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11th Tour Down Under - ProT
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009
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Stage 6 - January 25: Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km
Chicchi claims in messy finale
Davis' day in the glorious Adelaide sun
By Les Clarke in Adelaide, Australia
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Francesco Chicchi did an Italian Job on the Tour Down Under's final stage today, with victory after a fast 90 kilometres around Adelaide's North Terrace. In a confusing finale, Liquigas' designated sprinter profited from a coming together of Graeme Brown and Robbie McEwen in the last 20 metres, skirting between the two Australians to take the win.
The day belonged to Quick Step's Allan Davis however; the overall winner could celebrate his first victory in the race he has contested 11 times. It was reward for riding every edition of Australia's premier stage race, and confirmation that the time may have come for this talented rider who has shown from a young age that he's capable of big things.
This week the boy from Bundaberg has doubled his tally of Tour Down Under stage wins, having won his first only three years ago. With some sizzling form in bunch kicks, he has clearly earned the respect of his teammates, who have worked tirelessly for him since the beginning of the race. "To start the season on the right foot is unbelievable," said Davis. "I'd just like to thank the team – the result shows the respect they have for me.
"Without them there's no way I could have been here in this jersey today. The day to Victor Harbor had a lot of unfortunate accidents and there were crashes all day. I was involved in the first one with last year's winner André Greipel, who had a collision with the motorbike.
"After that I was way out the back of the race and they waited for me; we just kept going, and worked our back into the front of the peloton and we were lucky enough to pull off a second in the stage." It was at this point that Davis, and those watching him, started to believe he could seriously be in contention for the overall victory. The next two days' racing confirmed this.
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Another win in Angaston brought him even closer to the crown, while Quick Step's performance in delivering him to the right place for sprint in yesterday's Willunga stage displayed the mettle needed to take the year's first ProTour event.
All week Davis has paid tribute to his team's efforts, and today was no different. It also signifies the cementing of his place as one of Quick Step's trusted winners. "It just goes to show the professionalism of this outfit, and hopefully this is the start of a few big things coming. I wasn't going for the sprint victory today, I was concentrating on the overall win. That's how it worked out, so it all went to plan.
"My main objective for the start of the season is Milan-Sanremo – my training all winter's been based on hitting peak form in March. This is just the start of it.
I'll celebrate this win as a team. I was supposed to fly back this afternoon but I've changed it so I go back to my hometown of Bundaberg tomorrow. I can celebrate with the boys for the hard work they've put in during the week.
How it unfolded
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Taking a virtually unassailable 25-second lead into the final stage, Allan Davis was aiming to spend the final stage tucked safely into the womb of his team, which has successfully guarded him all week. While fans of Stuart O'Grady were hoping that their man would miraculously make up the deficit to Davis, it seemed that the status quo on general classification would be maintained.
That was the eventual result, although not before a large break took flight from the bunch early in the 18-lap event. The escape contained the likes of Luis León Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Bernhard Eisel (Team Columbia), Christian Knees (Milram) and the man who has been on the attack all week, Jack Bobridge. The UniSA-Australia rider has become the darling of his local fans, and proved again today that his style of racing is exciting and raw.
He said he has taken a lot from this edition of the Tour Down Under, including a lot of TV time, the respect of his colleagues and the chance at a professional contract in the future – all thanks to his willingness to do the hard yards off the front of the peloton. "That's the way I always race," he explained after the stage. "I've gotten myself out there and been noticed this week, along with the spills and everything else we've taken from the week… it's been fantastic."
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While the break was always doomed to fail thanks to Quick Step's control of the peloton, in the second last lap fans were treated to an attack from Lance Armstrong. He surged from the bunch up Montefiore Hill and joined the seven-rider group that countered when the original escape was reeled in.
It meant little in the final outcome, as Quick Step wound up the pace in the closing lap to keep its man near the front, not with the intention of delivering him for a fourth stage win, however. That was left up to Brown and McEwen, as each tried to salvage something from the week's racing.
Neither succeeded in their endeavours, as a clash in the final metres lead to Brown pulling his foot out of his pedal, and the movement caused McEwen to lose momentum in his final push for the line. Having followed Greg Henderson as he struck out early in the sprint, Chicchi snuck through to take the win and leave Australia with another victory in his bag.
McEwen and Brown were visibly irritated after the finish, not least of all by the fact that they let a win slip through their fingers after a week that has been mixed in fortunes for each. It was a dramatic conclusion to a race that has enjoyed plenty of action and attention and lived up to expectations of kicking off 2009 with a bang.
Photography
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- Lance Armstrong (Astana) warms up.
- The riders await they start of the last stage.
- Jonus Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto) gets under way.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) whisks by.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) rides on a lovely Adelaide afternoon.
- The break working together.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) rounds the top corner.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) during stage six.
- The peloton against Adelaide city for a back drop.
- Wesley Sulzberger (Française de Jeux) leads the break.
- The peloton ride down King William Street.
- The break about to be caught.
- Quick Step were on the front of the main group to ensure Davis kept his lead.
- With two laps to go the pace became quicker.
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha) and Graeme Brown (Rabobank) collide during the sprint.
- McEwen and Brown avoid crashing but it causes Brown to step out of his pedal.
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) takes advantage of the incident and takes the win.
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) celebrates over the line.
- Wesley Sulzberger (FDJ) and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) congratulate Allan Davis (Quick Step).
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) has time to celebrate after the finish.
- José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) took out the Young Riders overall winner.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) in the sprinters jersey.
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was the King of the Mountains.
- Française des Jeux took the teams catégorie.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) on the podium.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) is this years Tour Down Under champion.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) lets the champagne fly.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) gives the thumbs up.
- Cheers boys.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) does a bit of crowd surfing.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The final stage of the 2009 Tour Down Under.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) rides in the Tour Down Under.
- The sprint approaches the line in stage six of the Tour Down Under.
- Italy's Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) wins the sprint in stage six of the Tour Down Under.
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) sprints and wins stage six.
Results
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 1.42.00 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 5 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 7 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 8 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 9 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 13 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 20 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 21 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 23 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 24 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 25 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 27 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 28 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 29 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 30 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 31 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 33 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 34 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 36 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 39 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 42 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 45 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 52 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 54 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 56 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 57 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 58 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 60 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 62 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 63 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 64 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 66 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 67 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 68 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 71 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 72 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 73 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 74 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 75 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 76 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 77 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 81 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 82 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 83 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 84 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 86 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.14 87 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 91 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 92 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.24 93 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 94 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 95 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 96 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 98 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 100 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 101 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 102 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 103 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 104 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 105 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 106 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 0.29 109 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 110 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 111 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.38 112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.57 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.58 114 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.49 115 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 1.50 116 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 2.04 117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 118 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.20 119 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 3.15 120 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 3.28 121 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 122 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.28 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 2 Sprint 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Final sprint 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 8 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 6 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Mountains 1 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 pts 2 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 3 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 8 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 5 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 2 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 16 pts 2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 12 3 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 8 4 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 6 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Teams 1 Liquigas 5.06.00 2 Rabobank 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4 Cofidis 5 Française des Jeux 6 Team Saxo Bank 7 Team Columbia - High Road 8 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9 Garmin - Slipstream 10 Team Katusha 11 Team Milram 12 AG2R La Mondiale 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Uni SA 15 Silence - Lotto 16 Fuji - Servetto 17 Astana 18 Lampre - N.G.C 0.14 19 Quick Step General classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 19.26.59 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.25 3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.37 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.38 7 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 0.39 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.40 9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.44 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0.45 18 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.46 19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0.49 20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 23 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 24 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 25 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 26 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 30 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.41 31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2.04 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.34 33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.38 34 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 35 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 36 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.43 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.53 39 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.00 40 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3.23 41 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.29 42 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 3.32 43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 3.54 44 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 45 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 5.12 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5.35 47 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.49 48 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11.34 49 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.00 50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 18.42 51 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.50 52 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 20.55 53 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 22.38 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 23.45 56 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 24.00 57 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 24.23 58 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 24.24 59 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.27 60 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.32 61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 24.33 62 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 24.44 63 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 25.05 64 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 25.08 65 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 25.20 66 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 25.43 67 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 26.09 68 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 26.11 69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 27.24 70 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 27.39 71 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 29.27 72 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 29.57 73 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 30.01 74 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 30.18 75 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 30.25 76 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 30.29 77 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 31.15 78 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 31.37 79 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 34.29 80 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 35.09 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 35.33 82 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 36.00 83 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 36.35 84 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 85 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.59 86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 37.33 87 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 37.36 88 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 38.11 89 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 38.52 90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 39.16 91 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 39.17 92 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 40.15 93 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 40.38 94 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 41.05 95 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 41.07 96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 41.18 97 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 41.45 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 42.32 99 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 43.22 100 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 43.36 101 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 43.43 102 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 44.12 103 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44.49 104 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 46.20 105 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 46.37 106 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 48.03 107 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 48.04 108 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 50.13 109 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.59 110 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 53.29 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 53.39 112 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 54.33 113 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 55.01 114 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 56.13 115 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 58.51 116 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 59.44 117 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.01.26 118 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.22 119 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.46 120 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.50 121 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 1.04.26 122 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 1.23.14 Sprint classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 24 3 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 18 5 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 16 6 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 12 8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 9 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 10 10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 8 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 8 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 8 14 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8 16 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 8 17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 18 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 6 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 21 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 4 Mountains classification 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 pts 2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 22 5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 20 6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 20 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 18 8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 10 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 16 11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 16 12 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 14 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 15 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 12 16 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 12 17 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 12 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 8 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 8 20 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 8 21 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 8 22 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 8 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 8 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 8 25 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 27 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6 28 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 29 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 6 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 31 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 4 32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 33 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 34 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 35 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 Young rider classification 1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.27.29 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.07 3 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.10 4 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 0.19 5 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 6 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.19 7 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11.04 8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 20.25 9 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 22.08 10 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.02 11 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 24.14 12 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 24.50 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 25.13 14 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 27.09 15 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 29.48 16 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 30.45 17 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 31.07 18 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 35.30 19 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 39.45 20 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 40.35 21 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 40.37 22 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 41.15 23 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 42.52 24 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 43.42 25 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 54.03 26 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 58.21 27 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01.52 28 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.20 Teams classification 1 Française des Jeux 58.22.57 2 Caisse d'Epargne 0.08 3 AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 4 Garmin - Slipstream 0.18 5 Team Columbia - High Road 0.35 6 Team Saxo Bank 1.02 7 Astana 1.14 8 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2.36 9 Quick Step 4.07 10 Silence - Lotto 10.23 11 Rabobank 12.55 12 Uni SA 23.41 13 Liquigas 28.56 14 Team Milram 31.17 15 Lampre - N.G.C 39.15 16 Fuji - Servetto 44.11 17 Cofidis 46.23 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.51 19 Team Katusha 1.25.25
