January 21, 2007 – Swiss rider Martin Elmiger, 28, of AG2R-Prevoyance was today crowned the 2007 Tour Down Under Champion after the action packed 81 kilometre (18 laps of 4.5km circuit) Adelaide City Council Circuit final stage.

“I was very nervous today but the team was very strong, they had a clever race and I’m very proud (of them),” said Elmiger who is a two time Swiss Champion. “For me, it’s a really big victory because I’ve never won a stage race…..maybe my most important (win).

“It was really a super race, so I will say only good things – but also, that it was raining,” said Elmiger of the event which experienced wet conditions on stages three and four, the first time in the nine year history of the event. For today’s stage grey clouds threatened rain but it held off and the stage was completed in dry, windy conditions.

Elmiger lined up today in front of 25,000 fans wearing the leader’s ochre jersey but with only a one second margin back to Tasmanian Karl Menzies, 29, (UniSA-Australia) who had led the tour for the first four stages. With bonus seconds up for grabs the showdown came early after UniSA-Australia worked like Trojans in the early laps chasing down breakaways to ensure the race was all together approaching the first SA Lotteries intermediate sprint at the end oflap eight.

UniSA-Australia formed a train for Menzies to ride to the line but the wily Elmiger countered with a withering burst of speed to claim a three second sprint bonus. Menzies’ team mate Allan Davis was second and Menzies third, a placing that gave him a one second bonus.

“It was a hard sprint, it was like the final sprint in the stage, so I was behind Menzies, I had very good legs today and in the sprint I was stronger,” said Elmiger.

At that point Menzies conceded defeat as Elmiger moved to a three second overall lead.

“The last 100m yesterday was disappointing, Elmiger was the only guy I had to follow and he slipped through a gap on the fence, I just couldn’t follow,” said a disappointed Menzies. “We had our opportunity today to win the Tour – we knew it, he knew it.

“I had a perfect leadout, the team controlled the race for the first intermediate sprint…He beat me in the sprint….that was it, that was our Tour…I was beaten by a better rider.”

With the overall leader decided the stage finish was all about the sprint specialists and into the slightly uphill finishing straight two time Tour de France sprint champion, Robbie McEwen, emerged from the pack to claim the win, his twelfth in the history of the Tour Down Under. He shut out Down Under Classic winner, Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) and Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) who finished second and third for another Australian trifecta all finishing in 1hr44min26sec.

“It’s nice to start the year off on a winning note, I’ve just been thinking all week about this very stage,” said McEwen who came into this week’s race still suffering the effects of a chest infection . “Today we went out with a plan and stuck right to it. I really focussed on today’s stage because I knew I was coming into the race a little bit underdone and also just carrying a little bit of illness.

“I had to ride myself in and try to come up through the race and it went on and I thought this would be the only opportunity for a bunch sprint.”

There was a short delay in the wake of the sprint after Renshaw raised his arm in protest but officials ruled the placings across the line as official.

“I hit the front on the left of Allan Davis and made my way across the left barriers because there was quite a strong wind blowing from the right, so you don’t want to give anyone a free ride along your left-hand side,” said McEwen. “You’ve just got to make sure you cover your lines without going over the limit and that’s what I did, I won the race.

“The rest can please themselves….that’s sprinting, that’s racing, you don’t give free rides.¶

After the first intermediate sprint of the stage a breakaway group of twelve formed to contest the first of two ‘A Brilliant Blend’ King of the Mountain challenges on the tenth lap where CSC rider Matti Breschel claimed the 16 points over the summit of Montefiore Hill for first ahead of Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) and Barloworld’s Giampaolo Cheula, who was challenging for the win in that classification.

The twelve stayed clear to contest the second intermediate sprint with 1997 World Champion Laurent Brochard (Bouyges Telecom) on a mission to protect his sprinter’s jersey. He won by a clear margin from Botcharov and CSC’s Matt Goss to cement his title of 2007 SA Lotteries Sprint Champion.

The peloton reeled in the escapees soon after the second sprint thanks to some hard work by the Chocolade Jacques team to get their man Serge Pauwels back in front for the second climb of the day as he was within striking distance of winning the ‘A Brilliant Blend’ King of the Mountain classification.

Pauwels was first over the summit and collected the maximum points but was somewhat bemused to not see the overnight leader of the climbing category, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-Prevoyance), challenging him. It turned out Dumoulin had made a mistake and attacked the climb on the next lap not realising he had already lost the jersey.

It was then the turn of the sprint specialists’ teams to begin the set up for the stage finish and the speed increased significantly as Unibet.com, Predictor-Lotto, Navigators and Credit Agricole all turned up the gas to set up their sprinters.

The final classification gave Elmiger the Tour win in a total race time for the five stages of of 15hr46min38sec. He finished three seconds clear of Menzies, 11 seconds ahead of CSC rider Lars Bak (DEN) and 13 seconds in front of Australian Matthew Lloyd (Predictor-Lotto).

The ‘A Brilliant Blend’ King of the Mountain classification was won by Belgian Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques).

The ‘SA Lotteries’ Sprint classicifation was awarded to Frenchman Laurent Brochard (Bouyges Telecom).

20 year old Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) won the ‘Share the Road’ Best Young Rider award finishing tenth overall.

The ‘Century 21’ Most Aggressive Rider of the Day was Denmark’s Matti Breschel from Team CSC.

The ‘Bartercard’ Team Victory was claimed by SouthAustralia.com-AIS who finished more than two minutes clear after being in every attack during the Tour.

The ‘Tanya Denver Memorial Award’ for the highest placed South Australian finisher was awarded to Luke Roberts (CSC).
The Tour Down Under is an internationally accredited race, endorsed by the world cycling federation, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and is owned and managed by Events South Australia, a division of the South Australian Tourism Commission.

The 2007 Tour Down Under runs from the 17 — 21 January 2007. For further information please visit the official website at www.tourdownunder.com.au


Results

1. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1.44.26 (46.50 km/h)
2. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
3. Allan Davis (Aus) Australia-UniSA
4. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
5. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld
6. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
7. Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com
8. Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
9. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
10. Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
11. Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia-UniSA
12. Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram
13. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
14. Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor-Lotto
15. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
16. Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
17. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
18. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
19. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC
20. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
21. Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto
22. Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
23. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
24. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
25. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance
26. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
28. Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
29. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com
30. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31. Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
32. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
33. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
34. Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
35. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram
36. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
37. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.12
38. Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39. Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram
40. Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.22
41. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.34
42. Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.35
43. Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.38
44. Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
46. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
47. Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
48. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
49. Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram
50. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
51. Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
52. Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
53. Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
54. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
55. Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
56. Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.44
57. Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.45
58. Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
59. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
60. Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia-UniSA
61. Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.55
62. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
63. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
64. Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
65. Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
66. Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com
67. Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1.15
68. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.29
69. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.32
70. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.35
71. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
72. Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
73. Glenn D’hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.4
74. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
75. Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
76. Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
77. James Perry (RSA) Barloworld
78. Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team
79. Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team
80. Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
81. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
83. Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
84. Matthew White (Aus) Australia-UniSA
85. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
86. Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia-UniSA
87. Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88. Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
89. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
90. Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 2.1
91. Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com
92. Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com
93. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia-UniSA 10
94. Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team
95. Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
96. Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97. Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team
98. Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
99. Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team
100. Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team
101. Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
102. Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
103. Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia-UniSA
104. Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
105. Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole
DNF Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
DNF Logan Hutchings (NZl) New Zealand National Team

Final GC

1. Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 15.46.38
2. Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia-UniSA 0.03
3. Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.11
4. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.13
5. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.21
6. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.5
7. Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
8. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.55
9. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10. Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.43
11. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52
12. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.58
13. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.08
14. Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram
15. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15
16. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.55
17. Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5.2
18. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.05
19. Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9.21
20. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9.23
21. Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.52
22. Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10.09
23. Martin Mueller (Ger) Team Milram 10.14
24. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 10.45
25. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.53
26. Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 10.56
27. Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.58
28. Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12.1
29. Gordon McCauley (NZl) New Zealand National Team 12.28
30. Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12.39
31. Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia-UniSA 13.37
32. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 14
33. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.37
34. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 14.55
35. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.24
36. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.27
37. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.31
38. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.46
39. Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 16.51
40. Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17
41. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.11
42. Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 18.41
43. Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 19.33
44. Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 20.58
45. Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 21.51
46. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 22.31
47. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 22.42
48. Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 23.2
49. Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.27
50. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 23.43
51. Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 24.24
52. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.12
53. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 26.23
54. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 26.25
55. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram
56. Nicolas Roche (Ire) Crédit Agricole 26.31
57. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 26.36
58. Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 26.52
59. Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 27.03
60. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 27.26
61. Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 27.47
62. Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 27.56
63. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
64. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.16
65. Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 28.26
66. Glenn D’hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 28.34
67. Robert McLachlan (Aus) Australia-UniSA 28.41
68. James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 28.47
69. Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 28.51
70. Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.55
71. Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.21
72. Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 30.33
73. Allan Davis (Aus) Australia-UniSA 31.27
74. Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 32.09
75. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia-UniSA 32.55
76. Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 33.02
77. Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 33.03
78. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.11
79. Oliver Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
80. Tim Gudsell (NZl) New Zealand National Team
81. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 33.43
82. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33.45
83. Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 33.49
84. Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.01
85. Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram
86. Fred Rodriquez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 34.05
87. Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 34.06
88. Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.23
89. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 34.27
90. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
91. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS
92. Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 34.44
93. Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 34.55
94. Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 35
95. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 35.24
96. Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 35.29
97. Matthew White (Aus) Australia-UniSA
98. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 35.45
99. Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 38.42
100. Peter Latham (NZl) New Zealand National Team 43.49
101. Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 44.05
102. Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team
103. Russell Van Hout (Aus) Australia-UniSA
104. Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
105. Nicki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram

Mountains Classification

1. Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 pts
2. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28
3. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 24
4. Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 16
5. Heath Blackgrove (NZl) New Zealand National Team 16
6. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 12
7. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 12
8. Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 12
9. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12
10. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12
11. Glenn D’hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12
12. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8
13. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8
14. Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 8
15. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8
16. Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8
17. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
18. Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia-UniSA 6
19. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 6
20. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6
21. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
22. Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 4
23. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 4
24. Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 4
25. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4
26. Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4

Points Classification

1. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 pts
2. Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 18
3. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14
4. Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12
5. Karl Menzies (Aus) Australia-UniSA 10
6. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10
7. Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10
8. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10
9. Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 10
10. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 10
11. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8
12. Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 8
13. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 8
14. Allan Davis (Aus) Australia-UniSA 8
15. Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Australia-UniSA 6
16. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6
17. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
18. Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4
19. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
20. Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 4
21. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
22. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4
23. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2
24. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2
25. Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2
26. Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2
27. Matt Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 2

U23 Classification

1. Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.48.21
2. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 9.02
3. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 12.17
4. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.03
5. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 20.59
6. Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 21.37
7. Johnnie Walker (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25.2
8. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Australia-UniSA 31.12
9. Michael Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 31.19
10. Clinton Avery (NZl) New Zealand National Team 33.12
11. Matthew Haydock (NZl) New Zealand National Team 42.22

Team Classification

1. SouthAustralia.com-AIS 46.59.14
2. Team CSC 3.35
3. Unibet.com 15.04
4. Bouygues Telecom 18.27
5. Crédit Agricole 18.46
6. Predictor-Lotto 24
7. Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25.1
8. Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39.51
9. Barloworld 40.06
10. AG2r Prévoyance 44.01
11. Team Milram 49.17
12. Australia-UniSA 50.38
13. Agritubel 50.43
14. New Zealand National Team 1.03.53