Herald Sun Tour, 2.4Australia, October 14-24, 1999 |
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Stage 1, October 14 - Melbourne Criterium, 31.5 kmsRogers finds a cure for jetlagThe first stage of the VicHealth Herald Sun Tour was a hectic 30-lap criterium through the busy centre of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria. The stage started with attacks from the second lap, with the bunch showing no sympathy for the riders who arrived stiff and sore at 5am Wednesday morning, direct from the World Road Racing Championships held in Verona last Sunday. Perhaps they should, as it was one of Australia's representatives in the Elite Mens Road Race, Peter Rogers, who stormed home at the finish to claim the first stage. The lunchtime crowd of Melburnian office workers looked on as the field settled into the tight corners and fast racing with breaks every few laps - and the main field chasing them down as soon as they started. With seven laps to go John Lieswyn (Australia Post) made a bid which looked like it could succeed, but with the warm wind picking up in the back strait he was reeled in at five to go. The Canadian Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) then made a bid to break and this time he was away clear with a strong surge of power. Wohlberg looked like he was going to hold on till the finish but with one and a half laps to go Rogers made his move, quickly catching Wohlberg and going straight past the tiring Canadian to finish 150 meters ahead. Wohlberg claimed second place and the experienced Kiwi, Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti), won the bunch sprint for third. On the podium, Miller said although he was another year older, he had moved up a place in the first stage so he can't be going too bad. Wohlburg took the Yellow leader's jersey due to his time bonuses taken earlier in the race. Results1 Peter Rogers (Southern Grampions - Hamilton) 43.46 2 Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) .01 3 Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) .05 4 Robbie Ventura (Tattersall's) 5 Ciaran Power (Latrobe - Moe) 6 Alessandro Pozzi (Caravello) 7 Robbie McEwen (Jayco - V.I.S) 8 Antonio Cruz (Australia Post) 9 Jan Poppe (Sunsmart) 10 Christian Huele (Malaysia Airlines) 11 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 12 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 13 Bart Heirewegh (Sunsmart) 14 Glen Mitchell (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 15 Michael Blaudzun (Home Jack & Jones) 16 Corey Sweet (Echuca - Moama) 17 Brent McCaig (Transhepp) 18 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 19 Michael Themann (Malaysia Airlines) 20 Daniele Galli (Caravello) 21 Christian Andersen (Home Jack & Jones) 22 Jason Phillips (Southern Grampions - Hamilton) 23 Matthew Anand (Tattersall's) 24 David McKenzie (City of Melbourne) 25 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Home Jack & Jones) 26 Matthew Yates (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 27 Arvis Piziks (Home Jack & Jones) 28 Mikael Kynab (Home Jack & Jones) 29 Richard Faltus (Tyrepower) 30 Nick Gates (Southern Grampions - Hamilton) 31 Eric De Clercq (Sunsmart) 32 Tomas Konecny (Tyrepower) 33 John Lieswyn (Australia Post) 34 Jamie Drew (Jayco - V.I.S) 35 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 36 Jan Hruska (Tyrepower) 37 David Lee (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 38 Milos Pejcha (Tyrepower) 39 Daniel Loprais (Tyrepower) 40 Kelvin Martin (Caravello) 41 Christian Wegman (Southern Grampions - Hamilton) 42 Ben Day (Australia Post) 43 Adham Sbeih (Tattersall's) 44 Allan Iacuone (City of Melbourne) 45 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 46 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 47 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 48 Tony Bracke (Sunsmart) 49 Rob Reynolds-Jones (City of Melbourne) 50 Chris White (Caravello) 51 Wayne Anderson (Caravello) 52 Dermot Finnegan (Latrobe - Moe) 53 Morgan Fox (Latrobe - Moe) 54 Marcel Gono (Echuca - Moama) 55 Christoph Goehring (Malaysia Airlines) 56 Chris Willywhite (City of Melbourne) 57 Anthony Kellen (Sunsmart) 58 Andrew Stalder (Jayco - V.I.S) 59 Brandon Vesty (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 60 Ben Brooks (City of Melbourne) 61 Tim Decker (Transhepp) 62 Phil Bray (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 63 David Pell (Australia Post) 64 Kristin Lewis (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 65 Michael McNena (Latrobe - Moe) 66 Eugene Moriarty (Latrobe - Moe) 67 Jaaron Poad (Echuca - Moama) 68 Lukas Zamsteg (Malaysia Airlines) 69 Bjorn Glasner (Southern Grampions - Hamilton) 70 Rene Stadelmann (Malaysia Airlines) 71 Daryl Beddome (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 72 Russell Van Hout (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 73 Gareth Atkins (Transhepp) .29 74 Troy Clarke (Jayco - V.I.S) .31 75 Jeff Wheeler (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) .43 Australian based rider: 1 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 0.43.42 2 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 0.00.03 3 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.00.07 4 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 5 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 6 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 0.00.08 7 Ben Day (Australia Post) 0.00.09 8 David Pell (Australia Post) 9 Anthony Kellen (Sunsmart) 10 Brent McCaig (Transhepp) 11 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 12 Chris White (Caravello) 13 Kelvin Martin (Caravello) 14 Kristin Lewis (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 15 Russell Van Hout (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 16 Daryl Beddome (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 17 Phil Bray (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 18 Gareth Atkins (Transhepp) 0.00.33 19 Troy Clarke (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.00.35 20 Jeff Wheeler (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.03.47 Sprints after stage 1: 1 Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) 9 Points 2 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 9 3 Allan Iacuone (City of Melbourne) 6 4 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 6 5 John Lieswyn (Australia Post) 5 6 Chris Willywhite (City of Melbourne) 4 7 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Home Jack & Jones) 4 8 Michael Blaudzun (Home Jack & Jones) 4 9 Corey Sweet (Echuca - Moama) 3 10 Antonio Cruz (Australia Post) 3 11 Alessandro Pozzi (Caravello) 3 12 Bart Heirewegh (Sunsmart) 2 13 Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 2 14 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 2 15 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 2 16 Tomas Konecny (Tyrepower) 2 17 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 2 18 Brandon Vesty (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 1 19 Morgan Fox (Latrobe - Moe) 1 20 Mikael Kynab (Home Jack & Jones) 1 21 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 1 Most aggressive: Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) 2 Points Teams: 1 Australia Post 2 Southern Grampions - Hamilton 0.00.11 3 Echuca - Moama 0.00.18 4 SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti 0.00.24 5 Home Jack & Jones 0.00.28 6 Tattersall's 0.00.29 7 City of Melbourne 0.00.30 8 Latrobe - Moe 0.00.31 9 Caravello 0.00.31 10 Jayco - V.I.S 0.00.34 11 Tyrepower 0.00.34 12 Sunsmart 0.00.34 13 Transhepp 0.00.34 14 Malaysia Airlines 0.00.36 15 A H Plant - Caffe Paesano 0.00.36 |