Greipel came home strongly, with the help of his Lotto – Belisol team mate Greg Henderson, to take victory ahead of second place Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) and Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda).
This is the second time Greipel has won the Down Under Classic. In 2008 he went on to be crowned Santos Tour Down Under champion after winning the street circuit stage.
All eyes on Cameron Meyer and GreenEDGE 2011 Santos Tour Down Under winner Cameron Meyer is a man to watch this week, as he prepares to defend his title, with the help of his GreenEDGE team mates.
Making their UCI WorldTour debut, the GreenEDGE team boasts three past Santos Tour Down Under winners and will certainly be a hot contender throughout the entire week in front of a home crowd.
Rest for the pros but not for the Adelaide City Council Tour Village. With the pros taking a break from the racing tomorrow, it’s a great opportunity to get in amongst the excitement and see the pre race preparations.
Visit the Adelaide City Council Tour Village in Victoria Square to see the team mechanics working on the bikes, pick up some event merchandise and maybe even catch a glimpse of the riders as they give interviews with media.
Results
1. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 1:03:17
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
3. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
4. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar
5. Steele Von Hoff (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
6. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
7. Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
8. José Ivan Gutierrez (Esp) Movistar
9. Greg Henderson (NZL) Lotto-Belisol
10. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-ISD
11. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-ISD
12. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
13. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM
14. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-BigMat 0:02
15. Robbie Mcewen (Aus) GreenEDGE
16. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:05
17. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:07
18. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana
19. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
20. Angel Madrazo (Esp) Movistar
21. Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Saxo Bank
22. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:11
23. Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13
24. Ricardo Garcia (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:17
25. Adrián Saez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar
27. Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar
28. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
29. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30. Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
31. Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre-ISD
32. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
33. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM
34. Tom Palmer (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
35. Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
36. Will Clarke (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
37. Jay Mccarthy (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
38. Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM
39. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Barracuda
40. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
41. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC
42. Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Rabobank
43. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana
44. Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda
45. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling
46. Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
47. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-BigMat
49. Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
50. Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
51. Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
52. Pablo Urtasun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
54. Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
55. Victor Cabedo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56. Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale
57. Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
58. Xavier Florencio Cabrè (Esp) Katusha
59. Matt Goss (Aus) GreenEDGE
60. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC
61. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC
62. Hayden Roulston (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan
63. Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 0:27
64. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:33
65. Frédéric BallanAlessandro (Ita) BMC
66. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
67. David Lopez (Esp) Movistar 0:35
68. Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
69. Vincente Reynes (Esp) Lotto-Belisol
70. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-ISD
71. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 0:37
72. Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
73. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
74. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM
75. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
76. Oscar Freire (Esp) Katusha
77. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
78. Ruben Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79. Sérgio Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank
80. Simon Gerrans (Aus) GreenEDGE
81. Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
82. Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
83. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM
85. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
86. Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
87. Valentin KaisenOlivier (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
88. Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
89. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM
90. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
91. Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-ISD
92. Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
93. Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
94. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
95. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
96. Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
97. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
98. Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC
99. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
100. Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda
101. Andreas ShpilevskyBoris (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
102. Lachlan Norris (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
103. Javier Moreno (Esp) Movistar
104. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
105. Mattéo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
106. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
107. Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre-ISD
108. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
109. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) UNI SA-Australia
110. Stuart O’grady (Aus) GreenEDGE
111. Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Astana
112. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank
113. Adam Blythe (GBR) BMC
114. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
115. Dmitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
116. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre-ISD
117. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda
118. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC
119. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
120. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank
121. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:52
122. Andrew Fenn (Gbr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:00
123. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 1:02
124. Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEDGE 1:05
125. Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 1:29
126. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Sky Procycling
127. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:34
128. Jesse Sergent (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan 3:06