2001 Tour Down Under

The 2001 Tour Down Under was the third edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 16 to 21 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This edition was won by Stuart O'Grady, who rode for Crédit Agricole.

2001 Tour Down Under

Race details
Dates	16–21 January 2001
Stages	6
Winning time	18h 34' 20"
Results
Winner Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Crédit Agricole)   Second Kai Hundertmarck (GER) (Team Telekom)   Third Fabio Sacchi (ITA) (Saeco) Points Graeme Brown (AUS) (United Water) Mountains Robert Tighello (AUS) (Sun-Smart–Mitsubishi) Youth Gene Bates (AUS) (UniSA–Australia)   Team Mapei–Quick-Step

Participating teams

Jacob's Creek–Linda McCartney Racing	UniSA–Australia	Team Telekom	Crédit Agricole
United Water	Lotto–Adecco	AG2R Prévoyance	Mapei–Quick-Step
Sun-Smart–Mitsubishi	CSC–Tiscali	BigMat–Auber 93	Saeco

Route

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Winner	Nation	Team
1	16 January	Glenelg	47.0 km	Graeme Brown	Australia	United Water
2	17 January	Norwood – Murray Bridge	142.0 km	Fabio Sacchi	Italy	Saeco
3	18 January	McLaren Vale – Victor Harbor	165.5 km	Alessio Galletti	Italy	Saeco
4	19 January	Unley – Strathalbyn	157.0 km	Luke Roberts	Australia	UniSA–Australia
5	20 January	Gawler – Tanunda	156.0 km	Kai Hundertmarck	Germany	Team Telekom
6	21 January	Adelaide	90.0 km	David McKenzie	Australia	Jacob's Creek–Linda McCartney Racing Team

Stage results

Stage 1 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 Graeme Brown Australia 1h 00' 02" 2 Stuart O'Grady Australia s.t. 3 Fabio Sacchi Italy s.t. 4 Ciaran Power Ireland s.t. 5 Fabien De Waele Belgium s.t.

Stage 2 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 Fabio Sacchi Italy 3h 26' 24" 2 Stuart O'Grady Australia s.t. 3 Kai Hundertmarck Germany s.t. 4 Nick Gates Australia s.t. 5 Glenn D'Hollander Belgium s.t.

Stage 3 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 Alessio Galletti Italy 4h 18' 12" 2 Graeme Brown Australia + 3' 18" 3 Stuart O'Grady Australia + 3' 18" 4 Hendrik Van Dyck Belgium + 3' 18" 5 David McKenzie Australia + 3' 18"

Stage 4 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 Luke Roberts Australia 3h 44' 07" 2 Marcel Gono Australia s.t. 3 Nicolaj Bo Larsen Denmark s.t. 4 Trent Wilson Australia + 4" 5 Nicolas Jalabert France + 8"

Stage 5 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 Kai Hundertmarck Germany 4h 00' 28" 2 Peter Rogers Australia s.t. 3 Allan Davis Australia s.t. 4 Fabio Sacchi Italy s.t. 5 Glenn D'Hollander Belgium s.t.

Stage 6 Rank Rider Nation Time 1 David McKenzie Australia 1h 58' 48" 2 Ben Day Australia + 17" 3 Luca Paolini Italy + 20" 4 Torsten Nitsche Germany + 32" 5 Kurt Van Lancker Belgium + 32"

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
1	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	18h 34' 20"
2	Kai Hundertmarck	Germany	+ 2"
3	Fabio Sacchi	Italy	+ 3"
4	Daniele Nardello	Italy	+ 8"
5	Christopher Jenner	Australia	+ 8"
6	Alexandre Botcharov	Russia	+ 10"
7	Patrick Jonker	Australia	+ 10"
8	Benoit Poilvet	France	+ 10"
9	Glenn D'Hollander	Belgium	+ 21"
10	Cadel Evans	Australia	+ 24"

External links

• Race report