Tour Down Under 2013
| Tour Down Under 2013 | |
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour |
| Host country |
 Australia
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| Competition period | January 22-27, 2013 |
| Stages | 6 stages |
| overall length | 758.5 kilometers |
| Starting field | 132 in 18 teams (of which 127 arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Tom Slagter (BLA) 18:28:32 h 2. Javier Moreno (MOV) +0: 17 min 3. Geraint Thomas (SKY) +0: 25 min  
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| Team evaluation |
 RadioShack Leopard 55:27:54 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Mountain scoring
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Javier Moreno (MOV)
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 Scoring
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Geraint Thomas (SKY)
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 Young talent evaluation
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Tom Slagter (BLA)
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 Team evaluation
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RadioShack Leopard
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The Santos Tour Down Under 2013 took place from January 22nd to 27th , 2013. It was the 15th edition of this tour. This race marked the start of the UCI WorldTour 2013 . The route mainly ran through the state of South Australia .
Two days before the start of the tour, the Down Under Classic was traditionally held in Adelaide over 51 kilometers. The German cyclist André Greipel from the Belgian team Lotto Belisol won this for the second time in a row, having won it in 2012.
The first stage of the Tour Down Under led from Prospect to Lobethal and was also won by André Greipel. In doing so, he also took over the overall leader's ocher jersey . The second stage went to the British Geraint Thomas , who was then leader of the Tour of Australia for three days. Stage 3 was won by Tom Slagter . In the fourth stage, André Greipel again won the mass sprint. The fifth stage was won by the Australian Simon Gerrans on a mountain finish on Willunga Hill . Tom Slagter was the new leader in the overall standings. The last stage again went to André Greipel.
The Dutchman Tom Slagter won the overall standings and the junior ranks. Geraint Thomas won the points classification . The mountain classification went to the Spaniard Javier Moreno . The best team was the Luxembourg team RadioShack Leopard .
Attendees
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Stages
| stage | date | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
 Ocher Jersey
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| Down Under Classic | January 20th | Adelaide | 51 |  |
 André Greipel
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| 1st stage | 22nd of January | Prospect - Lobethal | 135 | |
André Greipel
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André Greipel
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| 2nd stage | January 23 | Mount Barker - Rostrevor | 116.5 |  |
Geraint Thomas
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Geraint Thomas
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| 3rd stage | January 24th | Unley - Stirling | 139 | |
Tom Slagter
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| 4th stage | January 25th | Modbury - Tanunda | 126.5 | |
André Greipel
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| 5th stage | January 26th | McLaren Vale - Willunga | 151.5 |  |
Simon Gerrans
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Tom Slagter
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| 6th stage | January 27th | Adelaide | 90 | |
André Greipel
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Evaluation overview
| Stage | Winner | Overall rating
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Mountain scoring
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Scoring
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Young talent evaluation
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Team evaluation
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Most combative driver
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| 1 | André Greipel | André Greipel | Jordan Kerby | André Greipel | Arnaud Démare | Lampre-Merida | Jordan Kerby |
| 2 | Geraint Thomas | Geraint Thomas | Geraint Thomas | Daniele Pietropolli | Tom Slagter | RadioShack Leopard | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| 3 | Tom Slagter | Geraint Thomas | Simon Clarke | ||||
| 4th | André Greipel | Jack Bobridge | André Greipel |
Philippe Gilbert Damien Howson |
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| 5 | Simon Gerrans | Tom Slagter | Javier Moreno | Tom Slagter | Thomas De Gendt | ||
| 6th | André Greipel | Geraint Thomas | Geraint Thomas | ||||
| Final score | Tom Slagter | Javier Moreno | Geraint Thomas | Tom Slagter | RadioShack Leopard | - | |
Web links
- 15th Santos Tour Down Under (2nd UWT) in the ProCyclingStats.com database