Tour over on day 1....

13:48 CST 104km/44km to go
The four leaders, Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty), Simon Gerrans (Ag2r), Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto), and William Walker (United Water) have about 12 seconds on the remaining 16 riders, with UniSA working hard to bring them back. You can't let guys of this calibre get away.

13:51 CST 109km/39km to go
The chase is splitting up even more as Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r - Prevoyance), Giovanni Visconti (Milram), Sebastien Chavanel (Bouygues Telecom), Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS), Gene Bates, Chris Jongewaard (Uni SA - Australia) and
Mitch Docker (United Water - Australia U/23) follow at 150 metres.

Current race situation

Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty), Simon Gerrans (Ag2r), Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto), William Walker (United Water)
Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r - Prevoyance), Giovanni Visconti (Milram), Sebastien Chavanel (Bouygues Telecom), Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS), Gene Bates, Chris Jongewaard (Uni SA - Australia) and Mitch Docker (United Water - Australia U/23) at 0'10
Ivan Santos (Liberty Seguros), Eros Capecchi, Daniele Colli (Liquigas), Glenn d'Hollander (Chocolade Jacques), Ben Brooks, Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance), Shaun Higgerson (South Australia.com - AIS), Sean Sullivan, Russel Van Hout (Uni SA - Australia) at ?
Aaron Kemps (Liberty Seguros), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Cadel Evans, Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon Lotto), Elia Rigotto (Milram), Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom), James Meadley (South Australia.com - AIS), Rob McLachlan (Uni SA - Australia), David Tanner (United Water - Australia U/23) at 2'30
Peloton at 12'45