2000 Tour Down Under

2000 Tour Down Under

Race details
Dates	18–23 January 2000
Stages	6
Distance	776.2 km (482.3 mi)
Winning time	19h 02' 02"
Results
Winner  Gilles Maignan (FRA) (AG2R Prévoyance)   Second  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Crédit Agricole)   Third  Steffen Wesemann (GER) (Team Telekom) Points  Guillaume Auger (FRA) (BigMat–Auber 93) Mountains  René Jørgensen (DEN) (Memory Card–Jack & Jones) Youth  Sandy Casar (FRA) (Française des Jeux)   Team AG2R Prévoyance
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The 2000 Tour Down Under was the second edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The race was won by Gilles Maignan, who rode for AG2R Prévoyance.^[1]

Participating teams

Route and stages

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Winner	Nation	Team
1	18 January	Adelaide	52.2 km	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	Farm Frites
2	19 January	North Adelaide – Goolwa	152.0 km	Michael Rogers	Australia	United Water–AIS
3	20 January	Glenelg – McLaren Vale	149.5 km	Stéphane Bergès	France	BigMat–Auber 93
4	21 January	City of Unley – Modbury	136.0 km	Steffen Wesemann	Germany	Team Telekom
5	22 January	Gawler – Tanunda	156.0 km	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Telekom
6	23 January	Adelaide	96.0 km	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Farm Frites

Final classification

Result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Gilles Maignan (ITA)	AG2R Prévoyance	19h 02' 02"
2	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	+ 12"
3	Steffen Wesemann (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 14"
4	Ludovic Turpin (FRA)	AG2R Prévoyance	+ 18"
5	Sandy Casar (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 24"
6	Dominique Rault (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 25"
7	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)	Team Telekom	+ 28"
8	Matthew Stephens (GBR)	Linda McCartney Racing Team	+ 4' 11"
9	René Jørgensen (DEN)	Memory Card–Jack & Jones	+ 5' 46"
10	Emmanuel Magnien (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 10' 58"

References