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11th Tour Down Under - ProT
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009
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Stage 3 - January 22: Unley - Victor Harbor, 136 km
Rabobank's organisation amongst chaos
Favourites fall as Davis holds overall
By Les Clarke in Adelaide, South Australia
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Graeme Brown had threatened to take a win this week at the Tour Down Under, and in Victor Harbor today he made good on that with a win after the tough third stage. On a day punctuated by wind, crashes, attacks and a star-studded breakaway, the touch paper has been lit and an explosive finale guaranteed after today's fireworks.
While Brown was celebrating a sensational team win, defending champion André Greipel was undergoing X-rays on a dislocated shoulder, suffered during a crash just before the 20km mark. Team Columbia's German sprinter, who looked to be in a position to take the title for a second successive season, hit a police motorbike and was forced to abandon midway through the stage.
Quick Step's Allan Davis, who wore the leader's ochre jersey today, was also involved in the incident, which threatened his overall advantage. "That was one of the hardest stages I've done here in 11 years," said Davis. "My day started with a crash into a motorbike as I was following Greipel.
"There was a parked motorbike on the side – a fair bit onto the road. I knew André was going to hit it so moved over to the right but he hit it and his bike just flew out from under him and in front of me and Nicholas Roche."
Baden Cooke was another casualty of the day's racing, the rider who had hoped to cement his position amongst the leaders after a strong showing thus far in Adelaide. UniSA-Australia manager Dave Sanders told Cyclingnews that it was unknown for most of the stage as to the whereabouts of Cooke, and it was later revealed he is in hospital undergoing treatment for injuries suffered as a result of the accident.
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Rabobank's fast man, Brown, managed to keep clear of the drama ahead of him and was taken to an immaculate victory ahead of countrymen Davis and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank). He was full of praise for the hard work of the boys in orange, who also suffered an abandonment of one of their teammates today - Kai Reus.
"Hats off to my team – it's definitely a team victory," said Brown. "There was an awesome break up the road that had all the names that should have been in it but I geed the boys up a bit – they just rode unreal. They put themselves in line and they were tired, then at the end Matty Hayman did an unreal job.
"I think I proved myself yesterday on a fairly tough circuit – they had full confidence in me, so thank you very much Rabobank. I've got really good form, and every time there's a sprint I want to win. This was a really tough stage and finish, and I knew it was a good opportunity for me."
Teammate Mat Hayman was the last man to take Brown to the line, and after the rest of the team had worked hard on the front of the bunch to control the gap to the leaders, the Australian finished the job for his countryman to sprint to the line and celebrate a great victory.
"Today was the hardest day of the tour so far. It was like Mission Impossible, with 10 of the best riders up the road that group had every good rider," said Hayman. "The start today was vicious. I was speaking to guys and they said it was like a Tour de France stage. It just didn't stop – crashes, and the wind… it was chaos."
How it unfolded
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High winds, a motivated peloton and massive crowds characterised the start of today's 136km stage to Victor Harbor. It wasn't long until the attacks started, although nothing stuck until a group of 15 went clear after 21 kilometres, soon after the early crash took out the defending champion.
With the likes of O'Grady, Armstrong, Rogers and Matt Wilson in the leading bunch, it was surprising to see it given any time at all, let alone 1:50 at its maximum. This selection contested all the day's intermediate sprints and vied for king of the mountains points.
O'Grady looked in ominous form all day, taking sprint points at will on his way to securing the lead in this classification and third place overall. As the race sped along towards the seaside resort that always proves one of the most popular with fans – today was no exception – it looked more likely that the break, which had survived the wind, testing terrain and even helicopter wash on its 100km-plus journey, would stay away to the finish.
It wasn't to be, and Brown admitted that he thought a big bunch kick would be possible. With Rabobank and Quick Step keen to set their men up for the victory, the chase was left until very late. "For a while there I thought that break was going to stay away till the end of the race but we got the boys on the front just after the category one climb and it was slowly coming back," said Brown. "I wasn't sure, but it came back and worked out well. It was a very tough finish."
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Hayman, Rabobank's 'general' in this situation explained that, "When we got to the top of that climb [second KOM] it was a hard task for them to start riding and they just had two minutes.
"I said to them, 'Just ride tempo, hopefully a couple of the other teams will come and we'll see what happens'. It looked like it was never going to happen, and finally more teams came and we closed it down.
"A big hats off to them today – I just felt for them all day, suffering on the front. It meant Graeme and I couldn't give up and we had to pull something out for the boys."
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Davis' day was almost ruined by the crash that took out Greipel, and it got no easier thanks to the illustrious names in the break. His team was having nothing of it, and helped him retain the overall lead. "We had no friends there today and no one was waiting," said Davis.
"I'd like to thank my team, because without them I'd still be coming. Once we got back on we made sure we stayed in the front, and there was another big crash and we missed that, so we were lucky to miss that one. I took second again, so it's not too bad."
He also paid tribute to the work done by Brown's team, and the two embraced after the finish, despite being rivals in the finale. "They [Rabobank riders] did a great job – full credit to them because Brownie repaid them with a win today. Garmin did a great job to bring the break back, and of course our team, Quick Step, did the rest. You can't get any more exciting than this. It's the best racing you can get and I hope everyone's enjoying it."
Photography
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- Armstrong pulled hard in the break and showed his comeback is working according to plan.
- Hincapie was never far from Armstrong when they were teammates and things haven't changed much.
- O'Grady does what he likes best and that is pulling at high speeds.
- Brown takes the stage over Allan Davis.
- Graeme Brown took the win with a sprint won in decisive fashion.
Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) was running late but in good spirits all the same.
- The peloton during the neutral zone.
- Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) attacked early on the first KOM.
- Michael Rogers (Columbia) leads on the first climb of the day.
- The scene at the top of the first KOM of the day.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) did his fair share of the work in the break.
- The peloton makes its way through an avenue of gum trees.
- Rabobank pushing the pace as the sprint arrived.
- Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) out the front of the break.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) along with everyone else had a tough day with the wind.
- Glenn D'Hollander (Silence-Lotto) with Adam Hansen (Columbia) and Wesley Sulzberger (FDJ) had a counter attack when the break was pulled in.
- Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream) went out alone approaching the second KOM.
- Glenn D'Hollander (Silence-Lotto) was also on his own after Meyer.
- The peloton with 15km to go.
- Caisse D'Epargne took charge on the lower slopes of the second KOM.
- Matthew Loyd (Silence-Lotto) attacked on the KOM after the two lone riders up front.
- The main group with George Hincapie (Columbia) out in front.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) on the climb.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) did well today despite crashing earlier.
- The Aussie boys talk tactics with six km to go.
- With Victor Harbour approaching the lead group was giving it the best effort.
- Saxo Bank was looking for a win.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) takes the win in front of Davis and O'Grady.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) cools down.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) looks out to the large crowd on the podium.
- Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream) took the most aggressive rider award for the day.
- Jose Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) in the young rider jersey.
- Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) in the sprinter's jersey.
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) remains the KOM leader.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) in the leader's jersey and tied on time with Graeme Brown (Rabobank).
Images by AFP Photo
- Lance Armstrong during the tough stage 3
- Allan Davis found this the toughest stage in the tour's 11-year history.
- Brownie takes the win
- Brown celebrates as he beat Davis to the line.
- Armstrong pedals across the line safely in the bunch.
- Armstrong stayed in the first part of the peloton with about 50 riders, some half a minute ahead of the rest.
- Graeme. Brown all smiles after his sprint win.
- Armstrong at his post-race duties.
- He's back! Armstrong rode impressively in stage 3.
- The Texan made the break royale and pulled hard.
- He said racing is the best training and so he trains – or races...
- Armstrong is not targeting the Tour Down Under but the Tour de France.
- This leaves him plenty of time to train which is scary enough for man of his competitors.
- Armstrong lets someone else handle the pacemaking for a while.
- Armstrong pulls in the break and the others were watching him closely.
- Armstrong smoothly moves through the paceline.
- At last a little show of strain or was it just the Alpe d'Huez face?
Images by Les Clarke
- The Astana riders looked calm ahead of today's stage.
- Jack Bobridge (UniSA) has become somewhat of a local hero this week.
- Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream) is nursing a sore shoulder today.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) is searching for a sprint win again today.
- Lance Armstrong has brought lots of media attention to this year's race.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Cameron Meyer's bandage after the crash on stage 2 didn't prevent him from riding aggressively in stage 3.
- Jérémy Roy's customized cycling shoes!
- Rémy Di Gregorio was relaxed with Jérémy Roy before the start. He'd be forced to pull out later.
- Mathieu Drujon enjoys life down under.
- Mate, in Australia you have to go this way; Mark Renshaw instructed Bernhard Eisel.
- Still big media attention
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3.15.35 (41,721 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 7 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 13 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 14 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 21 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 24 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 26 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 28 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 31 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 32 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 33 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 35 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 36 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 38 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 43 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 44 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 45 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 47 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.32 49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4.30 50 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 51 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 52 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 53 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7.17 55 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 57 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 9.35 58 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 59 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 60 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 61 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 21.49 62 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 64 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 65 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 66 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 67 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 68 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 69 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 70 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 71 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 72 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 73 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 74 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 76 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 77 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 79 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 80 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 81 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 82 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 83 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 84 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 85 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 86 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 88 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 91 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 93 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 94 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 95 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 98 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 100 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 101 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 103 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 105 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 106 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 107 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 108 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 109 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 110 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 111 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 112 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 114 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 115 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 118 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 119 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 120 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 122 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 124 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis DNF André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Astana DNF Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto DNF Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA Points Sprint #1 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 6 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 2 Sprint #2 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 4 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 2 Finish 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 6 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4 Mountains KOM #1 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 pts 2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 12 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 8 4 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6 5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 KOM #2 1 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 16 pts 2 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 8 4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Teams 1 Team Saxo Bank 9.46.45 2 Caisse d'Epargne 3 AG2R La Mondiale 4 Team Columbia - High Road 5 Française des Jeux 6 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7 Garmin - Slipstream 8 Astana 9 Quick Step 0.32 10 Rabobank 7.17 11 Lampre - N.G.C 9.00 12 Silence - Lotto 9.35 13 Uni SA 21.49 14 Team Milram 15 Liquigas 16 Fuji - Servetto 17 Cofidis 43.38 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Team Katusha 1.05.27 General classification after stage 3 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 10.47.11 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.05 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.14 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.18 6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 0.19 7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.20 8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 10 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 11 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 13 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.24 16 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 21 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27 22 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.28 23 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.29 24 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 29 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 30 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 33 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 34 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 35 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 38 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 39 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 40 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 41 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.49 42 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.55 43 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1.05 44 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.09 45 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.32 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.36 47 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 1.58 48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4.55 49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6.03 50 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.46 51 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 7.56 52 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10.24 53 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.27 54 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 11.16 55 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 11.47 56 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 57 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 12.02 58 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 16.27 59 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 22.09 60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.12 61 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.13 62 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 22.18 63 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 64 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 65 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 66 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 67 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 68 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 69 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 70 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 71 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 73 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 75 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 78 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 79 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 81 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 82 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 22.31 84 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 22.41 85 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 22.44 86 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 22.50 87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 22.52 89 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 22.54 90 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 23.00 91 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 23.12 92 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 23.19 93 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 25.34 94 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 25.37 95 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 25.51 96 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 97 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 98 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 99 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 100 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 101 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 102 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 27.01 103 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 27.04 104 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 105 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 28.00 106 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 28.15 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 108 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 29.05 109 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 29.06 110 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 30.13 111 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 33.46 112 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 113 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 114 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 36.38 115 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.05 116 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 40.09 117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 118 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 119 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 120 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 122 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 123 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 47.36 124 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 1.00.41 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 18 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 14 4 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 12 6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 10 7 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 8 8 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 12 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 2 Mountains classification 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 pts 2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 16 5 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 12 7 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 8 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 12 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 8 10 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 8 11 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 8 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 8 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 8 14 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6 15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 6 16 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 4 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Young rider classification 1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.47.31 2 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.08 5 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.09 6 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 5.43 9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 7.36 10 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 11.42 11 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 21.58 12 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 17 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 22.21 18 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 22.30 19 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 22.34 20 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 22.40 21 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 25.31 22 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 23 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 24 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 26.44 25 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 28.45 26 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 28.46 27 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 33.26 28 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 36.18 29 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.45 30 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.49 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia - High Road 32.22.33 2 Française des Jeux 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.08 4 AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 5 Team Saxo Bank 0.16 6 Garmin - Slipstream 0.18 7 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.22 8 Astana 0.27 9 Quick Step 1.06 10 Rabobank 7.13 11 Silence - Lotto 9.57 12 Lampre - N.G.C 12.51 13 Uni SA 22.02 14 Team Milram 22.11 15 Fuji - Servetto 22.16 16 Liquigas 26.42 17 Cofidis 43.56 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.00 19 Team Katusha 1.07.01
