Tour Down Under final classification took shape today at the end of stage five, 148 kilometres between Snapper Point and Willunga, beginning with two 40 kilometres and ending with two 23 kilometres circuit climbing Old Willunga Hill Road.
The decision came at the second climb of Old Willunga Hill Road, when four riders broke away: two Spanish Caisse d'Épargne team mates, Alejandro Valverde and Luis Leon Sanchez, World champion Cadel Evans (BMC) and Slovenian Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo).
The passed the top with a 30 seconds gap, and resisted to the wild chase of a 50-wheel pursuers group. Greipel's HTC-Columbia team mates did the maximum to close the gap, but they missed it by a few seconds.
Luis Leon Sanchez won at in Willunga ahead of Luke Roberts (Team Milram) and Alejandro Valverde. Andre Greipel, arrived nine seconds later, is now on the way to the final victory. He is now leading with eleven seconds on Leon Sanchez. Our team did quite well, placing Jürgen Roelandts in 19th and Matthew Lloyd in 50th position with the pursuers. Jürgen remains at the top of the general classification, he is eigth 26" down, and he keeps the young riders jersey.
Results
1. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram at 2"
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 4"
4. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
5. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo at 6"
6. Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
7. Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
8. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions
9. Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky at 9”
10. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
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19. Jürgen Roelandts
50. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) at 27”
63. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) at 2'21”
69. Mickael Delage (Fra)
70. Olivier Kaisen
73. Jurgen Van Goolen
89. Gerben Löwik (Ned) at 6'23”
Classification
1. Andre Greipel (Ger) HTC-Columbia
2. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 11"
3. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram at 17“
4. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha at 20“
5. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team at 21“
6. Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky at 24"
7. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha at 25”
8. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto at 26”
9. Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram at 27"
10. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana at 29”
...
34. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) at 2’13”
81. Jurgen Van Goolen at 11’53”
85. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) at 13’22”
94. Mickael Delage (Fra) at 17’57”
98. Gerben Löwik (Ned) at 18’29”
106. Olivier Kaisen at 21’26”
Youngsters
1. Jürgen Roelandts
Sprints
4. Mickael Delage (Fra)
