Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans takes overall lead in 2012 Santos Tour Down Under. Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

January 21, 2012: 2012 Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 5: McLaren Vale-Old Willunga Hill (154 km):
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar    03:45:48
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) GreenEDGE
3 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:02
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:04
5 Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:00:07
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:12
7 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar 0:00:13
8 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
9 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:26
10 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:29
12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:32
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:43
14 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky Procycling 0:00:55
15 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar 0:01:05
16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:18
17 Martin Kohler (Swi) Team BMC Racing
18 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar
19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Team BMC Racing 0:01:50
20 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:22
21 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank 0:02:23
22 Xavier Florencio Cabrè (Spa) Katusha
23 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Movistar
24 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky Procycling
25 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:02:25
26 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ - BigMat
28 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas - Cannondale
29 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ - BigMat 0:02:33
30 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank 0:02:35
31 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD
32 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:02:55
33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:15
34 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:23
35 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:03:31
36 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
37 Oscar Freire (Spa) Katusha
38 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
39 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
40 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
42 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC
43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
44 Gorka Izagirre Inausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:02
45 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ - BigMat
46 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC
47 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil -DCM
48 David Lopez (Spa) Movistar 0:05:31
49 Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
50 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
51 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:05:46
52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:48
53 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
54 Cameron Meyer (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:06:38
55 Vincente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto-Belisol 0:07:09
56 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
57 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
58 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
59 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM
60 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM
61 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda
62 Mattéo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana
64 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
67 Sérgio Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank
68 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
69 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
70 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:41
71 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:09:50
72 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:09:52
73 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
74 Stuart O'grady (Aus) GreenEDGE
75 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:10:52
76 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ - BigMat
77 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
78 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:12:02
79 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
80 Matt Goss (Aus) GreenEDGE
81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank
82 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
83 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
84 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana
85 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
86 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
87 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
88 Adrián Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
90 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Saxo Bank
91 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Astana 0:13:33
92 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar
93 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
94 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol 0:14:02
95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC 0:16:42
96 Dmitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
97 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) GreenEDGE
98 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
99 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ - BigMat
100 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
102 Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
103 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD
105 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM
106 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEDGE
107 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
108 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
109 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil -DCM
110 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD
111 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
112 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC
114 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
115 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISD
116 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEDGE
117 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana
118 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
119 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
120 William Clarke (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
121 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
122 Tom Palmer (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
123 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda
124 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda
125 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ - BigMat
126 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
127 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
128 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC
129 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep

Overall Santos Tour Down Under 2012 rankings before tomorrow's final stage:
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) GreenEDGE    18:49:24
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar
3 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:08
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:14
5 Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:18
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
8 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar 0:00:23
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:29
10 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:00:32
11 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:36
12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:42
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:47
14 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar 0:01:15
15 Martin Kohler (Swi) Team BMC Racing 0:01:16
16 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar 0:01:27
17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:28
18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC 0:02:00
19 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:30
20 Xavier Florencio Cabrè (Spa) Katusha 0:02:33
21 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Movistar
22 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank
23 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:02:35
24 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
25 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
26 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ - BigMat
27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ - BigMat 0:02:43
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank 0:02:45
29 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD
30 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:05
31 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:25
32 Oscar Freire (Spa) Katusha 0:03:31
33 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:33
34 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 0:03:41
35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
36 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
37 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
39 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:04:12
40 Gorka Izagirre Inausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:37
42 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC 0:05:40
43 Cameron Meyer (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:06:48
44 Vincente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto-Belisol 0:07:19
45 Sérgio Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank
46 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 0:07:52
47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:08:13
48 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:11:25
49 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ - BigMat 0:11:57
50 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:12:12
51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:43
52 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 0:14:16
53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:15:04
54 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM
55 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:36
56 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:16:06
57 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:17:15
58 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:17:36
59 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:17:56
60 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana 0:18:31
61 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ - BigMat 0:18:47
62 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
63 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:19:18
64 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:19:57
65 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
66 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:20:15
67 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0:20:30
68 David Lopez (Spa) Movistar 0:20:33
69 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 0:21:15
70 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:21:28
71 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Astana 0:21:54
72 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:22:50
73 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:23:06
74 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:23:51
75 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 0:24:14
76 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:24:32
77 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:24:37
78 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
79 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
80 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
81 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM 0:25:14
82 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank 0:25:23
83 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:25:33
84 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 0:25:41
85 Adrián Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:25:52
86 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:26:19
87 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:26
88 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27:29
89 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
90 Mattéo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:27:30
92 Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
93 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana
94 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:27:33
95 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:27:58
96 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:28:50
97 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:29:49
98 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 0:30:19
99 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:31:08
100 William Clarke (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:31:32
101 Matt Goss (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:32:08
102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale 0:32:22
103 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
104 Stuart O'grady (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:33:09
105 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar 0:33:53
106 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ - BigMat 0:36:52
107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:36:56
108 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:37:02
109 Tom Palmer (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
110 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC
111 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
112 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol 0:37:12
113 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:37:19
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC 0:37:39
115 Dmitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
116 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:38:53
117 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana
118 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Saxo Bank
119 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:40:30
120 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:43:33
121 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEDGE
122 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ - BigMat
123 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC
124 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda 0:46:23
125 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
127 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil -DCM
128 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:46:33
129 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0:47:17
130 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:47:25