Herald Sun Tour, 2.4Australia, October 14-24, 1999 |
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Stage 3, October 15 - Geelong to Ocean Grove, 88.4 kmsMcEwen scores first winCourtesy of Brian Farrell Australia's Robbie McEwen has won the first road stage of the Sun Tour from Geelong to Ocean Grove in a somewhat unconventional manner. The afternoon's stage was again marked by strong winds, and the bunch started to fragment after just 20 kms. By Portarlington, the field was cut into two large bunches, some 3 mins apart. The final part of the stage was run into a strong headwind, and by then the damage had been done. With 500 m to go, there were two riders away some 50 meters in front of McEwen, who then attacked from the bunch to bridge the gap, before powering away up the very steep 200 m finishing straight. Although he was aided by a tailwind, he presumably used some of his knowledge of the finish from the Bay criterium series held earlier in the year. McEwen took the stage from Czech Tomas Konecny, with Cirian Power (Ireland) in third place. Danish rider, Nicolai Bo Larsen retained the leaders jersey, with 16 seconds in hand to Konecny.
Results1 Robbie McEwen (Jayco - V.I.S) 2.01.38 2 Tomas Konecny (Tyrepower) 3 Ciaran Power (Latrobe - Moe) 4 Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 5 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Home Jack & Jones) 0.00.02 6 Jan Hruska (Tyrepower) 7 Michael Blaudzun (Home Jack & Jones) 8 Bart Heirewegh (Sunsmart) 9 Christian Huele (Malaysia Airlines) 10 Jamie Drew (Jayco - V.I.S) 11 Antonio Cruz (Australia Post) 12 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 13 Morgan Fox (Latrobe - Moe) 14 Peter Rogers (Southern Grampians - Hamilton) 15 Christian Andersen (Home Jack & Jones) 16 Alessandro Pozzi (Caravello) 17 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 18 Chris White (Caravello) 19 Jason Phillips (Southern Grampians - Hamilto 20 Corey Sweet (Echuca - Moama) 21 Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) 22 Allan Iacuone (City of Melbourne) 0.00.12 23 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 24 Eric De Clercq (Sunsmart) 25 Mikael Kyneb (Home Jack & Jones) 26 David McKenzie (City of Melbourne) 27 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 0.00.27 28 Daniele Galli (Caravello) 0.00.29 29 Michael Themann (Malaysia Airlines) 0.07.58 30 Milos Pejcha (Tyrepower) 31 Christoph Goehring (Malaysia Airlines) 32 Jeff Wheeler (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.08.02 33 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 34 Ben Day (Australia Post) 35 Daniel Loprais (Tyrepower) 36 Tony Bracke (Sunsmart) 37 David Lee (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 38 Kristin Lewis (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 39 Michael McNena (Latrobe - Moe) 40 Troy Clarke (Jayco - V.I.S) 41 Gareth Atkins (Transhepp) 42 Eugene Moriarty (Latrobe - Moe) 43 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 44 Brandon Vesty (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 45 Wayne Anderson (Caravello) 46 Phil Bray (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 47 Tim Decker (Transhepp) 48 Bjorn Glasner (Southern Grampians - Hamilton 49 Lukas Zamsteg (Malaysia Airlines) 50 Richard Faltus (Tyrepower) 51 Dermot Finnegan (Latrobe - Moe) 52 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 53 John Lieswyn (Australia Post) 54 Rob Reynolds-Jones (City of Melbourne) 55 Ben Brooks (City of Melbourne) 56 Russell Van Hout (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 57 Matthew Anand (Tattersall's) 58 Chris Willywhite (City of Melbourne) 59 Matthew Yates (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 60 Glen Mitchell (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 61 Robbie Ventura (Tattersall's) 62 Jan Poppe (Sunsmart) 63 Adham Sbeih (Tattersall's) 64 Nick Gates (Southern Grampians - Hamilton) 65 Rene Stadelmann (Malaysia Airlines) 66 Kelvin Martin (Caravello) 67 Marcel Gono (Echuca - Moama) 68 Christian Wegman (Southern Grampians - Hamil 69 Daryl Beddome (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.20.37 70 Brent McCaig (Transhepp) 71 David Pell (Australia Post) 72 Anthony Kellen (Sunsmart) 73 Andrew Stalder (Jayco - V.I.S) 74 Jaaron Poad (Echuca - Moama) 0.42.49 GC after stage 3: 1 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Home Jack & Jones) 2 Tomas Konecny (Tyrepower) 0.00.16 3 Corey Sweet (Echuca - Moama) 0.00.32 4 Bart Heirewegh (Sunsmart) 0.00.33 5 Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) 0.00.35 6 Peter Rogers (Southern Grampians - Hamilton) 0.00.36 7 Robbie McEwen (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.00.40 8 Antonio Cruz (Australia Post) 0.00.41 9 Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 0.00.45 10 Michael Blaudzun (Home Jack & Jones) 0.00.45 11 Christian Huele (Malaysia Airlines) 0.00.46 12 Ciaran Power (Latrobe - Moe) 0.00.47 13 Christian Andersen (Home Jack & Jones) 0.00.47 14 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 0.00.51 15 Alessandro Pozzi (Caravello) 0.00.54 16 David McKenzie (City of Melbourne) 0.00.57 17 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 0.01.01 18 Morgan Fox (Latrobe - Moe) 0.01.02 19 Jan Hruska (Tyrepower) 0.01.04 20 Jamie Drew (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.01.05 21 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 0.01.06 22 Jason Phillips (Southern Grampians - Hamilto 0.01.07 23 Mikael Kyneb (Home Jack & Jones) 0.01.09 24 Allan Iacuone (City of Melbourne) 0.01.11 25 Eric De Clercq (Sunsmart) 0.01.13 26 Chris White (Caravello) 0.01.16 27 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 0.01.18 28 Daniele Galli (Caravello) 0.02.17 29 John Lieswyn (Australia Post) 0.08.32 30 Glen Mitchell (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 0.08.32 31 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 0.08.58 32 Milos Pejcha (Tyrepower) 0.08.59 33 Robbie Ventura (Tattersall's) 0.09.01 34 Christoph Goehring (Malaysia Airlines) 0.09.01 35 Brandon Vesty (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 0.09.02 36 David Lee (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 0.09.03 37 Rob Reynolds-Jones (City of Melbourne) 0.09.03 38 Chris Willywhite (City of Melbourne) 0.09.03 39 Jan Poppe (Sunsmart) 0.09.03 40 Kelvin Martin (Caravello) 0.09.03 41 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.09.05 42 Richard Faltus (Tyrepower) 0.09.07 43 Daniel Loprais (Tyrepower) 0.09.07 44 Matthew Anand (Tattersall's) 0.09.07 45 Nick Gates (Southern Grampians - Hamilton) 0.09.07 46 Matthew Yates (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 0.09.07 47 Tony Bracke (Sunsmart) 0.09.07 48 Michael Themann (Malaysia Airlines) 0.09.12 49 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 0.09.14 50 Marcel Gono (Echuca - Moama) 0.09.16 51 Ben Day (Australia Post) 0.09.16 52 Adham Sbeih (Tattersall's) 0.09.16 53 Bjorn Glasner (Southern Grampians - Hamilton 0.09.16 54 Ben Brooks (City of Melbourne) 0.09.16 55 Dermot Finnegan (Latrobe - Moe) 0.09.16 56 Eugene Moriarty (Latrobe - Moe) 0.09.16 57 Wayne Anderson (Caravello) 0.09.16 58 Phil Bray (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.09.16 59 Lukas Zamsteg (Malaysia Airlines) 0.09.27 60 Russell Van Hout (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.09.31 61 Michael McNena (Latrobe - Moe) 0.09.40 62 Tim Decker (Transhepp) 0.09.40 63 Christian Wegman (Southern Grampians - Hamil 0.10.13 64 Gareth Atkins (Transhepp) 0.10.57 65 Rene Stadelmann (Malaysia Airlines) 0.11.19 66 Troy Clarke (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.11.35 67 Kristin Lewis (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.11.52 68 Jeff Wheeler (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.13.54 69 Brent McCaig (Transhepp) 0.21.42 70 David Pell (Australia Post) 0.21.51 71 Daryl Beddome (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.22.57 72 Andrew Stalder (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.23.54 73 Anthony Kellen (Sunsmart) 0.23.54 74 Jaaron Poad (Echuca - Moama) 0.47.12 Teams: 1 Home Jack & Jones 0.00.00 2 Echuca - Moama 0.00.52 3 Caravello 0.02.08 4 Australia Post 0.08.16 5 Tyrepower 0.08.47 6 Sunsmart 0.09.17 7 Jayco - V.I.S 0.09.18 8 Southern Grampions - Hamilton 0.09.18 9 Latrobe - Moe 0.09.33 10 City of Melbourne 0.09.39 11 SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti 0.16.44 12 Malaysia Airlines 0.17.27 13 Transhepp 0.17.39 14 Tattersall's 0.17.54 15 A H Plant - Caffe Paesano 0.27.31 Points: 1 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Home Jack & Jones) 26 2 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 26 3 John Lieswyn (Australia Post) 18 4 Corey Sweet (Echuca - Moama) 16 5 Tomas Konecny (Tyrepower) 13 6 Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post) 13 7 Alessandro Pozzi (Caravello) 11 8 Bart Heirewegh (Sunsmart) 7 9 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 6 10 Allan Iacuone (City of Melbourne) 6 11 Peter Rogers (Southern Grampians - Hamilton) 6 12 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 5 13 Michael Blaudzun (Home Jack & Jones) 5 14 Chris Willywhite (City of Melbourne) 4 15 Christian Huele (Malaysia Airlines) 4 16 Eric De Clercq (Sunsmart) 4 17 Mikael Kyneb (Home Jack & Jones) 4 18 Antonio Cruz (Australia Post) 3 19 Glen Mitchell (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 3 20 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 3 21 Christian Andersen (Home Jack & Jones) 3 22 David McKenzie (City of Melbourne) 3 23 Jamie Drew (Jayco - V.I.S) 2 24 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 2 25 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 2 26 Graeme Miller (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 2 27 Christoph Goehring (Malaysia Airlines) 2 28 Jan Hruska (Tyrepower) 1 29 Robbie McEwen (Jayco - V.I.S) 1 30 Morgan Fox (Latrobe - Moe) 1 31 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 1 32 Brandon Vesty (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 1 Climbs: 1 Glen Mitchell (SEW - Eurodrive - Avanti) 3 2 Christoph Goehring (Malaysia Airlines) 2 3 Milos Pejcha (Tyrepower) 1 Best Australian based rider: 1 Peter Milostic (Echuca - Moama) 0.00.00 2 Eddie Salas (Echuca - Moama) 0.00.10 3 Simon Gerrans (Transhepp) 0.00.15 4 Chris White (Caravello) 0.00.25 5 Nathan Clarke (Tattersall's) 0.00.27 6 Ashley Sheard (Transhepp) 0.08.07 7 Kelvin Martin (Caravello) 0.08.12 8 Brad Davidson (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.08.14 9 Robert Tighello (Tattersall's) 0.08.23 10 Ben Day (Australia Post) 0.08.25 11 Phil Bray (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.08.25 12 Russell Van Hout (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.08.40 13 Gareth Atkins (Transhepp) 0.10.06 14 Troy Clarke (Jayco - V.I.S) 0.10.44 15 Kristin Lewis (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.11.01 16 Jeff Wheeler (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.13.03 17 Brent McCaig (Transhepp) 0.20.51 18 David Pell (Australia Post) 0.21.00 19 Daryl Beddome (A H Plant - Caffe Paesano) 0.22.06 20 Anthony Kellen (Sunsmart) 0.23.03 |