André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wygrał kryterium w Adelajdzie, które stanowiło finał 16. edycji Tour Down Under. Niemiecki sprinter na finiszu pokonał Marka Renshawa i Andrew Fenna (obaj Omega Pharma – Quick Step).
W klasyfikacji generalnej triumfował mistrz Australii Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)
Peleton kręcił się na 4,75-km rundzie, którą pokonał 18 razy.
Na trasie uciekała trójka: Will Clarke (Drapac), Maxim Belkov (Katusha) i Julien Bérard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), doścignięta na 15 okrążeniu.
Ta nowa pętla jest bardzo szybka, ale drużyna ma wystarczające doświadczenie, aby szybko się do tego dostosować. Chapeau dla kolegów. Jechali nieprawdopodobnie szybko, a ja mogłem oszczędzać siły do ostatniej chwili.
– powiedział Greipel po swoim szesnastym etapowym sukcesie w TDU.
To moje trzecie zwycięstwo w Tour Down Under, dzięki wybitnemu zespołowi. To sukces australijskiej ekipy, w święto narodowe Australii i wyścigu WorldTour. Czego mógłbym chcieć więcej?
– stwierdził natomiast Gerrans.
Wyniki 6. etapu Tour Down Under (WT), Adelajda (95 km)
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:55:16 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 3 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 4 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 5 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 6 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge 7 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 9 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 12 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 13 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 14 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 15 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 16 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 17 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 18 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 19 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 21 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin 23 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 25 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 26 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 27 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 28 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 29 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 30 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 31 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 33 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 34 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 35 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 36 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 37 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 39 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 40 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 41 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 42 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 43 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 45 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 00:10 46 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 47 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 48 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 49 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 51 Jack Haig (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 52 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 53 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 54 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin 56 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin 57 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 58 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 59 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 60 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 61 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 62 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 63 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 64 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 65 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 66 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 67 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 68 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 69 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 70 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 71 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 72 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 74 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 75 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 76 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 00:27 77 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 00:29 78 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 00:34 79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 80 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 00:37 81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 00:59 82 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 01:06 83 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge 84 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 85 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 01:24 86 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 87 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 88 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 89 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin 01:32 90 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin 91 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin 01:42 92 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 93 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 95 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 96 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 97 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 98 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 99 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 100 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 101 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 102 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 103 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 104 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 105 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 106 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 107 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team 108 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 109 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 110 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 111 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 112 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 114 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 02:13 115 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 02:22 116 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 02:25 117 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 118 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 119 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 120 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 122 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 123 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 124 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 125 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 126 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 127 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 02:41 128 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 04:19 129 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 06:13 130 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr DNF Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar DNF Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp Klasyfikacja końcowa 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 19:57:35 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:01 3 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:05 4 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 00:10 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 00:27 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin 00:30 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 00:34 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 00:37 9 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 10 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 00:47 11 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:00 12 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 01:13 13 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 01:41 14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 01:45 15 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:54 16 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 01:57 17 Jack Haig (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 02:08 18 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 02:15 19 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 02:38 20 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 02:49 21 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 02:51 22 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 02:54 23 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 24 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 03:00 25 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 03:17 26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 03:27 27 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 03:35 28 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 03:56 29 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:35 30 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 06:11 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 06:27 32 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 06:33 34 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 07:51 35 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 08:03 36 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 08:12 37 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin 08:52 38 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 08:57 39 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 09:08 40 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 09:13 41 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 09:44 42 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 10:22 43 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10:27 44 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:43 45 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 10:45 46 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 11:05 47 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 11:30 48 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 11:53 49 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin 12:16 50 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 12:58 51 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 15:31 52 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 15:41 53 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 15:45 54 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 17:01 55 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 17:42 56 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 17:43 57 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 18:32 58 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 18:52 59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 19:21 60 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 20:34 61 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 20:35 62 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 21:20 63 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 21:25 64 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 23:04 65 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 23:11 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 23:12 67 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 23:21 68 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 23:26 69 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 23:39 70 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 23:45 71 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 23:51 72 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 23:56 73 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 24:01 74 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 24:07 75 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 24:18 76 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 24:28 77 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 25:14 78 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 25:50 79 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 26:51 80 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 27:14 81 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 27:15 82 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 27:33 83 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 28:23 84 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 28:51 85 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 28:55 86 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge 29:03 87 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 29:06 88 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 30:22 89 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 30:43 90 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 31:23 91 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 31:39 92 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 32:00 93 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32:15 94 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 32:59 95 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 33:04 96 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 33:38 97 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 34:05 98 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 34:44 99 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 35:56 100 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 36:16 101 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 36:42 102 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 36:46 103 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 36:56 104 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 37:38 105 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 38:03 106 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 38:39 107 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 39:15 108 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 40:31 109 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 41:55 110 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 42:32 111 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 42:40 112 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 42:48 113 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42:50 114 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team 43:01 115 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr 43:29 116 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 43:50 117 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 44:24 118 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 46:52 119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 47:33 120 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 48:07 121 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 49:39 122 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 50:53 123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 51:46 124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52:38 125 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge 53:06 126 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 56:00 127 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 01:04:26 128 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 01:04:29 129 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 01:07:59 130 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:09:26 Klasyfikacja punktowa 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 75 pkt. 2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 56 3 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 50 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 45 5 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 44 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin 35 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 34 8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 28 9 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 25 10 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 22 11 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 12 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 19 13 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 19 14 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 17 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 14 16 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 13 17 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 13 18 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step m 13 19 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge 13 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 12 21 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 11 22 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 11 23 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 24 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 10 25 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 9 26 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 27 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 8 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 8 29 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 8 30 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 31 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 8 32 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 8 33 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 8 34 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 8 35 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 7 36 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 7 37 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 7 38 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 6 39 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 6 40 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 5 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 4 42 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 4 43 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 3 44 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team 3 Klasyfikacja górska 1 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 28 pkt. 2 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 24 4 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 20 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 20 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 16 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin 16 9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 12 10 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 12 11 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Uni-SA Australia 12 12 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 8 13 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 8 14 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 8 15 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 6 16 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 6 17 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 6 18 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 4 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 20 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2 21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 2 Klasyfikacja drużynowa 1 Orica GreenEdge 59:56:16 2 BMC Racing Team 00:28 3 Drapac Cycling 03:58 4 Team Sky 04:25 5 Omega Pharma-Quick Step 04:34 6 Tinkoff-Saxo 05:54 7 Lotto-Belisol Team 07:40 8 Katusha Team 08:11 9 Belkin 09:27 10 AG2R La Mondiale 11:01 11 Garmin-Sharp 13:25 12 Astana Pro Team 23:59 13 Trek Factory Racing 25:28 14 Lampre-Merida 26:53 15 FDJ.fr 28:01 16 Team Europcar 35:24 17 Cannondale 35:30 18 Movistar Team 36:37 19 UniSA-Australia 43:41 20 Team Giant-Shimano 52:39