Bookends For Sky, Second Title For Greipel – 2010 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 6
Team Sky capped the opening event of the 2010 UCI ProTour calendar in the same way they opened it, with a 1-2 finish. Chris Sutton would take the Stage 6 bunch sprint just ahead of teammate Greg Henderson, who opened the team's account with a victory in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic. Rabobank's Graeme Brown would round out the podium, finishing third.
"It was the perfect lead-out, all the boys played their part and I just went as long as I could," stated Sutton. "If Hendy comes round me, he comes round me but to get a one-two is amazing."
With the second place finish on the stage, Henderson would claim the last spot on the final podium below Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) and newly crowned two-time Tour Down Under champion, Andre Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia).
Results Stage 6
1. Chris Sutton (Team Sky)
2. Greg Henderson (Team Sky)
3. Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
With the overall victory, HTC-Columbia's Greipel became the second rider in the twelve year history of the event to win it twice; Australian Stuart O'Grady winning the inaugural and the 2001 edition as part of Credit Agricole.
General Classification - Final
1. Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia)
2. Samuel Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne)
3. Greg Henderson (Team Sky)
4. Robbie McEwen (Team Katusha)
5. Luke Roberts (Team Milram)
6. Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
7. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
8. Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
9. Robbie Hunter (Garmin-Transitions
10. Markus Fothen (Team Milram
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