Tour Down Under:

So,the Tour Down Under has finally finished and the last stage (Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km) was won by Italian Francesco Chicchi.Unfortunately Stuart O'Grady didn't manage to win the GC,that went to Allan Davis.Here's the stage classification (or at least a part of it):
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
2Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha (great Robbie!)
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road
5 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
7 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram
8 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis
9 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus),SB
23 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
26 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
31 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
33 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank
69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
73 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
86 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.14

Here's the GC:
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank (good job Stuart!) 0.25
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.37
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.38
7 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 0.39
8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.40
9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
13 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.44
16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank (Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong!) 0.45
27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49
29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
36 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.43
47 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.49
52 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 20.55
61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 24.33
70 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 27.39
79 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 34.29
88 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 38.11
110 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 53.29
For more information (there is also an interview with O'Grady) go on http://www.cyclingnews.com/

Other stages:
Stage 3 - January 22: Unley - Victor Harbor, 136 km
This stage was won by Graeme Brown.After 20 km there was very bad crash that made defending champion André Greipel retire.The German sprinter hit a police motorbike (between idiot's cameras,police motorbikes and helicopters,it hasn't been quite a normal season start for the moment....).
Also Allan Davis was involved in the incident."My day started with a crash into a motorbike as I was following Greipel.There was a parked motorbike on the side – a fair bit onto the road. I knew André was going to hit it so moved over to the right but he hit it and his bike just flew out from under him and in front of me and Nicholas Roche."
Baden Cooke also fell and had to retire.
There was also a breakaway with big guys in it (O'Grady,Matt Wilson,Rogers and another rider whose name I don't remember),but they didn't manage to arrive at the finish line.
Btw,here are the stage results (for GC go on good old http://www.cyclingnews.com/ website):
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
7 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank (Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong!)
14 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road
31 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
32 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4.30
67 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 21.49
90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha
121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
122 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank
123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road
DNF André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road
DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
DNF Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux
DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
DNF Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto (Nooooooooooo!!!)
DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA

Stage 4 - January 23: Burnside Village - Angaston, 143 km
The winner of 4th stage was Allan Davis.The day's action was again dictated by a significant breakaway, which battled hard to stay away from the second kilometre to the finish. With three riders present in the early move,including UniSA-Australia's Travis Meyer,Alexander Efimkin and Andoni Lafuente,they were able to maintain an advantage over the peloton until the KOM point after 103km.
Here are the results of the stage (for the GC go on http://www.cyclingnews.com/):
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.29.35
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road
6 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
7 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
8 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank (Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong,Jens has done better than Armstrong!)
34 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
43 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
47 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
48 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
49 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
61 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.33
64 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.37
68 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.47
70 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.22
118 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.43
120 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha
122 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road

Stage 5 - January 24: Snapper Point - Willunga, 148 km
The 5th stage was won by-guess who?-Allan Davis (Quick Step).O'Grady could only manage fourth on the stage, thanks to some misfortune during the finale. "The first time [over Willunga] I just stuck to my game plan, and the second time we just gave it absolutely everything and I managed to stay in the front," said O'Grady. "I'm a bit disappointed with the sprint finish; I had a good run at him but just got put in the barriers. That was that." O'Grady also crashed and,about this incovenient,he said:"Guys were getting a bit nervous and desperate – after a week's racing there's a bit of fatigue in the bunch and a few guys touched wheels in front of us... over the handlebars I went." The end result is that O'Grady should finish in second place overall barring incident in tomorrow's final stage, which he said exceeds expectations. "I'll be more than happy to come away from here with a second spot; it's just a matter of defending that. I think that coming away from this race with a podium should make us rapt. I had seriously only been on the bike four weeks before this race, and I'm really rapt with the level I've got to in those four weeks.
"These guys have come over from 'nice' cold Europe and been racing their arse off in 30-degree heat. As the first race for Team Saxo Bank [in 2009] we've got to be happy. This time last year I was really struggling to get into the top 10 and I wasn't really up there at all. This year, with probably the best peloton we've had by a mile, to be right up there amongst the mix is great.
"Now we head to California for our training camp that makes this race look almost easy. Then we hit the Classics, which I'm really looking forward to." (there's an interview with O'Grady on http://www.cyclingnews.com/ if you want)
Results (for the GC you already know where you have to go...):
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
2 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
10 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis
17 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road
22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
32 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
41 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.46
46 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.54
57 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
58 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
63 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
71 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.00
74 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 11.44
79 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank
88 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 13.10
89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road
98 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
(I've had some problems with the colours while doing this post...Does it show?)