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6th Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - 2.3
Australia, January 20-25, 2004
Home Live report Results Previous Stage
Stage 6: Sunday Jan 25, Adelaide City Council circuit, 81km
Cooke gets his revenge; Jonker goes out on top
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By Gabriella Ekström in Adelaide
Baden Cooke finally got his stage win after being perfectly set up for the sprint by his FDJeux.com teammates. "This is a stage I really like. I have been second here before, but I've never won it," Baden told Cyclingnews after the finish line, also confessing to be 'absolutely stoked' with his victory.
UniSA's Patrick Jonker finished just behind the leading group after actively defending his yellow jersey during the stage. When he crossed the line, Jonker declared that he was now an ex-professional, and also expressed his admiration for his team: "UniSA is a composite team of young Australians, and although they are not very experienced, they have still been up there every day to battle it out with the European pros. They have done an awesome job for me."
How it unfolded
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Most riders expected that the UniSA team and the sprinters teams would control the race from the start, but they had to prove their worth before the stage was over. The riders took off from the gun, with the initial attack coming from Domina Vacanze's Francesco Secchiari.
The race saw several attacks during the first four laps, but no-one managed to get more than a maximum of a ten seconds lead on the peloton before Erki Putsep (Ag2r), Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole), Massimo Giunti and Massimiliano Mori (Domina Vacanze), Bernhard Eisel (FDJeux.com) and Jeff Louder (Navigators) attacked with 13 laps to go, and built up an advantage of 20 seconds.
The Quick.Step team went to the front after seven laps, keen to bring the two groups together again since their sprinter Aurelien Clerc was targeting the two intermediate sprints in an attempt to steal the sprinters jersey off Robbie McEwen's shoulders. The blue and white Belgian train made a welcome addition to the UniSA team, which had been working hard all week and was now losing some of its riders out the back of the peloton.
Unable to bring the escaped riders back in time for the first sprint, Clerc saw valuable points go to waste after Massimo Giunti won the first sprint ahead of Eric Leblacher and Erki Putsep. With just one more chance left to take over the sprinters' jersey, Quick.Step finally brought the break back, only to find other fresh guys jumping up the road. Leading U23 rider Philippe Gilbert attacked with 10 laps to go, and was chased by Kirk O'Bee (Navigators) and Graeme Brown (Panaria).
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With an average speed of 46.3 kilometres during the first hour, the riders tagged along the crowded streets of Adelaide, determined not to ease up before the race was completely over. The high temperatures and the festive feeling surrounding the race called for some water fighting, and water was soon squirted from bidons in the team cars as well as from the side of the street. An occasional bucket of water also found its way through the open windows of a certain American team's car.
Soon after the King of the Mountains prize, won by Allan Davis (Team Australia), a new attack was on its way. Erki Putsep (Ag2r), Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole), once again Massimo Giunti and Francesco Secchiari (Domina Vacanze), Glenn D'Hollander (Lotto-Domo), Kevin Hulsmans (Quickstep), Matthew Wilson and Bernhard Eisel (FDJeux.com), Frank Van Dulmen (Bankgiroloterij), Graeme Brown (Panaria-Margres), David McPartland (Team Australia), Ashley Humbert and Peter Dawson (United Water) worked together to build up a lead of twenty seconds. When they reached that point, Team Australia's Dave McPartland made a final attempt to gain some time on the GC, and attacked the group. He was joined by Kevin Hulsmans and the Australian champion Matt Wilson, but because of the aggressive riding behind, the groups were soon back together again.
The last KOM prize of the race was taken out by McPartland ahead of Wilson and Hulsmans, shortly before the peloton regrouped once again, mainly thanks to the work of the Navigators team. Their rider Ciaran Power then attacked twice without success.
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The clover leafed train of FDJeux.com decided that enough was enough and sent the whole team to the front with three laps to go. A nasty crash with seven kilometres to go effectively took Aurelien Clerc and the whole Quick.Step team out of action, and top sprinters McEwen, Brown and Cooke had one less sprinter to worry about at the end of the race. During the final laps of the race, no attacks were allowed to go by the FDJeux.com boys, and as they lined up for the sprint, Baden Cooke was right where he was supposed to be. His nearest rival McEwen was closed in and had to follow Cooke's wheel for too long before he finally got out, by then unable to challenge Cooke for the win.
"Until now I have been climbing really well, but I haven't exactly been awesome in the sprints," Cooke said. "I need to do a bit more of sprint training, but needless to say, I'm delighted over this win."
Perhaps second placed Robbie McEwen found some consolation in the sprinters jersey he finally claimed, because he didn't look very sad when he spoke to Cyclingnews after the stage. "I'm really happy with my performance in this race. I've made all the important breaks, and I've finished in the top three on five out of six stages. My worst result in this race has been a fifth placing. I had to watch my GC placement today, as well as the Quick.Step rider (Clerc) who was equal on points with me in the points classification."
In the other classifications Paolo Tiralongo (Panaria) won the mountains jersey , Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) the U23, Matt Wilson (FDJeux.com) the Most Aggressive rider, and UniSA took out the Teams prize.
Photography
Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Riders and fans were treated to Elvis
- The peloton rolls along in the final stage
- Pat Jonker (UniSA) in action during the last stage
- Matt Wilson (FDJeux.com) was aggressive, as always
- Pat Jonker takes a corner in stage 6
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) wins the final stage ahead of Robbie McEwen (obscured) and Allan Davis (R). Mark Renshaw (L) finished 4th, and was very happy with Cooke's win.
- The crowds enjoyed the action
- Pat Jonker congratulated by his team director
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) salutes the crowd with his flowers
- Matthew Wilson (FDJeux.com) was the day's most aggressive rider
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) won the Best U23 Rider
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) earns another kiss as the Sprint King
- Paolo Tiralongo (Panaria) was awarded the Mountains jersey
- Patrick Jonker (L) and members of the winning UniSA team
- Pat Jonker and son
- Pat Jonker and son interviewed on stage
- Patrick Jonker (UniSA) makes this bottle of bubbly count
- Onya Pat: the best possible way to finish a career
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.43.19 (47 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 11 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Australia 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 0.06 21 Julian Dean (Nzl) Credit Agricole 22 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 23 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.09 24 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 0.17 25 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 26 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 27 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 29 David McKenzie (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 30 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 31 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 33 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 34 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 35 Ben Day (Aus) Team Australia 36 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 37 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 38 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 39 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 41 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 43 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 44 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Australia 46 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 48 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 49 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 52 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 0.26 53 Nicholas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 54 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 55 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 0.31 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 0.33 57 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.37 58 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 0.39 59 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 60 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 61 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 62 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Team Australia 63 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 64 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria-Margres 0.43 65 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.46 66 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.51 67 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 0.53 68 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.54 69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03 70 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.54 71 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.09 72 Jose Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 Steve Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 4.39 75 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 76 Jose Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5.44 80 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA DNF Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Margres DNF Richard Moffat (Aus) United Water DNF Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Panaria-Margres DNF Ryan Sullivan (Aus) United Water DNF Mark Jamieson (Aus) United Water Sprints Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 8 - 36 km 1 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 12 - 54 km 1 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 6 pts 2 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 3 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 2 Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 18 - 81 km - FINISH 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 8 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 4 Mountains Montefiore Hill - Lap 10 - 42.5 Km 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 16 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 12 3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 4 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 Montefiore Hill - Lap 15 - 64.0 Km 1 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 16 pts 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 12 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 4 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 5 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 4 Final general classification 1 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 16.32.19 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.13 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.21 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1.28 5 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 1.29 7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 1.30 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.31 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 1.47 10 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 2.56 11 David McKenzie (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.00 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.51 14 Ben Day (Aus) Team Australia 3.58 15 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Australia 4.06 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.08 17 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 4.23 18 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 4.28 19 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5.29 20 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.01 21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6.03 22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.15 23 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.27 24 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.27 25 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.38 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 17.09 27 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.28 28 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.46 29 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.16 30 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 33.44 31 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.55 32 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.08 33 Jose Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 35.15 35 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 36.00 36 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 37.35 37 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 37.46 38 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 39 Jose Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37.47 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 38.09 41 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 39.51 42 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.06 43 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 40.23 44 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 43.04 45 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 43.23 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 44.41 47 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 44.50 48 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Australia 44.55 49 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45.30 50 Nicholas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 49.14 51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 49.57 52 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.04.36 53 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.04.44 54 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 55 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.04.58 56 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05.21 57 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 1.05.23 58 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Team Australia 1.06.11 59 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.06.29 60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.06.53 61 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.11.32 62 Julian Dean (Nzl) Credit Agricole 1.11.38 63 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.11.41 64 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.11.46 65 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 1.11.49 66 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 1.12.25 67 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.13.51 68 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.14.17 69 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 1.15.56 70 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.16.13 71 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.16.22 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16.23 73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16.59 74 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 1.17.00 75 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria-Margres 1.17.51 76 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.18.26 77 Steve Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 1.20.44 78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 79 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA 1.21.24 80 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 1.27.06 Sprints classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 36 pts 2 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30 3 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 18 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 16 5 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 16 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 14 7 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 9 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10 10 Ben Day (Aus) Team Australia 8 11 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 12 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 13 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 14 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 6 15 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 6 16 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 6 17 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 6 18 Antonio Fisher Murillo (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Australia 4 20 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 4 22 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 4 24 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 25 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 2 26 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 2 27 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 28 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 29 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 2 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Margres 32 pts 2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28 3 David McPartland (Aus) Team Australia 24 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Team Australia 16 5 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16 6 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 14 8 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 12 9 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Panaria-Margres 12 10 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 11 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 12 12 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 13 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 14 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria-Margres 12 15 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Australia 8 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 6 17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 18 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 4 20 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 4 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 22 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 4 23 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 4 U23 classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 16.33.47 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 36.41 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.03.16 4 Ashley Humbert (Aus) United Water 1.03.55 5 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 1.10.21 6 James Hannam (Aus) UniSA 1.19.56 7 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 1.25.38 Most aggressive rider 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com Teams classification 1 UniSA 49.41.53 2 FDJeux.com 1.48 3 Domina Vacanze 1.57 4 Team Australia 5.09 5 Lotto-Domo 8.46 6 Crédit Agricole 8.47 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 11.18 8 Quick Step-Davitamon 11.48 9 Panaria-Margres 45.22 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 47.25 11 Bankgiroloterij 1.13.55 12 United Water 2.50.38
