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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