André Greipel vandt første etape

nullHTC-Columbia viste dermed, at det ikke var normal standard, da de blev slået i søndags ved det 51 kilometer lange gadeløb, Cancer Council Helpline Classic.

Etapen blev i øvrigt præget af et tre mand stort udbrud bestående af Tim Roe (UniSA), Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) og Biel Kadri (Ag2R La Mondiale). På stigningen ved Menglers Hill udenfor Tanunda forsøgte Tim Roe at gå solo, men HTC-Columbia havde tingene under kontrol, og med tyve kilometer til mål var det slut for de tre, da Biel Kadri som den første måtte strække gevær. Dernæst var det Martin Kohler, der blev hentet, og til sidst matte Tim Roe også sande, at overmagten blev for stærk.

Henimod slutningen forsøgte Team Milrams Thomas Rohregger sig med et angreb. En sprinterafslutning er ikke lige bjergrytterens kop te, så han forsøgte at sætte sin egen dagsorden, men heller ikke han havde held mod HTC-Columbia toget, som sørgede for at holde det hele samlet, indtil André Greipel færdiggjorde arbejdet.

Gert Steegmans (Team RadioShack) kom I mål som nummer to, mens Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) sikrede sig tredjepladsen.

Danske Team Saxo Banks nye australier, Baden Cooke, kørte over målstregen som sekser.

Foto: Sirotti

Resultat af 1. etape
1 Andre Greipel - HTC-Columbia 03.15.30
2 Gert Steegmans - Team RadioShack
3 Jurgen Roelandts - Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Danilo Wyss - BMC Racing Team
5 Greg Henderson - Team Sky
6 Baden Cooke - Team Saxo Bank
7 Graeme Brown - Rabobank
8 Robbie McEwen - Katyusha
9 Jose Rojas - Caisse d'Epargne
10 Valeriy Dmitriyev - Astana
11 René Mandri - Ag2r-La Mondiale
12 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team
13 Robbie Hunter - Garmin-Transitions
14 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step
15 Gorka Izagirre - Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 Aitor Perez Arrieta - Footon Servetto
17 Thomas Rohregger - Team Milram
18 Martin Elmiger - Ag2r-La Mondiale
19 Yuriy Krivtsov - Ag2r-La Mondiale
20 Luke Roberts - Team Milram
21 Ivan Velasco - Euskaltel - Euskadi
22 Arthur Vichot - Française Des Jeux
23 Jacopo Guarnieri - Liquigas-Doimo
24 Josep Jufre Pou - Astana
25 Christopher Sutton - Team Sky
26 Eduard Vorganov - Katyusha
27 Andriy Grivko - Astana
28 Michael Matthews - Team UniSA-Australia
29 Gorazd Stangelj - Astana
30 Stef Clement - Rabobank
31 Fabio Sabatini - Liquigas-Doimo
32 Pieter Weening - Rabobank
33 Anthony Roux - Française Des Jeux
34 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step
35 Cameron Meyer - Garmin-Transitions
36 Alejandro Valverde - Caisse d'Epargne
37 Mathieu Drujon - Caisse d'Epargne
38 Luis Leon Sanchez - Caisse d'Epargne
39 Christian Meier - Garmin-Transitions
40 Frank Høj - Team Saxo Bank
41 Addy Engels - Quick Step
42 Thomas Frei - BMC Racing Team
43 Perget Mathieu - Caisse d'Epargne
44 Ivan Gutierrez - Caisse d'Epargne
45 Koos Moerenhout - Rabobank
46 Lance Armstrong - Team RadioShack
47 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman - Footon Servetto
48 Mathew Hayman - Team Sky
49 Jens Voigt - Team Saxo Bank
50 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team
51 Mikel Nieve - Euskaltel - Euskadi
52 Mauro Santambrogio - BMC Racing Team
53 Mauro Finetto - Liquigas-Doimo
54 Jos Van Emden - Rabobank
55 Stijn Vandenbergh - Katyusha
56 Oscar Pereiro - Astana
57 Stuart O'grady - Team Saxo Bank
58 Markus Fothen - Team Milram
59 Wesley Sulzberger - Française Des Jeux
60 Cyril Dessel - Ag2r-La Mondiale
61 Ludovic Turpin - Ag2r-La Mondiale
62 Anders Lund - Team Saxo Bank
63 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel - Euskadi
64 Timothy Roe - Team UniSA-Australia
65 Thibaut Pinot - Française Des Jeux
66 Biel Kadri - Ag2r-La Mondiale
67 Peter Mcdonald - Team UniSA-Australia
68 Martin Kohler - BMC Racing Team
69 Trent Lowe - Garmin-Transitions
70 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions
71 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez - Astana
72 Bernhard Eisel - HTC-Columbia
73 Tiziano Dall'antionia - Liquigas-Doimo
74 Michael Rogers - HTC-Columbia
75 Julian Dean - Garmin-Transitions
76 Martin Pedersen - Footon Servetto
77 Serguei Klimov - Katyusha
78 Matthew Lloyd - Omega Pharma-Lotto
79 Rohan Dennis - Team UniSA-Australia
80 Hayden Roulston - HTC-Columbia
81 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo
82 Daryl Impey - Team RadioShack
83 Juan Ripoll Horrach - Katyusha
84 Tomas Vaitkus - Team RadioShack
85 Marcel Sieberg - HTC-Columbia 0.11
86 Yaroslav Popovych - Team RadioShack 0.13
87 Sebastien Rosseler - Team RadioShack
88 Davide Vigano - Team Sky 0.34
89 Jack Bobridge - Garmin-Transitions 1.38
90 Matthew Goss - HTC-Columbia
91 Christopher Froome - Team Sky 2.58
92 Maciej Paterski - Liquigas-Doimo 6.22
93 Miguel Minguez - Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.22
94 Daniel Sesma - Euskaltel - Euskadi
95 Jonas Ljungblad - Omega Pharma-Lotto
96 Allan Davis - Astana
97 Jonathan Castroviejo - Euskaltel - Euskadi
98 Jonathan Cantwell - Team UniSA-Australia
99 Thomas Vedel Kvist - Quick Step
100 David Kemp - Team UniSA-Australia
101 Manuel Cardoso - Footon Servetto
102 David Gutierrez - Footon Servetto
103 Russell Downing - Team Sky
104 Bert Grabsch - HTC-Columbia
105 Robert Forster - Team Milram
106 Kristijan Koren - Liquigas-Doimo
107 Björn Schroder - Team Milram
108 Jurgen Van Goolen - Omega Pharma-Lotto
109 Ben Swift - Team Sky
110 Yauheni Hutarovich - Française Des Jeux
111 Anthony Ravard - Ag2r-La Mondiale
112 Simon Clarke - Team UniSA-Australia
113 Mickael Delage - Omega Pharma-Lotto
114 Mikael Cherel - Française Des Jeux
115 Pierre Cazaux - Française Des Jeux
116 Denis Galimzyanov - Katyusha
117 Alexandr Pliuschin - Katyusha
118 Michele Merlo - Footon Servetto
119 Mauro Facci - Quick Step
120 David Vitoria - Footon Servetto
121 Jose Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne
122 Wim Stroetinga - Team Milram
123 Rick Flens - Rabobank
124 Kevin Van Impe - Quick Step
125 Olivier Kaisen - Omega Pharma-Lotto
126 Gerben Lowik - Omega Pharma-Lotto
127 Thomas Leezer - Rabobank
128 Kasper Klostergaard - Team Saxo Bank
129 Juan Jose Haedo - Team Saxo Bank
130 Jason McCartney - Team RadioShack
131 Karsten Kroon - BMC Racing Team
132 Dominik Roels - Team Milram 10.43

Samlet stilling
1 Andre Greipel - HTC-Columbia 03.15.20
2 Gert Steegmans - Team RadioShack 0.04
3 Martin Kohler - BMC Racing Team
4 Jurgen Roelandts - Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.06
5 Biel Kadri - Ag2r-La Mondiale
6 Timothy Roe - Team UniSA-Australia 0.08
7 Danilo Wyss - BMC Racing Team 0.10
8 Greg Henderson - Team Sky
9 Baden Cooke - Team Saxo Bank
10 Graeme Brown - Rabobank
11 Robbie McEwen - Katyusha
12 Jose Rojas - Caisse d'Epargne
13 Valeriy Dmitriyev - Astana
14 René Mandri - Ag2r-La Mondiale
15 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team
16 Robbie Hunter - Garmin-Transitions
17 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step
18 Gorka Izagirre - Euskaltel - Euskadi
19 Aitor Perez Arrieta - Footon Servetto
20 Thomas Rohregger - Team Milram
21 Martin Elmiger - Ag2r-La Mondiale
22 Yuriy Krivtsov - Ag2r-La Mondiale
23 Luke Roberts - Team Milram
24 Ivan Velasco - Euskaltel - Euskadi
25 Arthur Vichot - Française Des Jeux
26 Jacopo Guarnieri - Liquigas-Doimo
27 Josep Jufre Pou - Astana
28 Christopher Sutton - Team Sky
29 Eduard Vorganov - Katyusha
30 Andriy Grivko - Astana
31 Michael Matthews - Team UniSA-Australia
32 Gorazd Stangelj - Astana
33 Stef Clement - Rabobank
34 Fabio Sabatini - Liquigas-Doimo
35 Pieter Weening - Rabobank
36 Anthony Roux - Française Des Jeux
37 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step
38 Cameron Meyer - Garmin-Transitions
39 Alejandro Valverde - Caisse d'Epargne
40 Mathieu Drujon - Caisse d'Epargne
41 Luis Leon Sanchez - Caisse d'Epargne
42 Christian Meier - Garmin-Transitions
43 Frank Høj - Team Saxo Bank
44 Addy Engels - Quick Step
45 Thomas Frei - BMC Racing Team
46 Perget Mathieu - Caisse d'Epargne
47 Ivan Gutierrez - Caisse d'Epargne
48 Koos Moerenhout - Rabobank
49 Lance Armstrong - Team RadioShack
50 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman - Footon Servetto
51 Mathew Hayman - Team Sky
52 Jens Voigt - Team Saxo Bank
53 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team
54 Mikel Nieve - Euskaltel - Euskadi
55 Mauro Santambrogio - BMC Racing Team
56 Mauro Finetto - Liquigas-Doimo
57 Jos Van Emden - Rabobank
58 Stijn Vandenbergh - Katyusha
59 Oscar Pereiro - Astana
60 Stuart O'grady - Team Saxo Bank
61 Markus Fothen - Team Milram
62 Wesley Sulzberger - Française Des Jeux
63 Cyril Dessel - Ag2r-La Mondiale
64 Ludovic Turpin - Ag2r-La Mondiale
65 Anders Lund - Team Saxo Bank
66 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel - Euskadi
67 Thibaut Pinot - Française Des Jeux
68 Peter Mcdonald - Team UniSA-Australia
69 Trent Lowe - Garmin-Transitions
70 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions
71 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez - Astana
72 Bernhard Eisel - HTC-Columbia
73 Tiziano Dall'antionia - Liquigas-Doimo
74 Michael Rogers - HTC-Columbia
75 Julian Dean - Garmin-Transitions
76 Martin Pedersen - Footon Servetto
77 Serguei Klimov - Katyusha
78 Matthew Lloyd - Omega Pharma-Lotto
79 Rohan Dennis - Team UniSA-Australia
80 Hayden Roulston - HTC-Columbia
81 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo
82 Daryl Impey - Team RadioShack
83 Juan Ripoll Horrach - Katyusha
84 Tomas Vaitkus - Team RadioShack
85 Marcel Sieberg - HTC-Columbia 0.21
86 Yaroslav Popovych - Team RadioShack 0.23
87 Sebastien Rosseler - Team RadioShack
88 Davide Vigano - Team Sky 0.44
89 Jack Bobridge - Garmin-Transitions 1.48
90 Matthew Goss - HTC-Columbia
91 Christopher Froome - Team Sky 3.08
92 Maciej Paterski - Liquigas-Doimo 6.32
93 Miguel Minguez - Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.32
94 Daniel Sesma - Euskaltel - Euskadi
95 Jonas Ljungblad - Omega Pharma-Lotto
96 Allan Davis - Astana
97 Jonathan Castroviejo - Euskaltel - Euskadi
98 Jonathan Cantwell - Team UniSA-Australia
99 Thomas Vedel Kvist - Quick Step
100 David Kemp - Team UniSA-Australia
101 Manuel Cardoso - Footon Servetto
102 David Gutierrez - Footon Servetto
103 Russell Downing - Team Sky
104 Bert Grabsch - HTC-Columbia
105 Robert Forster - Team Milram
106 Kristijan Koren - Liquigas-Doimo
107 Björn Schroder - Team Milram
108 Jurgen Van Goolen - Omega Pharma-Lotto
109 Ben Swift - Team Sky
110 Yauheni Hutarovich - Française Des Jeux
111 Anthony Ravard - Ag2r-La Mondiale
112 Simon Clarke - Team UniSA-Australia
113 Mickael Delage - Omega Pharma-Lotto
114 Mikael Cherel - Française Des Jeux
115 Pierre Cazaux - Française Des Jeux
116 Denis Galimzyanov - Katyusha
117 Alexandr Pliuschin - Katyusha
118 Michele Merlo - Footon Servetto
119 Mauro Facci - Quick Step
120 David Vitoria - Footon Servetto
121 Jose Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne
122 Wim Stroetinga - Team Milram
123 Rick Flens - Rabobank
124 Kevin Van Impe - Quick Step
125 Olivier Kaisen - Omega Pharma-Lotto
126 Gerben Lowik - Omega Pharma-Lotto
127 Thomas Leezer - Rabobank
128 Kasper Klostergaard - Team Saxo Bank
129 Juan Jose Haedo - Team Saxo Bank
130 Jason McCartney - Team RadioShack
131 Karsten Kroon - BMC Racing Team
132 Dominik Roels - Team Milram 10.53

Points classification
1 Martin Kohler - BMC Racing Team 12  pts
2 Andre Greipel - HTC-Columbia 8
3 Biel Kadri - Ag2r-La Mondiale 8
4 Gert Steegmans - Team RadioShack 6
5 Jurgen Roelandts - Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
6 Timothy Roe - Team UniSA-Australia 4

Holdkonkurrencen
1 Timothy Roe - Team UniSA-Australia 16  pts
2 Biel Kadri - Ag2r-La Mondiale 12
3 Martin Kohler - BMC Racing Team 8
4 Thomas Rohregger - Team Milram 6
5 Mauro Finetto - Liquigas-Doimo 4

Holdkonkurrencen
1 Ag2R La Mondiale 09.46.30
2 BMC Racing Team
3 Astana
4 Rabobank
5 Team Sky
6 Caisse d'Epargne
7 Garmin - Transitions
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Team Katusha
10 Quick Step
11 Team Saxo Bank
12 Milram
13 Liquigas-Doimo
14 Francaise des Jeux
15 Team RadioShack
16 Footon-Servetto-Fuji
17 HTC-Columbia
18 UniSA - Australia
19 Omega Pharma - Lotto 8.22