2007 Tour Down Under

2007 Tour Down Under
Race details
Dates 16—21 January
Stages 6
Winning time 15h 46' 38"
Palmarès
Winner  Martin Elmiger (SUI) (AG2R Prévoyance)
Second  Karl Menzies (AUS) ( Australia - national team)
Third  Lars Ytting 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
2006
2008

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.

Contents

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