We are on the true flat again, so Davis, Ciolek and Cav are back to being favourites, althought this stage is probably the best chance for a breakaway to stay away
11 Riders form the break today, Ligthart, Gaur, Pauwels, Bajadali, Brandle, Vigano, Zeigler, Jungels, Lund, Gudsell and Williams
Bajadali beats Jungels and Lund to the top of the only categorised climb
Vigano then wins the sprint, Williams and Zeigler are next
Ligthart gets the jump on everyone else at the second sprint point, Vigano taking second from Williams
Bianchi are taking no chances today, with 45km to go they have pulled the gap back down to two minutes
26km to go and the break have all been pulled back already
with 16km to go Hollister just appear at the front, and look like they will have this under control
with 10km to go Hollister still are holding this together, although there is a battle for Davis's wheel. Interestingly the Hollister managment said preseason that Davis would have to sprint with no support. Clearly Davis negotiated well on the flight Down Under
5km to go and behind Davis we have CIolek, Cavendish, Crocket, Drujon and Dekkers, Then Cooke, Park, Borrajo, Impey, Gasparotto and Marinangeli. No one wants to challenge Hollister at all
Dempster starts the sprint at 2800m
Crocket makes his move from 5th place, which causes Davis to start sprinting
1km to go and Ciolek looks perfectly placed behind Davis
Cavendish and Ciolek pull alongside Davis
Cavendish is quickest, but Davis is still just hanging on
Cavendish wins, Davis second and Ciolek 3rd. Borrajo and Park finish the top 5.
So Ciolek just holds onto the overall lead, Davis is just 4 seconds back, but tomorrow we hit Willunga Hill
Results:
Rank | Name | Team | Time |
1 | Mark Cavendish | Proximus - Trek | 3h04'42 |
2 | Allan Davis | Hollister | s.t. |
3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
4 | Alejandro Borrajo | UniCredit | s.t. |
5 | Sung Baek Park | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
6 | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
7 | Daryl Impey | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
8 | Hans Dekkers | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
9 | Mathieu Drujon | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
10 | Mitch Docker | Cyclevox | s.t. |
11 | Sergio Marinangeli | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
12 | Baden Cooke | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
13 | Lars Croket | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
14 | Kenny Van Hummel | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
15 | Blaise Sonnery | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
16 | Mark Renshaw | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
17 | Frantisek Rabon | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
18 | Yukiya Arashiro | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
19 | Zakkari Dempster | Hollister | s.t. |
20 | Mickaël Delage | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
21 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
22 | Tom Veelers | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
23 | Giovanni Visconti | UniCredit | s.t. |
24 | Bobbie Traksel | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
25 | Hassen Ben Nasser | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
26 | Dainius Kairelis | Emu Export | s.t. |
27 | Tosh Van der Sande | UniCredit | s.t. |
28 | Oscar Freire | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
29 | Bradley McGee | Team A | s.t. |
30 | William Ford | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
31 | Jack Bobridge | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
32 | Marc De Maar | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
33 | Peter Sagan | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
34 | Francesco Gavazzi | UniCredit | s.t. |
35 | Bjorn Selander | Hollister | s.t. |
36 | Cédric Pineau | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
37 | Jan Hopman | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
38 | Sébastien Minard | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
39 | Haijun Ma | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
40 | Graham Briggs | Cyclevox | s.t. |
41 | Davide Viganò | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
42 | Shaun Lewis | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
43 | Travis Meyer | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
44 | Scott Thwaites | Cyclevox | s.t. |
45 | Thimothy Roe | Team A | s.t. |
46 | Anuar Manan | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
47 | Michael Matthews | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
48 | Dimitri De Fauw | Emu Export | s.t. |
49 | Thomas Ziegler | Emu Export | s.t. |
50 | Yannick Stoltz | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
51 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
52 | Koldo Gil | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
53 | Bob Jungels | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
54 | Simon Clarke | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
55 | Matthias Brändle | UniCredit | s.t. |
56 | Ruslan Sambris | Hollister | s.t. |
57 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Hollister | s.t. |
58 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
59 | Malcom Rudolph | Team A | s.t. |
60 | Taiji Nishitani | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
61 | Andreas Matzbacher | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
62 | Alessio Signego | UniCredit | s.t. |
63 | JÃri Hochmann | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
64 | Gilles Heymes | Cyclevox | s.t. |
65 | Maciej Ulanowski | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
66 | Peter Möhlmann | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
67 | Kevin Pauwels | Cyclevox | s.t. |
68 | Peter Williams | Cyclevox | s.t. |
69 | Giovanny Báez | Emu Export | s.t. |
70 | Fabio Aru | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
71 | Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
72 | Pim Ligthart | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
73 | Matthew Wilson | Team A | s.t. |
74 | Andrew Bajadali | Emu Export | s.t. |
75 | Jos Pronk | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
76 | Adam Hansen | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
77 | Jai Crawford | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
78 | Salvatore Puccio | UniCredit | s.t. |
79 | Manuele Mori | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
80 | Ole Haavardsholm | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
81 | Petter Renäng | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
82 | Mario Vogt | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
83 | Muhammet Eyüp Karagobek | Emu Export | s.t. |
84 | Toms Skujins | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
85 | Alessandro Proni | Hollister | s.t. |
86 | Christopher Sutton | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
87 | Alex Kirsch | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
88 | Nico Gauer | Emu Export | s.t. |
89 | Alex Coutts | Cyclevox | s.t. |
90 | Timothy Gudsell | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
91 | Matthew Lloyd | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
92 | Antonio Santoro | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
93 | Anders Lund | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
94 | Olivier Le Gac | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
95 | Tobias Larsson | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
96 | Matteo Priamo | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
97 | Regis Caminiti | Hollister | s.t. |
98 | Simon Gerrans | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
99 | Andrei Nechita | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
100 | Laurent Lefèvre | Proximus - Trek | + 2'34 |
101 | Nevio Tirloni | Team Venchi ProCycling | + 3'13 |
GC:
Rank | Name | Team | Time |
1 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Bianchi | 12h57'27 |
2 | Allan Davis | Hollister | + 4 |
3 | Sergio Marinangeli | Team Venchi ProCycling | + 16 |
4 | Mark Cavendish | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
5 | Simon Gerrans | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
6 | Davide Viganò | Team Venchi ProCycling | + 20 |
7 | Daryl Impey | Jayco - Red Bull | + 24 |
8 | Alessandro Proni | Hollister | s.t. |
9 | Matteo Priamo | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
10 | Dimitri De Fauw | Emu Export | s.t. |
11 | Taiji Nishitani | Meiji - Fuji | + 26 |
12 | Giovanni Visconti | UniCredit | + 28 |
13 | Michael Matthews | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
14 | Peter Williams | Cyclevox | + 30 |
15 | Pim Ligthart | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
16 | Peter Möhlmann | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
17 | Alessio Signego | UniCredit | + 32 |
18 | Scott Thwaites | Cyclevox | + 34 |
19 | Andrew Bajadali | Emu Export | s.t. |
20 | Bob Jungels | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
21 | Thomas Ziegler | Emu Export | s.t. |
22 | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Puma - SAP | + 36 |
23 | Mitch Docker | Cyclevox | s.t. |
24 | Mathieu Drujon | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
25 | Sung Baek Park | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
26 | Alejandro Borrajo | UniCredit | s.t. |
27 | Frantisek Rabon | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
28 | Kenny Van Hummel | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
29 | Mickaël Delage | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
30 | Bobbie Traksel | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
31 | Baden Cooke | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
33 | Hans Dekkers | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
34 | Hassen Ben Nasser | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
35 | Blaise Sonnery | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
36 | Lars Croket | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
37 | Peter Sagan | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
38 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
39 | Zakkari Dempster | Hollister | s.t. |
40 | Adam Hansen | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
41 | Sébastien Minard | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
42 | Oscar Freire | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
43 | Jan Hopman | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
44 | Manuele Mori | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
45 | William Ford | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
46 | Matthew Lloyd | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
47 | Haijun Ma | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
48 | Jack Bobridge | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
49 | Tom Veelers | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. |
50 | Bjorn Selander | Hollister | s.t. |
51 | Mark Renshaw | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
52 | Cédric Pineau | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
53 | Matthias Brändle | UniCredit | s.t. |
54 | Ole Haavardsholm | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
55 | Anders Lund | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
56 | Travis Meyer | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
57 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
58 | Francesco Gavazzi | UniCredit | s.t. |
59 | Graham Briggs | Cyclevox | s.t. |
60 | Ruslan Sambris | Hollister | s.t. |
61 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Hollister | s.t. |
62 | Dainius Kairelis | Emu Export | s.t. |
63 | Olivier Le Gac | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
64 | Mario Vogt | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
65 | Tosh Van der Sande | UniCredit | s.t. |
66 | Jos Pronk | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
67 | Shaun Lewis | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. |
68 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. |
69 | Christopher Sutton | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. |
70 | Andreas Matzbacher | Team Bianchi | s.t. |
71 | Jai Crawford | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
72 | Toms Skujins | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
73 | Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. |
74 | Yannick Stoltz | Proximus - Trek | s.t. |
75 | Giovanny Báez | Emu Export | s.t. |
76 | Alex Kirsch | Focused Cycling | s.t. |
77 | Salvatore Puccio | UniCredit | s.t. |
78 | Alex Coutts | Cyclevox | s.t. |
79 | Fabio Aru | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
80 | Muhammet Eyüp Karagobek | Emu Export | s.t. |
81 | Anuar Manan | Meiji - Fuji | + 3'28 |
82 | Koldo Gil | Team Bianchi | + 3'41 |
83 | Nico Gauer | Emu Export | s.t. |
84 | Gilles Heymes | Cyclevox | + 3'45 |
85 | Antonio Santoro | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. |
86 | Marc De Maar | Proximus - Trek | + 4'15 |
87 | Petter Renäng | Saab - Scania | s.t. |
88 | Maciej Ulanowski | Proximus - Trek | + 5'37 |
89 | Andrei Nechita | Focused Cycling | + 6'07 |
90 | Simon Clarke | Oz Cycling Project | + 6'34 |
91 | Timothy Gudsell | Saab - Scania | + 7'05 |
92 | JÃri Hochmann | Team Bianchi | + 7'09 |
93 | Kevin Pauwels | Cyclevox | s.t. |
94 | Regis Caminiti | Hollister | s.t. |
95 | Bradley McGee | Team A | + 8'47 |
96 | Malcom Rudolph | Team A | s.t. |
97 | Tobias Larsson | Saab - Scania | + 9'50 |
98 | Nevio Tirloni | Team Venchi ProCycling | + 10'22 |
99 | Thimothy Roe | Team A | + 11'35 |
100 | Laurent Lefèvre | Proximus - Trek | + 11'52 |
101 | Matthew Wilson | Team A | + 18'25 |
Points:
Rank | Name | Team | Points | General |
1 | Allan Davis | Hollister | 20 | 58 |
2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Bianchi | 16 | 57 |
3 | Sergio Marinangeli | Team Venchi ProCycling | 5 | 53 |
4 | Daryl Impey | Jayco - Red Bull | 9 | 52 |
5 | Mark Cavendish | Proximus - Trek | 25 | 49 |
6 | Enrico Gasparotto | Team Puma - SAP | 10 | 35 |
7 | Mitch Docker | Cyclevox | 6 | 29 |
8 | Simon Gerrans | Jayco - Red Bull | 0 | 25 |
9 | Mathieu Drujon | Focused Cycling | 7 | 25 |
10 | Sung Baek Park | Meiji - Fuji | 12 | 21 |
11 | Alessandro Proni | Hollister | 0 | 20 |
12 | Alejandro Borrajo | UniCredit | 14 | 20 |
13 | Hans Dekkers | Koppert Cycling Team | 8 | 19 |
14 | Baden Cooke | Oz Cycling Project | 4 | 17 |
15 | Giovanni Visconti | UniCredit | 0 | 16 |
16 | Davide Viganò | Team Venchi ProCycling | 10 | 16 |
17 | Matteo Priamo | Jayco - Red Bull | 0 | 12 |
18 | Dimitri De Fauw | Emu Export | 0 | 12 |
19 | Taiji Nishitani | Meiji - Fuji | 0 | 10 |
20 | Manuele Mori | Jayco - Red Bull | 0 | 10 |
21 | Blaise Sonnery | Jayco - Red Bull | 1 | 10 |
22 | Kenny Van Hummel | Saab - Scania | 2 | 9 |
23 | Michael Matthews | Oz Cycling Project | 0 | 8 |
24 | Mickaël Delage | Team Puma - SAP | 0 | 8 |
25 | William Ford | Oz Cycling Project | 0 | 7 |
26 | Peter Möhlmann | Koppert Cycling Team | 0 | 6 |
27 | Jack Bobridge | Oz Cycling Project | 0 | 6 |
28 | Pim Ligthart | Koppert Cycling Team | 6 | 6 |
29 | Peter Williams | Cyclevox | 6 | 6 |
30 | Alessio Signego | UniCredit | 0 | 4 |
31 | Frantisek Rabon | Team Bianchi | 0 | 4 |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro | Meiji - Fuji | 0 | 4 |
33 | Lars Croket | Team Puma - SAP | 3 | 4 |
34 | Nico Gauer | Emu Export | 0 | 4 |
35 | Timothy Gudsell | Saab - Scania | 0 | 4 |
36 | Matthew Lloyd | Meiji - Fuji | 0 | 3 |
37 | JÃri Hochmann | Team Bianchi | 0 | 3 |
38 | Scott Thwaites | Cyclevox | 0 | 2 |
39 | Andrew Bajadali | Emu Export | 0 | 2 |
40 | Bob Jungels | Focused Cycling | 0 | 2 |
41 | Hassen Ben Nasser | Proximus - Trek | 0 | 2 |
42 | Thomas Ziegler | Emu Export | 2 | 2 |
43 | Bobbie Traksel | Koppert Cycling Team | 0 | 1 |
44 | Peter Sagan | Team Venchi ProCycling | 0 | 1 |
Mountains:
Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General |
1 | Taiji Nishitani | Meiji - Fuji | 0 | 13 |
2 | Michael Matthews | Oz Cycling Project | 0 | 10 |
3 | Andrew Bajadali | Emu Export | 6 | 6 |
4 | Jos Pronk | Saab - Scania | 0 | 6 |
5 | Matteo Priamo | Jayco - Red Bull | 0 | 5 |
6 | Anders Lund | Saab - Scania | 2 | 5 |
7 | Alessio Signego | UniCredit | 0 | 4 |
8 | Bob Jungels | Focused Cycling | 4 | 4 |
9 | Davide Viganò | Team Venchi ProCycling | 0 | 3 |
10 | Peter Williams | Cyclevox | 0 | 2 |
11 | Nico Gauer | Emu Export | 0 | 1 |
12 | Kevin Pauwels | Cyclevox | 0 | 1 |
Teams:
Rank | Team | Time | General Time |
1 | Team Puma - SAP | 9h14'06 | + 0 (3) |
2 | Team Bianchi | s.t. | + 0 (14) |
3 | UniCredit | s.t. | + 0 (8) |
4 | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | + 0 (6) |
5 | Hollister | s.t. | + 0 (12) |
6 | Proximus - Trek | s.t. | + 0 (2) |
7 | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | + 0 (7) |
8 | Meiji - Fuji | s.t. | + 0 (9) |
9 | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. | + 0 (13) |
10 | Focused Cycling | s.t. | + 0 (4) |
11 | Cyclevox | s.t. | + 0 (5) |
12 | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. | + 0 (11) |
13 | Emu Export | s.t. | + 0 (10) |
14 | Team A | s.t. | + 27'21 (15) |
15 | Saab - Scania | s.t. | 38h54'09 (1) |
Young Riders:
Rank | Name | Team | Time | General Time |
11 | Michael Matthews | Oz Cycling Project | 3h04'42 | 12h57'55 (1) |
21 | Pim Ligthart | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | + 2 (2) |
9 | Scott Thwaites | Cyclevox | s.t. | + 6 (3) |
14 | Bob Jungels | Focused Cycling | s.t. | + 6 (4) |
5 | Peter Sagan | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. | + 8 (5) |