The Aussie is inspried! Allan Davis (Quickstep) pulls off another...

The Aussie is inspried! Allan Davis (Quickstep) pulls off another exciting win in the Tour Down Under. It was Davis's third stage win in four days. Davis has only to finish with the front group in tomorrow's final stage and he will be crowned champion of the 2009 Tour Down Under and leader of the UCI ProTour. Armstrong was content to ride in with the peloton. He is 29th in the GC, 0.49 off the lead.

Stage 5 Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.28.33
2 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
10 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis

GC Standings:
General Classification after Stage 5
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 17.44.59
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.25
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.38
6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 0.39
7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.40
8 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
9 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
11 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.44
14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.47
18 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49
19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
21 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
23 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
24 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA
25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream
26 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
28 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana
29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
30 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.41

Added: January 26, 2009
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