Santos Tour Down Under 2011 Teams and Stages

Australia most famous road Race kick off the UCI 2011 big races season.

It is held in the South Australia state (Adelaide) every year. (great food and great wine there!)

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18 teams are from the UCI Pro Tour and 1 team got an invitation; the Uni SA-Australia (Australia).

(picture from Santos Down Under race website)

Tour Down Under 2011 Stages Can you pick stage and overall winners?
Sun Jan 16: Cancer Council Classic
Tues Jan 18: Stage 1 - Mawson Lakes to Angaston, 138km (Stage 1 winner: Matthew Goss HTC-Highroad / Overall: Matthew Goss)
Stage 1 summary video


- Weds Jan 19: Stage 2 - Tailem Bend to Mannum, 146km (Stage 2 winner: Ben Swift, Sky Procycling /Overall: Robbie McEwen, Radio Shack)
Stage 2 Video summary


- Thurs Jan 20: Stage 3 - Unley to Stirling, 129km (Stage 3 winner: Michael Matthews - Rabobank / Overall: Matthew Goss - HTC-Highroad)
Stage 3 final kilometer video


- Fri Jan 21: Stage 4 - Norwood to Strathalbyn, 124km (Stage 4 winner: Cameron Meyer - Garmin / Overall: Cameron Meyer - Garmin)
Stage 4 Video Summary


Sat Jan 22: Stage 5 - McLaren Vale to Willunga, 131km (Stage 5 winner: Francisco José Ventoso - Team Movistar / Overall: Cameron Meyer - Garmin)
Stage 5 Video summary


Sun Jan 23: Stage 6 - Adelaide City Council Street Circuit, 90km (Stage 6 winner: Ben Swift, Sky Procycling / Overall: Cameron Meyer - Garmin)

By default, as it is the 1st UCI Pro tour race, all 18 UCI Pro teams are invited by default. Each teams put 7 riders to compete the Santos Down Uner race, which makes a total of 133 racers.

Defending 2010 overall winner is Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) wears the number one dossar.

Tour Down Under Jerseys colors and 2011 winners:
Ochre (orange) jersey: Overall race leader: 2011 winner is Cameron Meyer - Garmin
White jersey: King of the mountains leader: Luke Roberts (UniSA Australia)
Blue jersey: Sprint classification leader
Black jersey: Best young rider
Red jersey: Most aggressive rider

Tour Down Under 2011 19 Teams
Ag2r La Mondiale (France)
Astana (Kazakhstan)
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)
Garmin-Cervelo (USA)
HTC-Highroad (USA)
Katusha (Russia)
Lampre-ISD (Italy)
Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy)
Leopard-Trek (Luxembourg)
Movistar (Spain)
Omega Pharma-Lotto (Belgium)
Quickstep (Belgium)
Rabobank (Netherlands)
Saxo Bank-SunGard (Denmark)
Team Sky (Great Britain)
Radioshack (USA)
Uni SA-Australia (Australia)
Vacansoleil-DCM (Netherlands)