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11th Tour Down Under - ProT

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009

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Stage 3 - January 22: Unley - Victor Harbor, 136 km

Rabobank's organisation amongst chaos

Favourites fall as Davis holds overall

By Les Clarke in Adelaide, South Australia

Brown celebrates as he beat Davis to the line.
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Graeme Brown had threatened to take a win this week at the Tour Down Under, and in Victor Harbor today he made good on that with a win after the tough third stage. On a day punctuated by wind, crashes, attacks and a star-studded breakaway, the touch paper has been lit and an explosive finale guaranteed after today's fireworks.

While Brown was celebrating a sensational team win, defending champion André Greipel was undergoing X-rays on a dislocated shoulder, suffered during a crash just before the 20km mark. Team Columbia's German sprinter, who looked to be in a position to take the title for a second successive season, hit a police motorbike and was forced to abandon midway through the stage.

Quick Step's Allan Davis, who wore the leader's ochre jersey today, was also involved in the incident, which threatened his overall advantage. "That was one of the hardest stages I've done here in 11 years," said Davis. "My day started with a crash into a motorbike as I was following Greipel.

"There was a parked motorbike on the side – a fair bit onto the road. I knew André was going to hit it so moved over to the right but he hit it and his bike just flew out from under him and in front of me and Nicholas Roche."

Baden Cooke was another casualty of the day's racing, the rider who had hoped to cement his position amongst the leaders after a strong showing thus far in Adelaide. UniSA-Australia manager Dave Sanders told Cyclingnews that it was unknown for most of the stage as to the whereabouts of Cooke, and it was later revealed he is in hospital undergoing treatment for injuries suffered as a result of the accident.

Stuart O'Grady is still a wanted man by the media
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Rabobank's fast man, Brown, managed to keep clear of the drama ahead of him and was taken to an immaculate victory ahead of countrymen Davis and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank). He was full of praise for the hard work of the boys in orange, who also suffered an abandonment of one of their teammates today - Kai Reus.

"Hats off to my team – it's definitely a team victory," said Brown. "There was an awesome break up the road that had all the names that should have been in it but I geed the boys up a bit – they just rode unreal. They put themselves in line and they were tired, then at the end Matty Hayman did an unreal job.

"I think I proved myself yesterday on a fairly tough circuit – they had full confidence in me, so thank you very much Rabobank. I've got really good form, and every time there's a sprint I want to win. This was a really tough stage and finish, and I knew it was a good opportunity for me."

Teammate Mat Hayman was the last man to take Brown to the line, and after the rest of the team had worked hard on the front of the bunch to control the gap to the leaders, the Australian finished the job for his countryman to sprint to the line and celebrate a great victory.

"Today was the hardest day of the tour so far. It was like Mission Impossible, with 10 of the best riders up the road that group had every good rider," said Hayman. "The start today was vicious. I was speaking to guys and they said it was like a Tour de France stage. It just didn't stop – crashes, and the wind… it was chaos."

How it unfolded

Cameron Meyer's bandage after the crash on stage 2, but he survived stage three, unlike Greipel and Cooke
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High winds, a motivated peloton and massive crowds characterised the start of today's 136km stage to Victor Harbor. It wasn't long until the attacks started, although nothing stuck until a group of 15 went clear after 21 kilometres, soon after the early crash took out the defending champion.

With the likes of O'Grady, Armstrong, Rogers and Matt Wilson in the leading bunch, it was surprising to see it given any time at all, let alone 1:50 at its maximum. This selection contested all the day's intermediate sprints and vied for king of the mountains points.

O'Grady looked in ominous form all day, taking sprint points at will on his way to securing the lead in this classification and third place overall. As the race sped along towards the seaside resort that always proves one of the most popular with fans – today was no exception – it looked more likely that the break, which had survived the wind, testing terrain and even helicopter wash on its 100km-plus journey, would stay away to the finish.

It wasn't to be, and Brown admitted that he thought a big bunch kick would be possible. With Rabobank and Quick Step keen to set their men up for the victory, the chase was left until very late. "For a while there I thought that break was going to stay away till the end of the race but we got the boys on the front just after the category one climb and it was slowly coming back," said Brown. "I wasn't sure, but it came back and worked out well. It was a very tough finish."

Allan Davis found this the toughest stage in the tour's 11-year history
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Hayman, Rabobank's 'general' in this situation explained that, "When we got to the top of that climb [second KOM] it was a hard task for them to start riding and they just had two minutes.

"I said to them, 'Just ride tempo, hopefully a couple of the other teams will come and we'll see what happens'. It looked like it was never going to happen, and finally more teams came and we closed it down.

"A big hats off to them today – I just felt for them all day, suffering on the front. It meant Graeme and I couldn't give up and we had to pull something out for the boys."

Armstrong stayed in the first part of the peloton
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Davis' day was almost ruined by the crash that took out Greipel, and it got no easier thanks to the illustrious names in the break. His team was having nothing of it, and helped him retain the overall lead. "We had no friends there today and no one was waiting," said Davis.

"I'd like to thank my team, because without them I'd still be coming. Once we got back on we made sure we stayed in the front, and there was another big crash and we missed that, so we were lucky to miss that one. I took second again, so it's not too bad."

He also paid tribute to the work done by Brown's team, and the two embraced after the finish, despite being rivals in the finale. "They [Rabobank riders] did a great job – full credit to them because Brownie repaid them with a win today. Garmin did a great job to bring the break back, and of course our team, Quick Step, did the rest. You can't get any more exciting than this. It's the best racing you can get and I hope everyone's enjoying it."

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Images by Les Clarke

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Results

1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                         3.15.35 (41,721 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                               
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                        
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road            
5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                      
7 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom               
9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                    
10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                         
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                           
13 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                        
14 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank           
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                      
16 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                  
17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          
18 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                    
21 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                        
22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                              
23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                  
24 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road               
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road            
26 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                        
27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                
28 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     
29 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  
30 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                              
31 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                          
32 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                              
33 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
34 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                           
35 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                   
36 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
37 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                    
38 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom              
39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
40 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                               
41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                       
42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  
43 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                        
44 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                           
45 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                   
46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                             
47 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                       0.32
49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                     4.30
50 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road         
51 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                         
52 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                          
53 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                     
54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom           7.17
55 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     
56 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                 
57 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                             9.35
58 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                              
59 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                           
60 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
61 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                 21.49
62 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                 
63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
64 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                     
65 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis                              
66 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      
67 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                         
68 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                              
69 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                      
70 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                            
71 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                               
72 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                   
73 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                               
74 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                        
75 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                              
76 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                 
77 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                   
78 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                          
79 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                          
80 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                         
81 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                              
82 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                 
83 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                             
84 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                                   
85 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                      
86 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                              
87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                            
88 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                           
89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                          
90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                          
91 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                            
93 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                         
94 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                              
95 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
96 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi       
97 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                       
98 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                       
99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road              
100 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                           
101 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                        
102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                        
103 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        
104 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha                  
105 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                 
106 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                 
107 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                     
108 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom               
109 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom              
110 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                        
111 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                       
112 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
113 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                        
114 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      
115 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
116 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
117 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                     
118 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                      
119 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              
120 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                               
121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      
122 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                           
123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road           
124 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                              
DNF André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road            
DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                               
DNF Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                
DNF Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux                 
DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                         
DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                  
DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                     
DNF Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                      
DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA                                  
 
Points
 
Sprint #1
1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                6 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                       4
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road            2
 
Sprint #2
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                       6 pts
2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                4
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road            2
 
Finish
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                               8 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                              6
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                       4
 
Mountains 
 
KOM #1
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         16 pts
2 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                       12
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                       8
4 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     6
5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       4
 
KOM #2
1 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                    16 pts
2 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  12
3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                             8
4 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          6
5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road           4
 
Teams
 
1 Team Saxo Bank                                      9.46.45
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                           
3 AG2R La Mondiale                                           
4 Team Columbia - High Road                                  
5 Française des Jeux                                         
6 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                      
7 Garmin - Slipstream                                        
8 Astana                                                     
9 Quick Step                                             0.32
10 Rabobank                                              7.17
11 Lampre - N.G.C                                        9.00
12 Silence - Lotto                                       9.35
13 Uni SA                                               21.49
14 Team Milram                                               
15 Liquigas                                                  
16 Fuji - Servetto                                           
17 Cofidis                                              43.38
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
19 Team Katusha                                       1.05.27
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                       10.47.11
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                    0.05
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                  0.14
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road         0.18
6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                             0.19
7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                0.20
8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                     
10 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                  
11 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
12 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road           
13 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                              
14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                  0.24
16 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                         
17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
18 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                
20 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                       
21 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi      0.27
22 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                    0.28
23 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank       0.29
24 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                          
25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  
27 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
28 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                        
29 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                   
30 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  
31 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                        
33 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                    
34 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                        
35 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                  
36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                           
38 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                              
39 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                              
40 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                               
41 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto               0.49
42 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom          0.55
43 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                       1.05
44 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom          1.09
45 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                       1.32
46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                         1.36
47 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road           1.58
48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                       4.55
49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                     6.03
50 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 7.46
51 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                             7.56
52 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                      10.24
53 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     10.27
54 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                            11.16
55 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                     11.47
56 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                         
57 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                         12.02
58 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road    16.27
59 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                         22.09
60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                 22.12
61 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         22.13
62 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis                         22.18
63 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                              
64 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                  
65 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                       
66 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
67 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                 
68 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                             
69 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
70 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                         
71 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                        
72 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                           
73 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                   
74 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                              
75 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         
76 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi       
77 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                         
78 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                         
79 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                            
80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
81 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                      
82 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom               
83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                     22.31
84 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                             22.41
85 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                          22.44
86 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                22.50
87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                       22.52
89 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                            22.54
90 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                    23.00
91 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha              23.12
92 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                     23.19
93 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       25.34
94 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom          25.37
95 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                              25.51
96 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                         
97 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                      
98 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                 
99 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                      
100 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                        
101 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                              
102 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                      27.01
103 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                        27.04
104 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              
105 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                             28.00
106 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                   28.15
107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                               
108 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                      29.05
109 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                29.06
110 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road        30.13
111 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                33.46
112 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                      
113 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                    
114 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                        36.38
115 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           40.05
116 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                    40.09
117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road           
118 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                         
119 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
120 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
121 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                              
122 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                      
123 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom          47.36
124 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                1.00.41
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                      18 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                             14
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                              14
4 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     12
5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                  12
6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                               10
7 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                              8
8 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 8
9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                     4
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road           4
11 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         4
12 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                       2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         38 pts
2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                38
3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     24
4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                    16
5 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi      14
6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                       12
7 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  12
8 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                             12
9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                       8
10 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                       8
11 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                 8
12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                            8
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                  8
14 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    6
15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                6
16 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road          4
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      4
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road           4
 
Young rider classification
 
1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      10.47.31
2 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                 
4 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                     0.08
5 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       0.09
6 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                    
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                   
8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                      5.43
9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                              7.36
10 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                         11.42
11 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                         21.58
12 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
13 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                 
14 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                             
15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
16 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                              
17 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                             22.21
18 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                22.30
19 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                            22.34
20 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                    22.40
21 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                    25.31
22 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                         
23 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                               
24 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                         26.44
25 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                       28.45
26 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                 28.46
27 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                  33.26
28 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                         36.18
29 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            39.45
30 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              39.49
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Columbia - High Road                          32.22.33
2 Française des Jeux                                         
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                       0.08
4 AG2R La Mondiale                                       0.11
5 Team Saxo Bank                                         0.16
6 Garmin - Slipstream                                    0.18
7 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  0.22
8 Astana                                                 0.27
9 Quick Step                                             1.06
10 Rabobank                                              7.13
11 Silence - Lotto                                       9.57
12 Lampre - N.G.C                                       12.51
13 Uni SA                                               22.02
14 Team Milram                                          22.11
15 Fuji - Servetto                                      22.16
16 Liquigas                                             26.42
17 Cofidis                                              43.56
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  44.00
19 Team Katusha                                       1.07.01


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