Greipel vandt i australsk glædesrus

Alejandro Valverde (Team Movistar) skulle på Tour Down Unders sidste etape forsøge at hente mindst et bonussekund for at skubbe det australske håb Simon Gerrans (GreenEdge) væk fra den øverste plads på podiet, men det krævede en god taktik fra spanieren. Den sjette og sidste etape indeholdte 20 små omgange på kun fire og en halv kilometer rundt i Adelaide City. De små omgange gjorde det svært for eventuelle udbrydere at komme langt væk fra feltet.

Efter seks omgange kom der en stor og stærk gruppe på 16 mand væk fra feltet. I den sad blandt andet den tyske veteran Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan), det australske talent Luke Durbridge (GreenEdge), og danske Jonas Aaen (Team Saxo Bank). Og netop danskeren var en af de mest aktive ryttere i feltet i dag. Han prøvede at komme af sted flere gange og til sidst lykkedes det. Desværre for danskeren, så fik udbruddet ikke så lang snor.

Green Edge forsøgte at kontrollere løbet både i feltet og ude i udbruddene, og det gik egentlig rigtig godt. De blev ved med at sende ryttere med i diverse udbrud, så de kunne sørge for at Valverde ikke fik de vigtige bonussekunder.

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Inde på de sidste omgange kom der dog pludselig en ny rytter udover Gerrans og Valverde ind i billedet som en mulig samlet vinder af løbet, da Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Nissan) fik sneget sig med i et nyt udbrud. Han lå helt oppe som nummer syv i det samlede klassement, og han havde faktisk med kun seks omgange tilbage førertrøjen på sine skuldre.

Bakelants og resten af hans gruppe blev dog hentet igen, og det så ud til, at skulle blive afgjort i endnu en massespurt. Sådan blev det også, og endnu engang var tyskeren Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) feltets klart hurtigste. Han var ikke på noget tidspunkt i problemer i spurten, og han kørte over stregen med flere cykellængder ned til Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) og Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) på de sekundære placeringer.

Resultatet af massespurten betød også, at det nye australske hold kan skrive deres første sejr på kortet, da Valverde ikke formåede at overhale Gerrans i det samlede klassement. Det blev altså en australier Simon Gerrans, der på det australske hold Green Edge vandt det australske løb Tour Down Under. Det er anden gang, at Gerrans vinder løbet. Han gjorde det også i 2006 for Ag2r.

Resultat af 6. etape

1 André Greipel - Lotto-Belisol 1.56.48 

2 Mark Renshaw - Rabobank                                       

3 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre - ISD                         

4 Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ - BigMat                         

5 Jose Joaquin Rojas - Movistar                                    

6 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling                                        

7 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil - DCM                          

8 Jonathan Cantwell - Team Saxo Bank                       

9 Fabio Sabatini - Liquigas - Cannondale                                          

10 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale                                           

11 Christopher Sutton - Sky Procycling                       

12 Kenny Van Hummel - Vacansoleil - DCM                                   

13 Luca Paolini - Katusha                       

14 Michael Rogers - Sky Procycling                             

15 William Bonnet - FDJ - BigMat                              

16 Jack Bauer - Garmin-Barracuda                               

17 Borut Bozic - Astana                         

18 Gerald Ciolek - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                                  

19 Julien Vermote - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                                 

20 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                                   

21 Greg Henderson - Lotto-Belisol                              

22 Robbie Hunter - Garmin-Barracuda                        

23 Daniele Bennati - RadioShack-Nissan                                          

24 Linus Gerdemann - RadioShack-Nissan                                       

25 Alejandro Valverde - Movistar                                

26 Robbie Mcewen - GreenEDGE                               

27 Simon Gerrans - GreenEDGE                                 

28 Michael Matthews - Rabobank                                

29 José Ivan Gutierrez - Movistar                                 

30 Steele Von Hoff - UNI SA - Australia                                         

31 Eduard Vorganov - Katusha                                    

32 Valentin Iglinskiy - Astana                                      

33 Xavier Florencio Cabrè - Katusha                           

34 Angel Madrazo - Movistar                                       

35 Tiago Machado - RadioShack-Nissan                     

36 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack-Nissan                        

37 Martin Kohler - BMC                        

38 Kristof Goddaert - AG2R La Mondiale                                       

39 Mattéo Montaguti - AG2R La Mondiale                                      

40 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     

41 Serge Pauwels - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                                  

42 Gert Steegmans - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                               

43 Imanol Erviti - Movistar                                          

44 Bernard Sulzberger - UNI SA - Australia                                     

45 Javier Moreno - Movistar                                         

46 Jay Mccarthy - UNI SA - Australia                         

47 Blel Kadri - AG2R La Mondiale                             

48 Gatis Smukulis - Katusha                                        

49 Adam Blythe - BMC                         

50 Sergey Lagutin - Vacansoleil -DCM                       

51 Kristijan Koren - Liquigas - Cannondale                                       

52 Jos Van Emden - Rabobank                                    

53 Jens Voigt - RadioShack-Nissan                             

54 Rohan Dennis - UNI SA - Australia                        

55 Marcel Sieberg - Lotto-Belisol                                 

56 Greg Van Avermaet - BMC                                    

57 Vincente Reynes Mimo - Lotto-Belisol                                         

58 Jesse Sergent - RadioShack-Nissan                         

59 Hayden Roulston - RadioShack-Nissan                                        

60 Wilco Kelderman - Rabobank                                 

61 Adrián Saez - Euskaltel-Euskadi                             

62 Romain Lemarchand - AG2R La Mondiale                                  

63 Danilo Hondo - Lampre - ISD                                 

64 Luis Leon Sanchez – Rabobank 0.16 

65 Jacopo Guarnieri - Astana                                        

66 Geraint Thomas - Sky Procycling 0.17                    

67 Jérémy Roy - FDJ - BigMat                                     

68 Mathew Hayman - Sky Procycling                          

69 Marcello Pavarin - Vacansoleil -DCM                                           

70 Maxim Belkov - Katusha                                         

71 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling                                   

72 Heinrich Haussler - Garmin-Barracuda                                         

73 Luke Roberts - Team Saxo Bank                             

74 Martin Elmiger - AG2R La Mondiale                     

75 Giampaolo Caruso - Katusha                                   

76 William Clarke - UNI SA - Australia                      

77 Jaroslaw Marycz - Team Saxo Bank 0.27                

78 Adam Hansen - Lotto-Belisol                                  

79 Luke Durbridge – GreenEDGE 0.30 

80 Matt Goss - GreenEDGE                                        

81 Alex Dowsett - Sky Procycling                               

82 Stuart O'grady - GreenEDGE                                 

83 Sérgio Paulinho - Team Saxo Bank 0.36                 

84 David Lopez - Movistar                                           

85 Sandy Casar - FDJ - BigMat                                   

86 Davide Vigano - Lampre - ISD                               

87 Mathias Frank - BMC                        

88 Oscar Freire - Katusha                       

89 Francesco Masciarelli - Astana                                

90 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Barracuda                       

91 Gorka Izagirre Inausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   

92 Mirko Selvaggi - Vacansoleil -DCM                       

93 Alessandro Ballan - BMC                                        

94 Dmitriy Gruzdev - Astana                                       

95 Lachlan Norris - UNI SA - Australia                       

96 Tom Palmer - UNI SA - Australia                           

97 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0.41   

98 Matthew Brammeier - Omega Pharma-QuickStep                        

99 Grega Bole - Lampre - ISD                                     

100 Anders Lund - Team Saxo Bank                           

101 Federico Canuti - Liquigas - Cannondale                                    

102 Mauro Da Dalto - Liquigas – Cannondale 0.54     

103 Graeme Brown – Rabobank 0.58     

104 Olivier Kaisen - Lotto-Belisol 1.02  

105 Takashi Miyazawa - Team Saxo Bank                                         

106 Alan Marangoni - Liquigas – Cannondale 1.05     

107 Stefano Agostini - Liquigas - Cannondale                                  

108 Daniele Ratto - Liquigas - Cannondale                                       

109 Nathan Haas - Garmin-Barracuda                         

110 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa - Euskaltel-Euskadi                              

111 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil -DCM                                      

112 Manuel Quinziato - BMC                                      

113 Davide Cimolai - Lampre - ISD                            

114 Wouter Mol - Vacansoleil -DCM                          

115 Jussi Veikkanen - FDJ - BigMat                            

116 Matthew Lloyd - Lampre - ISD                            

117 Marcus Burghardt – BMC 1.38       

118 Tom Leezer – Rabobank 1.42          

119 Leigh Howard - GreenEDGE                                

120 Cameron Meyer – GreenEDGE 2.15                     

121 Dmitri Muravyev – Astana 2.43      

122 Assan Bazayev – Astana 2.44          

123 Martijn Maaskant - Garmin-Barracuda 2.48          

124 Jonas Jörgensen - Team Saxo Bank 3.03               

125 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.28               

126 Massimo Graziato - Lampre – ISD 5.02                

Samlet stilling

1 Simon Gerrans – GreenEDGE 20.46.12                    

2 Alejandro Valverde - Movistar                                  

3 Tiago Machado - RadioShack-Nissan 0.08               

4 Michael Rogers - Sky Procycling 0.14 

5 Rohan Dennis - UNI SA - Australia                          

6 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack-Nissan 0.16                  

7 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 0.18          

8 Javier Moreno – Movistar 0.23            

9 Michael Matthews – Rabobank 0.29   

10 Eduard Vorganov – Katusha 0.32     

11 Jack Bauer - Garmin-Barracuda 0.34 

12 Linus Gerdemann - RadioShack-Nissan 0.42          

13 Gerald Ciolek - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0.47     

14 Angel Madrazo – Movistar 1.15        

15 Martin Kohler – BMC 1.16                

16 Jose Joaquin Rojas – Movistar 1.27   

17 Serge Pauwels - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1.28    

18 Blel Kadri - AG2R La Mondiale 2.30                     

19 Xavier Florencio Cabrè – Katusha 2.33                   

20 José Ivan Gutierrez - Movistar                                 

21 Wilco Kelderman - Rabobank                                 

22 Kristijan Koren - Liquigas – Cannondale 2.35        

23Bernard Sulzberger - UNI SA - Australia                                      

24 Alessandro Ballan – BMC 2.36         

25 Jérémy Roy - FDJ – BigMat 3.00      

26 Luis Leon Sanchez – Rabobank 3.01 

27 Adam Hansen - Lotto-Belisol 3.02    

28 Sandy Casar - FDJ – BigMat 3.11     

29 Heinrich Haussler - Garmin-Barracuda 3.22            

30 Romain Lemarchand - AG2R La Mondiale 3.33    

31 Julien Vermote - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 3.41   

32 Greg Van Avermaet - BMC                                    

33 Jens Voigt - RadioShack-Nissan                             

34 Luke Roberts - Team Saxo Bank 3.42                     

35 Matthew Lloyd - Lampre – ISD 3.50

36 Giampaolo Caruso – Katusha 3.58    

37 Oscar Freire – Katusha 4.07               

38 Sergey Lagutin - Vacansoleil – DCM 4.12              

39 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Barracuda 4.17               

40 Gorka Izagirre Inausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.48      

41 Daniele Bennati - RadioShack-Nissan 5.37             

42 Mathias Frank – BMC 6.16               

43 Vincente Reynes Mimo - Lotto-Belisol 7.19           

44 Sérgio Paulinho - Team Saxo Bank 7.55                 

45 Maxim Belkov – Katusha 8.09          

46 Geraint Thomas - Sky Procycling 8.30                    

47 Cameron Meyer – GreenEDGE 9.01 

48 Jay Mccarthy - UNI SA – Australia 11.25              

49 Federico Canuti - Liquigas – Cannondale 12.53     

50 Jussi Veikkanen - FDJ – BigMat 13.02                   

51 Martin Elmiger - AG2R La Mondiale 14.00           

52 Gatis Smukulis – Katusha 14.16        

53 Mathew Hayman - Sky Procycling 15.21                

54 Mirko Selvaggi - Vacansoleil – DCM 15.40            

55 Hayden Roulston - RadioShack-Nissan 16.06        

56 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.15     

57 Marcello Pavarin - Vacansoleil – DCM 18.13         

58 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil – DCM 18.41       

59 William Bonnet - FDJ – BigMat 18.47                    

60 Danilo Hondo - Lampre - ISD                                 

61 Dmitriy Gruzdev – Astana 19.07       

62 Fabio Sabatini - Liquigas – Cannondale 19.57        

63 Christopher Sutton - Sky Procycling                       

64 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 19.59 

65 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.04               

66 David Lopez – Movistar 21.09          

67 Daniele Ratto - Liquigas – Cannondale 21.20         

68 Jonathan Cantwell - Team Saxo Bank 21.28           

69 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling 21.32   

70 Tom Leezer – Rabobank 22.12          

71 Francesco Masciarelli – Astana 22.30

72 Jesse Sergent - RadioShack-Nissan 23.51               

73 André Greipel - Lotto-Belisol 24.04  

74 Nathan Haas - Garmin-Barracuda 24.11                 

75 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 24.32   

76 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil – DCM 24.37              

77 Steele Von Hoff - UNI SA - Australia                                         

78 Luca Paolini - Katusha                       

79 Mark Renshaw – Rabobank 25.17     

80 Grega Bole - Lampre – ISD 25.18     

81 Gert Steegmans - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 25.33

82 Marcel Sieberg - Lotto-Belisol 25.41 

83 Adrián Saez - Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.52                   

84 Jonas Jörgensen - Team Saxo Bank 25.53               

85 Wouter Mol - Vacansoleil – DCM 26.19                 

86 Davide Vigano - Lampre – ISD 26.55                    

87 Kristof Goddaert - AG2R La Mondiale 27.26        

88 Mattéo Montaguti - AG2R La Mondiale 27.29      

89 Jacopo Guarnieri – Astana 27.46       

90 Lachlan Norris - UNI SA – Australia 28.05            

91 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa - Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.34 

92 Alan Marangoni - Liquigas – Cannondale 28.35     

93 Stefano Agostini - Liquigas - Cannondale                                    

94 Davide Cimolai - Lampre - ISD                              

95 Matthew Brammeier -Omega Pharma-QuickStep 28.39               

96 Olivier Kaisen - Lotto-Belisol 29.52  

97 Valentin Iglinskiy – Astana 30.19     

98 Robbie Hunter - Garmin-Barracuda 31.08              

99 William Clarke - UNI SA – Australia 31.49            

100 Martijn Maaskant - Garmin-Barracuda 32.37        

101 Matt Goss – GreenEDGE 32.38      

102 Jaroslaw Marycz - Team Saxo Bank 32.49           

103 Mauro Da Dalto - Liquigas – Cannondale 33.16   

104 Stuart O'grady – GreenEDGE 33.39                     

105 Imanol Erviti – Movistar 33.53        

106 Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ - BigMat 36.52           

107 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre - ISD                                           

108 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale 37.02         

109 Greg Henderson - Lotto-Belisol 37.12                  

110 Tom Palmer - UNI SA – Australia 37.38              

111 Graeme Brown – Rabobank 38.00   

112 Marcus Burghardt –BMC 38.40      

113 Manuel Quinziato – BMC 38.44      

114 Borut Bozic – Astana 38.53             

115 Anders Lund - Team Saxo Bank 39.34                 

116 Takashi Miyazawa - Team Saxo Bank 39.55         

117 Dmitri Muravyev – Astana 40.22    

118 Jos Van Emden – Rabobank 40.30  

119 Massimo Graziato - Lampre – ISD 42.21              

120 Robbie Mcewen – GreenEDGE 43.33                  

121 Adam Blythe - BMC                       

122 Leigh Howard – GreenEDGE 45.15                     

123 Kenny Van Hummel - Vacansoleil – DCM 46.23 

124 Alex Dowsett - Sky Procycling 46.53                   

125 Luke Durbridge – GreenEDGE 47.01                   

126 Assan Bazayev – Astana 50.01        

Pointkonkurrencen

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 56 pts

2 André Greipel - Lotto-Belisol 50         

3 Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ – BigMat 39                   

4 Mark Renshaw - Rabobank 33             

5 Michael Matthews - Rabobank 32       

6 Daniele Bennati - RadioShack-Nissan 32                  

7 Alejandro Valverde - Movistar 27       

8 Simon Gerrans - GreenEDGE 27         

9 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre – ISD 27                   

10 Oscar Freire - Katusha 25                  

11 Jose Joaquin Rojas - Movistar 23       

12 William Clarke - UNI SA – Australia 21                 

13 Gerald Ciolek - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 21        

14 Heinrich Haussler - Garmin-Barracuda 21               

15 Martin Kohler - BMC 20                   

16 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack-Nissan 19                   

17 Fabio Sabatini - Liquigas – Cannondale 19             

18 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale 19                

19 Luke Roberts - Team Saxo Bank 17  

20 Jonathan Cantwell - Team Saxo Bank 17                

21 Rohan Dennis - UNI SA – Australia 16                  

22 Christopher Sutton - Sky Procycling 16                  

23 Thomas De Gendt -Vacansoleil – DCM 15             

24 Tiago Machado - RadioShack-Nissan 13                

25 Eduard Vorganov - Katusha 13         

26 Michael Rogers - Sky Procycling 12  

27 Jack Bauer - Garmin-Barracuda 11    

28 Robbie Mcewen - GreenEDGE 11    

29 Jacopo Guarnieri - Astana 10             

30 Javier Moreno - Movistar 9                

31 Greg Van Avermaet - BMC 9            

32 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil – DCM 9                     

33 Xavier Florencio Cabrè - Katusha 8   

34 Kristijan Koren - Liquigas – Cannondale 8             

35 Sergey Lagutin - Vacansoleil – DCM 7                   

36 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 5            

37 Kristof Goddaert - AG2R La Mondiale 5               

38 Davide Cimolai - Lampre – ISD 5     

39 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 5          

40 Stuart O'grady - GreenEDGE 5         

41 Blel Kadri - AG2R La Mondiale 3    

42 Cameron Meyer - GreenEDGE 3       

43 Luke Durbridge - GreenEDGE 3       

44 Jay Mccarthy - UNI SA – Australia 2                     

45 Marcello Pavarin - Vacansoleil – DCM 2                

Bjergkonkurrencen

1 Rohan Dennis - UNI SA – Australia 29 pts

2 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil – DCM 24              

3 Simon Gerrans – GreenEDGE 24        

4 Tiago Machado - RadioShack-Nissan 18                  

5 Alejandro Valverde – Movistar 16      

6 Nathan Haas - Garmin-Barracuda 16   

7 Javier Moreno – Movistar 12               

8 Jay Mccarthy - UNI SA – Australia 10                     

9 William Clarke - UNI SA – Australia 10                   

10 Martin Kohler – BMC 8                     

11 Michael Rogers - Sky Procycling 6    

12 Jack Bauer - Garmin-Barracuda 6      

13 José Ivan Gutierrez – Movistar 6       

14 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 6            

15 Matthew Brammeier - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 6                     

16 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack-Nissan 5

17 Blel Kadri - AG2R La Mondiale 4    

18 Greg Van Avermaet – BMC 3           

19 Cameron Meyer – GreenEDGE 3      

20 Marcello Pavarin - Vacansoleil – DCM 3                

21 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 2             

22 Eduard Vorganov – Katusha 2          

23 Linus Gerdemann - RadioShack-Nissan 2               

24 Gatis Smukulis – Katusha 2               

25 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 2

26 Davide Cimolai - Lampre – ISD 2     

27 Luke Durbridge – GreenEDGE 1      

Ungdomskonkurrencen

1 Rohan Dennis - UNI SA – Australia 20.46.26          

2 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 0.04          

3 Michael Matthews - Rabobank 0.15    

4 Angel Madrazo – Movistar 1.01          

5 Wilco Kelderman – Rabobank 2.19     

6 Romain Lemarchand - AG2R La Mondiale 3.19      

7 Julien Vermote - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 3.27     

8 Gorka Izagirre Inausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.34        

9 Cameron Meyer – GreenEDGE 8.47   

10 Jay Mccarthy - UNI SA – Australia 11.11              

11 Gatis Smukulis – Katusha 14.02        

12 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 19.45 

13 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.50               

14 Daniele Ratto - Liquigas – Cannondale 21.06         

15 Jesse Sergent - RadioShack-Nissan 23.37               

16 Nathan Haas - Garmin-Barracuda 23.57                 

17 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-QuickStep 24.18   

18 Steele Von Hoff - UNI SA – Australia 24.23         

19 Jacopo Guarnieri – Astana 27.32       

20 Lachlan Norris - UNI SA – Australia 27.51            

21 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa - Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.20 

22 Stefano Agostini - Liquigas – Cannondale 28.21    

23 Davide Cimolai - Lampre - ISD                               

24 Jaroslaw Marycz - Team Saxo Bank 32.35              

25 Tom Palmer - UNI SA – Australia 37.24                

26 Massimo Graziato - Lampre – ISD 42.07                

27 Adam Blythe - BMC 43.19               

28 Leigh Howard - GreenEDGE 45.01  

29 Alex Dowsett - Sky Procycling 46.39                     

30 Luke Durbridge – GreenEDGE 46.47

Holdkonkurrencen

1 RadioShack-Nissan 62.19.53               

2 Sky Procycling 0.24       

3 Movistar 0.31                 

4 Rabobank 4.40               

5 Omega Pharma-QuickStep 4.45           

6 Katusha 5.33                  

7 BMC 5.52 

8 Garmin-Barracuda 6.22  

9 UNI SA – Australia 11.59                   

10 FDJ – BigMat 16.15     

11 AG2R La Mondiale 18.31                 

12 Team Saxo Bank 23.37

13 Lotto-Belisol 27.24      

14 GreenEDGE 29.38       

15 Vacansoleil – DCM 33.03                  

16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.39                    

17 Liquigas – Cannondale 34.08            

18 Lampre – ISD 45.28     

19 Astana 55.50 

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