2007 Tour Down Under

The 2007 Tour Down Under was held from 16 to 21 January 2007 in and around Adelaide, South 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 2006–07 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2007 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.

2007 Tour Down Under
Race details
Dates16—21 January 2007
Stages6
Winning time15h 46' 38"
Results
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

Men's stage summary
Stage Date Start Finish Distance Stage Top 3 Leading Top 3 Time
117 JanuaryMawson LakesTanunda152 kmAustralia Karl Menzies
Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Denmark Lars Bak		Australia Karl Menzies
Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Denmark Lars Bak		3:50.45
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
218 JanuaryMannumHahndorf150 kmBelgium Steven Caethoven
Belgium Pieter Ghyllebert
Australia Stuart O'Grady		Australia Karl Menzies
Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Denmark Lars Bak		7:44.33
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
319 JanuaryStirlingVictor Harbor128 kmAustralia Baden Cooke
Australia Chris Jongewaard
Australia Matthew Goss		Australia Karl Menzies
Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Denmark Lars Bak		10:36.38
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
420 JanuaryWillungaWillunga147 kmBelgium Pieter Ghyllebert
Uzbekistan Sergey Lagutin
Switzerland Martin Elmiger		Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Australia Karl Menzies
Denmark Lars Bak		14:02.15
+ 0.01
+ 0.08
521 JanuaryAdelaideAdelaide90 kmAustralia Robbie McEwen
Australia Mark Renshaw
Australia Allan Davis		Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Australia Karl Menzies
Denmark Lars Bak		15:46.38
+ 0.03
+ 0.11

Other leading top threes
Stage Mountains Pts Sprint Pts Under 23 Pts Teams Time
1Belgium Serge Pauwels
Sweden Gustav Larsson
Italy Paolo Longo Borghini		16
12
8		Australia Gene Bates
Australia Luke Roberts
Australia Karl Menzies		10
10
8		Australia Simon Clarke
New Zealand Clinton Avery
Australia Michael Ford		3:51.49
+ 23.37
+ 25.17		Team CSC
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Predictor–Lotto		11:59.36
+ 0.55
+ 2.13
2Belgium Serge Pauwels
France Samuel Dumoulin
Sweden Gustav Larsson		16
16
12		Australia Luke Roberts
Australia Gene Bates
Australia Wesley Sulzberger		10
10
10		Australia Simon Clarke
Belgium Pieter Jacobs
Australia Wesley Sulzberger		7:45.37
+ 8.58
+ 15.09		SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Chocolade Jacques
Crédit Agricole		23:14.41
+ 2.49
+ 7.52
3France Samuel Dumoulin
Belgium Serge Pauwels
Italy Giampaolo Cheula		28
16
16		Belarus Viktor Rapinski
Australia Luke Roberts
Australia Gene Bates		12
10
10		Australia Simon Clarke
Belgium Pieter Jacobs
Australia 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
4France Samuel Dumoulin
Belgium Serge Pauwels
Italy Giampaolo Cheula		28
16
16		France Laurent Brochard
Belgium Pieter Ghyllebert
Belarus Viktor Rapinski		20
14
12		Australia Simon Clarke
Belgium Pieter Jacobs
Australia 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
5Belgium Serge Pauwels
France Samuel Dumoulin
Italy Giampaolo Cheula		32
28
24		France Laurent Brochard
Switzerland Martin Elmiger
Belgium Pieter Ghyllebert
26
18
14		Australia Simon Clarke
Belgium Pieter Jacobs
Australia 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
1Switzerland Martin Elmiger15:46.38
2Australia Karl Menzies+ 0.03
3Denmark Lars Bak+ 0.11
4Australia Matthew Lloyd+ 0.13
5Sweden Gustav Larsson+ 0.21
6Australia Luke Roberts+ 0.50
7Australia Gene Bates+ 0.50
8Italy Paolo Longo Borghini+ 0.55
9France Yannick Talabardon+ 0.55
10Australia Simon Clarke+ 1.43

Women's stage summary
Stage Date Start Finish Distance Stage Top 3 Leading Top 3 Points
116 JanuaryEast end Adelaide street race30 mins + 1 lapAustralia Jenny MacPherson
Australia Emma Mackie
Australia Belinda Goss		Australia Jenny MacPherson
Australia Emma Mackie
Australia Belinda Goss		40
38
36
217 JanuaryTanunda Street Circuit30 mins + 1 lapAustralia Belinda Goss
Australia Petra Mullens
Australia Bridgette Evans		Australia Belinda Goss
Australia Jenny MacPherson
Australia Petra Mullens		76
74
70
320 JanuarySnapper Point (Aldinga Beach) Criterium30 mins + 1 lapAustralia Jenny MacPherson
Australia Belinda Goss
Australia Petra Mullens		Australia Jenny MacPherson
Australia Belinda Goss
Australia Petra Mullens		114
114
106

References
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