The first Pro-Tour event of the year ended in Adelaide on Sunday with a 1-2 win for te new Team Sky.  However it was the man in fifth place on the stage who claimed the overall, Andre Greipel of HTC-Columbia.

The previous day, stage 5, had seen fireworks as some top riders made a break to shake up the overall that almost succeeded. Caisse d’Epargne’s Alejandro Valverdre and Luis Leon Sanchez and World Champ Cadel Evans (BMC) broke clear of the Peloton in a brave attempt that just stayed  clear, by about a second.  This was a big shock (the riders in the breakaway, not that they were caught).  Evans in particular had largely been expected to show up and smile for the cameras.  Does this point to peaking too early in the season or is it a sign of things to come?

Meanwhile Columbia kept in front and Greipels fifth on the final stage put him on the top step with Sanchez in second and Greg Henderson of Team Sky in third.  Also a sign of things to come…

Results stage 6

1 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 1:53:20
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha
5 Andre Greipel (Ger) HTC-Columbia
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
7 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Columbia
8 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
10 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne

Final classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) HTC-Columbia 18:47:05
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:11
3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:00:15
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha 0:00:17
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha 0:00:25
8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:26
9 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:27
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:29
12 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
14 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0:00:30
15 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Transitions
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r-La Mondiale
17 René Mandri (Est) Ag2r-La Mondiale
18 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:32
20 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon Servetto 0:00:39
21 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
22 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon Servetto
23 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:46
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC-Columbia 0:00:58
25 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:03
26 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:24
27 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Katyusha 0:01:27
28 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:35
29 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:38
30 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:01:47
31 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team RadioShack 0:01:49
32 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:02:10
33 Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Columbia 0:02:11
34 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:29
35 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:02:34
36 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack 0:02:36
37 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
38 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Katyusha 0:02:42
39 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 0:02:48
40 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Astana 0:02:57
41 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana 0:03:05
42 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 0:03:07
43 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team RadioShack 0:03:11
44 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Columbia 0:03:14
45 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana 0:03:18
46 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:03:26
47 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:33
48 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:03:36
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:03:38
50 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0:03:48
51 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:59
52 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:50
53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0:04:53
54 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Transitions 0:04:58
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:05:15
56 Juan Ripoll Horrach (Spa) Katyusha 0:05:24
57 Perget Mathieu (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 0:05:30
58 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:05:53
59 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:06:23
60 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 0:07:03
61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Team Sky 0:07:16
62 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
63 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:07:32
64 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:07:36
65 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:08:04
66 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:08:08
67 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:08:11
68 Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:08:47
69 Stuart O’grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:09:24
70 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:09:31
71 Davide Vigano (Ita) Team Sky 0:09:48
72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Astana 0:10:02
73 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:10:16
74 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Columbia 0:10:53
75 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:10:55
76 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
77 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0:11:08
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:11:33
79 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:11:41
80 David Vitoria (Swi) Footon Servetto 0:11:54
81 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:09
82 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:13:06
83 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) HTC-Columbia 0:13:21
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:13:29
85 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:13:38
86 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:13:57
87 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0:14:03
88 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana 0:14:42
89 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:14:50
90 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon Servetto 0:15:04
91 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 0:16:13
92 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0:17:34
93 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:18:12
94 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:18:13
95 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katyusha 0:18:24
96 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky 0:18:41
97 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:18:45
98 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:19:00
99 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 0:19:09
100 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0:19:28
101 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 0:20:02
102 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:20:05
103 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon Servetto 0:20:11
104 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0:20:16
105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:21:42
106 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux 0:22:36
107 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katyusha 0:23:28
108 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:23:35
109 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:24:17
110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Columbia 0:25:26
111 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:25:51
112 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:25:53
113 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:27:12
114 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 0:27:22
115 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:27:33
116 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 0:28:02
117 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:28:19
118 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo 0:29:05
119 David Gutierrez (Spa) Footon Servetto 0:29:20
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:29:26
121 Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon Servetto 0:29:51
122 Jose Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:30:47
123 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0:31:20
124 Björn Schroder (Ger) Team Milram 0:33:00
125 David Kemp (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:33:10
126 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 0:36:18
127 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:42:47
Mountains classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 62 pts
2 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 36
3 David Kemp (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 28
4 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 22
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 16
6 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 16
7 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
8 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 14
9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 12
10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram 12
11 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 12
12 Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 12
13 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 12
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 8
15 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 8
16 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 8
17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 8
18 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8
19 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8
20 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha 6
21 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 6
22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 6
23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) HTC-Columbia 6
24 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team RadioShack 4
25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana 4
26 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4
27 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 4
28 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon Servetto 4
Sprint classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) HTC-Columbia 24 pts
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 18
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha 16
4 David Kemp (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 16
5 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12
6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 12
7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha 10
8 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 10
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 10
10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 8
11 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 8
12 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions 8
13 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 8
14 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 8
15 Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8
16 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon Servetto 8
17 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 6
19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram 6
20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack 6
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4
22 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
23 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 4
24 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 4
25 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
26 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 4
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2
28 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 2
30 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 2
31 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
32 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 2
33 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 2
Young rider classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 18:47:31
2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0:00:13
3 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:20
4 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:58
5 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:09
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:12
7 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:01:44
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:03:00
9 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:03:10
10 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:33
11 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:24
12 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Transitions 0:04:32
13 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:05:27
14 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:07:38
15 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:07:42
16 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:07:45
17 Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:08:21
18 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:09:05
19 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:09:50
20 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Columbia 0:10:27
21 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:10:29
22 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:12:40
23 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:13:31
24 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:14:24
25 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 0:15:47
26 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0:17:08
27 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:17:46
28 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:17:47
29 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katyusha 0:17:58
30 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:18:34
31 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0:19:02
32 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 0:19:36
33 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katyusha 0:23:02
34 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:23:51
35 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:26:46
36 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia 0:27:07
37 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:27:53
38 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo 0:28:39
39 David Gutierrez (Spa) Footon Servetto 0:28:54
40 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 0:35:52
Teams classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ag2R La Mondiale 56:22:45
2 Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:02
3 Garmin - Transitions 0:00:29
4 Team Katusha 0:00:32
5 HTC-Columbia 0:00:51
6 Team Radioshack 0:00:56
7 Astana 0:00:58
8 Liquigas Doimo 0:01:08
9 Francaise Des Jeux 0:01:40
10 Milram 0:02:02
11 BMC Racing Team 0:02:07
12 Footon-Servetto-Fuji 0:02:29
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:04:11
14 Team Sky 0:04:24
15 Team Saxo Bank 0:04:36
16 Uni SA - Australia 0:05:15
17 Rabobank 0:08:02
18 Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:12:50
19 Quick Step 0:19:04