworth Rd, Snapper Point - 58.8 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 6 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 4 3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 2 The Esplanade near Butterworth Rd, Snapper Point - 100.7 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 6 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 2 Mountains Old Willunga Hill Road - Willunga - 127.4 km 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 16 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12 3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 6 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 4 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros Team 9.53.55 2 Davitamon - Lotto 1.59 3 United Water 2.36 4 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 2.44 5 Ag2R - Prevoyance 2.56 6 Uni SA 3.17 7 Francaise Des Jeux 3.20 8 Crédit Agricole 4.05 9 Quickstep 4.15 10 Lampre - Caffita 8.21 11 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 9.06 12 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.49 General classification after stage 5 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 15.00.15 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 0.35 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 0.47 4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.48 5 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 0.51 6 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 0.53 7 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 1.04 8 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.14 9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 1.18 10 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 11 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 1.21 12 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita 1.25 13 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.37 14 Juan Manuel Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.43 15 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 2.06 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 2.09 17 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.16 18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 2.23 19 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R - Prevoyance 2.25 20 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 21 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4.55 22 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Uni SA 7.23 23 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 19.51 24 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 29.16 25 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30.09 26 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 30.14 27 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 30.19 28 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 32.00 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 32.48 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 33.03 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 33.06 33 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 33.46 34 David Betts (Aus) United Water 33.47 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 33.51 36 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 37 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 38 Ian McLeod (RSA) Francaise Des Jeux 39 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 33.57 40 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep 34.07 41 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 34.45 42 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Uni SA 43 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35.09 44 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.51 45 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Uni SA 36.03 46 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 38.49 47 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux 48 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 49 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros Team 50 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 51 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 38.58 52 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 39.30 53 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39.43 54 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 55 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 56 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 57 Corey Sweet (Aus) Uni SA 58 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 59 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 39.50 60 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 40.04 61 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 40.39 62 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 44.44 63 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 64 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45.36 65 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 45.37 66 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 45.38 67 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 68 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 46.34 69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.17 70 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 71 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 73 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R - Prevoyance 74 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 75 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 76 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA 77 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 78 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 52.06 79 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 52.11 81 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 55.01 84 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep 1.00.56 85 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1.02.46 86 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 1.07.29 87 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 88 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 40 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 28 3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 26 4 Gene Bates (Aus) Uni SA 16 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 14 6 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 12 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 12 8 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 9 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 10 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4 13 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 14 David Betts (Aus) United Water 4 15 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Uni SA 4 16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 17 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 18 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 2 19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 2 20 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 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 16 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 16 5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 6 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R - Prevoyance 12 8 David McKenzie (Aus) United Water 12 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 10 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 8 11 David McPartland (Aus) United Water 8 12 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 8 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R - Prevoyance 6 14 Robert McLachlan (Aus) United Water 6 15 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 4 17 Frederic Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 U23 classification 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 15.00.15 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros Team 2.09 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 33.46 4 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 33.51 5 Christopher Sutton (Aus) United Water 38.49 6 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Water 7 James Hannam (Aus) Uni SA 44.44 8 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 51.17 9 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11 Matthew Rex (Aus) Uni SA Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros Team 45.02.11 2 Crédit Agricole 1.09 3 United Water 3.06 4 Uni SA 3.59 5 Davitamon - Lotto 30.11 6 Ag2R - Prevoyance 31.34 7 Francaise Des Jeux 31.50 8 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 33.04 9 Lampre - Caffita 40.31 10 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.09.06 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.21.02 12 Quickstep 1.40.23
