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.^[1]

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
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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"