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 2006-2007 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
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 km Karl Menzies
Martin Elmiger
Lars Bak		 Karl Menzies
Martin Elmiger
Lars Bak		3:50.45
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
218 JanuaryMannumHahndorf150 km Steven Caethoven
Pieter Ghyllebert
Stuart O'Grady		 Karl Menzies
Martin Elmiger
Lars Bak		7:44.33
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
319 JanuaryStirlingVictor Harbor128 km Baden Cooke
Chris Jongewaard
Matthew Goss		 Karl Menzies
Martin Elmiger
Lars Bak		10:36.38
+ 0.01
+ 0.07
420 JanuaryWillungaWillunga147 km Pieter Ghyllebert
Sergey Lagutin
Martin Elmiger		 Martin Elmiger
Karl Menzies
Lars Bak		14:02.15
+ 0.01
+ 0.08
521 JanuaryAdelaideAdelaide90 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 Elmiger15:46.38
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
116 JanuaryEast end Adelaide street race30 mins + 1 lap Jenny MacPherson
Emma Mackie
Belinda Goss		 Jenny MacPherson
Emma Mackie
Belinda Goss		40
38
36
217 JanuaryTanunda Street Circuit30 mins + 1 lap Belinda Goss
Petra Mullens
Bridgette Evans		 Belinda Goss
Jenny MacPherson
Petra Mullens		76
74
70
320 JanuarySnapper Point (Aldinga Beach) Criterium30 mins + 1 lap Jenny MacPherson
Belinda Goss
Petra Mullens		 Jenny MacPherson
Belinda Goss
Petra Mullens		114
114
106

References
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