Results from the 51 km Cancer Classic criterium, a prelude to the six-stage Tour Down Under (times do not count towards race general classification):

1. Robbie McEwen (AUS) Katusha 1hr 04min 32sec, 2. Willem Stroetinga (NED) same time, 3. Graeme Brown (AUS) s.t., 4. Andre Greipel (GER) s.t., 5.
Jose-Joaquim Rojas (ESP) s.t., 6. Allan Davis (AUS) s.t., 7. Baden Cooke (AUS) s.t., 8. Francesco Chicchi (ITA) s.t., 9. Hilton Clarke (AUS) at 1sec, 10.
Chris Sutton (AUS) s.t.
Selected: 64. Lance Armstrong (USA) 23