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8th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 17-22, 2006
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Stage 3 - Friday, January 20: Strathalbyn - Yankalilla, 154km
Barredo breaks through for big win
Liberty Seguros takes another stage as Ag2R commands
By Les Clarke in Yankalilla
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In sweltering conditions heading along the South Australian coastline, Liberty Seguros' Carlos Barredo took stage 3 from Strathalbyn to Yankalilla after an 11-rider breakaway spent most of the day off the front of an Ag2R-controlled peloton. "We're taking advantage of the fact that Ag2R are marking a steady rhythm in the peloton to get ourselves in the breaks," said Barredo at the finish. "The winds are a bonus, but of course the main objective is the overall win."
Going into the day's stage, overall leader Simon Gerrans was keen to hold onto the lead, as was his team, saying to Cyclingnews at the start in Strathalbyn, "We'll play it like we did yesterday - let another group go at the right time and not spend too much energy." And that's exactly what transpired, with Gerrans' team controlling the peloton after letting the early break fly the coop. The 11 riders, coming together as a group after only five kilometres, stayed away all day, building a four-minute lead that lasted until Barredo initiated a splintering of front pack at the 105 kilometre mark.
From there six riders went clear, with Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) bridging solo soon after to make it seven. After taking third in Yankalilla, Evans said of this final selection, "After a few years you get a good eye for these things, but it was a bit of a surprise." A surprise it may have been, but after signaling his intentions at the start of the day were to play it as it came, taking the mountains jersey and a podium place were just reward for his hard work during the stage.
How it unfolded
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Starting in searing Strathalbyn, the field in this year's Tour faced another test of strength in very challenging conditions with a 154km sojourn along the South Australian coast, going through the beachside towns of Port Elliot and Victor Harbor. Harbouring plans for a GC consolidation, Davitamon-Lotto's Robbie McEwen told Cyclingnews before the start that, "Today I'll be trying to conserve energy and stay in the bunch - keeping an eye on Sanchez and Gerrans." He recognised that the crosswinds along the peninsula would be very testing, and added that tomorrow's stage through Willunga will be the breaking point of the tour.
But first there were 154 kilometres of punishment in temperatures approaching 40 degrees, reducing the road surface to molten tar in patches; this didn't stop riders from making attempts to get away right from the gun, the first of which came immediately after the short neutral section out of Strathalbyn finished. And it was 24-year-old Barredo, joined by Evans and Jonathon Clarke (SA.com-AIS) that made the early move, quickly gaining a 100-metre lead after four kilometres before being joined by another five riders - Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Michele Gobbi (Milram), Vincent Jerome (Bouygues Telecom), Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) and Matt Hayman (UniSA) before another three riders made their way across. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Liberty Seguros), Daniel Becke (Milram) and Ben Day (UniSA) made up the 11 riders, ready and willing to spend the entire day at the head of the field.
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It was then time to turn on the gas, gaining 15 seconds by the 8km mark, 25 seconds by the 10km point and 50 seconds by kilometre 12. Back in the field, the SA.com-AIS crew were having plenty of mechanical problems, experiencing punctures at regular intervals during the opening kilometres as the leaders extended their lead to 1:10 after just 16 kilometres. Looking strong and working well together, the leading 11 riders continued to increase their lead in small increments, going from a gap of 1:20 after 18km to 1:52 at the 20 kilometre point and 2:25 at the 23km mark. Two kilometres later they'd pushed the lead out to 2:55 minutes, the power of Hayman evident as he pushed a big gear to drive the escapees on their journey up the road.
With Ag2R behind them controlling the pace of the peloton, the break hit the 36km mark with a lead of 3:38. Bouygues Telecom's Vincent Jerome punctured but soon made it back to the bunch without expending too much energy in the heat, which has been the talking point of this year's Tour Down Under. After 56 kilometres, the lead group [including Jerome] had stabilised their lead at 4:10, and after the first sprint at Goolwa they remained at 4:15 ahead of the peloton. Becke decided he wanted the points going through Goolwa, taking the sprint ahead of Botcharov and Hayman. With a significant crosswind in their sails and a beachfront beckoning an escape from the 30 degree-plus temperatures, the frontrunners increased their lead after 67km to a healthy 4:35. The big question became - would it be en ought to make it to the finish?
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A short time there were later more points won offer, with Becke gladly taking the spoils ahead of Botcharov and Clarke. With the lead increasing to 4:40 the day's KOM loomed, and with Evans feeling good chances are he would take the points on offer to go ahead in that classification. This he did, beating that man Botcharov again, with Pauwels third, Hayman fourth and Clarke fifth. As the peloton rolled their way up the climb heading out of Victor Harbor it was still Ag2R dominating the front of the field, with Gerrans safely tucked away behind his men in blue and white. The Victorian was talking to his teammates, organising the troops to hold the fort for what he hoped would be another day in ochre.
With the peloton tucked up for the night [so to speak] it was time for the action out front to heat up. Having led the stage from virtually the start of the day's proceedings, things started to heat up among the leaders when Barredo made a move after 105 kilometres. Hayman wasn't giving any room to the young Spaniard, sticking to the Liberty Seguros rider's wheel like melting tar until Barredo dropped his chain, forcing him to drop back to the pack before launching another attack. By the time he made it across to Hayman again, he was joined by four riders, Botcharov, Becke and Pauwels, and they were joined soon after by Evans after he bridged solo. The Davitamon-Lotto rider had missed the initial break, but it wasn't long until he took his place among what would be the final selection of the day.
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It was then a matter of seeing who had the goods on the final run into the finish, with Barredo, Evans, Botcharov, Becke, Pauwels, Hayman and Jerome pulling away from the trailing four riders and fighting it out for a win in the scorching heat. After establishing a lead of two minutes With around 10 kilometres remaining Barredo took matters into his own hands, attacking and quickly establishing a lead of 40 seconds that would set him up for only his second win as a professional. Speaking after the finish, Barredo said, "I'm not really a fast guy, so I had to stretch it out - I had to try and attack from a long way out." Having spent the whole day in the leading 11, Barredo knew a sprint finish wouldn't be easy. "I tensed it up in the hills and realised that Botcharov and Hayman were really strong, so I had to attack a fair way out," he said through translator Neil Stephens.
With teammate Luis Leon Sanchez in a strong GC position, Barredo said the team has an eye on that prize and one on the teams classification. "Obviously that's our main objective; at the same time we have to fight for the teams classification," he said after the finish. One man who certainly wants to keep that lead away from the Spanish squad is race leader Simon Gerrans, who said after the finish that, "I'm feeling pretty good [about tomorrow's stage]. The guys have got confidence in me, riding like I have the last couple of days, so that gives me confidence and it's a real morale boost."
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Tomorrow's stage features the hill at Willunga, the make-or-break point of the tour. Gerrans knows this, and said, "I guess I'm a little bit nervous going into it because that's going to be the race. I've got a few strong teammates so I'm confident I won't be singled out," he said after the finish of today's stage. Cadel Evans, who took the King of the Mountains jersey after today's stage said to ABC radio after the finish, "Once I got into the rhythm I was alright. I'm still early in my season and I'm progressing, so it was a nice surprise today."
Photography
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- Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) says cheese at the start
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) refreshes his sunglasses in the morning heat
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) on a descent near Mt Compass
- The peloton followed 3 minutes later
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) attacked first on the KOM
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) had a go
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) eventually took out the climb though
- The peloton rode under hot skies today
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) attacked at the 105km mark
- Mathew Hayman (Uni SA) joined Barredo
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) lost his chain and Hayman kept going
- Mathew Hayman (Uni SA) rode well today
- The bunch all back together again
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto)
- Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) leads the group
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) made the decisive move with around 10 km to go
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) on the home run
- The others had no answer to Barredo
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) heading for a win
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) crosses the line in Yankalilla
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) up on stage
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) was also awarded the most aggressive today
- William Walker (United Water) Still in the young riders jersey
- Daniel Becke (Milram) received the sprinters jersey
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) the new KOM leader
- The podium girls had to put up with a lot in the heat today
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) still the leader and still smiling
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Tour leader Simon Gerrans (L) has all his team of Ag2r Prevoyance ahead of him at the front of the peloton
- Hay! Here comes the peloton
- The Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under village is situated right in front of the Tour's accommodation centre, the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide
- Let's go shopping with Liquigas!
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) signs a green jersey for commentator Paul Sherwen
- Tour Chief Commissaire, Michael Robb (R) from Ireland and his assistant Martin Bruin from Holland in Strathalbyn for the start of stage three
- The voices of world cycling, Phil Liggett (L) and Paul Sherwen in Australia for the 2006 Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under
- The leaders contest a SA Lotteries intermediate sprint point at Pt.Elliot during stage three
- It's the hottest Tour on record, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees consistently during the race spectators are bringing out the brollys for shade
- The boy's from Liberty Seguros find shelter at the front of a house in Yankalilla after the finish to stage three
- William Walker on the podium in his Share the Road best young rider's jersey
- Ok, who wants the flowers?
Results
1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.51.03 (40.0 km/h) 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.32 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.38 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 1.40 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 5.26 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.56 10 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 11 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 6.05 12 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 7.34 13 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 20 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 21 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 24 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 29 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 31 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 33 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 34 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 37 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 39 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 40 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 42 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 43 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 44 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 46 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 49 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 51 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 52 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 53 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 55 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 56 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 58 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 60 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 65 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 66 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 68 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 69 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 70 Sean Sullivan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 71 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 72 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 74 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 75 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 76 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 77 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 78 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 79 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 81 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 83 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 84 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 86 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 87 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 88 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 89 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 90 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 10.17 91 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance Points 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 6 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Mountains Newland Hill, Waitpinga Rd., Victor Harbour - 85.6 km 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 5 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 4 Sprints Cadell Street, Goolwa near Dawson Street - 61.4 km 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 2 Victor Harbor Road, Pt Elliot at Hotel - 73.1 km 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 3 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Teams 1 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 11.46.39 2 UniSA-Australia 1.40 3 Team Milram 1.41 4 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3.10 5 Davitamon Lotto 6 Bouygues Telecom 3.16 7 Crédit Agricole 3.18 8 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 7.04 9 Ag2R-Prevoyance 9.12 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 United Water-Australia U/23 General classification after stage 3 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 11.11.32 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 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 3.19 8 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) UniSA-Australia 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 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.10 18 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.20 19 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.23 20 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.25 21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.14 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 24 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 25 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 27 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 28 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.14 31 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.36 32 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16.40 33 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.20 34 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17.32 35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.38 36 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 17.42 37 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 17.52 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 17.56 39 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.58 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 18.43 41 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 42 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 18.44 43 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 19.25 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.38 47 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 21.45 48 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.16 49 Ben Day (Aus) UniSA-Australia 50 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 23.14 51 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 23.47 52 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 23.54 53 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 55 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 56 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 60 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 61 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 62 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 64 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 66 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 67 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 73 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 75 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 78 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 79 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 80 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 81 Daniel McConnell (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 82 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.39 83 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 24.46 84 Joshua Wilson (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 85 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 25.13 86 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25.26 87 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 88 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 89 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 90 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 26.37 91 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 28.09 92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance Points classification 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 18 pts 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 14 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 5 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 9 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 10 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 11 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 14 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 17 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 2 18 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 2 19 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 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA-Australia 20 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 5 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6 7 Robert McLachlan (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) UniSA-Australia 6 9 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 10 Paul Crake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 4 11 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 4 U23 classification 1 William Walker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 11.12.18 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 Mitchell Docker (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 7 David Tanner (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 8 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.34 9 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.12 10 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 17.57 11 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 17.58 12 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 20.59 13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21.30 14 Matthew Rex (Aus) United Water-Australia U/23 23.08 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 33.29.50 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 3.42 3 South Australia.com-AIS Cycling 18.01 4 Davitamon Lotto 19.18 5 United Water-Australia U/23 30.00 6 Ag2R-Prevoyance 30.37 7 Bouygues Telecom 32.23 8 Team Milram 32.31 9 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33.31 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 34.42 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 46.02 12 Crédit Agricole 53.44
