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11th Tour Down Under - ProT
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009
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Stage 2 - January 21: Hahndorf - Stirling, 145 km
Stirling good as gold for Davis
O'Grady keeps himself in the mix
By Les Clarke in Adelaide, South Australia
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Allan Davis loves Stirling. He's not really into jewellery but it's in the town of the same name that he secured his fourth Tour Down Under stage after 145 tough kilometres that took rider from Hahndorf to the friendly village nestled in the Adelaide Hills. It's also where the race started the year he won his first stage in 2006.
One of the stages race director Mike Turtur modified to ensure more exciting racing, stage two of this year's edition of the race was being billed as such by team managers and riders alike, and all who started today's hot jaunt were aware of what they needed to do – stay alert.
Davis did just that, watching all the important moves that were made by those seeking Down Under glory and adjusting his own race strategy to maximise his chances of victory in a tough, uphill finale.
"We haven't had a finish like that in this tour since the start," said Davis, who has ridden all 11 editions of Australia's premier stage race. "It was a different course and I knew from the start – I had pretty good feelings during the day. I knew before the race I'd get better as the days and my race fitness progressed.
"It was very tough, and a finish like that sort of suits me a bit more than some of the bigger sprinters. It's good to get one up on them for a change," he explained.
Davis faced some stiff opposition for the stage win, and after a barrage of failed attacks throughout the final two circuits around Stirling, he had to counter those riders who left their run to the last kilometre. "Luis Leon Sanchez hit out with about 500 to go. He's an ex-teammate of mine so I know how good he is," said Davis.
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"One of my best mates, Michael Rogers, was helping out Greipel. He went straight away so I got on his wheel. I had a quick look around and there was a gap; I was thinking the whole race: 'leave it to the last hundred.' When I looked around with 250 to go, that went out the window and I thought, 'Now I gotta go'. I put my head down and hoped I got there before anyone else."
He was there before anyone else, including Graeme Brown and Stuart O'Grady, who finished second and third respectively. The latter's result puts him well in the hunt for the overall win, and although he was playing that down after yesterday's stage, he now knows that he's in with a good chance of taking another Down Under crown.
"It was pretty harsh for January," O'Grady said of today's stage. "It was definitely a lot harder than probably any stage we have raced in the past Surprised by his sprint yesterday, O'Grady said, "That was just on freshness… it wasn't a real sign of my form, but today was. I am in the mix so anything is possible for the rest of the week.
"I think we did a really good job, we kept out noses out of the wind for three quarters of the race and when we hit the circuit we had a rider in every break which was important. I just tried to keep everything for the finale," he added.
Rolling into the finish with his injured right arm slightly shaking due to the damage done yesterday and today's tough stage, Robbie McEwen proved that his ability to weather almost any storm has served him well so far in this year's race. Having won the Cancer Council Classic on Sunday before colliding with the camera lens of a spectator in Mawson Lakes yesterday, McEwen battled on and only just missed out on being amongst the top finishers.
"I talked to Gert and asked him how he was feeling and I said, 'Look, we'll play it by ear and see how we go on the last climb'. It could have been the case that we were both dropped," said McEwen. "I made it into the last k but the legs were stinging, and when it really went in the last kilometre I just didn't have the legs to go. I'll have another go tomorrow."
How if unfolded
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"Lumpy" and "tough" were just two of the descriptions of today's stage before riders left the German hamlet of Hahndorf, some 30km outside Adelaide's CBD. More big crowds greeted the rolling circus that this year's edition of the race has quickly become, with the attention again squarely focused on Lance Armstrong.
Like yesterday's stage, fans quickly diverted their energies on what was happening at the front of the race, which was characterised today by one long escape and a plethora of forays off the head of the bunch in the closing circuits of Stirling.
It only took six kilometres for a trio to fire the first bullets, as Cofidis' Guillaume Blot, Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Markel Irizar and UniSA's Aaron Kemps broke away and remained in front until the halfway point of the first lap around Stirling.
After building a maximum lead of 5:10 at the 22km mark, they were reeled in during the second time around the town before an 11-man group that included Lance Armstrong, Michael Rogers and Matt Lloyd went clear. It was a dangerous-looking attack that lasted about five kilometres, before it was time for Armstrong to join the fearless Jack Bobridge (UniSA), who has launched two offensives off the front in two days.
With about 25km remaining it was gruppo compatto, and a bunch sprint looked the inevitable outcome. Despite Team Columbia controlling the front of the race, and Sanchez' bullet during the last kilometre, Davis clearly took advantage of the gap that appeared and he was "rapt" after securing another win, his first for his new squad, Quick Step.
"Words can't describe…" said Davis, who has had a torrid three years since winning his first stage of this race in Hahndorf three years ago. "I'm with a new team, Quick Step. I might not be new to the race but I'm new to the team. They put a lot of confidence in me and I'd like to dedicate this to the management and the team for the trust they put in me. I'd like to say thank you to them.
"It's my third day of racing for the year and I've got the win," he continued. "That was my objective coming into the week; anything more than that is going to be a bonus now. It's a new team and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years more than ever."
Davis was playing down his form, although today's win bodes well for the coming months, particularly heading into the Spring Classics. "I still haven't got that much intensity – I've been in Europe all winter and it's been pretty hard to get some tough k's in mainly because of the weather," said Davis. "With my mate and trainer Neil Stephens we did as much as we could and left it to just after New Year to get in some stuff behind the motorbike.
"Normally I'm doing Bay Crits and what not before that, so I still haven't got that much intensity. I'm very confident looking to the future. It was a lot cooler than yesterday but I was definitely more comfortable.
"I'm definitely a lot stronger mentally; I know physically I can do pretty big things in this sport."
Photography
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- Armstrong is greeted by a kangaroo before the start.
- Allan Davis wins the stage and takes the GC – he's back at the top.
- The peloton on another hot day in the Australian country side.
- Allan Davis took over the lead in the general classification.
Images by Les Clarke
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) signs on for Stage 2.
- The crowd was huge at the start in Hahndorf.
- Everyone wanted to get a photo of Lance Armstrong.
- Mathieu Perget (Caisse d'Epargne) checks in.
- Julien El Fares (Cofidis) also signs on for the stage.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Neo-pro Guillaume Blot shows the efforts of his long break today.
Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Michael Rogers (Columbia) awaits the start in the teams area.
- Frank Hoj (Saxo Bank) meets one of the locals.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) made a mate in Hahndorf this morning.
- André Greipel (Columbia) looked relaxed in the leader's jersey before the start of racing.
- Greg Henderson (Columbia) chats with Jack Bobridge (Uni-SA) at the start line.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) looking pretty slick on his flash new bike.
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha) all bandaged up after yesterday's incident.
- The early break had about five minutes at one stage.
- Previous TDU winner Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) in the bunch.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) in the bunch during stage 2.
- Guillaume Blot (Cofidis) leads the break at the base of the KOM.
- Bernhard Eisel (Columbia) leads the main group up the KOM.
- André Greipel (Columbia) gets some refreshment near the top of the climb.
- The race was held under blue skies once again.
- Bernhard Eisel (Columbia) was on the front a lot during the first half of the stage.
- Aaron Kemps (Uni-SA) leads the break on the first circuit near Stirling.
- Julian Dean (Garmin-Slipstream) made a solo
- The peloton in Stirling at the end of the first lap.
- The group of five riders that attempted their own move, but to no avail.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) with the bunch.
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) and Co on the move.
- Columbia was active out the front in the later part of the stage.
- There were plenty of attacks as the race neared the end.
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) led another attempt with 10km to go.
- The crowd waited in anticipation for the finish.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) took a brave win attacking at the base of the finishing climb.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) is exhausted after his win.
- Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto) in the sprinter's jersey.
- Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi) leads the mountains classification.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) tries on the leader's jersey for size.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) leads by three seconds after stage 2.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) makes the Tour Down Under also a forum for his cancer campaign.
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.46.25 (38,424 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.02 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 0.04 6 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 8 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 9 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 10 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA 13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 15 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.08 20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 24 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 26 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 27 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 0.13 28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 33 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 34 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 36 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 39 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 40 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 42 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 43 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 45 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 46 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 48 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 50 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 51 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 53 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 54 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 56 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 58 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 60 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 61 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 62 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 64 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 65 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 66 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 68 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 69 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 71 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 72 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 73 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 0.26 74 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.33 75 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 76 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.36 77 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 78 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0.39 79 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.44 81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.45 82 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 0.47 83 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux 0.48 84 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0.49 85 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 86 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.53 87 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.55 88 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 89 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 1.07 90 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 1.14 91 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.17 92 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.20 93 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 94 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 1.42 95 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.29 96 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3.46 97 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 98 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 99 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 100 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 101 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 102 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 4.39 104 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 105 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 4.59 106 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 107 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 108 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 6.01 109 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 6.10 110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 111 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 7.00 112 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 7.01 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 114 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 115 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 8.08 116 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 11.41 117 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 118 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 119 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 120 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 121 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 122 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 14.37 123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 18.04 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 125 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 126 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 127 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 129 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 130 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 132 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 133 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto Points Sprint #1 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 6 pts 2 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 4 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Sprint #2 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 6 pts 2 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 4 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Mountains KOM #1 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 pts 2 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 12 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 8 4 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 5 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Teams 1 Rabobank 11.19.23 2 Team Columbia - High Road 0.04 3 Française des Jeux 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.12 5 AG2R La Mondiale 0.15 6 UniSA 0.17 7 Team Saxo Bank 0.20 8 Garmin - Slipstream 0.22 9 Cofidis 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.26 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Team Milram 13 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 14 Fuji - Servetto 0.31 15 Astana 16 Quick Step 0.38 17 Team Katusha 1.38 18 Lampre - N.G.C 3.55 19 Liquigas 4.57 General classification after stage 2 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 7.31.42 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 0.03 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.04 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.08 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.14 8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 15 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 16 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 18 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.17 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.18 20 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 22 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 25 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 27 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21 28 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.22 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 0.23 30 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 31 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 33 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 34 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 36 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 40 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 41 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 44 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 45 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 48 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 49 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 51 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 53 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 54 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 58 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 59 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 60 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 61 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 63 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 64 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 65 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 66 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 68 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 69 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 70 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 71 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 72 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 0.36 73 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.43 74 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 75 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 0.46 76 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 77 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.49 78 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.54 80 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.55 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 0.57 82 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux 0.58 83 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0.59 84 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 85 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.03 86 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1.05 87 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 1.17 88 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 1.24 89 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.27 90 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.30 91 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 92 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 1.35 93 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 1.52 94 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.21 95 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.39 96 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 3.56 97 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 98 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 99 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 100 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 101 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 102 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 103 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4.49 104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 5.06 105 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 5.09 106 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 107 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 6.05 108 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 6.20 109 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 110 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 7.10 111 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 7.11 112 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 113 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 114 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 8.18 115 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 11.51 116 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 117 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 118 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 119 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 120 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 121 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 14.43 122 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.10 123 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 18.14 124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 125 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 126 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 127 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 129 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 131 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 132 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 25.41 133 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 38.46 Points classification 1 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 pts 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 12 3 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 10 4 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 8 5 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 8 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA 6 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 12 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 2 Mountains classification 1 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 pts 2 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 4 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 12 6 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 8 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 8 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 8 9 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 6 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Young rider classification 1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.31.56 2 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 William Walker (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.08 6 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.09 7 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 8 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 9 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 11 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 14 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 15 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 16 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 17 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 0.32 18 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 0.45 19 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.51 20 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.13 21 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.16 22 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.07 23 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.42 24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 25 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 26 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 4.55 27 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 6.56 28 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 6.57 29 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 11.37 30 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 31 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 14.29 32 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.56 33 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 18.00 34 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Teams classification 1 Rabobank 22.35.44 2 Française des Jeux 0.04 3 Team Columbia - High Road 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.12 5 AG2R La Mondiale 0.15 6 UniSA 0.17 7 Team Saxo Bank 0.20 8 Cofidis 0.22 9 Garmin - Slipstream 10 Team Milram 0.26 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13 Silence - Lotto 14 Fuji - Servetto 0.31 15 Astana 16 Quick Step 0.38 17 Team Katusha 1.38 18 Lampre - N.G.C 3.55 19 Liquigas 4.57
