Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans wins 2012 Santos Tour Down Under. Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Photo Fotoreporter Sirotti.

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

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