The 2007 Tour Down Under was held from 16 to 21 January 2007 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The ninth edition of the Tour Down Under, the race was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 667 kilometres and was part of the 2006–07 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2007 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.
The race was won by Swiss rider Martin Elmiger of . A women's event was also held in support of the race, won by Australian rider Jenny MacPherson.
Men's stage summary Stage Date Start Finish Distance Stage Top 3 Leading Top 3 Time 1 17 January Mawson Lakes Tanunda 152 km Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak 3:50.45 + 0.01 + 0.07 2 18 January Mannum Hahndorf 150 km Steven Caethoven Pieter Ghyllebert Stuart O'Grady Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak 7:44.33 + 0.01 + 0.07 3 19 January Stirling Victor Harbor 128 km Baden Cooke Chris Jongewaard Matthew Goss Karl Menzies Martin Elmiger Lars Bak 10:36.38 + 0.01 + 0.07 4 20 January Willunga Willunga 147 km Pieter Ghyllebert Sergey Lagutin Martin Elmiger Martin Elmiger Karl Menzies Lars Bak 14:02.15 + 0.01 + 0.08 5 21 January Adelaide Adelaide 90 km Robbie McEwen Mark Renshaw Allan Davis Martin Elmiger Karl Menzies Lars Bak 15:46.38 + 0.03 + 0.11
Other leading top threes Stage Mountains Pts Sprint Pts Under 23 Pts Teams Time 1 Serge Pauwels Gustav Larsson Paolo Longo Borghini 16128 Gene Bates Luke Roberts Karl Menzies 10108 Simon Clarke Clinton Avery Michael Ford 3:51.49 + 23.37 + 25.17 SouthAustralia.com–AIS 11:59.36 + 0.55 + 2.13 2 Serge Pauwels Samuel Dumoulin Gustav Larsson 161612 Luke Roberts Gene Bates Wesley Sulzberger 101010 Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Wesley Sulzberger 7:45.37 + 8.58 + 15.09 SouthAustralia.com–AIS Chocolade Jacques 23:14.41 + 2.49 + 7.52 3 Samuel Dumoulin Serge Pauwels Giampaolo Cheula 281616 Viktor Rapinski Luke Roberts Gene Bates 121010 Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss 10:37.42 + 9.14 + 11.22 SouthAustralia.com–AIS Unibet.com Cycling Team 31:29.02 + 3.35 + 14.46 4 Samuel Dumoulin Serge Pauwels Giampaolo Cheula 281616 Laurent Brochard Pieter Ghyllebert Viktor Rapinski 201412 Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss 14:03.20 + 9.25 + 11.58 SouthAustralia.com–AIS Unibet.com Cycling Team 41:45.56 + 3.35 + 15.04 5 Serge Pauwels Samuel Dumoulin Giampaolo Cheula 322824 Laurent Brochard Martin Elmiger Pieter Ghyllebert 261814 Simon Clarke Pieter Jacobs Matthew Goss 15:48.21 + 9.02 + 12.17 SouthAustralia.com–AIS Unibet.com Cycling Team 46:59.14 + 3.35 + 15.04
Men's top 10 overall Pos Rider Time 1 Martin Elmiger15:46.38 2 Karl Menzies+ 0.03 3 Lars Bak+ 0.11 4 Matthew Lloyd+ 0.13 5 Gustav Larsson+ 0.21 6 Luke Roberts+ 0.50 7 Gene Bates+ 0.50 8 Paolo Longo Borghini+ 0.55 9 Yannick Talabardon+ 0.5510 Simon Clarke+ 1.43
Women's stage summary Stage Date Start Finish Distance Stage Top 3 Leading Top 3 Points 1 16 January East end Adelaide street race 30 mins + 1 lap Jenny MacPherson Emma Mackie Belinda Goss Jenny MacPherson Emma Mackie Belinda Goss 40 38 36 2 17 January Tanunda Street Circuit 30 mins + 1 lap Belinda Goss Petra Mullens Bridgette Evans Belinda Goss Jenny MacPherson Petra Mullens 767470 3 20 January Snapper Point (Aldinga Beach) Criterium 30 mins + 1 lap Jenny MacPherson Belinda Goss Petra Mullens Jenny MacPherson Belinda Goss Petra Mullens 114 114 106
References
Official website Cyclingnews.com Tour Down Under 2007 site