2011 Cancer Council Classic

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2011 Cancer Council Classic
The Cancer Council Helpline Classic, also known as the Down Under Classic, is a single day road cycling race held in Adelaide, Australia, which is the official warm-up for the Tour Down Under. The race exists of only a men's competition and has been held since 2006.

Race Map

Race Profile

Previous Winners Rider Team 2006 Robbie McEwen (AUS) Davitamon-Lotto 2007 Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole 2008 André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 2009 Robbie McEwen (AUS) Team Katusha 2010 Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky
2010 Highlights

Cancer Council Classic Start List
Omega Pharma-Lotto 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) 3 Adam Hansen (Aus) 4 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) 6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) 7 Marcel Seiberg (Ger) Team Radioshack 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 13 Manuel Cardoso (Por) 14 Ben Hermans (Bel) 15 Markel Irizar (Spa) 16 Robbie Hunter (Rsa) 17 Gregory Rast (Swi)
HTC-Highroad 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) 23 Matt Goss (Aus) 24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 25 Danny Pate (USA) 26 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 27 Hayden Roulston (NZl)
Garmin-Cervelo
31 Tyler Farrar (USA) 32 Jack Bobridge (Aus) 33 Julian Dean (NZl) 34 Brett Lancaster (Aus) 35 Cameron Meyer (Aus) 36 Matthew Wilson (Aus) 37 Travis Meyer (Aus)
Team Sky 51 Michael Rogers (Aus) 52 Geraint Thomas (GBr) 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) 54 Greg Henderson (NZl) 55 Chris Sutton (Aus) 56 Ben Swift (GBr) 57 Mathew Hayman (Aus)
Astana 61 Allan Davis (Aus) 62 Simon Clarke (Aus) 63 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) 64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) 65 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) 66 Tanel Kangert (Est) 67 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz)
Rabobank 71 Graeme Brown (Aus) 72 Tom Leezer (Ned) 73 Michael Matthews (Aus) 74 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) 75 Jos Van Emden (Ned) 76 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) 77 Pieter Weening (Ned)
Quick Step 81 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) 82 Marco Bandiera (Ita) 83 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) 84 Addy Engels (Ned) 85 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 86 Francesco Reda (Ita) 87 Julien Vermote (Bel)
Katusha 91 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) 92 Juan Horrach (Spa) 93 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) 94 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) 95 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) 96 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) 97 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)
Ag2R 101 Julien Loubet (Fra) 102 Dimitri Champion (Fra) 103 Mathieu Perget (Fra) 104 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) 105 Steve Houanard (Fra) 106 Blel Kadri (Fra) 107 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra)
Lampre-ISD 111 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) 112 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) 114 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) 115 Manuele Mori (Ita) 116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) 117 Daniele Righi (Ita)
Liquigas-Cannondale 121 Davide Cimolai (Ita) 122 Kristijan Koren (Slo) 123 Alan Marangoni (Ita) 124 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) 125 Simone Ponzi (Ita) 126 Elia Viviani (Ita) 127 Cameron Wurf (Aus)
BMC Racing Team 131 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 132 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) 133 John Murphy (USA) 134 Simon Zahner (Swi) 135 Timothy Roe (Aus) 136 Martin Kohler (Swi) 137 Amael Moinard (Fra)
Saxo Bank Sungard 141 Richie Porte (Aus) 142 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) 144 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 145 David Tanner (Aus) 146 Sebastian Haedo (Arg) 147 Brian Vandborg (Den)
Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Iaki Isasi (Spa) 152 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) 153 Miguel Minguez (Spa) 154 Ion Izagirre (Spa) 155 Ruben Perez (Spa) 156 Daniel Sesma (Spa) 157 Ivn Velasco (Spa)
Movistar Team 161 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) 162 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 163 David Lopez (Spa) 164 Angel Madrazo (Spa) 165 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) 166 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) 167 Francisco Ventoso (Spa)
Vacansoleil DCM 171 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) 172 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) 173 Romain Feillu (Fra) 174 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) 175 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) 176 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) 177 Joost Van Leijen (Ned)
Uni SA - Australia 181 Luke Roberts (Aus) 182 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) 183 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) 184 Luke Durbridge (Aus) 185 Michael Hepburn (Aus) 186 Mitchell Docker (Aus) 187 Bernard Sulzberger

 

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Pre-race News Links

Peloton pledges to raise funds for flood relief with charity partnership The 133 riders competing in the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under have come together to donate to the Queensland Flood Relief Appeal, as sporting rivalry is pushed aside and all nationalities contribute to help those Aussies suffering the devastation. Confirmed with the last four international teams to arrive in Adelaide yesterday, all prize money won by individual riders at the Cancer Council Classic, (€12,000 in total) on Sunday 16 January 2011 wil be donated to the Flood Relief Appeal. Link: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peloton-pledges-to-raise-funds-for-flood-relief-with-charity-partnership End of the road for Tour veterans When Lance Armstrong, Stuart O'Grady and Robbie McEwen roll their wheels on to the start line for tomorrow's Santos Tour Down Under prologue, the curtain calls on their stellar careers will edge a little closer. Armstrong, O'Grady and McEwen, legends of the sport, will be out to impress when the gun fires at the Cancer Council Classic in Adelaide's East End tomorrow afternoon. Link: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/end-of-the-road-for-tour-veterans/story-e6freawu-1225988083049 Tour Down Under stars pull together for Queensland flood victims The 2011 ProTeam season gets under way next week with the Santos Tour Down Under in South Australia, but the thoughts of the peloton are very much with the victims of the floods 1,000 miles away, with riders pledging to donate prize money from Sunday’s Cancer Council Classic in Adelaide to the Queensland Flood Relief Fund. Link: http://road.cc/content/news/29377-tour-down-under-stars-pul-together-queensland-flood-victims

 

[steve]

This is obviously the first big hit out for the sprinters who made the trip to Australia, who do you think will win the bunch kick to the line?

I think Matt Goss will get an easy win /img/vbsmilies/smilies/wink.gif

 

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2011 Cancer Council Classic Results
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:05:12 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5 Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek 7 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 9 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana 11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team 13 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 14 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15 Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 17 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:06 18 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervélo 19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:08 20 Mitchell Docker (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 21 Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 28 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Katusha Team 30 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team 31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 32 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team 33 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 34 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 35 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quick Step Cycling Team 36 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Movistar Team 37 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 38 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Movistar Team 39 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 41 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 42 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team 43 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:13 44 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 45 Markel Irizar (Spa) Team RadioShack 46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 47 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 50 William Clarke (Aus) Leopard Trek 51 Gregory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack 52 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 53 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 55 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team 56 Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:20 57 Jos van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:22 58 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team 0:00:23 59 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 63 Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 64 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 65 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-ISD 67 Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 68 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack 69 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-ISD 70 David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 71 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 72 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 73 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 75 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 76 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step Cycling Team 78 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team 79 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre-ISD 80 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre-ISD 81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-ISD 82 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana 83 Michael Hepburn (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 84 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo 85 Luke Roberts (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 86 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 87 David Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 88 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 90 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 91 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervélo 92 Juan Horrach (Spa) Katusha Team 93 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 94 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana 95 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 96 AmaÔl Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 98 Luke Durbridge (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 99 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team 100 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 101 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 102 Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek 103 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 104 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 105 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30 106 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 107 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 109 Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad 110 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 111 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo 112 Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 113 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 114 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:00:37 115 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team 116 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo 0:00:40 117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 118 Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek 119 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-ISD 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 121 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 122 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo 123 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo 124 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:44 125 Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 126 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:48 127 Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 0:01:16 128 Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:38 129 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 130 Simon Clarke (Aus) Astana 0:01:42 131 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:10

 

[Scotttri]

Good guess Steve, or was it over when you posted??? HAHA

 

[steve]

Originally Posted by Scotttri .

Good guess Steve, or was it over when you posted??? HAHA

nah, probably 4 or 5 laps into the race.

 

[limerickman]

Impressive sprint by Goss.