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Team presentations - January 15: Adelaide Hilton
Stage 1 - January 16: Glenelg Street Race, 47 km
Stage 2 - January 17: Norwood - Murray Bridge, 142 km
Stage 3 - January 18: McLaren Vale - Victor Harbor, 165 km
Stage 4 - January 19: Unley - Strathalbyn, 157 km
Stage 5 - January 20: Gawler - Tanunda, 156 km
Stage 6 - January 21: City of Adelaide Circuit, 90 km

Team presentations - January 15: Adelaide Hilton

• An Ag2r team member - makes sure he doesn't forget his bottle of Jacob's Creek
• Big Mat - with French Champion, Christophe Capelle (R).
• CSC-World Online - sporting new jerseys and Arvis Piziks
• Linda McCartney-Jacob's Creek - with a surprised looking Neil Stephens
• Lotto-Adecco - A chance for Blijlevens (R)?
• Mapei-Quick Step - were happy and keen to get started
• Saeco Macchine per Cafe - pictured in various stages of excitement
• Sunsmart-Mitsubishi - complete with Australian Champion, Steve Williams
• Telekom - are sporting a pinker outfit this year
• The University of South Australia team - with Kristjan "Snozza" Snorrasson
• United Water-AIS - with Graeme Brown, the new Australian U23 champion

Stage 1 - January 16: Glenelg Street Race, 47 km

• Robert Bartko, Stuart O'Grady and Gilles Maignan - during the pre-race press conference
• Gilles Maignan (Ag2r) - answered the hard questions
• Robert Bartko (Telekom) - revealed what was ailing him after the Olympics
• Let the race begin!
• Team Telekom Pinarello - as gleaming as ever
• Glenelg rooftops - were popular
• Michael Rogers (Mapei) - signs autographs at the start
• Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) - gives a pre-race interview
• Pat Jonker (Big Mat) - poses before the start
• Max Sciandri (Linda McCartney) - gives a pre-race interview
• Team Ag2r-Decathlon - on the start line
• Uni of SA riders - ready to hammer at the start
• Action from Glenelg - crowd enjoying the blur.
• Race winner Graeme Brown - in the post-race crush
• Graeme Brown - enjoys his time on the podium

Stage 2 - January 17: Norwood - Murray Bridge, 142 km

• A Mapei team Colnago - before the start
• The police were essential...
• The race convoy - prepare to roll out of Norwood
• Robert Tighello (Sunsmart) - won the second KOM.
• Robert Tighello - leads Daniele Nardello over one of the many climbs
• The leaders - suffer in the heat
• Ludewig and Nardello - ride away from the others at kilometre 73
• Jorg Ludewig - leads Daniele Nardello during their escape
• Members of the second group - included Robert Bartko
• Fabio Sacchi cools down - 30 seconds after he won the stage.
• Was it really that bad? - The winner of stage 2, Fabio Sacchi
• Part of the large crowd - at the finish
• Fabio Sacchi (Saeco) - was a happy podium boy
• The entire winner's podium - at the end of stage 2

Stage 3 - January 18: McLaren Vale - Victor Harbor, 165 km

• Hein Verbruggen - gets his ankle seen to by the race doctor
• Crescenzo d'Amore - lives up to his name
• Christian Andersen - gives CSC a talking to beforehand.
• A pure bike racing fan
• Peter Rogers' black Principia
• Salvatore Commesso's Cannondale
• The convoy gathers - at the start of the stage
• Where it's at (Parawa) - Don't forget your tractor.
• A colourful crowd - gathered at Parawa
• The peloton - flash past Parawa
• Onya Pat! - Jonker rules
• The peloton - content to roll along en masse during stage 3
• Camels - at Victor Harbor
• Some of the crowd - at the finish in Victor Harbor
• Alessio Galletti (Saeco) - cools down after the finish
• Cracks appear - in the Saeco team on day 3
• Stuart O'Grady - reflects on a tough day
• Stuart O'Grady - became the new leader after stage 3
• Steve Cunningham (Uni SA) - earned the most aggressive rider jersey
• The entire podium after stage 3

Stage 4 - January 19: Unley - Strathalbyn, 157 km

• An unlikely looking trio - play in Unley at the start
• The winner - of the prize for best poetic sign
• Team Saeco - gather before the start
• The peloton - climbing during the early part of the race
• Uni of SA - out in support of Russell Van Hout
• The scene - at Old Willunga Hill
• The 'Onya Pat' sign - surfaces again at Willunga Hill
• A motorcycle marshal - leads the break during stage 4
• Credit Agricole - setting the tempo.
• A fully bedecked - official JCTDU fan at the finish in Strathalbyn.
• A young - Credit Agricole fan at the finish
• Phillip Levi - winner of the penny farthing race in Strathalbyn
• Michael Rogers (Mapei) - cools down after a hot day
• Stage 4 winner - Luke Roberts (Uni SA) in his post race interview.
• 'Yellow jersey' winner - Luke Roberts
• Nicolaj Bo Larsen - was quite ecstatic with his yellow jersey
• Stage 4 podium: Larsen, Roberts, McKenzie, Bates, Brown and Tighello
• The newspaper headlines - from day 4

Stage 5 - January 20: Gawler - Tanunda, 156 km

• Gawler, South Australia
• South Australian premier, John Olsen - talks with cyclingnews.com
• Chief Commissaire, Martijn Bruijn - sorts things out
• Kristjan Snorrasson's De Rosa - before the start
• Stuart O'Grady - Pre race interview
• The convoy - prepare to roll out of Gawler
• The early beak - was made by the BMW
• Russell Van Hout (Uni of SA) - was first over the climb
• Trent Wilson (Sunsmart) - one of the strongest riders on Menglers Hill
• The heat is on - up Menglers Hill
• Mapei leads the bunch - up Menglers Hill
• Magnus Backstedt (L) and John Tanner (R) - struggle up Menglers Hill
• Stefano Zanini - in trouble on Menglers Hill
• The break - pass under the tree-tunnel at Seppeltsfield
• Eight riders - battle the wind on stage 5
• The eight man break - enter Tanunda
• Close behind the break
• Bart Leysen (Mapei) - rides among the convoy
• The leading bunch - with approximately 15 kilometres to go
• Kai Hundertmarck - given assistance after the stage
• Kai Hundertmarck - in his post race interview
• Kai Hundertmarck - shows the flowers
• Kai Hundertmarck - interviewed in yellow
• Team Telekom - Pinarello power
• David McKenzie (Linda McCartney) - with Mirko Puglioli

Stage 6 - January 21: City of Adelaide Circuit, 90 km

• 'True Blue' Aussie fan - shows the colours
• The crowd - gather in anticipation
• Triple J's John Thompson-Mills - all wired up
• Photographer Graham Watson - gets ready for another hot day
• Crescenzo d'Amore (Mapei) - cruising beforehand
• Bobby Julich and Jay Sweet - warm up together before the start
• Pat Jonker (Big Mat) - gives a smile before the race
• Kai Hundertmarck - warms up to the Sound of Music
• Kai Hundertmarck - smears on the sunscreen beforehand.
• The Mapei team - gather before the race.
• Credit Agricole - sit in the shade before the race.
• Grame Brown - ready for action.
• The bunch - led by Uni of SA riders
• Saeco, Telekom and Big Mat - at the front.
• Magnus Backstedt - helped out Credit Agricole at the front
• David McKenzie - on the phone to cyclingnews.com after his victory
• The face of a winner - Stuart O'Grady just after crossing the line
• Alessio Galletti (Saeco) - finds some shade afterwards
• Kai Hundertmarck - talks to a teammate about what might have been
• Stage winner, David McKenzie - about to have his ear bitten off.
• Overall winner, Stuart O'Grady - raises his arms on the victory dais.
• Kai Hundertmarck - finished second overall
• Fabio Sacchi (Saeco) - finished third overall
• Graeme Brown - steps up onto the podium
• ...and raises his arms with the jersey
• ...and prepares to throw
• Here they come!
• Robert Tighello (Sunsmart) - was finally crowned King of the Mountain
• Jay Sweet (Big Mat) - got the Most Aggressive Rider jersey
• Gene Bates (Uni of SA) - was the best U23 rider in the race
• Credit Agricole: The winning team
• The winners - douse themselves (and others) with Jacob's Creek bubbly

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