DNF Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
DNF Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand

Overall rankings after stage 6:
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank      14:20:49
2 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                          0.17
3 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                      0.23
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                   0.52
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                            0.58
6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                       1.04
7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand         1.04
8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                  1.18
9 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          1.27
10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              1.34
11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                        1.38
12 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                  1.53
13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS       2.22
14 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                  2.50
15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      2.57
16 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                         3.35
17 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    5.04
18 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche              5.21
19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada        6.33
20 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                         9.15
21 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                        10.41
22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                         11.21
23 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                  11.29
24 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                            12.07
25 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                12.37
26 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           12.41
27 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    13.36
28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                        13.45
29 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts             16.35
30 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                     17.57
31 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         20.06
32 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               20.15
33 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                       23.11
34 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          24.28
35 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                    27.38
36 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                      28.42
37 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans               28.48
38 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                       28.53
39 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                     28.53
40 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                            30.38
41 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                    30.48
42 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  31.07
43 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                            31.29
44 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    33.26
45 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                         34.02
46 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                           34.21
47 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                        34.37
48 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              34.52
49 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                     35.12
50 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                   35.43
51 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia       36.05
52 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          36.16
53 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                       37.27
54 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       39.19
55 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                   45.15
56 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                48.47
57 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                 54.12
58 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                             56.56
59 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                    58.21
60 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   58.49
61 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                1.08.00