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11th Tour Down Under - ProT

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009

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Stage 1 - January 20: Norwood - Mawson Lakes, 140 km

Forward defence for Greipel

McEwen injured, soldiers on

By Les Clarke in Adelaide, South Australia

André Greipel continues where he left off last year
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Revenge was sweet for Team Columbia's André Greipel as he took out the Tour Down Under's opening stage today in Mawson Lakes. After marginally missing out on victory in Sunday's Cancer Council Classic, Team Columbia regrouped and controlled proceedings in the final kilometres as the German strongman kicked off his Down Under title defence in the best possible manner - with a win ahead of Baden Cooke (UniSA-Australia) and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank).

The furnace of Adelaide's hills provided a test of steel for the man who dominated last year's edition of the race, and he further proved that he's a champion whose time has arrived with yet another victory in the South Australian capital. He paid tribute to the city that raised the awareness of the cycling world to this giant rider from Germany.

"Australia is the place that made me," said Greipel after his latest win. "I feel awesome."

"The guys led me out and at the end I had the best luck. It was a hot day and everyone had to suffer, but it was really great," he added. He wasn't giving away much when asked if this win meant he would be the team's leader, saying, "We'll see."

That good luck included an injury to Katusha's Robbie McEwen, who hit a spectator's camera just as Greipel was coming off his wheel with 150 metres to go. McEwen, who beat the German in Sunday's Cancer Council Classic, suffered a laceration and severe bruising to the top segment of his forearm and despite team management reporting that he's fine, he wasn't in good shape after the finish.

"I don't think I've broken a bone," McEwen said whilst grimacing with the pain. "It really, really hurts. Look at the size of it... it went up that big straight away. I'll go and get them to have a look at it." McEwen was checked by Dr Peter Barnes and it's questionable whether he will start tomorrow's second stage.

Robbie McEwen (Katusha) is in pain and questionable to continue
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Meanwhile, ahead of McEwen, Baden Cooke and Stuart O'Grady were challenging Greipel for the stage win and proving that they've brought their A-game to this year's Tour Down Under. O'Grady's third place seemed something of a surprise to himself, however. "To be honest, I didn't think I'd be up there in the sprint," he admitted.

"It wasn't my objective, but the crazy, competitive mentality takes over in the finale. I actually felt pretty good, and I had a chat [with his Saxo Bank teammates] and it's good for morale."

The South Australian had stated prior to the race that he doesn't feel he has the form to win the event - today's performance may have proved otherwise, and the home crowd was rapt in his finish. O'Grady recognised this. "The support's been phenomenal," he said. "It has been Lance mania - and deservedly so. It's just great to see everyone come out to watch the race."

The man in the hot seat was André Greipel, however, and Team Columbia's Directeur Sportif Allan Peiper was a satisfied man after the finish. "André brought it home with the help of a fantastic team," said Peiper. "We've got two gun sprinters in their own right helping him - Greg Henderson and Mark Renshaw. We've got a great group of guys to ride before that so the pressure's there but they did it, and that's great."

The defending champion takes a tidy five-second lead heading into tomorrow's second stage, bonus seconds which could prove useful later in the race when he could possibly lose time on the modified Willunga stage.

Lance Armstrong is back!
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Peiper knows every second is vital to Greipel's chances of defending his title, and was very satisfied with the German's approach to gathering that crucial, if slim, advantage. "He [Greipel] said to the team mechanic during the race that today he was feeling good - very good - and when he went for that [time] bonification at 20 or 30km to go, where he took a second, I thought, ‘That's really good'. Even if he hadn't beaten anybody today, the fact that he took it was a bonus."

At the rear of the field, Astana's star Lance Armstrong took a cautious approach to his first ProTour stage since returning to the sport professionally. The Texan finished outside of the top 100 riders on the 140km jaunt around the Barossa.

"The day they said was going to be the easy day... the course, combined with the temperatures in the 40s made it tough," said Armstrong. "On all the steep little hills we had I felt pretty strong. I finished at the back. When I get to those bunch sprints I get out of the way and let those big guys do their thing."

How it unfolded

Despite claims that a break wouldn't get away during today's stage, a two-man escape made it clear within the first 10 kilometres of racing, although with the firepower on their heels it was always going to fail to get the finish in Mawson Lakes with its advantage intact.

Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi) leads Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto) during the break
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Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto) and Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi) shared the spoils of both the sprint and KOM points throughout their 100km-plus break, with both eventually being reeled in with 20km remaining in the stage. Kaisen will wear the sprint classification leader's jersey for his efforts while Lafuente superior climbing earned him the KOM classification lead.

While these two riders were reabsorbed into the big bunch, local rider Jack Bobridge, riding for UniSA-Australia, made his bid for some airtime in front of his local fans. Attacking at the 110km mark, he quickly amassed a reasonable lead, although like the previous break his was doomed to be caught ahead of the wide, windswept stretch of parcours along Main North Road.

That's precisely what happened, and with 10km remaining Team Columbia and Rabobank wound up the pace for their sprinters - Greipel and Graeme Brown respectively - as the conditions heading into the finale were tailor made for a powerful train. The ‘yellow locomotive' rode perfectly for its ‘Germanator', with Rogers, Hincapie, Renshaw, Henderson and Eisel taking Greipel to the last 200m with excellent results.

Tomorrow's second stage will be a tough test of the bunch's early-season mettle, with a hilly circuit and a tight overall classification ensuring more power from Columbia and Saxo Bank, as a battle between what are arguably the ProTour's two most successful squads looms in Adelaide's hills.

Photography

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Results

1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                     3.45.27 (37.258 km/h)
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA                                                  
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                      
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                                         
5 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                                           
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                             
7 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                                      
8 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                 
9 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                             
10 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                    
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis                                            
12 Nicholas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
13 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                
14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                 
15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
16 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
18 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                     
19 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                       
20 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
21 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
22 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                            
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
24 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                                            
25 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
26 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                               
27 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                       
28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                                 
29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                       
30 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
31 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne                                   
32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                                  
33 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne                                   
34 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
35 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                
36 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis                                           
37 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                        
38 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                      
39 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                              
40 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
41 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                
42 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
43 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
44 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
45 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                                                 
46 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                              
47 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                   
48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                            
49 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
50 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                          
51 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road                          
52 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                       
53 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                                          
55 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                          
56 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road                         
57 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
58 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                                
59 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                      
60 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
61 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
62 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                         
63 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
64 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                            
65 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
66 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
67 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                             
68 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                                 
69 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
70 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road                          
71 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                     
72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                             
73 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                                        
74 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                                        
75 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                     
76 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
77 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                       
78 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                               
79 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                         
80 Frederick Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
81 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
82 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
83 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
84 Michael Schar (Swi) Astana                                              
85 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                      
86 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                        
87 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                                   
88 Vladmir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
89 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
90 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
91 Javier Megias (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                       
92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
93 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
94 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
95 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
96 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                       
97 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                              
99 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
100 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux                             
101 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                                   
102 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                                           
103 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
104 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
105 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                               
106 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                         
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                                      
109 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                                           
110 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                              
111 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                        
112 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                           
113 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                            
114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                   
115 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
116 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                           
117 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                
118 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                                      
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        
120 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                           
121 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                          
123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                            
124 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            
125 Juan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                        
126 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                         
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
128 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.17
129 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.19
130 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          1.12
131 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.15
132 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                                20.32
133 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                             
 
Intermediate sprints

Sprint 1
1 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    6 pts
2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               4
3 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                      2
 
Sprint 2
1 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    6 pts
2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               4
3 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                           2
 
Teams
 
1 Team Milram                                                      11.16.21
2 Lampre - N.G.C                                                           
3 AG2R La Mondiale                                                         
4 Française des Jeux                                                       
5 UniSA - Australia                                                        
6 Cofidis                                                                  
7 Team Columbia - High Road                                                
8 Team Saxo Bank                                                           
9 Team Katusha                                                             
10 Caisse D'Epargne                                                        
11 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                   
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     
13 Garmin - Slipstream                                                     
14 Fuji - Servetto                                                         
15 Quick Step                                                              
16 Silence - Lotto                                                         
17 Liquigas                                                                
18 Rabobank                                                                
19 Astana                                                                  
 
General Classification after Stage 1
 
1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                     3.45.16
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA                                              0.05
3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                  0.07
5 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
6 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                   0.10
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                                     0.11
8 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                                           
9 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                             
10 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                                     
11 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                
12 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                            
13 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                    
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis                                            
15 Nicholas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
16 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                
17 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                 
18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
19 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
21 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                     
22 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                       
23 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
24 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                            
26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
27 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                                            
28 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
29 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                               
30 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                       
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                                 
32 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                       
33 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
34 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne                                   
35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                                  
36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne                                   
37 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
38 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                
39 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis                                           
40 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                        
41 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                              
42 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
43 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                
44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
45 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
46 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
47 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                                                 
48 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                              
49 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                   
50 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                            
51 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
52 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                          
53 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road                          
54 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                       
55 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                                          
57 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                          
58 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road                         
59 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
60 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                                
61 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                      
62 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
63 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
64 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                         
65 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
66 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                            
67 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
68 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
69 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                             
70 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                                 
71 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
72 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road                          
73 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                     
74 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                             
75 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                                        
76 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                                        
77 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                     
78 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
79 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                       
80 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                               
81 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                         
82 Frederick Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
83 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
84 Michael Schar (Swi) Astana                                              
85 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                      
86 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                        
87 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                                   
88 Vladmir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
89 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
90 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
91 Javier Megias (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                       
92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
93 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
94 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
95 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
96 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                       
97 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                    
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                              
99 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
100 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux                             
101 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                                   
102 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                                           
103 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
104 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
105 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                               
106 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                         
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                                      
109 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                                           
110 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                              
111 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                        
112 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                           
113 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                            
114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                   
115 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
116 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                           
117 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                
118 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                                      
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        
120 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                           
121 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                          
123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                            
124 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            
125 Juan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                        
126 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                         
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
128 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.28
129 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.30
130 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          1.23
131 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.26
132 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                                20.43
133 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                             
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   12 pts
2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                          10
3 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               8
4 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA                                                 6
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                     4
6 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                      2
 
Best Young rider
 
1 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                                    3.45.27
2 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                                      
3 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                             
4 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                     
5 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
6 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                                             
7 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                                
8 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                                        
9 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis                                            
10 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                        
11 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                      
12 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
13 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
14 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                                   
15 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                       
16 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
17 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                                
18 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                                 
19 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
20 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                     
21 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                       
22 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
23 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
24 Michael Schar (Swi) Astana                                              
25 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
26 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux                              
27 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                                            
28 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                                
29 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                               
30 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
31 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                                       
32 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                             
33 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.19
34 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.15
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Milram                                                      11.16.21
2 Lampre - N.G.C                                                           
3 AG2R La Mondiale                                                         
4 Française des Jeux                                                       
5 UniSA - Australia                                                        
6 Cofidis                                                                  
7 Team Columbia - High Road                                                
8 Team Saxo Bank                                                           
9 Team Katusha                                                             
10 Caisse D'Epargne                                                        
11 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                   
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     
13 Garmin - Slipstream                                                     
14 Fuji - Servetto                                                         
15 Quick Step                                                              
16 Silence - Lotto                                                         
17 Liquigas                                                                
18 Rabobank                                                                
19 Astana                                                                   

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