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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 16-21, 2007
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Stage 2 - Thursday, January 18: Mannum - Hahndorf, 150km
Euros answer Aussies with Belgian one-two finish
Menzies retains overall lead with relative ease
By Mark Zalewski in Hahndorf, South Australia
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After two days of Australian sweeps at the Tour Down Under, the European contingent answered back. Steven Caethoven and Pieter Ghyllebert of the Belgian Chocolade Jacques team jumped past Aussies Stuart O'Grady and Hilton Clarke in the final 600 meters out of a shattered breakaway with Caethoven taking the win. "The first two days are never that good," said Caethoven. "But now stage three and four are usually my best days. Normally I get stronger because this is just my first race of the season, so I am still building up my form."
Caethoven was one of four Chocolade Jacques riders in the final break of fourteen, which splintered on the 20km finishing circuits. On the bell lap it was Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Agritubel) launching an attack with Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) going with, followed by hometown favourite Stuart O'Grady (CSC). "Just cresting the climb O'Grady made it onto us and we had like thirty seconds," said Clarke. "We rode the whole last lap but the two of them weren't ready to lay down. I think they could tell I had good form and were nervous of me in the sprint. They were just foxing too much - I knew we were foxing way too much and not committing all the way to the line."
"When we got caught at 600 to go the Chocolade Jacques riders were way too fresh, coming straight by me," Clarke continued. "I wasn't able to get on their wheel - O'Grady was on my wheel and was able to come off to get third. I came fourth and I'm really disappointed."
At least as disappointed had to be O'Grady, who was named the stage's most aggressive rider for initiating the days first break at the fifteen kilometer mark, up a healthy but unrated climb; then continuing to be in, as well as driving, all of the day's breaks. "Stuey is obviously motivated riding at home," said Barloworld's captain Robbie Hunter. "He knows the area really well and he went at a good time. But once he went off the front nobody wanted to roll it. The break wasn't working at all and that's why it ended up in pieces."
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But the pieces eventually were picked up, including all four Chocolade Jacques teammates coming together, tipping the scales well into their favour. "It was constantly attacking," said Caethoven. "We had one in each group but eventually it all came back together." Caethoven also found the overcast skies and cooler temperatures a bit easier going. "It was much easier to do an effort today because yesterday, if you did an effort, you would explode because of the heat!"
As he mentioned, Caethoven is still just starting his season and the top-level of his career. "I really hope to get into the ProTour at the end of the season. I would like to score in Gent-Wevelgem because Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are just too big for me [at this stage.] "
Race leader Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) was never alone today; with his team riding strong on the front and with many curious eyes waiting to spot any signs of weakness, particularly on the KOM climb. "Pretty hectic and full-on," Menzies said about the day. "It's tough; a lot of attacks on the start and you have to keep an eye on GC guys. The Chocolade Jacques guy slipped away and we had to shut it down."
Regarding the climbing, Menzies chuckled, "No big drama, I didn't do too bad! Then it was letting the right group go. They took out seven minutes but we made sure it didn't blow out. The boys all rode well." But Menzies knows the week is far from over. "Saturday, that's the day, so I'm just trying to save as many cookies as I can through the week."
"I saw he was still there after the top of the big climb, so he obviously climbs alright for a big guy," said CSC's Luke Roberts. "We'll have to keep putting the pressure on him - but maybe it's not on the climbs where we'll have to try and break him. And it's not only him we have to beat as well - we are sitting third and seventh on the overall. Lars has to make a pretty big move to take the overall lead. But we have several cards up our sleeves."
How it unfolded
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The racing began in earnest today, with the overall classification well on the way to being decided. Therefore, riders looking to take out individual stage wins had a much better chance today; so long as they were not one of the seventeen that had potential to threaten Karl Menzies' lead.
The first shot came from the local bloke Stuart O"Grady, who put in a dig on the first climb out of the river town of Mannum up towards the first sprint line at Tungkillo. O'Grady's move was countered quickly by Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) as well as others. But Stuey kept at it.
"Today it was always going to be a break going away," said last year's winner Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prevoyance). "O'Grady got things started and I was keen to get in the moves then, because if the right combination went it would go away. Unfortunately we had that Chocolade Jacques dude in there that was only three minutes down overall so they weren't going to let it go. When I saw him there I attacked that group, but he came with, so then I attacked again. He was pretty keen to get away."
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That rider was Serge Pauwels who was part of the eighteen rider break that got away yesterday. "Plenty of guys were telling him he shouldn't be there, but he was really strong," said Gerrans. "We kept attacking him and he kept riding up to us and we couldn't shake him."
Another rider that seems to be in every break this week is the young Australian Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) who was keen on getting sprint points, as well as just showing his new bosses what he can do. "The form is good while it's here!" joked Bates after the stage. "I always try to go good at this race. I'm on a new team and I wanted to impress them early. Hopefully I can pull something bigger later in the week."
One of the side effects of O'Grady and the early moves was to put pressure on the Australia-UniSA team, testing their strength at defending the lead. "It was full-on from the start," said CSC's Luke Roberts. "We could see the UniSA guys were under a bit of pressure so we decided to put a bit of extra pressure on ourselves. Early on when Stuart went up the road I decided to have a go and tried to jump across, maybe having a chance to shift the GC a little bit. I got there but the group didn't get away."
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A multitude of double-digit breaks went away and came back, with many of the same riders. A group of twenty-one finally seemed to get free of the peloton, likely because Australia-UniSA knew it was too close to the finish to be a threat. Out of this break a smaller group escaped, including: Robbie Hunter (Barloworld), Ludovic Turpin (AG2r Prevoyance), Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC), Alexandre Botcharov, Christophe Edaleine (Credit Agricole), Martin Mueller (Team Milram), Pieter Jacobs (Unibet.com), Steven Caethoven, Koen Barbe, Pieter Ghyllebert, Kurt Hovelynck (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen), Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team), Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel), Benoit Sinner, Jonathon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS).
Most importantly, four Chocolade Jacques riders were present, giving them the clear advantage. Trying to neutralize the advantage was Eduardo Gonzalo. "At the bell lap on the climb after the line the Agributel guy attacked and I was straight onto him with a big gap," said Hilton. O'Grady also bridged across while the rest of the break floundered. "Everyone was looking at us," said Caethoven.
"They just did the same old stupid thing, picked one guy to attack and then another and another," said Hunter, about the splits behind. However, those splits eventually reformed in the final kilometer and the Chocolade Jacques riders regained their advantage. "I guess one day it finally worked for them," Hunter said, shrugging his shoulders.
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- Gene Bates (South Australia.com/AIS) stands out amongst other riders.
- Luke Roberts (CSC) prepares himself for the start.
- Allan Johansen (Den) CSC at the start this morning.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) was looking comfortable this morning.
- The spectators had a devil of a time today.
- The riders head towards the hills.
- The bunch stayed together for the early part of the race.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) got things rolling on the days first climb.
- The peloton in scenic surroundings.
- Matt Goss (CSC) had some action today.
- Allan Davis (Australia-Uni SA) on a flash new Trek.
- Robert McLachlan (Australia-Uni SA) leads the chase for the leaders.
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) leads the break.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) attacked the field near the KOM.
- New Zealand Champion Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) on the KOM.
- Luke Roberts (CSC) leads the main bunch up the climb.
- The peloton nearing Hahndorf.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) crossing the line.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) celebrates his way to the podium.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) signs autographs backstage of the podium.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) waits to go on stage.
- Behind the scenes of the Tour Down Under.
- Gene Bates (South Australia.com/AIS) on stage to receive the Sprinters jersey.
- KOM jersey winner Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) waits to go on stage.
- Karl Menzies (Australia-Uni SA) holds onto the Ocre jersey by only one second.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Matt Goss (Team CSC) from Tasmania gives the thumbs-up to a European Pro-Team contract.
- CSC Team Manager Bjarne Riis and son at the 2007 Tour Down Under in South Australia.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) on the podium after the 150km stage 2 from Mannum to Hahndorf.
- Tour leader Karl Menzies chats with Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper journalist Michael Stevens after stage two.
- It was a rocky road for the peloton in the opening kilometres of stage two near Mannum.
- Robbie Hunter (right) of Barloworld leads Mitchell Docker (UNI-SA Australia) on the roads near Hahndorf.
- Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) claims second place at the King of the Mountains sprint section at Lenswood.
- A helping hand for Julian Dean (right) of the New Zealand team on the climb at Lenswood.
- Matt White (UNI-SA Australia) gets some support at the top of the climb at Lenswood.
- Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) was a late replacement for Jeremy Vennell to ride in the Tour.
- Matt Goss (Team CSC) calls for a fresh bidon on stage two.
- A relaxed race leader Karl Menzies (UNI-SA Australia) in the peloton on stage two.
- Eventual stage winner, Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques), takes on-board fresh bidons for teammates on stage two.
- Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) tows Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) around a bend near Hahndorf.
- Team-cars with bikes atop on the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- Nick Gates (Predictor Lotto) makes some helmet adjustments as Baden Cooke (Uni-Bet.com) has a snack.
- Matt White (UNI-SA Australia), out of the saddle during stage two of the Tour Down Under.
- SA Lotteries Sprint Points leader Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) is in seventh position just 46 seconds behind the leader after stage two.
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com), is 26 minutes behind the tour leader, Karl Menzies after two stages.
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) has a chat in the relaxed peloton late into stage two.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) was looking to make up on some lost time from stage one on day two into Hahndorf.
- Gaps are appearing in the leading group on the concluding laps of a circuit near Hahndorf.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) in the distance (right) makes a run for it from the lead-group heading into Hahndorf.
- O'Grady is joined by Navigators' Hilton Clarke (81) and Eduardo Ramirez Gonzalo (Agritubel, partly obscured) on the final lap of the circuit.
- Chocolade Jacques Steven Caethoven from Belgium wins stage two with happy teammates behind him.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) makes his way to the presentations in Hahndorf after his great win.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) salutes the supportive crowd in Hahndorf after his first win on Australian soil.
- Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) is the equal leader in the SA Lotteries Sprint Points competition.
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) is the Brilliant Blend King of the Mountains Points competition leader after stage two.
- Karl 'Big-Dog' Menzies (UniSA-Australia) from Tasmania remains in the tour lead after two stages.
Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz
- Many enthusiasts cycled their way up to Hahndorf to catch all the action.
- Markus Eichler (Unibet.com), Nicolas Roche (Credit Agricole) and Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) make their way through the main street of Hahndorf.
- Agritubel riders set the pace.
- A breakaway cheered on by fans.
- Race fans check out the schedule for Stage 2.
- The streets of Hahndorf were packed with spectators eager to witness Stage 2 of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- The peloton enters the picturesque hills town of Hahndorf.
- Brett Aitken (Australia - UniSA) found himself alone for the last part of the stage.
- The entourage leads the way for the breakaway.
- The leading breakaway with Stuart O'Grady (CSC) out front.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) again showing the determination which has been etched on his face since the start of the Tour Down Under.
- A small breakaway tries to catch up to the leading bunch of riders.
- Head down to get the job done.
- The peloton makes its way along the main street of Hahndorf.
- Robert McLachlan (Australia - UniSA) leads his team mates through Hahndorf.
- Sticking together, CSC.
- Hahndorf showcased excellent hospitality to the thousands of spectators that converged to watch today's second stage.
- Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) takes victory in Stage 2 of the 2007 Tour Down Under at Hahndorf, closely followed by team mates.
- An elated Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques).
- Looking very relaxed after his victory, Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques).
- The sprint to the finish.
- Aussie Glenn Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) finished within the chasing peleton in today's race.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) looked a little disappointed after the race.
- The riders cool down after the race.
- Johnnie Walker (Southaustralia.com / AIS) all cramped up after today's race finish.
- Local Adelaide Hills resident and cycling hero, Gene Bates catches up with some fans after the race.
- Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques rides back across the finish to salute the crowds of spectators.
- Gene Bates makes his way to the podium.
- Winner of Stage 2 of the 2007 Tour Down Under Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques receives his trophy (a painting by Hans Heysen) from the Mayor of Hahndorf.
- Champion cyclist Stuart O'Grady (CSC) receives the Century 21 Most Aggressive Rider's Jersey.
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) receives the Share the Road Young Rider's Jersey.
- Adelaide hills resident Gene Bates receives a huge hometown cheer after being presented with the SA Lotteries Sprint Jersey for the second consecutive stage.
- Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques takes out the King of the Mountain classification.
- Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA retained the leader's jersey after Stage 2
Images by Nisa Schebella
Results
1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 3.36.29 2 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.01 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 7 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 11 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 12 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 13 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.08 14 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.10 15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 1.00 16 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.16 17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team 18 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 20 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.19 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 27 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 28 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 31 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 32 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 34 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 36 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 38 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 40 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 41 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 42 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 43 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 45 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 46 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 48 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 50 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 51 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 53 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 56 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 57 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 58 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 59 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 60 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 62 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 63 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 64 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 65 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 66 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 67 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 68 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 69 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 72 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 73 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 75 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 76 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 77 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 79 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 80 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 81 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 82 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 83 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 88 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 89 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 90 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 91 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 92 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 93 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 95 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 96 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 98 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 99 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 100 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 101 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 102 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 103 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 104 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 105 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 106 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 107 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 108 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 109 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel DNF Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA Mountains Fox Creek Rd near Croft Rd, Lenswood - 64.2 km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 pts 2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 4 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6 5 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 4 Points Sprint #1 - Main St, Tungkillo, near Hotel - 25.7 km 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 Sprint #2 - Main St, Mt Torrens at General Store - 44.0 km 1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6 pts 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 Sprint #3 - Main St, Hahndorf at Visitor Information Centre - 150 km 1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 pts 2 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 Teams 1 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10.49.29 2 Crédit Agricole 7.16 3 Agritubel 17.28 4 Unibet.com 18.18 5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24.34 6 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24.41 7 AG2r Prévoyance 34.37 8 Team CSC 9 Team Milram 10 Bouygues Telecom 41.52 11 Barloworld 12 New Zealand National Team 13 Predictor - Lotto 51.55 14 Australia - UniSA General Classification after stage 2 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 7.44.33 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 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.46 7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.51 9 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 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 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.04 14 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 16 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.06 19 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8.56 20 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8.59 21 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.01 22 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 9.03 23 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 27 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 28 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 29 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9.10 32 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.12 33 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 10.02 34 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.13 35 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16.18 36 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 38 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team 40 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 24.41 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.16 42 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 26.20 43 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 44 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 26.21 45 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 48 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 50 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 53 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 54 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 55 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 56 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 57 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 58 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 59 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 61 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 62 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 63 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 67 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 68 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 70 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 71 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 72 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 73 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 75 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 76 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 77 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 79 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 82 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 86 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 87 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 88 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 89 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 90 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 91 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 92 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 93 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 94 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 95 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 96 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 97 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 99 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 100 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 101 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 102 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 103 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 104 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 105 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 106 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 107 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 108 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 109 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel DNF Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA Mountains classification 1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 12 4 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 5 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 7 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6 9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 10 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 4 Points classification 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 pts 2 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 8 6 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 8 8 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6 9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2 12 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 13 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 Under 23 classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 7.45.37 2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 8.58 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.09 4 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 23.37 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 25.16 6 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25.17 7 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 9 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 11 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA Teams classification 1 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 23.14.41 2 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 2.49 3 Crédit Agricole 7.52 4 Team CSC 9.01 5 Unibet.com 18.20 6 Agritubel 20.01 7 Bouygues Telecom 21.08 8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 27.25 9 Predictor - Lotto 28.32 10 AG2r Prévoyance 34.28 11 Team Milram 37.26 12 Barloworld 42.28 13 New Zealand National Team 43.01 14 Australia - UniSA 51.46
