2007 Tour Down Under

2007 Tour Down Under
Race details
Dates		16—21 January
Stages		6
Winning time		15h 46' 38"
Palmares
	Winner	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	(AG2R Prévoyance)
	Second	Karl Menzies (AUS)	(Team UniSA-Australia)
	Third	Lars Bak (DEN)	(Team CSC)

	Points	Laurent Brochard (FRA)	(Bouygues Télécom)
	Mountains	Serge Pauwels (BEL)	(Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen)
	Youth	Simon Clarke (AUS)	(Team AIS)
	Team	Team AIS

The 2007 Tour Down Under was held from 16 to 21 January 2007 in Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 667 kilometres and is part of the 2006-2007 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2007 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.

Men's stage summary

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Distance	Stage Top 3	Leading Top 3	Time
1	17 January	Mawson Lakes	Tanunda	152 km	Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak	Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak	3:50.45 + 0.01 + 0.07
2	18 January	Mannum	Hahndorf	150 km	Steven Caethoven Pieter Ghyllebert Stuart O'Grady	Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak	7:44.33 + 0.01 + 0.07
3	19 January	Stirling	Victor Harbor	128 km	Baden Cooke Chris Jongewaard Matthew Goss	Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak	10:36.38 + 0.01 + 0.07
4	20 January	Willunga	Willunga	147 km	Pieter Ghyllebert Sergey Lagutin Martin Elmiger	Martin Elmiger Karl Menzies Lars Bak	14:02.15 + 0.01 + 0.08
5	21 January	Adelaide	Adelaide	90 km	Robbie McEwen Mark Renshaw Allan Davis	Martin Elmiger Karl Menzies Lars Bak	15:46.38 + 0.03 + 0.11

Other leading top threes

Stage	Mountains	Pts	Sprint	Pts	Under 23	Pts	Teams	Time
1	Serge Pauwels Gustav Larsson Paolo Longo Borghini	16 12 8	Gene Bates Luke Roberts Karl Menzies	10 10 8	Simon Clarke Clinton Avery Michael Ford	3:51.49 + 23.37 + 25.17	Team CSC SouthAustralia.com-AIS Predictor–Lotto	11:59.36 + 0.55 + 2.13
2	Serge Pauwels Samuel Dumoulin Gustav Larsson	16 16 12	Luke Roberts Gene Bates Wesley Sulzberger	10 10 10	Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Wesley Sulzberger	7:45.37 + 8.58 + 15.09	SouthAustralia.com-AIS Chocolade Jacques Crédit Agricole	23:14.41 + 2.49 + 7.52
3	Samuel Dumoulin Serge Pauwels Giampaolo Cheula	28 16 16	Viktor Rapinski Luke Roberts Gene Bates	12 10 10	Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss	10:37.42 + 9.14 + 11.22	SouthAustralia.com-AIS Team CSC Unibet.com Cycling Team	31:29.02 + 3.35 + 14.46
4	Samuel Dumoulin Serge Pauwels Giampaolo Cheula	28 16 16	Laurent Brochard Pieter Ghyllebert Viktor Rapinski	20 14 12	Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss	14:03.20 + 9.25 + 11.58	SouthAustralia.com-AIS Team CSC Unibet.com Cycling Team	41:45.56 + 3.35 + 15.04
5	Serge Pauwels Samuel Dumoulin Giampaolo Cheula	32 28 24	Laurent Brochard Martin Elmiger Pieter Ghyllebert	26 18 14	Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss	15:48.21 + 9.02 + 12.17	SouthAustralia.com-AIS Team CSC Unibet.com Cycling Team	46:59.14 + 3.35 + 15.04

Men's top 10 overall

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Martin Elmiger	15:46.38
2	Karl Menzies	+ 0.03
3	Lars Bak	+ 0.11
4	Matthew Lloyd	+ 0.13
5	Gustav Larsson	+ 0.21
6	Luke Roberts	+ 0.50
7	Gene Bates	+ 0.50
8	Paolo Longo Borghini	+ 0.55
9	Yannick Talabardon	+ 0.55
10	Simon Clarke	+ 1.43

Women's stage summary

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Distance	Stage Top 3	Leading Top 3	Points
1	16 January	East end Adelaide street race		30 mins + 1 lap	Jenny MacPherson Emma Mackie Belinda Goss	Jenny MacPherson Emma Mackie Belinda Goss	40 38 36
2	17 January	Tanunda Street Circuit		30 mins + 1 lap	Belinda Goss Petra Mullens Bridgette Evans	Belinda Goss Jenny MacPherson Petra Mullens	76 74 70
3	20 January	Snapper Point (Aldinga Beach) Criterium		30 mins + 1 lap	Jenny MacPherson Belinda Goss Petra Mullens	Jenny MacPherson Belinda Goss Petra Mullens	114 114 106

References

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