2016 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

18th edition: January 19 - January 24

Also: People's Choice Classic (Tour Down Under Classic) Criterium, January 17

Tour Down Under Podium History | 2015 edition | 2017 edition | Start list | Pre-race photos

Down Under Classic | Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6

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6th and Final Stage, Sunday, January 24: Adelaide Circuit Race, 90 km (20 x 4.5 km laps)

Results | Stage 6 video | Stage 6 photos | Stage 6 map and profile

Caleb Ewen wins Tour Down Under Stage 6

The Race: Here is the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Australian Simon Gerrans has been crowned Santos Tour Down Under champion for a record fourth time with Orica GreenEdge celebrating double success after Caleb Ewan sprinted home to win the final stage. “It's certainly a dream result and we couldn't have asked for more,” said Gerrans, 35, who also won two individual stages and the iiNet sprint title.

Gerrans was overjoyed to reclaim the crown he also won in 2006, 2012 and 2014. He had a horror run of injury in 2015 but arrived in Adelaide in top form and ready to race. “We are so lucky to have this race here in Australia,” said Gerrans who claimed his victory in front of 97 thousand fans. “It's fantastic to race the Santos Tour Down Under with Orica-Greenedge, an Aussie team winning a WorldTour race in Australia, it's just awesome.

“The boys did a sensational job today, they kept me at the front, out of trouble and delivered Caleb (Ewan) as close to the line as possible,” said Gerrans. “What a fantastic week it's been for us.”

His young teammate Ewan, 21,  reinforced his sprinting credentials and repaid his team’s backing to win today’s stage by more than a bike length from Mark Renshaw (Dimension Data) with Giacomo Nizzoli (Trek Segafredo) third. “Obviously it wasn’t just a great week for me, the team showed that this week they are by far the strongest,” said Ewan.

“It was always going to be hard to come to this race and chase both stages (wins) and overall victory,” said Ewan who, although he also won the opening stage, knew the team’s priority was for Gerrans to win the title. “I’m so happy that we came away with four stages and the overall.

“I actually got caught behind on the way down to the finish line (today) and I was way back in the bunch and I had go back to the front,” he explained. “Luckily my team-mates brought me up to where I wanted to be for sprinting and it all went well.”

Orica GreenEdge team director, Matt White, had nothing but praise for his team. “It's been a huge week for our team, to win the overall and book-end with Caleb, this was confirmation for Caleb, he clearly was the fastest rider here all week,” said White. “And for Gerro (Gerrans) to come back, everyone saw how hard he worked. This will set the tone for rest of the year.”

Gerrans ended the 781 kilometre six stage event on a total time of 19h11m33s, nine seconds ahead of fellow Australian Richie Porte (BMC Racing) with Colombian Sergio Luis Henao (Team SKY) third at eleven seconds.

The Subaru King of the Mountain classification was won by Henao who amassed 38 points, ten ahead of Porte with Michael Woods (Cannondale) third on 20 points.

Tinkoff’s Jay McCarthy was fourth overall which gave him the Europcar Young Rider title as the top ranked rider under the age of 25. “I'm definitely very happy with how it's gone this week,” said McCarthy who wore the Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey for a day after winning the second stage. “To finish fourth brings me the confidence I needed and I hope to deliver some more good results, I want to deliver more for the team.

“I love the crowd and the atmosphere here,” said the young Australian who raced on front of a total of 731 thousand fans this week. “I had a lot of my family (from Queensland) here to watch me. Every time I've done the Tour Down Under, they've come to Adelaide as well. To be up on the podium for them and my team has been super exciting,” he said.

Cannondale Pro Cycling, who finished with two riders in the top ten, goes home with the Wilson Parking Winning Team trophy which they won by a narrow nine second margin over Movistar.  Etixx Quickstep was third ranked at 1min 12sec.

“Winning the teams classification here is a really good start for Cannondale,” said Simon Clarke who joined the team this year. ”We are on a mission this year to take the team to another level and unity is the key to getting results. This classification shows our unity,” he said. “The focus this week was to ride together… and to get to the podium with the whole team.”

Today’s Be Safe Be Seen MAC Stage 6 was no place for the faint hearted with an average speed of 47 kilometres an hour for the 90 kilometre, 20 lap, race on the Adelaide street circuit. If anyone had expected an easy day in the saddle they were in for a shock as the pace over the first 20 kilometres was relentless.

An attack went on the first lap that saw five riders breakaway and by the end of the first lap they were 30 seconds down the road. But the quintet included two riders who posed a threat in George Bennett (Lotto NL Jumbo) and Carlos Verona (Etixx QuickStep), both sitting less than 1min20sec off the race lead.

That forced Orica GreenEdge to the front immediately in pursuit of the escapees but it took them close to 20 kilometres to get the job done. Almost immediately another Lotto NL Jumbo rider, Maarten Tjallingi, launched a counter attack. Joining him soon after was another Dutchman, Thomas De Gendt from Lotto Soudal.

With both sitting more than 20 minutes out of contention they obviously hoped that would be allowed to sneak away but they struggled to increase their lead above 30 seconds.

Tjallingi was first under the arch at the end of lap eight (36km) for the first of two iiNet intermediate sprints.  De Gendt was second and twenty seconds later Orica GreenEdge’s Daryl Impey stymied Tinkoff’s efforts to set Jay McCarthy up for the minor points.

Two Subaru King of the Mountain climbs featured in today’s stage but the overnight leader, Henao had no cause for concern as he started the day with an unassailable lead.

The first time up Montefiore Hill, De Gendt crossed the line ahead of Tjallingii, as the pair churned through the kilometres setting an average pace of close to 47 kilometres an hour. Colombian Jarlinson Pantano  (IAM Cycling) was third. The second iiNet sprint was contested at the end of lap twelve (54 km) and De Gendt rode through with Tjallingii on his wheel. Not far behind Frenchman Johan Le Bon (FDJ) was alone in third place.

The peloton was matching the pace of the leaders and holding the break to 30 seconds, nowhere near enough to secure a shot at the stage win. As the race headed into the final 30 kilometres the margin to the lead pair was down to 18 seconds.

The second Subaru King of the Mountain climb was won by Tjallingii ahead of De Gendt with the bunch led over the line 23 seconds late by Pantano.

Astana launched it’s own pursuit with Laurens De Vreese and  Lieuwe Westra which triggered a surge of pace from 38 year old Tjallingii. De Gendt threw in the towel and dropped back to the peloton. 

Four laps to go (18km) Tjallingii was joined by Westra while De Vreese returned to the bunch but the peloton wanted a sprint finish and they would not be denied, snaring the breakaway ahead of the final, frenetic lap.

Tjallingii might not have stayed clear to contest the stage but his efforts in front of the race earned him the Alpecin Most Competitive rider of the day award. “You never know what is going to happen at the end so you can only try to anticipate a bunch sprint,” he said. “I had in mind that the bunch could break up in the last lap and let me alone away for the stage victory and I wanted to see if there was any possibility to win.

“It's been a great week of racing,” said Tjallingii. “It's great to begin the season here with a lot of spectators around, South Australians are very supportive of the cyclists.”

Complete Results:

90 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.943 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica–GreenEdge	1hr 55min 2sec
2	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
4	Adam Blythe	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Alexey Tsatevitch	Katusha	s.t.
6	Ben Swift	Sky	s.t.
7	Marko Kump	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
8	Davide Martinelli	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Leigh Howard	IAM Cycling	s.t.
10	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale	s.t.
11	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
13	Steele von Hoff	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
14	Greg Henderson	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	Juan José Lobato	Movistar	s.t.
16	Floris Gerts	BMC	s.t.
17	Koen De Kort	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
18	Georg Preidler	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
19	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
20	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	s.t.
21	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
22	Luka Pibernik	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
23	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	s.t.
24	Sergio Henao	Sky	s.t.
25	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
26	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
28	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	s.t.
29	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
30	Cameron Meyer	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Richie Porte	BMC	s.t.
32	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
33	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	s.t.
34	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	s.t.
35	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
36	Jascha Sütterlin	Movistar	s.t.
37	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
38	Anthony Giacoppo	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
39	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
40	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	s.t.
41	David De La Cruz	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
43	Davide Malacarne	Astana	s.t.
44	Daryl Impey	Orica–GreenEdge	s.t.
45	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	Boy Van Poppel	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
47	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
48	Peter Velits	BMC	s.t.
49	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	s.t.
50	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	s.t.
51	Petr Vakoc	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Carlos Verona	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
53	Alessandro De Marchi	BMC	s.t.
54	Louis Meintjes	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
55	Egor Silin	Katusha	s.t.
56	Tiago Machado	Katusha	s.t.
57	Chris Hamilton	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
58	Pieter Serry	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling	s.t.
60	Manuele Mori	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
61	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
62	Federico Zurlo	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
63	Nathan Haas	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	Jarlinson Pantano	IAM Cycling	s.t.
65	Jesse Sergent	Ag2r	s.t.
66	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha	s.t.
67	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
68	Alberto Bettiol	Cannondale	s.t.
69	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	s.t.
70	Ruben Zepuntke	Cannondale	s.t.
71	Julian Arredondo	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
72	Kiel Reijnen	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
73	Michael Albasini	Orica–GreenEdge	s.t.
74	George Bennett	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
75	Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
76	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	s.t.
77	Adam Phelan	Drapac	@ 12sec
78	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:14
79	Luke Rowe	Sky	s.t.
80	Bert De Backer	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
81	Martin Velits	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Nathan Earle	Drapac	s.t.
83	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff	s.t.
84	Sergey Lagutin	Katusha	s.t.
85	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
86	Mathew Hayman	Orica–GreenEdge	0:00:19
87	Jack Bobridge	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
88	Lucas Hamilton	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
89	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Rohan Dennis	BMC	s.t.
91	Peter Stetina	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
92	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	s.t.
93	Cyril Gautier	Ag2r	s.t.
94	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	s.t.
95	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
96	Maarten Tjallingii	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
97	Sean Lake	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
98	Patrick Lane	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
99	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	0:00:25
100	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	0:00:26
101	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	Samuel Spokes	Drapac	s.t.
103	Simon Geschke	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
104	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff	s.t.
105	Carter Jones	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
106	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r	s.t.
107	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	s.t.
108	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
109	Cheng Ji	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
110	Martijn Keizer	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:00:42
111	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
112	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	s.t.
113	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha	s.t.
114	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	0:00:44
115	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	0:00:52
116	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek–Segafredo	0:00:54
117	Michael Hepburn	Orica–GreenEdge	@ 1min 14sec
118	Luke Durbridge	Orica–GreenEdge	s.t.
119	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff	s.t.
120	Luis Leon Sanchez	Astana	s.t.
121	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	0:01:19
122	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
123	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	0:01:22
124	Lars Boom	Astana	0:01:23
125	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	0:01:27
126	Tyler Farrar	Dimension Data	0:01:29
127	Benoit Vaugrenard	FDJ	0:01:31
128	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
129	Lieuwe Westra	Astana	s.t.
130	Peter Kennaugh	Sky	0:01:48
131	Ian Stannard	Sky	s.t.
132	Patrick Shaw	UniSA-Australia	0:02:04
133	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	0:02:06
134	Oscar Gatto	Tinkoff	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 6:

781.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.709 km/hr

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	19hr 11min 33sec
2	Richie Porte	BMC	@ 9sec
3	Sergio Henao	Sky	0:00:11
4	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	0:00:20
5	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
6	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	0:00:28
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
8	Rafael Valls	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:36
9	Steve Morabito	FDJ	0:00:49
10	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	0:00:50
11	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	0:00:52
12	Cameron Meyer	Dimension Data	0:00:56
13	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	0:00:58
14	Chris Hamilton	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
15	Luis Leon Sanchez	Astana	@ 1min 2sec
16	Louis Meintjes	Lampre–Merida	0:01:04
17	Egor Silin	Katusha	0:01:11
18	Tiago Machado	Katusha	s.t.
19	George Bennett	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:01:15
20	Simon Clarke	Cannondale	0:01:18
21	David De La Cruz	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Carlos Verona	Etixx–Quick-Step	0:01:19
23	Rohan Dennis	BMC	0:01:22
24	Anthony Roux	FDJ	0:01:27
25	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
26	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
27	Petr Vakoc	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	0:01:35
29	Georg Preidler	Giant–Alpecin	0:01:38
30	Jarlinson Pantano	IAM Cycling	0:01:44
31	Pieter Serry	Etixx–Quick-Step	0:01:46
32	Davide Malacarne	Astana	0:01:54
33	Jack Bobridge	Trek–Segafredo	0:01:59
34	Nathan Earle	Drapac	0:02:10
35	Peter Stetina	Trek–Segafredo	0:02:13
36	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Soudal	0:02:22
37	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha	0:03:00
38	Cyril Gautier	Ag2r	s.t.
39	Geraint Thomas	Sky	0:03:06
40	Jascha Sütterlin	Movistar	0:03:15
41	Nathan Haas	Dimension Data	0:03:20
42	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	0:03:50
43	Adam Phelan	Drapac	0:03:51
44	Daryl Impey	Orica–GreenEdge	0:04:04
45	Martin Velits	Etixx–Quick-Step	0:04:54
46	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:05:32
47	Lucas Hamilton	UniSA-Australia	0:05:46
48	Lieuwe Westra	Astana	0:05:57
49	Alexey Tsatevitch	Katusha	0:06:15
50	Sergey Lagutin	Katusha	0:06:23
51	Peter Kennaugh	Sky	0:07:32
52	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Soudal	0:09:04
53	Carter Jones	Giant–Alpecin	0:09:33
54	Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay	Lampre–Merida	0:10:00
55	Patrick Lane	UniSA-Australia	0:10:05
56	Anthony Giacoppo	UniSA-Australia	0:11:00
57	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:11:35
58	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	0:11:54
59	Luka Pibernik	Lampre–Merida	0:11:58
60	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	0:12:17
61	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	0:12:24
62	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff	0:12:25
63	Samuel Spokes	Drapac	0:12:30
64	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	0:12:48
65	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	0:12:51
66	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Soudal	0:13:12
67	Ryder Hesjedal	Trek–Segafredo	0:13:39
68	Danilo Wyss	BMC	0:13:54
69	David Tanner	IAM Cycling	0:15:35
70	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	0:16:04
71	Jesse Sergent	Ag2r	0:17:01
72	Peter Velits	BMC	0:17:33
73	Federico Zurlo	Lampre–Merida	0:17:43
74	Alberto Bettiol	Cannondale	0:18:15
75	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	0:18:32
76	Michael Albasini	Orica–GreenEdge	0:18:46
77	Rory Sutherland	Movistar	0:19:11
78	Manuele Mori	Lampre–Merida	0:19:31
79	Ian Stannard	Sky	0:19:47
80	Julian Arredondo	Trek–Segafredo	0:21:15
81	Steele von Hoff	UniSA-Australia	0:21:21
82	Lars Boom	Astana	0:21:24
83	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	0:21:33
84	Mathew Hayman	Orica–GreenEdge	0:21:56
85	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	0:22:04
86	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff	0:22:16
87	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	0:22:30
88	Luke Durbridge	Orica–GreenEdge	0:23:01
89	Patrick Shaw	UniSA-Australia	0:23:14
90	Ruben Zepuntke	Cannondale	0:23:20
91	Simon Geschke	Giant–Alpecin	0:23:36
92	Luke Rowe	Sky	0:23:40
93	Leigh Howard	IAM Cycling	0:24:18
94	Alessandro De Marchi	BMC	0:24:53
95	Floris Gerts	BMC	0:25:09
96	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	0:25:33
97	Boy Van Poppel	Trek–Segafredo	0:25:44
98	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	0:25:58
99	Juan José Lobato	Movistar	0:26:16
100	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	0:26:20
101	Bert-Jan Lindeman	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:26:41
102	Greg Henderson	Lotto-Soudal	0:26:49
103	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff	0:26:53
104	Maarten Tjallingii	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:27:35
105	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	0:28:33
106	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Etixx–Quick-Step	0:31:11
107	Ben Swift	Sky	0:31:36
108	Sean Lake	UniSA-Australia	0:32:24
109	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:32:44
110	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM Cycling	0:33:37
111	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek–Segafredo	0:33:38
112	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	0:34:21
113	Graeme Brown	Drapac	0:34:24
114	Martijn Keizer	LottoNL–Jumbo	0:34:47
115	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	0:35:35
116	Adam Blythe	Tinkoff	0:36:34
117	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	0:36:50
118	Koen De Kort	Giant–Alpecin	0:36:56
119	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	0:37:24
120	Davide Martinelli	Etixx–Quick-Step	0:37:44
121	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r	0:37:56
122	Kiel Reijnen	Trek–Segafredo	0:38:45
123	Oscar Gatto	Tinkoff	0:39:05
124	Caleb Ewan	Orica–GreenEdge	0:39:24
125	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r	0:40:41
126	Bert De Backer	Giant–Alpecin	0:40:45
127	Benoit Vaugrenard	FDJ	0:44:06
128	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale	0:44:12
129	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling	0:44:36
130	Cheng Ji	Giant–Alpecin	0:48:16
131	Tyler Farrar	Dimension Data	0:49:11
132	Marko Kump	Lampre–Merida	0:50:12
133	Vladimir Isaychev	Katusha	0:52:11

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Stage 6 video with commentary by Phil Ligget:

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Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Race leader Simon Gerrans before the stage start

Time to race

A nice day for racing

Maarten Tjallingii on the attack

Racing through Adelaide

Jarlinson Pantano

Richie Porte

Stage 6 averaged 47 km/hr

FDJ rider Anthony Roux

Geraint Thomas

George Bennett tries his luck as well

Thomas de Gendt

Lieuwe Westra

Race leader Simon Gerrans

Rohan Dennis

Tyler Farrar takes the point

Here they come...

And Caleb Ewan gets another one

Peter Kennaugh

After the race, teammates Simon Gerrans and Caleb Ewan

A very happy Orica-GreenEdge team

Stage winner Caleb Ewan

Final GC leader Simon Gerrans

Stage 6 map and profile:

Stage 6 map and profile

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Stage 5, Saturday, January 23: McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 151.5 km

Stage 5 complete results, stage story, photos, video, map and elevation

Richie Porte wins stage 5. Second place Sergio Henao can be seen back down the road.

Stage 5 Results:

1	Richie Porte	BMC	3hr 34min 16sec
2	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	@ 6sec
3	Michael Woods	Cannondale	0:00:09
4	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	0:00:17
5	Rafael Valls	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
6	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	s.t.
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
8	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	s.t.
9	Jarlinson Pantano	IAM Cycling	s.t.
10	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	17hr 16min 31sec
2	Richie Porte	BMC	@ 9sec
3	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	0:00:11
4	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	0:00:20
5	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
6	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	0:00:28
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
8	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:36
9	Steve Morabito	FDJ	0:00:49
10	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	0:00:50

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Stage 4, Friday, January 22: Norwood - Victor Harbor, 138 km

Complete stage 4 results, stage story, photos, video, map and elevation

Simon Gerrans wins two in a row!

Results:

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	3hr 13min 59sec
2	Ben Swift	Sky	s.t.
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
4	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Leigh Howard	IAM Cycling	s.t.
6	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Sergey Lagutin	Katusha	s.t.
8	Alexey Tsatevitch	Katusha	s.t.
9	Nathan Haas	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	13hr 41min 58sec
2	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	@ 14sec
3	Rohan Dennis	BMC	0:00:26
4	Sergio Henao	Sky	0:00:28
5	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
6	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	s.t.
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Michael Woods	Cannondale	0:00:32
9	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:36
10	Richie Porte	BMC	s.t.

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Stage 3, Thursday, January 21: Glenelg - Campbelltown, 139 km

Complete stage 3 results, stage story, photos and video

Simon Gerrans wins stage 3

Results:

139 km raced at an average speed of 38.333 km/hr

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	3hr 37min 34sec
2	Rohan Dennis	BMC	s.t.
3	Michael Woods	Cannondale	s.t.
4	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
6	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	s.t.
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R-La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Richie Porte	BMC	s.t.
10	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

401.8 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.376 km/hr

1	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	10hr 28min 12sec
2	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	@ 3sec
3	Rohan Dennis	BMC	0:00:05
4	Michael Woods	Cannondale	0:00:11
5	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	0:00:15
6	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	Ruben Fernandez	Movistar	s.t.
8	Steve Morabito	FDJ	s.t.
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R-La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Richie Porte	BMC	s.t.

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Stage 2, Wednesday, January 20: Unley - Stirling, 132 km

Complete stage 2 results, stage story, video and photos are posted here

Jay McCarthy wins Tour Down Under Stage 2

Stage 2 Results:

1	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	3hr 26min 40sec
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
3	Rohan Dennis	BMC	s.t.
4	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
5	Petr Vakoc	Etixx–Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	s.t.
7	Juan José Lobato	Team Movistar	s.t.
8	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	s.t.
9	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
10	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff	6hr 50min 43sec
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	@ 4sec
3	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEdge	:05
4	Rohan Dennis	BMC	:06
5	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	:09
6	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	:10
7	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
8	Juan José Lobato	Team Movistar	s.t.
9	Anthony Roux	FDJ	s.t.
10	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant–Alpecin	s.t.

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Stage 1, Tuesday, January 19: Prospect - Lyndoch, 130.8 km

Complete stage 1 results, stage story, video and photos are posted here

Results: 38.430 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica–GreenEdge	3hr 24min 13sec
2	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale	s.t.
4	Marko Kump	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
5	Adam Blythe	Tinkoff	s.t.
6	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
7	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
8	Steele von Hoff	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
9	José Joaquin Rojas	Team Movistar	s.t.
10	Greg Henderson	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica–GreenEdge	3hr 24min 13sec
2	Mark Renshaw	Dimension Data	@ 4sec
3	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale	0:00:06
5	Sean Lake	UniSA-Australia	0:00:07
6	Marko Kump	Lampre–Merida	0:00:10
7	Adam Blythe	Tinkoff	s.t.
8	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
9	Ben Swift	Team Sky	s.t.
10	Steele von Hoff	UniSA-Australia	s.t.

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January 17: People's Choice Classic (Down Under Classic). 51 km Circuit Race. Adelaide, East End

Complete results, race story, video and photos are posted here

Caleb Ewan wins People's Choice Classic

Flash results:

Complete results, race story, video and photos are posted here

1	Caleb Ewan (Orica–GreenEdge)	1hr 2min 25sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek–Segafredo)	s.t.
3	Adam Blythe (Tinkoff)	s.t.
4	Ben Swift (Sky)	s.t.
5	Marko Kump (Lampre–Merida)	s.t.
6	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data)	s.t.
7	Davide Martinelli (Etixx–Quick-Step)	s.t.
8	Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling)	s.t.
9	Wouter Wippert (Cannondale)	s.t.
10	Patrick Shaw (UniSA-Australia)	s.t.

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Startlist, January 17, 2016:

	BMC Racing Team
	Directeur sportif: Peiper Alan
1	Rohan DENNIS
2	Danilo WYSS
3	Alessandro DE MARCHI
4	Richie PORTE
5	Peter VELITS
6	Marcus BURGHARDT
7	Floris GERTS

	Orica Greenedge
	Directeur sportif: White Matthew
11	Simon GERRANS
12	Michael ALBASINI
13	Daryl IMPEY
14	Mathew HAYMAN
15	Luke DURBRIDGE
16	Caleb EWAN
17	Michael HEPBURN

	Team Giant - Alpecin
	Directeur sportif: VISBEEK Aike
21	Simon GESCHKE
22	Bert DE BACKER
23	Koen DE KORT
24	Georg PREIDLER
25	Cheng JI
26	Tobias LUDVIGSSON
27	Carter JONES

	Team Sky
	Directeur sportif: Arvesen Kurt-Asle
31	Geraint THOMAS
32	Sergio Luis HENAO
33	Salvatore PUCCIO
34	Peter KENNAUGH
35	Ian STANNARD
36	Luke ROWE
37	Ben SWIFT

	Lotto-Soudal
	Directeur sportif: Aerts Mario
41	Thomas DE GENDT
42	Lars Ytting BAK
43	Gert DOCKX
44	Greg HENDERSON
45	Rafael VALLS FERRI
46	Pim LIGTHART
47	Adam HANSEN

	Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
	Directeur sportif: Guidi Fabrizio
51	Simon CLARKE
52	Patrick BEVIN
53	Michael WOODS
54	Moreno MOSER
55	Ruben ZEPUNTKE
56	Wouter WIPPERT
57	Alberto BETTIOL

	Trek - Segafredo
	Directeur sportif: Baffi Adriano
61	Jack BOBRIDGE
62	Kiel REIJNEN
63	Julian ARREDONDO
64	Boy VAN POPPEL
65	Peter STETINA
66	Ryder HESJEDAL
67	Giacomo NIZZOLO

	Tinkoff
	Directeur sportif: Michaelsen Lars
71	Manuele BOARO
72	Oscar GATTO
73	Adam BLYTHE
74	Michael GOGL
75	Ivan ROVNY
76	Jay MCCARTHY
77	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN
R	Erik BASKA

	Ag2r-La Mondiale
	Directeur sportif: Biondi Laurent
81	Domenico POZZOVIVO
82	Gediminas BAGDONAS
83	Jesse SERGENT
84	Christophe RIBLON
85	Cyril GAUTIER
86	Matteo MONTAGUTI
87	Alexis GOUGEARD

	Astana Pro Team
	Directeur sportif: Zanini Stefano
91	Lars BOOM
92	Dmitriy GRUZDEV
93	Laurens DE VREESE
94	Arman KAMYSHEV
95	Davide MALACARNE
96	Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL
97	Lieuwe WESTRA

	Team Katusha
	Directeur sportif: Konyshev Dmitri
101	Tiago MACHADO
102	Maxim BELKOV
103	Vladimir ISAYCHEV
104	Alexey TSATEVITCH
105	Egor SILIN
106	Sergey LAGUTIN
107	Rein TAARAMAE

	FDJ
	Directeur sportif: Guesdon Frédéric
111	Steve MORABITO
112	Johan LE BON
113	Yoann OFFREDO
114	Murilo FISCHER
115	Benoit VAUGRENARD
116	Laurent PICHON
117	Anthony ROUX

	Movistar Team
	Directeur sportif: Arrieta Lujambio José Luis
121	Juan José LOBATO DEL VALLE
122	Rory SUTHERLAND
123	Jascha SÜTTERLIN
124	Nelson OLIVEIRA
125	Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR
126	Jesús HERRADA
127	José Joaquin ROJAS

	IAM Cycling
	Directeur sportif: Carlström Kjell
131	Matteo PELUCCHI
132	Leigh HOWARD
133	Roger KLUGE
134	Jarlinson PANTANO
135	Marcel AREGGER
136	Aleksejs SARAMOTINS
137	David TANNER

	Etixx - Quick Step
	Directeur sportif: Van Slycke Rik
141	Petr VAKOC
142	Davide MARTINELLI
143	Pieter SERRY
144	David DE LA CRUZ
145	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK
146	Martin VELITS
147	Carlos VERONA

	Team LottoNl - Jumbo
	Directeur sportif: Maassen Frans
151	Bram TANKINK
152	Maarten TJALLINGII
153	George BENNETT
154	Primoz ROGLIC
155	Martijn KEIZER
156	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN
157	Enrico BATTAGLIN

	Lampre - Merida
	Directeur sportif: Mauduit Philippe
161	Federico ZURLO
162	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY
163	Louis MEINTJES
164	Luka PIBERNIK
165	Marko KUMP
166	Diego ULISSI
167	Manuele MORI

	Dimension Data
	Directeur sportif: Sans Vega Alex
171	Cameron MEYER
172	Nathan HAAS
173	Mark RENSHAW
174	Tyler FARRAR
175	Songezo JIM
176	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG
177	Jaco VENTER

	Drapac Professional Cycling
	Directeur sportif: Southam Tom
181	Graeme BROWN
182	Samuel SPOKES
183	Nathan EARLE
184	Brenton JONES
185	Gavin MANNION
186	Lachlan NORRIS
187	Adam PHELAN

	UNISA Australia
	Directeur sportif: SANDERS David
191	Steele VON HOFF
192	Anthony GIACOPPO
193	Patrick LANE
194	Lucas HAMILTON
195	Chris HAMILTON
196	Sean LAKE
197	Patrick SHAW