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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 16-21, 2007
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Stage 1 - Wednesday, January 17: Mawson Lakes - Tanunda , 152km
Menzies keeps Aussie wins coming Down Under
GC contenders decided in first stage
By Mark Zalewski in Tanunda, South Australia
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As many riders expected and predicted, a breakaway group got away early and built an insurmountable lead on the rest of the field, similar to last year. But unlike last year the group was quite large, consisting of eighteen riders representing all fourteen teams in the race. After the lead was secure the group dwindled into a final five, with the strong Tasmanian sprinter Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA) able to outsmart and out power the rest to take out the first stage and pull on the leader's jersey ahead of Martin Elmiger (Ag2R) and Lars Bak (Team CSC).
"I knew it was a straight run and you could see the finish all the way with the count down," said Menzies "Dave was in my ear pumping me up the whole way saying, 'You can take these blokes!' giving me a bit of confidence."
Menzies was up against quite a ProTour crew in the final group of five with former Swiss champion Elmiger, Bak, Matthew Lloyd (Predictor-Lotto), and Gustav Larsson (Unibet.com). "You knew everyone was just foxing, trying to get away," said Menzies. "Lloyd got away from us so I swung off as if I was letting them go, but then I hit them and got through Lloyd. I saw the Ag2R dude coming after me, but then I went up a gear and there was no way he was going to get me."
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A modest Menzies, who held the leader's jersey at the Herald Sun Tour last October racing for the American pro continental Health Net team, said that he did not come to this race with any expectations riding for such a strong composite team. "To come here you have no expectations. We have such a class team, so it's all about representing them blokes and Australia-UniSA. It was the furthest thing from my mind to win a stage even, so I am really ecstatic."
But teammate Matt White said that Karl is a little keen on keeping the jersey. "It depends on how much the time gaps are but he definitely wants to win the tour," he told Cyclingnews. "Menzies is a strong boy! He's probably the best one to have up there; he probably has the best form of all of us." When asked if there is any difference in defending a lead on a composite team, White replied, "We all know our job and when you ride for a national team there is a bit of pride in the jersey. We are all happy to see Karl win. It's going to be a long week, and definitely now for us!"
Defending race winner Simon Gerrans was ever the professional, content to see teammate Martin Elmiger up the road in the leading group and finishing third on the day. "I'm not too disappointed; you know, that is racing."
How it unfolded
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The extreme heat was not present today on the rolling terrain through South Australia's beautiful wine country. And for a change, the peloton got to spend most of the day enjoying the scenery with every team represented in the main break of the day. "It was a bit of an anti-climax," said Credit Agricole's Julian Dean. "Everyone was racing there in the beginning but then that group got away and the peloton just sat-up. So it wasn't particularly hard since they had the right combination of riders in the front." But early on, the racers did not waste any time in trying to get the breaks formed, knowing that races like this are usually decided in the first stages. "The usual story," joked Matthew Lloyd after the stage. "As I said before, for a shorter tour like this it happens like this."
The first attack on the day came from Australia-UniSA in the form of Brett Aiken who got away just eight kilometers into the race. Gordon McCauley (New Zealand National Team) and an aggressive Gene Bates (South Australia.com - AIS) joined him, followed later by Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) and Matt Goss (Team CSC). But a tricky little unrated climb early on saw the demise of the early break. The descent of that climb was fast enough to launch a counter attack but still to no avail. It was not until the only rated climb of the day, up Humbug Scrub, that a real break formed.
A group of ten riders quickly became eighteen as every team tried to get at least one rider in the break. Elmiger, Bak, Lloyd, Menzies and Larsson were obviously in the break along with Juan Miguel Mercado (Agributel), Luke Roberts (Team CSC), Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto), Yarnick Talabardon (Credit Agricole), Elia Rigotto (Milram), Nicolas Crosbie and Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and the only rider eligible for best young rider, Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS).
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The group rolled through with a quick tempo as the peloton shut off the gas and went about normal conversations. As the gap grew to six minutes, one lone rider, Clinton Avery (New Zealand National Team) jumped out of the peloton with more than 100 kilometers to go; but with no other riders brave (or foolish) enough to go with him. Undaunted, the tall mountain biker decided to march ahead solo, sitting almost exactly half-way between the break and peloton for most of the remaining kilometers.
As the kilometers ticked off the temperature increased somewhat, likely aiding to the increasing time gap. When it reached around fourteen minutes the gap started to hold, and the leading riders became itchy about the finish. A few teams had two riders each, including CSC and Predictor-Lotto. "The Lotto team had two and CSC had two riders, so they were pulling harder than the other guys," said Elmiger. And the closer they got to the finish, the less cohesive they got. "Typical with twenty riders and so much time on the front, nobody wanted to work too much," he continued. "So it was important to go hard at the end to stay on the front."
The big pressure came from CSC with strongman Lars Bak and Australian Luke Roberts, who has shown good form recently. "We tried to put pressure on the guys at the end because it was quite easy just rolling through in the group," said Roberts. "We decided to put a bit of pressure on to split things up. A lot of guys then started to follow us around! Lars Bak was great though, he made the split but unfortunately I couldn't get there. So I got stuck behind in a group and tried to jump across a bit later. I almost got there but not quite."
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The split took the group of eighteen down to ten and then down to five, with splintered riders regrouping behind. "I actually attacked a guy and got to a group of three," said Menzies about making the final selection. "Then the group came across and I just came over the top when the actual split went - otherwise I wouldn't have been there in the end."
The final five together in the final five kilometers started playing tactics, with the next group just under twenty seconds behind. But the long fast run-in to the finish ensured they would stay away. The first to go was Matthew Lloyd. "I had a go with a kilometer to go because Karl is one of the best sprinters out there," said Lloyd about his early sprint. "I knew that the other guys were good too."
But the other guys were not good enough for the bloke they call Ten Menzies, who powered away with enough gap to sit up and enjoy the victory.
Menzies and the rest of the field knows there is a lot of racing still to go, with only a minute separating the top ten riders. Riders like Luke Roberts are happy to have made the major break for their team, but know the road ahead. "Form is okay obviously, but I was still pretty tired in the end. It was a tough day. I think we are set with a top ten so I am happy, but there are still a lot of hard days to go," said Roberts
For Menzies on the podium, thinking about winning a stage being the furthest thing from his mind takes a back seat to defending the leader's jersey. "Who knows, we'll have to talk about it - but that is the furthest thing from my mind at the moment!"
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- A rider from the Navigators Insurance team checks his race computer prior to stage one.
- Robbie Hunter (Barloworld) on the start line in Mawson Lakes for stage one of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- A relaxed peloton in a vineyard scene on stage one of the Tour Down Under in South Australia.
- Karl Menzies (UniSA Australia) from Tasmania takes a well earned break after claiming stage one of the Tour Down Under.
- Simon Clarke (South Australia.com-AIS) on the podium in Tanunda in his Best Placed Under 23 rider's jersey.
- SA Lotteries sprint points leader, Gene Bates (South Australia.com) throws a sponsor's cap into the crowd in Tanunda.
- Man how am I going to get this thing up-right before the Tour gets here?
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) takes King of the Mountains points on Kersbrook Road on stage one.
- Team vehicles wind through crowd lined roads on stage one of the Tour Down Under.
- Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA) raises his finger and salutes the crowd to win stage one of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA) from Launceston in Tasmania eyes off reporters as they fire questions at the stage winner.
- Feel the rush at the 2007 Tour Down Under on the roads of South Australia.
Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) at the start line.
- Riders mingling at the start.
- The Peloton make their way up an early climb.
- Brett Aitken (Australia - UniSA) initiated the first and major attack of the day.
- Matt Goss (Team CSC) was also in the action early on.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) on a failed attempt to catch the break.
- Gene Bates (South Australia.com - AIS) leads the break.
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) working out front.
- Matt Lloyd (Predictor Lotto) was pushing the pace.
- Gene Bates and Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS) talk tactics out front.
- Nicolas Crosbie (Bouygues Telecom) heading upwards on the days KOM.
- It was a pretty relaxing day in the main peloton.
- Clinton Avery (New Zealand National Team) was stuck in no man's land most of the day.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) riding with the break.
- The leaders ride in the unique South Australian countryside.
- Luke Roberts (Team CSC) doing his fair share.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) salutes the crowd with his greatest win to date.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) speaks to the media.
- Most aggressive rider today was Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel).
- Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS) is now in the young rider's jersey.
- Matt Lloyd (Predictor Lotto) shows the pain as he crosses the finish line in 4th place.
- Gene Bates (South Australia.com - AIS) has a laugh while accepting the sprinter's jersey.
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) in the KOM jersey.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) gets the kiss only the winners get.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) leaves the podium area.
- Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) Back stage after the presentation.
Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz
- The breakaway group looked fresh upon their arrival to the picturesque main street of Tanunda.
- Unibet.com riders lead the chasing peleton into Tanunda, some 13+ minutes behind the leading riders.
Images by Ted Jones/http://www.bikenz.org.nz
Results
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 3.50.51 (40.42 km/h) 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.03 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.11 6 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.45 7 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.58 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.42 12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2.58 14 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 15 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.00 19 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 24.35 20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 26.15 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 33 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 34 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 36 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 40 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 41 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 50 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 52 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 56 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 58 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 59 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 60 Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA 61 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 62 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 64 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 65 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 68 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 69 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 70 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 71 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 77 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 78 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 79 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 81 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 82 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 83 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 84 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 85 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 86 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 87 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 89 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 90 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 91 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 92 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 93 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 94 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 97 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 100 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 102 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 103 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 104 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 105 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 106 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 107 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team 108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 109 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 111 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel Mountains Kersbrook Rd, Mount Crawford Forest - 40.4 km 1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 pts 2 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 12 3 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Points Sprint #1 Black Top Rd, One Tree Hill at Hotel - 26.5 km 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2 Sprint #2 Queen St, Williamstown at Bakehouse Inn Hotel - 60.5 km 1 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 4 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2 Sprint #3 Murray Street, Tanunda - 155.5 km - Finish 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 8 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 6 3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 Teams 1 Team CSC 11.59.36 2 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.55 3 Predictor Lotto 2.13 4 Bouygues Telecom 4.52 5 AG2R-Prevoyance 25.27 6 Australia-UniSA 7 Barloworld 26.12 8 Credit Agricole 9 Unibet.Com 25.38 10 New Zealand 26.45 11 Agritubel 28.09 12 Chocolade Jacques 28.25 13 Team Milram 14 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.27 General classification after stage 1 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 3.50.45 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 0.01 3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.07 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.09 5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.17 6 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.46 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 8 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.51 9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.04 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.47 12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48 13 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 3.04 14 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 15 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.06 19 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 24.41 20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 26.21 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 33 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 34 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 36 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 40 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 41 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 50 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 52 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 56 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 58 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 59 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 60 Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA 61 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 62 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 64 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 65 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 68 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 69 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 70 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 71 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 77 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 78 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 79 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 81 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 82 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 83 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 84 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 85 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 86 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 87 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 89 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 90 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 91 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 92 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 93 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 94 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 97 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 100 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 102 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 103 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 104 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 105 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 106 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 107 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team 108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 109 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 111 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel Mountains classification 1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 pts 2 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 12 3 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Points classification 1 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 8 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 8 5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2 Under 23 classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 3.51.49 2 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 23.37 3 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25.17 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 7 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 9 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 10 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 11 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS Teams classification 1 Team CSC 11.59.36 2 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.55 3 Predictor Lotto 2.13 4 Bouygues Telecom 4.52 5 AG2R-Prevoyance 25.27 6 Australia-UniSA 7 Barloworld 26.12 8 Credit Agricole 9 Unibet.Com 25.38 10 New Zealand 26.45 11 Agritubel 28.09 12 Chocolade Jacques 28.25 13 Team Milram 14 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.27
