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9th Tour Down Under - 2.HC

Australia, January 16-21, 2007

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Stage 5 - Sunday, January 21: Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90km

Battle for seconds goes to Elmiger, stage to McEwen

Elmiger just holds off Menzies' charge for jersey

By Mark Zalewski in Adelaide, South Australia

Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
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After two days of rain soaked racing, the first ever in the history of the Tour Down Under, the final stage around the streets of Adelaide went off with only threats of rain. The only threats today came from Karl Menzies and his composite Australia-UniSA team, vying to regain the one second Ag2R-Prevoyance's Martin Elmiger took in the penultimate stage. As predicted, Australia-UniSA controlled the race until the first intermediate sprint, but on the line it was Elmiger proving to be too strong for Menzies as he won the sprint outright, virtually securing his win.

"It was a hard classification sprint - it was like a final sprint in a stage," said Elmiger after the race. "I was behind Menzies and I had very good legs today. In the sprint I was stronger and I took the three seconds. The second sprint was easier with a group off the front so it was easy behind. For the final sprint I stayed behind Menzies and it was ok."

Menzies knew that the first sprint was the best chance he had at regaining the lead, and his team did everything they could in the effort. "All the boys rode awesome, especially Allan Davis," said Menzies. "We gave it a shot but I was just beaten by a better rider. He is a great guy as well. I had a perfect leadout - he was on my wheel, and we both knew it was the tour right there - he beat me and I knew I lost then. I was not going to beat anyone in the finish; I'm not as fast as a Robbie McEwen."

As it turned out, nobody was as fast as McEwen today, as the Predictor-Lotto rider took out the final sprint of the day against a hard charging Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole), winner of the opening Down Under Classic. The crosswinds today blew across the finish straight from right to left, causing McEwen and the bunch to drift across the slightly uphill finish. "It's such an aggressive stage, it was so so fast," said McEwen. "In the finish, the sprinters made it kind of difficult. I came off Allan Davis in the middle of the road but because of the crosswind I wanted to be against the left barriers so I tried to just come slowly back across and just cover my lines."

Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole)
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Renshaw was boxed in against the barriers on McEwen's wheel, raising his hand in protest across the line believing that McEwen went unnecessarily far. "I had Robbie's wheel in the last kilometre - I knew he would be the man to beat," Renshaw told Cyclingnews. "With the wind coming from the right it made Robbie sprint like that, to the left, but not to that extent. It's a little bit disappointing to end up like that."

However, the commissaries disagreed and gave the win to McEwen, who had been fighting the remnants of illness all week. "I love coming here it's a great stage and a fantastic crowd, it's nice to start your year off on a winning note. I've been thinking all week about this very stage."

Speaking of McEwen, he seemed to be showing a little national pride earlier in the race, jumping in on the train to lead out Menzies for the first bonus sprint. "I think he helped out in the last lap when we were running low on guys. He jumped on in front of Davis and had a hit out. That was great and we appreciate it - helping a fellow Australian try to get the win."

While second place by a few seconds is not the ideal result for Menzies, he is still confident going into the start of the U.S. racing season with his Health Net team. "In four weeks time we have Tour of California - probably the biggest race of the year in the U.S. That is why my early season form has to be pretty good. I wasn't focusing going this well so early, so it's a good sign. My first goal was to win a stage of the Tour of California, and I would still like to do that."

Martin Elminger (AG2r Prevoyance)
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For Elmiger, this is the first stage race win of his career, as the former Swiss champion was previously a domestique on the Phonak team. With the dissolution of the team, Ag2R-Prevoyance signed him to be their man for the classics. ""This means a lot - it's my first stage race win and first race with my new team. We worked well together and I am really happy. It's amazing - four wins for the team here."

Looking ahead on his calendar, Elmiger turns is attention squarely to one-day efforts. "I love the long one-day races like Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders," said Elmiger. "I was five years with Phonak and I was brought onto this team for the classics. Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders are my biggest goals this year, and then the world championships, but that is a long way off."

While he fancies himself primarily as a one-day specialist, he said that he would like to come back and try his hand at defending his stage race victory. "The whole week was hard - the first race and the first time I was [a leader.] I'm feeling good and I am really happy. I liked this race, Adelaide and South Australia, so I would like to come back and defend."

His new team even joked with him after the first stage, pleading with him not to take the jersey too early. "Last year Simon Gerrans won the first stage and the team had to work. They told me as a joke, 'Don't win the first stage!' I still tried but Menzies was stronger. It was ok though because I was feeling good and thought I could win the race."

How it unfolded

Even though the skies looked the same as in the previous two stages, the rain held off long enough for the racers and the thousands of fans armed with umbrellas. Still, the weather produced strong winds that whipped across the 4.5km circuit, only increasing the nervousness for the riders.

"I was very nervous today," said race leader Martin Elmiger (Ag2R-Prevoyance), who held a tenuous one second lead on former leader Karl Menzies (Australia-UniSA). "In the first sprint I was nervous with the wind, but with an uphill sprint, it is for me."

The pace was on
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From the opening laps, it was clear that Australia-UniSA was dead set on taking back the leader's jersey via the first bonus sprint, meaning that Menzies would have to win the sprint with Elmiger not getting better than third. "It's a solid circuit," said teammate Matt White about the difficulty of the course. "It's pretty hard for anyone to get away on there - super fast in some sections and super windy in others. Our only chance was to win the first time bonus. We knew we could only keep it together for the first sprint because after a week on the front it would be too hard to keep it going to the second one."

As the laps ticked off towards the first sprint on the eighth lap Australia-UniSA rode strong on the front, with Menzies protected on the rear, followed closely by Elmiger. As has been the case most of the week, Chocolade Jacques attacked the race, this time with Glenn d'Hollander, with Kiwi Gordon McCauley joining. But Menzies' boys put the pedal to the floor and brought the duo back in due time. Next, d'Hollander's teammate Frederik Veuchelen gave it a go, but with the same result.

Driving a lot of the pace to catch the early attempts was Matt White, who normally does the same for Discovery Channel. But down to the bell lap for the first sprint it was Allan Davis and Robert McLachlan looking after Menzies in the end, with the other teammates swinging off in sequence. "Coming into the sprint it was pretty hairy - I just wanted to do my job early and get out!" said Chris Jongewaard, who rode strong the day before to get Menzies over the KOM.

Down the stretch Allan Davis led out Menzies, with additional help from McEwen. But glued to Menzies' wheel was Elmiger, even swinging around a slowing McEwen 250 meters from the line and making it back to come around the two Australia-UniSA. Per the plan, Davis tried to pull his bike back as Menzies thrust it forward, but Davis still took second place behind Elmiger, with Menzies in third. "He is a great teammate," said Menzies. "We knew I had to win the sprint and for him to get second ahead of Elmiger - it was the plan and would have been perfect for us."

As the trio rounded the 180 degree turn past the start/finish, it looked more like the post-race run out with all three spent after giving it their all. Rolling along, Menzies' extended his hand to Elmiger, conceding the overall victory and showing true sportsmanship.

Australia-UniSA
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But the racing was not over, with battles for the KOM and sprint jersey still within reach for a few riders. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) was wearing the sprint leader's jersey, but knew that he would not be able to contest the first sprint due to the GC battle. "It was obviously an objective of mine after yesterday's stage when I took the jersey. One thing that made it a little more complicated was the fact that the overall classification hadn't been decided and so it was not only the GC riders I had to go up against. Also the stage finish had bonus points as well."

On the second bonus sprint, the former world champion made a strong move from almost the beginning of the final straight, taking it with a comfortable gap and earning a conformable lead. "[The sprint jersey] been a very good standard this year amongst the riders," he said. "It was a little strange after the first day because the overall classification was virtually decided but [the sprint] was really competitive right to the last day and the standard of competition has been great."

The KOM battle was a little anti-climactic with the deciding climb quite small, compared to yesterday's run up Willunga Hill. Still the riders were set on battling with many points on the line with two KOM sprints. Samuel Dumoulin (AG2r-Prévoyance) led the competition going into the stage, twelve points ahead of three riders: Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld) and Heath Blackgrove (New Zealand National Team ). The first KOM sprint was taken out of the hands of the contenders by the breakaway, meaning the second KOM would be the decider with the breakaway reeled back in.

However, with the stage being shortened due to the live television coverage, there was some confusion between the riders and the officials as to when the KOM sprint would occur. The lap that the KOM occurred on did not see much of a sprint, with Pauwels taking the sixteen points and the jersey easily. The next time up Dumoulin gave it a go but without realizing it was too late.

See you next year girls.
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With all of the jersey's decided the only thing left was the stage win, and an outside chance for Menzies to take the double time bonuses on the line. But with Elmiger glued to his wheel like a shadow for the final laps, that looked to be impossible. The Navigators Insurance team did a lot of the pace making in the final laps, set on getting a win for their Aussie sprinter Hilton Clarke. Into the final laps, Barloworld made a strong surge to get Robbie Hunter to the line, with one rider leading Hunter around the final turn with 800 meters to the line.

Coming up the final straight the crosswinds kicked up as the fans banged against the barriers. Coming around the right side of Barloworld was Allan Davis, followed closely by Robbie McEwen and Mark Renshaw. The strong winds pushed the riders across the road, with McEwen shifting the most and hugging close to the barriers. Renshaw gave a dig at trying to come through in between McEwen and the barriers, but ran out of real estate. The young Aussie sprinter put his head on McEwen to keep from going into the barriers, then raised it as he crossed the line behind McEwen in protest.

The commissaries said they were looking at the video automatically, giving Renshaw early confidence. "I asked the commissaire but they're already looking at it without me appealing. When they're already saying that I think they've already made their mind up. Two victories in one week would have been perfect." But the officials came back with the conclusion that the sprint by the former Tour de France sprint champion was legal.

Photography

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Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              1.44.26 (46.50 km/h)
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                        
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                       
4 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                           
6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                              
8 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                   
9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                               
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                     
12 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                           
13 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                    
14 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                           
16 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  
17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            
20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  
22 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     
23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
24 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                          
25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
27 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
28 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                             
30 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
31 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                             
32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
33 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                      
34 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                        
35 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
37 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                       0.12
38 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
39 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                        
40 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                         0.22
41 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                      0.34
42 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            0.35
43 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                       0.38
44 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
45 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         
46 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
47 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
48 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    
49 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
50 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                        
51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            
52 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                              
53 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                 
54 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          
55 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
56 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              0.44
57 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   0.45
58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
59 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         
60 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                 
61 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     0.55
62 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
63 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                              
64 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                          
65 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                          
66 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                          
67 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                        1.15
68 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.29
69 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team           1.32
70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                     1.35
71 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   
72 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  
73 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen      1.40
74 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                        
75 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
76 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 
77 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                             
78 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                              
79 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                          
80 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
81 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
82 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
83 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                       
84 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                    
85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
86 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                 
87 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
88 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                          
89 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          
90 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                        2.10
91 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                             
92 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
93 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                             10.00
94 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                             
95 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                      
96 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
97 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                            
98 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                
99 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                          
100 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                            
101 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
102 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                          
103 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                
104 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
105 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                     
DNF Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                      
DNF Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team                         
 
Mountains
 
Montefiore Hill - Lap 10 - 42.5 Km 
 
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           16 pts
2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               12
3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                        8
4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                            6
5 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     4
 
Montefiore Hill - Lap 15 - 65.0 Km
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             16 pts
2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                     12
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                      8
4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                            6
5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     4
 
Points
 
Sprint #1 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 8 - 36 km 
 
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                     6 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                      4
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                     2
 
Sprint #2 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 12 - 54 km 
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  6 pts
2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                4
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                              2
 
Sprint #3 - Finish Arch, King William Rd - Lap 18 - 81 km
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    8 pts
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                       6
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                      4
 
Teams
 
1 Predictor - Lotto                                                  5.13.18
2 Barloworld                                                                
3 Team CSC                                                                  
4 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                   
5 Crédit Agricole                                                           
6 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                                    
7 Unibet.com                                                                
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
9 Team Milram                                                           0.12
10 Australia - UniSA                                                    0.45
11 AG2r Prévoyance                                                          
12 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                    1.12
13 Agritubel                                                            1.17
14 New Zealand National Team                                            4.15
 
Final General classification
 
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                              15.46.38
2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                  0.03
3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                               0.11
4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 0.13
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                       0.21
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                           0.50
7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                   
8 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                 0.55
9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
10 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            1.43
11 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.52
12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                  2.58
13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  3.08
14 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                           
15 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               3.15
16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                3.55
17 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          5.20
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        9.05
19 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                         9.21
20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                9.23
21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            9.52
22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     10.09
23 Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram                                    10.14
24 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      10.45
25 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     10.53
26 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     10.56
27 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            10.58
28 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team             12.10
29 Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     12.28
30 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             12.39
31 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            13.37
32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         14.00
33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               14.37
34 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   14.55
35 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen      16.24
36 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            16.27
37 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        16.31
38 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                      16.46
39 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   16.51
40 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          17.00
41 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                18.11
42 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       18.41
43 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                        19.33
44 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       20.58
45 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             21.51
46 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                        22.31
47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     22.42
48 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            23.20
49 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  23.27
50 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                   23.43
51 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      24.24
52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             26.12
53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           26.23
54 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     26.25
55 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
56 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole                                 26.31
57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                26.36
58 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          26.52
59 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                         27.03
60 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    27.26
61 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                    27.47
62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                 27.56
63 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   
64 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team          28.16
65 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                       28.26
66 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     28.34
67 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia - UniSA                            28.41
68 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                        28.47
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     28.51
70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  28.55
71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             30.21
72 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                        30.33
73 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                 31.27
74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       32.09
75 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                             32.55
76 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                           33.02
77 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        33.03
78 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 33.11
79 Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
80 Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team                              
81 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               33.43
82 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  33.45
83 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                33.49
84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               34.01
85 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                        
86 Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              34.05
87 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        34.06
88 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     34.23
89 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    34.27
90 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
91 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                     34.44
93 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                       34.55
94 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                     35.00
95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    35.24
96 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  35.29
97 Matthew White (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                    
98 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                      35.45
99 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 38.42
100 Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team                       43.49
101 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                     44.05
102 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                         
103 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                
104 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
105 Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             32 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   28
3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                       24
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           16
5 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team                        16
6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                         12
7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                     12
8 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                           12
9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               12
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 12
11 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        12
12 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                   8
13 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   8
14 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 8
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 8
16 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                     8
17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  6
18 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                6
19 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                         6
20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                     6
21 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                4
22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         4
23 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             4
24 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                       4
25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                    4
26 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    4
 
Points classification
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 26 pts
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                    18
3 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         14
4 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 12
5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                    10
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             10
7 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                 10
8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          10
9 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                            10
10 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                            10
11 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          8
12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                            8
13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   8
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                     8
15 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia - UniSA                                6
16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                  6
17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                      6
18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                 4
19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                           4
20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 4
21 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                4
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               4
23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                     2
24 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                       2
25 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team                            2
26 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                           2
27 Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                            2
 
Under 23 classification
 
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                         15.48.21
2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                        9.02
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                          12.17
4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                       15.03
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                      20.59
6 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                             21.37
7 Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          25.20
8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia - UniSA                              31.12
9 Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            31.19
10 Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team                       33.12
11 Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team                     42.22
 
Teams classification
 
1 SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                            46.59.14
2 Team CSC                                                              3.35
3 Unibet.com                                                           15.04
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                     18.27
5 Crédit Agricole                                                      18.46
6 Predictor - Lotto                                                    24.00
7 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                              25.10
8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                    39.51
9 Barloworld                                                           40.06
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     44.01
11 Team Milram                                                         49.17
12 Australia - UniSA                                                   50.38
13 Agritubel                                                           50.43
14 New Zealand National Team                                         1.03.53

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