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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC

Australia, January 16-21, 2007

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Stage 2 - Thursday, January 18: Mannum - Hahndorf, 150km

Euros answer Aussies with Belgian one-two finish

Menzies retains overall lead with relative ease

By Mark Zalewski in Hahndorf, South Australia

Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques)
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After two days of Australian sweeps at the Tour Down Under, the European contingent answered back. Steven Caethoven and Pieter Ghyllebert of the Belgian Chocolade Jacques team jumped past Aussies Stuart O'Grady and Hilton Clarke in the final 600 meters out of a shattered breakaway with Caethoven taking the win. "The first two days are never that good," said Caethoven. "But now stage three and four are usually my best days. Normally I get stronger because this is just my first race of the season, so I am still building up my form."

Caethoven was one of four Chocolade Jacques riders in the final break of fourteen, which splintered on the 20km finishing circuits. On the bell lap it was Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Agritubel) launching an attack with Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance) going with, followed by hometown favourite Stuart O'Grady (CSC). "Just cresting the climb O'Grady made it onto us and we had like thirty seconds," said Clarke. "We rode the whole last lap but the two of them weren't ready to lay down. I think they could tell I had good form and were nervous of me in the sprint. They were just foxing too much - I knew we were foxing way too much and not committing all the way to the line."

"When we got caught at 600 to go the Chocolade Jacques riders were way too fresh, coming straight by me," Clarke continued. "I wasn't able to get on their wheel - O'Grady was on my wheel and was able to come off to get third. I came fourth and I'm really disappointed."

At least as disappointed had to be O'Grady, who was named the stage's most aggressive rider for initiating the days first break at the fifteen kilometer mark, up a healthy but unrated climb; then continuing to be in, as well as driving, all of the day's breaks. "Stuey is obviously motivated riding at home," said Barloworld's captain Robbie Hunter. "He knows the area really well and he went at a good time. But once he went off the front nobody wanted to roll it. The break wasn't working at all and that's why it ended up in pieces."

Matt Goss (CSC)
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But the pieces eventually were picked up, including all four Chocolade Jacques teammates coming together, tipping the scales well into their favour. "It was constantly attacking," said Caethoven. "We had one in each group but eventually it all came back together." Caethoven also found the overcast skies and cooler temperatures a bit easier going. "It was much easier to do an effort today because yesterday, if you did an effort, you would explode because of the heat!"

As he mentioned, Caethoven is still just starting his season and the top-level of his career. "I really hope to get into the ProTour at the end of the season. I would like to score in Gent-Wevelgem because Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are just too big for me [at this stage.] "

Race leader Karl Menzies (Australia - UniSA) was never alone today; with his team riding strong on the front and with many curious eyes waiting to spot any signs of weakness, particularly on the KOM climb. "Pretty hectic and full-on," Menzies said about the day. "It's tough; a lot of attacks on the start and you have to keep an eye on GC guys. The Chocolade Jacques guy slipped away and we had to shut it down."

Regarding the climbing, Menzies chuckled, "No big drama, I didn't do too bad! Then it was letting the right group go. They took out seven minutes but we made sure it didn't blow out. The boys all rode well." But Menzies knows the week is far from over. "Saturday, that's the day, so I'm just trying to save as many cookies as I can through the week."

"I saw he was still there after the top of the big climb, so he obviously climbs alright for a big guy," said CSC's Luke Roberts. "We'll have to keep putting the pressure on him - but maybe it's not on the climbs where we'll have to try and break him. And it's not only him we have to beat as well - we are sitting third and seventh on the overall. Lars has to make a pretty big move to take the overall lead. But we have several cards up our sleeves."

How it unfolded

Stuart O'Grady (CSC)
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The racing began in earnest today, with the overall classification well on the way to being decided. Therefore, riders looking to take out individual stage wins had a much better chance today; so long as they were not one of the seventeen that had potential to threaten Karl Menzies' lead.

The first shot came from the local bloke Stuart O"Grady, who put in a dig on the first climb out of the river town of Mannum up towards the first sprint line at Tungkillo. O'Grady's move was countered quickly by Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) as well as others. But Stuey kept at it.

"Today it was always going to be a break going away," said last year's winner Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prevoyance). "O'Grady got things started and I was keen to get in the moves then, because if the right combination went it would go away. Unfortunately we had that Chocolade Jacques dude in there that was only three minutes down overall so they weren't going to let it go. When I saw him there I attacked that group, but he came with, so then I attacked again. He was pretty keen to get away."

Robert McLachlan (Australia-Uni SA)
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That rider was Serge Pauwels who was part of the eighteen rider break that got away yesterday. "Plenty of guys were telling him he shouldn't be there, but he was really strong," said Gerrans. "We kept attacking him and he kept riding up to us and we couldn't shake him."

Another rider that seems to be in every break this week is the young Australian Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) who was keen on getting sprint points, as well as just showing his new bosses what he can do. "The form is good while it's here!" joked Bates after the stage. "I always try to go good at this race. I'm on a new team and I wanted to impress them early. Hopefully I can pull something bigger later in the week."

One of the side effects of O'Grady and the early moves was to put pressure on the Australia-UniSA team, testing their strength at defending the lead. "It was full-on from the start," said CSC's Luke Roberts. "We could see the UniSA guys were under a bit of pressure so we decided to put a bit of extra pressure on ourselves. Early on when Stuart went up the road I decided to have a go and tried to jump across, maybe having a chance to shift the GC a little bit. I got there but the group didn't get away."

Karl Menzies (Australia-Uni SA)
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A multitude of double-digit breaks went away and came back, with many of the same riders. A group of twenty-one finally seemed to get free of the peloton, likely because Australia-UniSA knew it was too close to the finish to be a threat. Out of this break a smaller group escaped, including: Robbie Hunter (Barloworld), Ludovic Turpin (AG2r Prevoyance), Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC), Alexandre Botcharov, Christophe Edaleine (Credit Agricole), Martin Mueller (Team Milram), Pieter Jacobs (Unibet.com), Steven Caethoven, Koen Barbe, Pieter Ghyllebert, Kurt Hovelynck (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen), Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team), Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel), Benoit Sinner, Jonathon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS).

Most importantly, four Chocolade Jacques riders were present, giving them the clear advantage. Trying to neutralize the advantage was Eduardo Gonzalo. "At the bell lap on the climb after the line the Agributel guy attacked and I was straight onto him with a big gap," said Hilton. O'Grady also bridged across while the rest of the break floundered. "Everyone was looking at us," said Caethoven.

"They just did the same old stupid thing, picked one guy to attack and then another and another," said Hunter, about the splits behind. However, those splits eventually reformed in the final kilometer and the Chocolade Jacques riders regained their advantage. "I guess one day it finally worked for them," Hunter said, shrugging his shoulders.

Photography

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Results

1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                3.36.29
2 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  0.01
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                        
4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                
5 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         
6 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                                     
7 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                      
8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                 
9 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            
10 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                                       
11 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                                 
12 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            
13 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                    0.08
14 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                                 0.10
15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                  1.00
16 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      7.16
17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
18 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                   
20 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                      
21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                      
22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       17.19
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
24 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                 
25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                                
26 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                           
27 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                                
28 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                         
29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                                
30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                                 
31 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                             
32 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            
33 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                               
34 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
35 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                               
36 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
37 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                                        
38 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                          
39 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     
40 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                                     
41 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                             
42 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                                
43 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    
44 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                           
45 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                        
46 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                               
47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                                 
48 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                                     
49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
50 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                             
51 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                         
52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                                  
53 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                           
54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                                 
55 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                                       
56 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                    
57 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                                     
58 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                                        
59 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                                     
60 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                           
62 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          
63 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                                
64 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         
65 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                         
66 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                                   
67 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                            
68 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                                        
69 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                                 
70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
71 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               
72 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                                    
73 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                       
75 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                        
76 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                    
77 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                            
78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                       
79 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                       
80 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                       
81 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                                      
82 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  
83 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                  
84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
85 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
86 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
87 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                     
88 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              
89 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                   
90 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                    
91 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                             
92 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                               
93 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
94 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                                  
95 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                                        
96 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                            
97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
98 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                                      
99 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                         
100 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                              
101 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
102 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                  
103 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                    
104 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                   
105 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                     
106 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                             
107 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                
108 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                    
109 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                       
110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                                   
DNF Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                               
 
Mountains
 
Fox Creek Rd near Croft Rd, Lenswood - 64.2 km

1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                              16 pts
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             12
3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               8
4 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                                 6
5 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                     4
 
Points
 
Sprint #1 - Main St, Tungkillo, near Hotel - 25.7 km
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             6 pts
2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                      4
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                         2
 
Sprint #2 - Main St, Mt Torrens at General Store - 44.0 km
 
1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                      6 pts
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             4
3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                   2
 
Sprint #3 - Main St, Hahndorf at Visitor Information Centre - 150 km
 
1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      8 pts
2 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     6
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                       4
 
Teams
 
1 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                      10.49.29
2 Crédit Agricole                                                                  7.16
3 Agritubel                                                                       17.28
4 Unibet.com                                                                      18.18
5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                               24.34
6 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                                          24.41
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                 34.37
8 Team CSC                                                                             
9 Team Milram                                                                          
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                               41.52
11 Barloworld                                                                          
12 New Zealand National Team                                                           
13 Predictor - Lotto                                                              51.55
14 Australia - UniSA                                                                   
 
General Classification after stage 2
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                          7.44.33
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 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                      0.46
7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                              
8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         0.51
9 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                                
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 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             3.04
14 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         
15 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
16 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                                      
17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           3.06
19 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  8.56
20 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 8.59
21 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                   9.01
22 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    9.03
23 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            
24 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                
25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
26 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                     
27 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                                 
28 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                                    
29 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                                       
30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               
31 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                    9.10
32 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                                 9.12
33 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                 10.02
34 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                 16.13
35 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                        16.18
36 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                      
37 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                   
38 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          
39 Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
40 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                  24.41
41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        26.16
42 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                    26.20
43 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                   
44 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                      26.21
45 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
46 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                                
47 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                          
48 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                                        
49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                                 
50 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            
51 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    
52 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                                     
53 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     
54 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                             
55 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                                     
56 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                    
57 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                                 
58 Chris Jongerwaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                           
59 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
60 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
61 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                                
62 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
63 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                                        
64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              
65 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                               
66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                                    
67 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                       
68 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                 
69 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                            
70 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                        
71 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                                     
72 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                            
73 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                       
74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                       
75 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                                        
76 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                                      
77 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                                  
78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                           
79 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          
80 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                               
81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
82 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
83 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                     
84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
85 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                    
86 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                                        
87 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  
88 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                                
89 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                                       
90 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                                   
91 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                                     
92 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                        
93 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                               
94 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                     
95 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                         
96 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                      
97 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                            
98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                  
99 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                    
100 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                  
101 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                                 
102 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                            
103 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                    
104 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                    
105 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                             
106 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                   
107 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                        
108 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                       
109 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                
110 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                                   
DNF Brett Aitken (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                               
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                        16 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                              16
3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                                    12
4 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             12
5 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                               8
6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               8
7 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              6
8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                                 6
9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            4
10 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                    4
 
Points classification
 
1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                        10 pts
2 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                            10
3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                     10
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            10
5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                                8
6 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      8
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                                8
8 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     6
9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                             4
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                      4
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                                2
12 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                        2
13 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                  2
 
Under 23 classification
 
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                     7.45.37
2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                   8.58
3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                  15.09
4 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                   23.37
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                     25.16
6 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                       25.17
7 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                                      
8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                      
9 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                          
10 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                            
11 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                             
 
Teams classification
 
1 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                                       23.14.41
2 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                          2.49
3 Crédit Agricole                                                                  7.52
4 Team CSC                                                                         9.01
5 Unibet.com                                                                      18.20
6 Agritubel                                                                       20.01
7 Bouygues Telecom                                                                21.08
8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                               27.25
9 Predictor - Lotto                                                               28.32
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                34.28
11 Team Milram                                                                    37.26
12 Barloworld                                                                     42.28
13 New Zealand National Team                                                      43.01
14 Australia - UniSA                                                              51.46

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