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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC
Australia, January 16-21, 2007
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Stage 5 - Sunday, January 21: Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90km
Battle for seconds goes to Elmiger, stage to McEwen
Elmiger just holds off Menzies' charge for jersey
By Mark Zalewski in Adelaide, South Australia
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After two days of rain soaked racing, the first ever in the history of the Tour Down Under, the final stage around the streets of Adelaide went off with only threats of rain. The only threats today came from Karl Menzies and his composite Australia-UniSA team, vying to regain the one second Ag2R-Prevoyance's Martin Elmiger took in the penultimate stage. As predicted, Australia-UniSA controlled the race until the first intermediate sprint, but on the line it was Elmiger proving to be too strong for Menzies as he won the sprint outright, virtually securing his win.
"It was a hard classification sprint - it was like a final sprint in a stage," said Elmiger after the race. "I was behind Menzies and I had very good legs today. In the sprint I was stronger and I took the three seconds. The second sprint was easier with a group off the front so it was easy behind. For the final sprint I stayed behind Menzies and it was ok."
Menzies knew that the first sprint was the best chance he had at regaining the lead, and his team did everything they could in the effort. "All the boys rode awesome, especially Allan Davis," said Menzies. "We gave it a shot but I was just beaten by a better rider. He is a great guy as well. I had a perfect leadout - he was on my wheel, and we both knew it was the tour right there - he beat me and I knew I lost then. I was not going to beat anyone in the finish; I'm not as fast as a Robbie McEwen."
As it turned out, nobody was as fast as McEwen today, as the Predictor-Lotto rider took out the final sprint of the day against a hard charging Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole), winner of the opening Down Under Classic. The crosswinds today blew across the finish straight from right to left, causing McEwen and the bunch to drift across the slightly uphill finish. "It's such an aggressive stage, it was so so fast," said McEwen. "In the finish, the sprinters made it kind of difficult. I came off Allan Davis in the middle of the road but because of the crosswind I wanted to be against the left barriers so I tried to just come slowly back across and just cover my lines."
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Renshaw was boxed in against the barriers on McEwen's wheel, raising his hand in protest across the line believing that McEwen went unnecessarily far. "I had Robbie's wheel in the last kilometre - I knew he would be the man to beat," Renshaw told Cyclingnews. "With the wind coming from the right it made Robbie sprint like that, to the left, but not to that extent. It's a little bit disappointing to end up like that."
However, the commissaries disagreed and gave the win to McEwen, who had been fighting the remnants of illness all week. "I love coming here it's a great stage and a fantastic crowd, it's nice to start your year off on a winning note. I've been thinking all week about this very stage."
Speaking of McEwen, he seemed to be showing a little national pride earlier in the race, jumping in on the train to lead out Menzies for the first bonus sprint. "I think he helped out in the last lap when we were running low on guys. He jumped on in front of Davis and had a hit out. That was great and we appreciate it - helping a fellow Australian try to get the win."
While second place by a few seconds is not the ideal result for Menzies, he is still confident going into the start of the U.S. racing season with his Health Net team. "In four weeks time we have Tour of California - probably the biggest race of the year in the U.S. That is why my early season form has to be pretty good. I wasn't focusing going this well so early, so it's a good sign. My first goal was to win a stage of the Tour of California, and I would still like to do that."
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For Elmiger, this is the first stage race win of his career, as the former Swiss champion was previously a domestique on the Phonak team. With the dissolution of the team, Ag2R-Prevoyance signed him to be their man for the classics. ""This means a lot - it's my first stage race win and first race with my new team. We worked well together and I am really happy. It's amazing - four wins for the team here."
Looking ahead on his calendar, Elmiger turns is attention squarely to one-day efforts. "I love the long one-day races like Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders," said Elmiger. "I was five years with Phonak and I was brought onto this team for the classics. Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders are my biggest goals this year, and then the world championships, but that is a long way off."
While he fancies himself primarily as a one-day specialist, he said that he would like to come back and try his hand at defending his stage race victory. "The whole week was hard - the first race and the first time I was [a leader.] I'm feeling good and I am really happy. I liked this race, Adelaide and South Australia, so I would like to come back and defend."
His new team even joked with him after the first stage, pleading with him not to take the jersey too early. "Last year Simon Gerrans won the first stage and the team had to work. They told me as a joke, 'Don't win the first stage!' I still tried but Menzies was stronger. It was ok though because I was feeling good and thought I could win the race."
How it unfolded
Even though the skies looked the same as in the previous two stages, the rain held off long enough for the racers and the thousands of fans armed with umbrellas. Still, the weather produced strong winds that whipped across the 4.5km circuit, only increasing the nervousness for the riders.
"I was very nervous today," said race leader Martin Elmiger (Ag2R-Prevoyance), who held a tenuous one second lead on former leader Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA). "In the first sprint I was nervous with the wind, but with an uphill sprint, it is for me."
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From the opening laps, it was clear that Australia-UniSA was dead set on taking back the leader's jersey via the first bonus sprint, meaning that Menzies would have to win the sprint with Elmiger not getting better than third. "It's a solid circuit," said teammate Matt White about the difficulty of the course. "It's pretty hard for anyone to get away on there - super fast in some sections and super windy in others. Our only chance was to win the first time bonus. We knew we could only keep it together for the first sprint because after a week on the front it would be too hard to keep it going to the second one."
As the laps ticked off towards the first sprint on the eighth lap Australia-UniSA rode strong on the front, with Menzies protected on the rear, followed closely by Elmiger. As has been the case most of the week, Chocolade Jacques attacked the race, this time with Glenn d'Hollander, with Kiwi Gordon McCauley joining. But Menzies' boys put the pedal to the floor and brought the duo back in due time. Next, d'Hollander's teammate Frederik Veuchelen gave it a go, but with the same result.
Driving a lot of the pace to catch the early attempts was Matt White, who normally does the same for Discovery Channel. But down to the bell lap for the first sprint it was Allan Davis and Robert McLachlan looking after Menzies in the end, with the other teammates swinging off in sequence. "Coming into the sprint it was pretty hairy - I just wanted to do my job early and get out!" said Chris Jongewaard, who rode strong the day before to get Menzies over the KOM.
Down the stretch Allan Davis led out Menzies, with additional help from McEwen. But glued to Menzies' wheel was Elmiger, even swinging around a slowing McEwen 250 meters from the line and making it back to come around the two Australia-UniSA. Per the plan, Davis tried to pull his bike back as Menzies thrust it forward, but Davis still took second place behind Elmiger, with Menzies in third. "He is a great teammate," said Menzies. "We knew I had to win the sprint and for him to get second ahead of Elmiger - it was the plan and would have been perfect for us."
As the trio rounded the 180 degree turn past the start/finish, it looked more like the post-race run out with all three spent after giving it their all. Rolling along, Menzies' extended his hand to Elmiger, conceding the overall victory and showing true sportsmanship.
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But the racing was not over, with battles for the KOM and sprint jersey still within reach for a few riders. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) was wearing the sprint leader's jersey, but knew that he would not be able to contest the first sprint due to the GC battle. "It was obviously an objective of mine after yesterday's stage when I took the jersey. One thing that made it a little more complicated was the fact that the overall classification hadn't been decided and so it was not only the GC riders I had to go up against. Also the stage finish had bonus points as well."
On the second bonus sprint, the former world champion made a strong move from almost the beginning of the final straight, taking it with a comfortable gap and earning a conformable lead. "[The sprint jersey] been a very good standard this year amongst the riders," he said. "It was a little strange after the first day because the overall classification was virtually decided but [the sprint] was really competitive right to the last day and the standard of competition has been great."
The KOM battle was a little anti-climactic with the deciding climb quite small, compared to yesterday's run up Willunga Hill. Still the riders were set on battling with many points on the line with two KOM sprints. Samuel Dumoulin (AG2r-Prévoyance) led the competition going into the stage, twelve points ahead of three riders: Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld) and Heath Blackgrove (New Zealand National Team ). The first KOM sprint was taken out of the hands of the contenders by the breakaway, meaning the second KOM would be the decider with the breakaway reeled back in.
However, with the stage being shortened due to the live television coverage, there was some confusion between the riders and the officials as to when the KOM sprint would occur. The lap that the KOM occurred on did not see much of a sprint, with Pauwels taking the sixteen points and the jersey easily. The next time up Dumoulin gave it a go but without realizing it was too late.
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With all of the jersey's decided the only thing left was the stage win, and an outside chance for Menzies to take the double time bonuses on the line. But with Elmiger glued to his wheel like a shadow for the final laps, that looked to be impossible. The Navigators Insurance team did a lot of the pace making in the final laps, set on getting a win for their Aussie sprinter Hilton Clarke. Into the final laps, Barloworld made a strong surge to get Robbie Hunter to the line, with one rider leading Hunter around the final turn with 800 meters to the line.
Coming up the final straight the crosswinds kicked up as the fans banged against the barriers. Coming around the right side of Barloworld was Allan Davis, followed closely by Robbie McEwen and Mark Renshaw. The strong winds pushed the riders across the road, with McEwen shifting the most and hugging close to the barriers. Renshaw gave a dig at trying to come through in between McEwen and the barriers, but ran out of real estate. The young Aussie sprinter put his head on McEwen to keep from going into the barriers, then raised it as he crossed the line behind McEwen in protest.
The commissaries said they were looking at the video automatically, giving Renshaw early confidence. "I asked the commissaire but they're already looking at it without me appealing. When they're already saying that I think they've already made their mind up. Two victories in one week would have been perfect." But the officials came back with the conclusion that the sprint by the former Tour de France sprint champion was legal.
Photography
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- Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA) and tour leader Martin Elminger (AG2r Prevoyance) at the start line.
- See you next year girls.
- The pace was on right from the beginning.
- Riding in the city of churches.
- Australia-UniSA kept the pace strong.
- Martin Elminger (AG2r Prevoyance) riding in the pack.
- The pace picked up as the intermediate sprint got close.
- Martin Elminger (AG2r Prevoyance) takes the sprint and ensures victory.
- AG2r then took control of the race.
- A short lasting eight man break.
- Martin Elminger (AG2r Prevoyance) had plenty of support from his team mates.
- Nicki Terpstra (Milram) makes a quick exit and heads back to the Hilton.
- Cedric Coutouly (Agritubel) attacking the bunch with two laps to go.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) tries to push Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) around in the final sprint.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) is too strong though, and Renshaw's appeal leads to nothing.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Karl Menzies (Australia-UNISA) corners in Adelaide chasing a one second deficit on the final day.
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) is wrapt to have won the Share the Road Best Under 23 rider of the Tour.
- The team from South Australia.com won the Bartercard best team overall of the Tour.
- The final podium spray begins in Adelaide after the last day of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- The category jersey winners (l-r): Laurent Brochard (Sprints), Martin Elmiger (Tour winner), Serge Pauwels (KOM), Matti Breschel (Most Aggressive), and Simon Clarke (Best Under 23 rider).
- When a former World Champion is in the area you have to make sure the hair is right.
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) you are a very, very lucky man.
- Tour winner Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prevoyance) with some Swiss fans after the presentations.
- Tour winner Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prevoyance) signs a Swiss flag after the presentations.
- A sporting gesture before the final stage... Tour leader Martin Elmiger (l) shakes hands with rival Karl Menzies.
- Yee hah! It's the Tour Down Under.
- A Barloworld rider rests up in the team-car before the final stage.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) is a specialist at the final stage sprint in Adelaide.
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) awaits the final stage in his SA Lotteries Sprint leader's jersey.
- The Tour leader Martin Elmiger (right) of the Ag2r Prevoyance team awaits the start with one second behind man Karl Menzies (Australia-UNISA).
- Tour Director Mike Turtur (right, in blue) oversees the start to the final stage in Adelaide.
- Two of Australia's finest, Stuart O'Grady (right) of Team CSC shares a joke with Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto).
- The team of Australia-UNISA were working overtime to get Karl Menzies the Tour lead back on the final stage.
- The peloton make their way up the home straight in Adelaide during the final stage of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- Karl Menzies (far right) follows his Australia-UNISA teammates around a bend in King William street.
- They were together on the startline and again during the race, Robbie McEwen (right) of Predictor Lotto and Stuart O'Grady (left) of Team CSC.
- The peloton head down King William street before another great crowd that witnessed the Tour.
- Riders on the attack in-front of VIP guests in King William street.
- They are next-door neighbours in Tasmania and now together at the Tour Down Under - Wes Sulzberger (left) of the South Australia.com team and Matt Goss (Team CSC).
- The peloton single-out down King William street on the final stage of the Tour.
- Come with me and I'll take you to the front...Mario Aerts (Predictor Lotto) lends a hand to Barloworld's Paolo Longo Borghini.
- Sergey Lagutin drives members of his Navigator Insurance team down King William street.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) goes for a bidon during the final stage.
- Mmm...l like your chips better.
- The Tour leader in the ochre jersey of Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prevoyance) is tucked away neatly in the peloton.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) takes out the final stage ahead of the protesting Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole).
- Now you know how I felt last year...2006 TDU winner Simon Gerrans (L) congratulates 2007 winner and teammate Martin Elmiger.
- Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prevoyance) chats with media after his 2007 Tour Down Under victory.
- Luke Roberts (Team CSC) was the best placed South Australian rider overall.
- 2007 Tour Down Under final stage winner Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) loves winning here in Adelaide.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) was awarded the Century 21 Most Aggressive rider of the final stage.
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) won the SA Lotteries Sprint Points competition for the 2007 TDU.
- Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) gets a hand with his King of the Mountain winner's jersey.
- Overall third on the Tour, Lars Bak (Tean CSC) gets the podium kisses after the final stage.
- Karl Menzies (Australia-UNISA) can still smile after leading the Tour for the first three days before finishing a close second to Elmiger.
- 2007 Tour Down Under winner Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prevoyance) with his trophy on the podium.
- Oh yeah! This is the part I like about winning the Tour Down Under.
Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz
- Kurt Hovelynck and team mate Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) working hard.
- A sprint to the line during the race.
- The peloton was evenly paced.
- The New Zealand riders kept up their attacks.
- Mark Renshaw keeps his eye on his rivals during the warm up.
- Martin Elmiger (AG2r Prévoyance) swamped by Swiss fans.
- Now that's what I call support! Martin Elmiger (AG2r Prévoyance) gets a lift from several fans.
- The overall victors of the 2007 Tour Down Under.
- Enjoying a drop of champagne.
- Tears of joy? Nope, they're tears of champagne Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques) wipes from his eyes.
- Let the good times flow, the overall winners of the 2007 celebrate they're victories with the traditional champagne spray.
- Outright winner of the 2007 Tour Down Under, Martin Elmiger (AG2r Prévoyance) proudly displays his trophy.
- Winners of the Teams classification, SouthAustralia.com-AIS.
- Credit Agricole debrief after today's race.
- Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) catches his breath after the race.
- Frederik Veuchelen (Chocolade Jacques) makes a move.
- AG2r Prévoyance out the front controlling the pace.
- Martin Elmiger (AG2r Prévoyance) with his head down working for his team who rode close behind.
- Chocolade Jacques riders continued their determined approach.
- The peloton rides past the VIP stands.
- Aussie Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) rounds the hairpin.
- Wim Vansevenant and team mate Mario Aerts (Predictor - Lotto).
- Australian rider Brett Lancaster riding for Team Milram.
- Wearing the SA Lotteries sprint jersey, Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) rounds the corner.
- Tim Gudsell (New Zealand National Team) rode a very strong race.
- Aussie favourite, Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto).
- The peloton squeezes around the hairpin.
- Under 23 classification winning rider, Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) and Gordon McCauley (New Zealand National Team).
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) sets up his race computer in readiness.
- Samuel Dumoulin (AG2r Prévoyance) contemplates the race ahead.
- Getting ready for a race start.
- Standing out from the crowd, team mates Martin Elmiger and Samuel Dumoulin (AG2r Prévoyance).
- Standing tall, Martin Elmiger (AG2r Prévoyance).
- Robbie McEwen (Preditor-Lotto) relaxes and has a drink before the race.
- Hometown favourite, Stuart O’Grady (Team CSC) takes a drink during his chat with commentator Stuart Doyle.
- Feeling the squeeze, Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) leans on Robbie McEwen (Preditor-Lotto).
- An aggressive sprint to the finish.
- Cedric Coutouly (Agritubel) rounds the hairpin with the bunch in close pursuit.
- Robbie McEwen (Preditor-Lotto) celebrates as Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) turns to protest.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.44.26 (46.50 km/h) 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 4 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 8 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 12 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 13 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 14 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 22 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 24 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 30 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 34 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 35 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 37 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.12 38 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 40 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.22 41 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.34 42 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.35 43 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.38 44 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 46 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 47 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 49 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 50 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 52 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 53 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 54 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 55 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 56 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.44 57 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.45 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 59 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 60 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 61 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.55 62 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 64 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 65 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 66 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 67 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1.15 68 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.29 69 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.32 70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.35 71 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 72 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 73 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.40 74 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 75 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 76 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 77 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 78 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 79 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 80 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 81 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 83 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 84 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 86 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 87 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 89 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 2.10 91 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 92 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 93 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 10.00 94 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 95 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 96 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 98 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 100 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 102 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 103 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 104 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 105 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole DNF Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team Mountains Montefiore Hill - Lap 10 - 42.5 Km 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 16 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 8 4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 6 5 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 Montefiore Hill - Lap 15 - 65.0 Km 1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 12 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8 4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 6 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 Points Sprint #1 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 8 - 36 km 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 6 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 4 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 2 Sprint #2 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 12 - 54 km 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 Sprint #3 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 18 - 81 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 4 Teams 1 Predictor - Lotto 5.13.18 2 Barloworld 3 Team CSC 4 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Crédit Agricole 6 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 7 Unibet.com 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Team Milram 0.12 10 Australia - UniSA 0.45 11 AG2r Prévoyance 12 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.12 13 Agritubel 1.17 14 New Zealand National Team 4.15 Final General classification 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 15.46.38 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 0.03 3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.11 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.13 5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.21 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.50 7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.55 9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.43 11 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.58 13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.08 14 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 15 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15 16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.55 17 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5.20 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.05 19 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9.21 20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9.23 21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.52 22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10.09 23 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 10.14 24 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 10.45 25 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10.53 26 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 10.56 27 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10.58 28 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12.10 29 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 12.28 30 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 12.39 31 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 13.37 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 14.00 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.37 34 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 14.55 35 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16.24 36 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.27 37 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16.31 38 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.46 39 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 16.51 40 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.00 41 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.11 42 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 18.41 43 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 19.33 44 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 20.58 45 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 21.51 46 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 22.31 47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 22.42 48 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 23.20 49 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.27 50 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 23.43 51 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 24.24 52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.12 53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 26.23 54 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 26.25 55 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 56 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 26.31 57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 26.36 58 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 26.52 59 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 27.03 60 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 27.26 61 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 27.47 62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 27.56 63 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 64 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.16 65 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 28.26 66 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 28.34 67 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA 28.41 68 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 28.47 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 28.51 70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.55 71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.21 72 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 30.33 73 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 31.27 74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 32.09 75 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 32.55 76 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 33.02 77 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 33.03 78 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.11 79 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team 81 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 33.43 82 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33.45 83 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 33.49 84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.01 85 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 86 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 34.05 87 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 34.06 88 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.23 89 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 34.27 90 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 91 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 34.44 93 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 34.55 94 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 35.00 95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 35.24 96 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35.29 97 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA 98 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 35.45 99 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 38.42 100 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 43.49 101 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 44.05 102 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 103 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA 104 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 105 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram Mountains classification 1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 32 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28 3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 24 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 16 5 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 16 6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 12 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 12 8 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 12 9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 11 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 12 12 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 13 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 14 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 16 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8 17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 6 19 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 6 20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6 21 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 4 23 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 4 24 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 4 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 26 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 Points classification 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 18 3 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 14 4 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA 10 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10 9 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 10 10 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 10 11 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 8 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA 8 15 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA 6 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6 18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 4 21 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2 24 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 25 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2 26 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2 27 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 2 Under 23 classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.48.21 2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 9.02 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 12.17 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.03 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 20.59 6 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 21.37 7 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25.20 8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA 31.12 9 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 31.19 10 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 33.12 11 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 42.22 Teams classification 1 SouthAustralia.com-AIS 46.59.14 2 Team CSC 3.35 3 Unibet.com 15.04 4 Bouygues Telecom 18.27 5 Crédit Agricole 18.46 6 Predictor - Lotto 24.00 7 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 25.10 8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39.51 9 Barloworld 40.06 10 AG2r Prévoyance 44.01 11 Team Milram 49.17 12 Australia - UniSA 50.38 13 Agritubel 50.43 14 New Zealand National Team 1.03.53
