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8th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 17-22, 2006
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Stage 2 - Thursday, January 19: Stirling - Hahndorf, 146km
Time to break the drought
Davis gets elusive win as Gerrans defends superbly
By Les Clarke in Hahndorf
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After a day of attrition in yesterday's opening stage to Angaston, Liberty Seguros-Wurth's Allan Davis broke through for his first stage win in this event, beating Paul Crake in a two up sprint into the main street of Hahndorf this afternoon. Davis, who is on his eighth visit to the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, made his way to the early break which formed after 30 kilometres and stayed away from the peloton for the entire day.
It wasn't until the final kilometres, however, that Davis was able to make the decisive move, breaking clear of the 11-rider breakaway with UniSA's stairmaster extraordinaire Paul Crake and riding home for a popular win. "We knew something was going to go today after yesterday, so I was pretty geed up last night to get in a winning move and I did it today," said a very satisfied Davis after the finish. "It's just a little treat for my two kids, especially my little newborn."
But it was so much more for Davis, who admits that although he's won races on the international stage the win in Australia's premier stage race is very special. "I can't describe how hungry I was for a win this year," said Davis. "I got very close last year when Luis pretty much dominated the Tour, but now I've got it."
AG2R's Simon Gerrans benefited from a dominant display of controlled riding by his teammates to maintain his lead in the general classification. "The guys did an awesome job today; they rode absolutely perfectly," said a hot but happy Gerrans at the finish in Hahndorf. "They let the right breaks get away - there was just no one there so I could focus on GC and we rode the right pace all day. They just controlled it," he said. Indeed it was a controlled race from the French squad, but with Davis' teammate Luis Leon Sanchez staying close to Gerrans all day, it was a great day for the Liberty Seguros-Wurth squad.
How it unfolded
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With another huge crowd gathered in Stirling for the start of stage 2, the 146 kilometres from Stirling to Hahndorf would be a test of AG2R's mettle as race leaders in the tough conditions South Australia has thrown at riders so far in this year's race. The United Water squad, with their young star William Walker sitting in fourth on GC, found their task of protecting Walker made more difficult with the withdrawal of Sam Lee and Richard Moffatt during yesterday's stage, reducing their number to six. United Water's Tasmanian rider Wes Sulzberger told Cyclingnews before the start in Stirling that although it would be tough out there today, they'd do what they could to look after their main man.
With a downhill start several riders decided they'd try their luck with an early break; but with positions on general classification to defend the peloton would select carefully who they let get away today. Liberty Seguros' Jose Joaquin Rojas was the first to go, but with his teammate Luis Leon Sanchez sitting high in the overall standings, he was never given any room and came back to the bunch in a matter of several minutes.
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There were slim pickings for the climbers on today's stage, and with the only KOM at 17 kilometres, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) secured his position in the KOM standings, racing up the small climb at Echunga first. From there a seven-rider break formed, with Dumoulin, Gene Bates (UniSA), Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto), Paul Crake (UniSA), Mads Kaagestad (Credit Agricole), Giovanni Visconti (Milram) and Sergey Lagutin (Navigators) getting clear before they were reeled back two kilometres later.
Another break went ahead of the bunch before they too were pulled in, and it was clear that an attacking option was the preferred path to victory on today's stage when another attack was put in by Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros), Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques), Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators) and Matt Hayman (UniSA). It also lasted a short time before the break of the day went ahead shortly after, with Eladio Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), Dennis Haueisen (Milram), Rony Martias (Bouygues Telecom), Hilton Clarke (Navigators), Matthew Goss (SA.com-AIS), Crake and his teammate Robert McLachlan going clear after 30 kilometres.
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It wasn't long before they'd built a solid lead, and sensing the need to get across, Davis made his way to the break, bridging the gap that had opened. As McLachlan dropped off the pace, more riders made their way across to the leading group, with Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Fabio Sabatini (Milram), Mauro Da Dalton (Liquigas) and Jens Renders (Chocolade Jacques) making the front runners 11 strong. They quickly put 31 seconds into the bunch, and at the 40 kilometre mark this had blown out to 1:30. By 45 kilometres this had increased to 2:25 and it looked like growing as Gerrans' teammates controlled the peloton. They rode at a tempo suitable for a break boasting the likes of Davis to put time into a sedate bunch that was virtually riding two abreast.
Holding onto a gap of 2:35, the leading 11 riders hit the first sprint in Woodside with the wind in their sails; Hilton Clarke proving to have the most wind in his as he took the points ahead of Davis and Renshaw. It was then time to increase the gap with a burst out of Woodside, pushing their advantage up to 4:15 at the 70 kilometre mark. Back in the pack, AG2R were looking after their man in the field, Simon Gerrans, by riding a moderate tempo at the front of the field; it was a commanding performance from the French team as they kept all Gerrans' rivals in check.
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This was to be the story of the day, with the break holding onto an advantage hovering around the four-minute mark until Paul Crake, not content to sit around and wait for the inevitable 11-rider sprint, decided to go it alone with about 40 kilometres to race, quickly establishing a 40-second lead before being joined by Allan Davis, a rider most fans would back in a break just 15 kilometres from home. Coming into the final kilometres Crake and Davis had established themselves a 50-second lead. This was all that was needed to stay away and bring it down to a two-up sprint for the stage win, Davis easily outfoxing and outpowering Crake for the win, celebrating with a kiss to his ring finger.
Photography
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- It was a carnival atmosphere in Stirling thismorning
- William Walker (United Water) signs on
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) with some fans
- The riders take off on a hot morning
- The peloton pass through Woodside
- The main break of the day
- Ag2r took control of the peloton
- The break had no time to look at the views
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) gets some refreshment
- Ag2r stayed out front of the main group all day
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) leading the break through Handorf
- Paul Crake (Uni SA) made his move with about 35km to go
- Paul Crake (Uni SA) was joined by Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) soon after
- Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) got all hot and bothered
- Jens Renders (Chocolade Jacques) feeling the heat
- The two breakaways head for the finish together
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) takes the win in front of a large crowd
- Behind the scenes at the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) prepares to go on stage
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) enjoys the spoils of winning
- Paul Crake (Uni SA) was the most aggressive rider today
- William Walker (United Water) still in the young riders jersey
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) in the sprint jersey
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) throws his hat into the crowd after receiving his KOM jersey
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) a crowd favourite and still the leader
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) checks out the leaders jersey
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) from Estonia, has ridden in every Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under held, along with Aussie Alan Davis
- Gene Bates (UNI SA-Australia) is running out of room and tries to move Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) out of the way on a KOM climb at Echunga
- Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) throws a punch at Aussie Gene Bates (UNI SA-Australia) after Bates had tried to find a pathway through
- People and riders everywhere on the Laubman and Pank KOM at Echunga
- The peloton climbing in the hills surrounding Adelaide on day two of the tour
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) from Norway, takes on plenty of drinks as more riders call for them in the heat on day two
- 2005 winner Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) from Spain grabs a drink from the team car
- Daniele Colli (Liquigas) from Italy enjoys a tart on the Tour Down Under
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) from Italy, one of the International star riders in this year’s Jacob’s Creek Tour Down Under
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.27.21 (42.2 km/h) 2 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 3 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.38 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.54 5 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.00 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 8 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 9 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56 12 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.30 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 7.10 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 18 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 21 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 22 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 23 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 26 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 28 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 29 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 34 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 35 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 36 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 37 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 38 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 40 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Sean Sullivan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 43 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 44 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 47 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 49 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 54 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 55 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 57 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 58 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 59 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 60 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 61 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 62 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 63 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 66 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 69 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 71 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 72 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 73 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 74 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 77 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 78 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 79 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 80 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.55 81 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 8.02 82 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 83 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 8.06 84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8.29 85 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 8.32 86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 8.36 87 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 8.42 88 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 89 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 90 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 91 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 92 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole Points 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 3 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 Mountains Church Hill Rd, Echunga - 17.0 km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 16 pts 2 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 12 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6 5 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 Sprints Onkaparinga Valley Road, Woodside - 51.0 km 1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Woodside - 92.3 km 1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia Teams 1 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 10.29.51 2 UniSA-Australia 6.32 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.46 4 Bouygues Telecom 7.26 5 Team Milram 8.32 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 7 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 Crédit Agricole 9 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 10 Davitamon Lotto 9.28 11 Ag2R-Prevoyance 13.42 12 United Water-Australia U/23 General classification after stage 2 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.12.55 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 1.45 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.48 7 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 3.19 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 9 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.41 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 4.18 11 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4.40 12 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.49 13 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 5.00 14 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.24 15 Sean Sullivan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 5.42 17 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.20 18 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.23 19 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.25 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.14 21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 26 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 27 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 29 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 30 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.36 31 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16.40 32 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.20 33 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17.32 34 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.38 35 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 18.43 36 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 37 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.44 38 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 39 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.38 41 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 23.14 42 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.54 43 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 44 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 49 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 50 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 53 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 54 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 55 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 59 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 61 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 62 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 65 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 70 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 71 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 72 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 73 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 76 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 77 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 78 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 79 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 80 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 81 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.39 82 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 24.46 83 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 25.13 85 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 25.16 86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 25.20 87 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25.26 88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 89 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 90 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 91 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance Points classification 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 14 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 4 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 6 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 8 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 10 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 13 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 Mountains classification 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 32 pts 2 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 20 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6 5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 6 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 7 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 U23 classification 1 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 7.13.41 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 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 11.28 6 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 7 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 8 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.34 9 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 17.57 10 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 17.58 11 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 23.08 12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 15 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 16 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 24.00 17 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 Teams classification 1 UniSA-Australia 21.41.31 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 5.22 3 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 12.37 4 Davitamon Lotto 17.48 5 United Water-Australia U/23 22.28 6 Ag2R-Prevoyance 23.05 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25.59 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 27.10 9 Bouygues Telecom 30.47 10 Team Milram 32.30 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 44.32 12 Crédit Agricole 52.06
