The 2007 Tour Down Under was held from 16 to 21 January 2007 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 667 kilometres and is part of the 2006–07 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2007 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.

2007 Tour Down Under
Race details
Dates16—21 January 2007
Stages6
Winning time15h 46' 38"
Results
Winner  Martin Elmiger (SUI) (AG2R Prévoyance)
  Second  Karl Menzies (AUS) (Team UniSA–Australia)
  Third  Lars Bak (DEN) (Team CSC)

Points  Laurent Brochard (FRA) (Bouygues Télécom)
Mountains  Serge Pauwels (BEL) (Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen)
Youth  Simon Clarke (AUS) (Team AIS)
  Team Team AIS
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Men's stage summary

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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

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Stage Mountains Pts Sprint Pts Under 23 Pts Teams Time
1   Serge Pauwels
  Gustav Larsson
  Paolo Longo Borghini
16
12
8
  Gene Bates
  Luke Roberts
  Karl Menzies
10
10
8
  Simon Clarke
  Clinton Avery
  Michael Ford
3:51.49
+ 23.37
+ 25.17
Team CSC
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Predictor–Lotto
11:59.36
+ 0.55
+ 2.13
2   Serge Pauwels
  Samuel Dumoulin
  Gustav Larsson
16
16
12
  Luke Roberts
  Gene Bates
  Wesley Sulzberger
10
10
10
  Simon Clarke
  Pieter Jacobs
  Wesley Sulzberger
7:45.37
+ 8.58
+ 15.09
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Chocolade Jacques
Crédit Agricole
23:14.41
+ 2.49
+ 7.52
3   Samuel Dumoulin
  Serge Pauwels
  Giampaolo Cheula
28
16
16
  Viktor Rapinski
  Luke Roberts
  Gene Bates
12
10
10
  Simon Clarke
  Pieter Jacobs
  Matthew Goss
10:37.42
+ 9.14
+ 11.22
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Team CSC
Unibet.com Cycling Team
31:29.02
+ 3.35
+ 14.46
4   Samuel Dumoulin
  Serge Pauwels
  Giampaolo Cheula
28
16
16
  Laurent Brochard
  Pieter Ghyllebert
  Viktor Rapinski
20
14
12
  Simon Clarke
  Pieter Jacobs
  Matthew Goss
14:03.20
+ 9.25
+ 11.58
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Team CSC
Unibet.com Cycling Team
41:45.56
+ 3.35
+ 15.04
5   Serge Pauwels
  Samuel Dumoulin
  Giampaolo Cheula
32
28
24
  Laurent Brochard
  Martin Elmiger
  Pieter Ghyllebert
26
18
14
  Simon Clarke
  Pieter Jacobs
  Matthew Goss
15:48.21
+ 9.02
+ 12.17
SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Team CSC
Unibet.com Cycling Team
46:59.14
+ 3.35
+ 15.04

Men's top 10 overall

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Pos Rider Time
1   Martin Elmiger 15:46.38
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 + 0.55
10   Simon Clarke + 1.43

Women's stage summary

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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
76
74
70
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

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