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8th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 17-22, 2006
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Stage 4 - Saturday, January 21: Willunga - Willunga, 147km
Van Hout conquers the heat as Gerrans reigns supreme
Sanchez concedes defeat after massive day in Willunga
By Les Clarke in Willunga
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Starting and finishing in the sweltering furnace that was Willunga, stage four of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under was won by Russell Van Hout after an epic all-day breakaway effort. Sitting in a 20-rider break for the day, Van Hout broke free before the KOM at Willunga with teammate Paul Crake and headed for home, taking the win to a delighted hometown audience. "There was no doubt I could get up there first. It was just whether we could make it to the finish, that was all," said Van Hout at the finish.
Going into stage 4, all eyes were on the KOM at Willunga as overall leader Simon Gerrans went into the day seven seconds ahead of last year's champion, Luis Leon Sanchez. The Liberty Seguros rider and his team appeared confident at the start, with a battle royale on the cards as both he and Gerrans knew it was going to come down to the climb after 127 kilometres.
Sanchez's attack came at the predicted point of the race, and with the help of teammates Sylvain Calzati and JJ Luis Arrieta, Gerrans was able to track the young Spaniard's attack, making sure he maintained his lead in this year's tour. "I had Sylvain Calzati with me and he kept his cool, he kept calm and rode an easy tempo so I could hang onto his wheel. Then we caught JJ Luis Arrieta and he started working as well, and the two of them just towed me back up to Sanchez up the front. They just did an awesome job - it worked out absolutely perfectly," said Gerrans after the finish.
How it unfolded
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With the race situation as it was going into yesterday's stage - Gerrans leading Sanchez by seven seconds and Robbie McEwen by 18 seconds - the field lined up in Willunga prepared to battle extreme temperatures and the hill outside the town, which was tipped by most observers to be the deciding factor in this year's tour. But before that point there was 124 kilometres of punishing winds and searing heat to contend with, conditions easily tougher than any stage so far in this year's tour. It was going to be epic.
After the first ten kilometres several breaks had tried to get away without success, all being brought back to the peloton. That was until the 17-kilometre mark, when Dimitri De Fauw (Chocolade Jacques) attacked, sparking another 10 riders into action and instigating the day's big move, which was to come seven kilometres down the road. Going through the roundabout outside Aldinga, De Fauw's teammate, Serge Pauwels, came down heavily in a crash with Henk Vogels (Davitamon-Lotto) and Nicola Loda (Liquigas), breaking his left elbow and right wrist.
Soon after the accident Vogels had regained his place in the peloton as Pauwels and Loda withdrew from the race, joined soon after by Daniele Colli, who found the going too tough to continue. At the 27 kilometre point 20 riders went clear, opening a break of 23 seconds. Aaron Kemps, Jose Joaquin Rojas (both Liberty Seguros), Jose Luis Arrieta, Sylvain Calzati (both Ag2R), Johan Vansummeren, Nick Gates (both Davitamon-Lotto), Simone Cadamuro (Milram), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Rony Martias (Bouygues Telecom), Glenn D'Hollander, Frederick Willems (both Chocolade Jacques), Glen Chadwick, Sergey Lagutin, Phil Zajicek (all Navigators) and James Meadley (SA.com-AIS) all went clear, quickly establishing a lead of 1'50 as another four riders made a brave break of their own in an attempt to bridge to the leaders.
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As they neared the 37 kilometre mark, the four riders, Elia Rigotto (Milram), Matthew Lloyd (SA.com - AIS), Paul Crake (UniSA) and Mitch Docker (United Water) were making inroads on the leaders' advantage, and as the front group continued to put more time into the field (an advantage of 3:10 after 39 kilometres) the chasers definitely had their work cut out for themselves. After 41 kilometres, the leading 16 had put 4:10 into the peloton, but in the tough conditions they needed more time if they were to have any hope of staying away. This they did, with the chasing four sitting 1:15 behind their target during the second lap dash past the Aldinga beachfront.
Belgian rider Glenn D'Hollander became the virtual leader on the road, but after only 53 kilometres and the temperature continuing to rise, it was always likely his lead wouldn't translate to a concrete result on the finish line. By 54 kilometres the lead enjoyed by the break had grown to 7:36, with the bridging quartet continuing to make up time despite the obvious numerical disadvantage as they sat at 1:10 behind the leaders. Six kilometres later they made contact with the leaders, increasing the break to 20 and completing the quota for the day's escape artists.
Meanwhile, back in the peloton, Ag2R continued to set tempo, protecting Gerrans from the wind along the coastline and leaving plenty in reserve for the big moment on the KOM. Speaking before today's start, Gerrans was wary of the fact his team may be expending too much energy in defence of his race lead, but with the easy tempo set by the French squad, all was looking good for Monsieur Gerrans to keep enough in reserve to defend his advantage over Señor Sanchez. Further down the road, the 20-rider break had increased their lead to 8:47, the heat not seeming to bother them as they continued to build on their advantage. This, however, was the most time they were able to put into the field, because from that point on the peloton, controlled by Ag2R and Liberty Seguros, continuously pegged back the break's advantage.
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Gerrans explained how this was down at the finish. "That's what we planned to do and it came off perfectly. We thought we'd let a group go, let them ride to about four minutes and put it on Liberty to give us a hand. It went out to ten minutes, so we used a couple of Liberty guys up there because my guys were getting a little bit tired. They've [Gerrans' teammates] just done an awesome job all week - I can't thank them enough."
So as the break neared the vital KOM point outside Willunga, Gerrans and Sanchez played cat and mouse, the latter waiting for the perfect time to launch that expected attack. But before that, Russell Van Hout and Paul Crake had launched their stage winning move near the bottom of the climb, blowing the rest of the break to pieces and crossing the summit with a sizeable advantage. It grew to 40, then 50 seconds, then a minute as the pair of teammates two man time-trialed it to the finish.
In the peloton, all eyes were on Sanchez, who hit his straps at the 125 kilometre mark to put 10 seconds into Gerrans, a move that wrested the overall lead from the Victorian. But as they approached the remnants of the break which had split up on the climb, Gerrans was able to recruit the help of troopers Calzati and Arrieta to bring Sanchez back after the top of the climb, neutralising the threat to Gerrans' lead and essentially sealing the win for Ag2R.
But his work wasn't finished yet - it was time to make it to the finish, and following the finish Gerrans explained, "I was really relieved when I caught him; I was just sat on his wheel and with about five kilometres to go I really started cramping like a bastard then both my quads locked up, then my calves...I was just getting water from whoever I could and putting it on my legs." And despite the scare he made it to the finish with Sanchez, last year's champion conceding defeat after the finish. "I gave it my best shot and came up a bit short," said the defending champion. "Obviously I'm disappointed, but well done to Simon."
It was Russell Van Hout's day, however, the newly-crowned national road race champion ecstatic as he crossed the line ahead of teammate Paul Crake, who had helped Van Hout to the victory after taking the KOM points at the top of the hill outside Willunga.
Crake said after the finish, "When that breakaway went, we only had one rider in it - that was Russell. Liberty had two, so if it stayed that way we would've lost the teams classification. I said to a few of my teammates, 'right, I've got to go', and a few of the other Aussie guys came with me who were able to bridge the 1:20 gap, and then it was just up to the climb. I gave it everything I had and fortunately it was just Russell who held my wheel." Van Hout paid tribute to the help of Crake after the finish, saying, "Paul just rode the strongest race in the last 15 k's; I just couldn't have done it without him, he's a champion."
Matthew Lloyd (SA.com-AIS), who was with the second group on the road as they climbed up from Willunga, crashed heavily on the descent after suffering from heat exhaustion and lost consciousness before hitting the ground. The young Victorian remains in hospital for observation but will be ok and didn't suffer any breakages as a result of his fall.
Photography
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- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) signs on
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) in the sign on area
- Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas) signs on, on a hot morning
- David Tanner (United Water) limbers up
- The early break at the end of lap one
- Russel Van Hout (Uni SA) was after a good ride today
- The chasers were a couple of minutes down
- Paul Crake (Uni SA) has impressed this week
- The main group with Ag2r out in front again
- The leaders still had a good gap after lap 2
- Ag2r were taking care of Simon Gerrans today
- plenty of umbrellas today, but no sign of rain
- The promo girls will smile in any heat
- Spectators await the riders
- There was a fair crowd today despite the heat
- The crown at the top of the hill
- Russel Van Hout (Uni SA) leads Paul Crake (Uni SA) to the top first
- The remains of the break near the top of the hill
- William Walker (United Walker) leads Gene Bates (Uni SA)
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) had a go to break from Gerrans
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) wasn’t far of Sanchez at the summit
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) put in a big effort and it paid off, retaining the leaders jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) and team mate Cadel Evans rode up together
- Wes Sulzberger (United Water) during the climb
- The police got into the action
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) makes his way to the summit
- Here mate have a drink
- Henk Vogels (Davitamon Lotto) and Robert McLachlan (Uni SA) on the climb
- Sean Sullivan (Uni SA) gets some refreshment
- Riders cross the KOM line
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Cadel Evans (L) of the Davitamon Lotto team, looking cool in the heat of the Tour Down Under
- Everyone was ducking down to Willunga to see the Tour Down Under!
- The Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under goes all around the world to cycling fans
- Some of the leading group of riders make their way along Aldinga beach during stage four
- Feel like a dip?
- The team from Ag2r keeps watch for tour leader Simon Gerrans on the front of the peloton at Aldinga beach
- Davitamon Lotto crew member Stephan hands a feed-bag to Mario Aerts in Willunga
- Tour leader Simon Gerrans (Ag2r Prevoyance) safely in the peloton during stage four
- The lead group leave Aldinga beach and head for the climb out of Willunga
- The leading group make their way towards Willunga before the KOM climb out of the town
- Paul Crake (L) and his UniSA teammate Russell Van Hout (R), make their move on the climb out of Willunga
- Russell Van Hout and Paul Crake both of the UNI-SA team descend towards Willunga with a twenty second gap on four chasing riders with five kms to go
- Russell Van Hout (R) shares a great stage victory with team-mate Paul Crake after the pair broke clear on the climb out of Willunga 20 km from the finish
- Van Hout cools down after his winning ride in forty degree heat in the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) is offered some ice to cool down after an exhausting stage of the Tour Down Under
- Australian sprinting ace Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) cools down after suffering like all others in a tortuous day of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- South Australian hero Russell Van Hout (UNI-SA) on the podium a stage winner of the 2006 Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- One day to go for Tour leader Simon Gerrans before he can claim total rights to the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under winner's ochre jersey
Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz
- Everyone wanted to get close to the riders.
- A Chocolade Jacques rider leading the bunch on lap 1 of stage 4 of the 2006 Tour Down Under at Snapper Point, Aldinga.
- Checking the gap, one of the Liquigas riders keeps an eye on the bunch.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) up front in the chasing bunch at Snapper Point, Aldinga.
- Braving the searing heat, the Laubman and Pank promo girls were welcomed by spectators at the KOM giving out hats.
- No mistaking the location, Old Willunga Hill played host to the King of the Mountain in stage 4 of the Tour Down Under.
- A family friendly event, many spectators lined the road ready to cheer on the brave souls climbing the mountain.
- Umbrellas were the saving grace in today's heat, and came in all shapes and sizes.
- The crowd favourite was obvious at the KOM today.
- Laubman and Pank marked the KOM, and have been a long-time sponsor of the TDU.
- Russell Van Hout (UniSA) won today's KOM at Willunga.
- Cool water, a welcome relief shared between rivals.
- Jonathon Clarke (SouthAustralia-ais.com) cools off.
- A Navigators rider refills his drink bottle with water from a generous spectator.
Images by Some Bloke/www.webaddress.com
- Sean Sullivan (UniSA) also cools off with some water donated by a spectator.
- Although a late arrival, the She-Devil made a return to the KOM this year just in time to encourage the riders up the hill.
Results
1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 3.32.54 (41.4 km/h) 2 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 3 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03 4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 1.13 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 1.22 10 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.25 11 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.50 13 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 2.37 14 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2.41 15 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 20 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 21 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 22 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 24 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 26 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2.48 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.53 28 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.00 30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.13 31 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.30 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.35 33 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 38 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 5.15 41 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8.47 42 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 43 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 44 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 45 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 46 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 47 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 48 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 49 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 13.11 50 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 52 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 54 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 57 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 58 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 60 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 62 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 63 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 64 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 66 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 68 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 70 Sean Sullivan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 74 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 75 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 76 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 77 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 78 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 79 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 81 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.19 82 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.09 83 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 84 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 85 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling DNF Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling DNF David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling DNF Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim Points 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 8 pts 2 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 3 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Mountains Old Willunga Hill Road - Willunga - 127.4 km 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16 pts 2 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 12 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 8 4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 5 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Sprints The Esplanade, Snapper Point near Butterworth Rd - 58.8 km 1 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 3 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2 The Esplanade, Snapper Point near Butterworth Rd - 100.7 km 1 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 3 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia Teams 1 UniSA-Australia 10.41.19 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.32 3 Team Milram 3.14 4 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3.19 5 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 3.58 6 Davitamon Lotto 4.00 7 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 5.33 8 Bouygues Telecom 5.36 9 Ag2R-Prevoyance 6.15 10 United Water-Australia U/23 10.13 11 Liquigas-Bianchi 11.44 12 Crédit Agricole 15.00 General classification after stage 4 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.47.07 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.07 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18 4 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 0.46 5 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 1.41 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.42 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 2.53 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 3.19 9 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 10 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3.24 11 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.35 12 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.49 13 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 5.00 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.22 15 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.23 16 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 10.24 17 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 10.36 18 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.46 19 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 10.55 20 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 12.21 21 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 13.55 22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15.54 23 Sean Sullivan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 24 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.55 25 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.46 26 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.30 27 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18.44 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 18.50 29 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.52 30 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 21.32 31 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.16 32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 33 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 22.26 34 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 22.35 35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.44 36 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 38 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 39 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 40 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 23.03 41 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 23.38 42 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.06 43 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 24.13 44 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.48 45 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 46 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 24.49 47 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.16 48 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 25.26 49 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 26.28 50 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 27.26 51 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27.50 52 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 28.12 53 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 29.13 54 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 29.14 55 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 29.55 57 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 30.00 58 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 60 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.08 62 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 30.52 63 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 32.15 64 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 32.46 65 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 34.17 66 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 34.24 67 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 72 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 74 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 75 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 76 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.09 77 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 35.16 78 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35.32 79 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 35.43 80 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 35.56 81 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 82 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 38.22 83 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 84 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 42.37 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance Points classification 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 18 pts 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 18 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 14 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 5 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 6 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 12 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 9 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 12 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 13 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 15 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 17 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 19 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 20 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 2 22 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 Mountains classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 32 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 20 4 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 20 5 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 8 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6 10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 12 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 13 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 14 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 4 U23 classification 1 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 14.47.53 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2.33 3 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.03 4 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 4.14 5 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 10.09 6 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 11.35 7 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.06 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21.30 9 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 21.58 10 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27.04 11 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 28.27 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 28.28 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 30.06 14 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 31.29 15 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 33.38 16 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 34.30 17 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 37.36 Teams classification 1 UniSA-Australia 44.11.09 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 7.40 3 Davitamon Lotto 23.18 4 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 23.34 5 Team Milram 35.45 6 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 36.03 7 Ag2R-Prevoyance 36.52 8 Bouygues Telecom 37.59 9 United Water-Australia U/23 40.13 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 46.26 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 49.21 12 Crédit Agricole 1.08.44
