2007 Tour Down Under

2007 Tour Down Under

Race details
Dates	16—21 January
Stages	6
Winning time	15h 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
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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 2006-2007 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	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	Emma Mackie Belinda Goss	Emma Mackie Belinda Goss	40 38 36
2	17 January	Tanunda Street Circuit		30 mins + 1 lap	Belinda Goss	Belinda Goss	76 74 70
3	20 January	Snapper Point (Aldinga Beach) Criterium		30 mins + 1 lap	Belinda Goss	Belinda Goss	114 114 106

References[]

• Official website
• Cyclingnews.com Tour Down Under 2007 site