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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC

Australia, January 16-21, 2007

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Stage 1 - Wednesday, January 17: Mawson Lakes - Tanunda , 152km

Menzies keeps Aussie wins coming Down Under

GC contenders decided in first stage

By Mark Zalewski in Tanunda, South Australia

Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA)
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As many riders expected and predicted, a breakaway group got away early and built an insurmountable lead on the rest of the field, similar to last year. But unlike last year the group was quite large, consisting of eighteen riders representing all fourteen teams in the race. After the lead was secure the group dwindled into a final five, with the strong Tasmanian sprinter Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA) able to outsmart and out power the rest to take out the first stage and pull on the leader's jersey ahead of Martin Elmiger (Ag2R) and Lars Bak (Team CSC).

"I knew it was a straight run and you could see the finish all the way with the count down," said Menzies "Dave was in my ear pumping me up the whole way saying, 'You can take these blokes!' giving me a bit of confidence."

Menzies was up against quite a ProTour crew in the final group of five with former Swiss champion Elmiger, Bak, Matthew Lloyd (Predictor-Lotto), and Gustav Larsson (Unibet.com). "You knew everyone was just foxing, trying to get away," said Menzies. "Lloyd got away from us so I swung off as if I was letting them go, but then I hit them and got through Lloyd. I saw the Ag2R dude coming after me, but then I went up a gear and there was no way he was going to get me."

The leaders
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A modest Menzies, who held the leader's jersey at the Herald Sun Tour last October racing for the American pro continental Health Net team, said that he did not come to this race with any expectations riding for such a strong composite team. "To come here you have no expectations. We have such a class team, so it's all about representing them blokes and Australia-UniSA. It was the furthest thing from my mind to win a stage even, so I am really ecstatic."

But teammate Matt White said that Karl is a little keen on keeping the jersey. "It depends on how much the time gaps are but he definitely wants to win the tour," he told Cyclingnews. "Menzies is a strong boy! He's probably the best one to have up there; he probably has the best form of all of us." When asked if there is any difference in defending a lead on a composite team, White replied, "We all know our job and when you ride for a national team there is a bit of pride in the jersey. We are all happy to see Karl win. It's going to be a long week, and definitely now for us!"

Defending race winner Simon Gerrans was ever the professional, content to see teammate Martin Elmiger up the road in the leading group and finishing third on the day. "I'm not too disappointed; you know, that is racing."

How it unfolded

Luke Roberts (Team CSC)
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The extreme heat was not present today on the rolling terrain through South Australia's beautiful wine country. And for a change, the peloton got to spend most of the day enjoying the scenery with every team represented in the main break of the day. "It was a bit of an anti-climax," said Credit Agricole's Julian Dean. "Everyone was racing there in the beginning but then that group got away and the peloton just sat-up. So it wasn't particularly hard since they had the right combination of riders in the front." But early on, the racers did not waste any time in trying to get the breaks formed, knowing that races like this are usually decided in the first stages. "The usual story," joked Matthew Lloyd after the stage. "As I said before, for a shorter tour like this it happens like this."

The first attack on the day came from Australia-UniSA in the form of Brett Aiken who got away just eight kilometers into the race. Gordon McCauley (New Zealand National Team) and an aggressive Gene Bates (South Australia.com - AIS) joined him, followed later by Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) and Matt Goss (Team CSC). But a tricky little unrated climb early on saw the demise of the early break. The descent of that climb was fast enough to launch a counter attack but still to no avail. It was not until the only rated climb of the day, up Humbug Scrub, that a real break formed.

A group of ten riders quickly became eighteen as every team tried to get at least one rider in the break. Elmiger, Bak, Lloyd, Menzies and Larsson were obviously in the break along with Juan Miguel Mercado (Agributel), Luke Roberts (Team CSC), Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto), Yarnick Talabardon (Credit Agricole), Elia Rigotto (Milram), Nicolas Crosbie and Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and the only rider eligible for best young rider, Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS).

Clinton Avery (New Zealand National Team)
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The group rolled through with a quick tempo as the peloton shut off the gas and went about normal conversations. As the gap grew to six minutes, one lone rider, Clinton Avery (New Zealand National Team) jumped out of the peloton with more than 100 kilometers to go; but with no other riders brave (or foolish) enough to go with him. Undaunted, the tall mountain biker decided to march ahead solo, sitting almost exactly half-way between the break and peloton for most of the remaining kilometers.

As the kilometers ticked off the temperature increased somewhat, likely aiding to the increasing time gap. When it reached around fourteen minutes the gap started to hold, and the leading riders became itchy about the finish. A few teams had two riders each, including CSC and Predictor-Lotto. "The Lotto team had two and CSC had two riders, so they were pulling harder than the other guys," said Elmiger. And the closer they got to the finish, the less cohesive they got. "Typical with twenty riders and so much time on the front, nobody wanted to work too much," he continued. "So it was important to go hard at the end to stay on the front."

The big pressure came from CSC with strongman Lars Bak and Australian Luke Roberts, who has shown good form recently. "We tried to put pressure on the guys at the end because it was quite easy just rolling through in the group," said Roberts. "We decided to put a bit of pressure on to split things up. A lot of guys then started to follow us around! Lars Bak was great though, he made the split but unfortunately I couldn't get there. So I got stuck behind in a group and tried to jump across a bit later. I almost got there but not quite."

Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA)
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The split took the group of eighteen down to ten and then down to five, with splintered riders regrouping behind. "I actually attacked a guy and got to a group of three," said Menzies about making the final selection. "Then the group came across and I just came over the top when the actual split went - otherwise I wouldn't have been there in the end."

The final five together in the final five kilometers started playing tactics, with the next group just under twenty seconds behind. But the long fast run-in to the finish ensured they would stay away. The first to go was Matthew Lloyd. "I had a go with a kilometer to go because Karl is one of the best sprinters out there," said Lloyd about his early sprint. "I knew that the other guys were good too."

But the other guys were not good enough for the bloke they call Ten Menzies, who powered away with enough gap to sit up and enjoy the victory.

Menzies and the rest of the field knows there is a lot of racing still to go, with only a minute separating the top ten riders. Riders like Luke Roberts are happy to have made the major break for their team, but know the road ahead. "Form is okay obviously, but I was still pretty tired in the end. It was a tough day. I think we are set with a top ten so I am happy, but there are still a lot of hard days to go," said Roberts

For Menzies on the podium, thinking about winning a stage being the furthest thing from his mind takes a back seat to defending the leader's jersey. "Who knows, we'll have to talk about it - but that is the furthest thing from my mind at the moment!"

Photography

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Images by Rachel Burke/www.maximumattack.biz

Images by Ted Jones/http://www.bikenz.org.nz

Results

1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                          3.50.51 (40.42 km/h)
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          0.03
4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                  0.11
6 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          0.45
7 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                
8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                          
10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       0.58
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                             2.42
12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
13 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  2.58
14 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
15 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         
16 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           3.00
19 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                  24.35
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  26.15
21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      
22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
23 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                        
24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team             
25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                           
27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
28 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen      
29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          
31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
32 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                 
33 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   
34 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                
36 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        
37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                     
38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                       
39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
40 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         
41 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            
42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
43 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     
44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    
45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    
49 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       
50 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       
51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     
52 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
55 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
56 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     
57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            
58 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     
59 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
60 Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                
61 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                           
62 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     
64 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     
65 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   
66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                     
67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     
68 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               
69 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
70 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
71 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
72 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
73 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                 
74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
75 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
76 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                        
77 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
78 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                               
79 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  
80 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                      
81 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                     
82 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            
83 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              
84 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                    
85 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
86 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
87 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
89 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team          
90 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                             
91 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                   
92 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                        
93 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       
94 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
95 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  
97 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     
98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                        
99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
100 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                  
101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               
102 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
103 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
104 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                   
105 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
106 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       
107 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team                    
108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
109 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                        
110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                   
111 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                      
 
Mountains
 
Kersbrook Rd, Mount Crawford Forest - 40.4 km
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        16 pts
2 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                    12
3 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                               8
4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6
5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            4
 
Points
 
Sprint #1 Black Top Rd, One Tree Hill at Hotel - 26.5 km
 
1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         6 pts
2 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                             4
3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                 2
 
Sprint #2 Queen St, Williamstown at Bakehouse Inn Hotel - 60.5 km
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                             6 pts
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         4
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                2
 
Sprint #3 Murray Street, Tanunda - 155.5 km - Finish
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                8 pts
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                6
3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             4
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                     11.59.36
2 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                           0.55
3 Predictor Lotto                                                  2.13
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                 4.52
5 AG2R-Prevoyance                                                 25.27
6 Australia-UniSA                                                      
7 Barloworld                                                      26.12
8 Credit Agricole                                                      
9 Unibet.Com                                                      25.38
10 New Zealand                                                    26.45
11 Agritubel                                                      28.09
12 Chocolade Jacques                                              28.25
13 Team Milram                                                         
14 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              28.27
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                          3.50.45
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                             0.01
3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          0.07
4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                            0.09
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                  0.17
6 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          0.46
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                          
8 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                            0.51
9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       1.04
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                             2.47
12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.48
13 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  3.04
14 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
15 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         
16 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           3.06
19 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                  24.41
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  26.21
21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      
22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
23 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                        
24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team             
25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                           
27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
28 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen      
29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          
31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
32 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                 
33 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   
34 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                
36 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        
37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                     
38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                       
39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
40 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         
41 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            
42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
43 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     
44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    
45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    
49 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       
50 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       
51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     
52 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
55 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
56 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     
57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            
58 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     
59 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
60 Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                
61 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                           
62 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     
64 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     
65 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   
66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                     
67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     
68 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               
69 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
70 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
71 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
72 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
73 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                 
74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
75 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
76 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                        
77 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
78 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                               
79 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  
80 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                      
81 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                     
82 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            
83 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              
84 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                    
85 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
86 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
87 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
89 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team          
90 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                             
91 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                   
92 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                        
93 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       
94 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
95 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  
97 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     
98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                        
99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
100 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                  
101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               
102 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
103 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        
104 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                   
105 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
106 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       
107 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team                    
108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team              
109 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                        
110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                   
111 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                      
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        16 pts
2 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                    12
3 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                               8
4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6
5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            4
 
Points classification
 
1 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            10 pts
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        10
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                8
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                8
5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             4
6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                 2
 
Under 23 classification
 
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                     3.51.49
2 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                   23.37
3 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       25.17
4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                          
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                      
6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       
7 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                             
8 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                       
9 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                              
10 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     
11 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                         
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                     11.59.36
2 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                           0.55
3 Predictor Lotto                                                  2.13
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                 4.52
5 AG2R-Prevoyance                                                 25.27
6 Australia-UniSA                                                      
7 Barloworld                                                      26.12
8 Credit Agricole                                                      
9 Unibet.Com                                                      25.38
10 New Zealand                                                    26.45
11 Agritubel                                                      28.09
12 Chocolade Jacques                                              28.25
13 Team Milram                                                         
14 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              28.27

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