49th Herald Sun Tour - 2.4

Australia, October 5-15, 2000

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Stage 12 - October 12: Bendigo Criterium, 21 km

Wacker chips away

Although just 21 kilometres in length, the Bendigo evening criterium that was stage 12 of the Sun Tour was full of action. Held in front of a huge crowd in the town's centre, the 30 lap race saw Australia Post's Eric Wohlberg lose 3 seconds of his lead that he had gained in the morning's time trial.

Best placed Australian, Josh Collingwood (Eureka*Ballarat) was the first to attack, trying to gain a few sprint bonuses to move himself toward's Tomas Konecny's 4th GC spot. He was successful for a while, taking a couple of sprints before the field chased him down.

Particularly aggressive were the Jayco team, who were trying to set up Scott Moninger for the same bonuses. However, wherever they went, Australia Post followed and Moninger could not gain any advantage. One rider who did was Echuca Moama's Eugene Wacker, who attacked two thirds of the way through the race to steal not one, but two three second bonuses.

Fortunately for Eric Wohlberg, the Canadian managed to pick up a second and a first place, to reduce his loss to just three seconds by the finish.

The finale was a bunch sprint, an Australia Post were in the thick of it again, leading out Dave McCook for a hard earned win. McCook is the 'lanterne rouge' (last rider on GC) and has been suffering all through the tour. Today was his day though, as he beat Latrobe's Ciaran Power and Southern Grampians' Jeremy Hunt for the victory.

With three stages to go, Wohlberg leads the danger man Wacker by 19 seconds, and it will certainly be a fight right up until the final lap in Geelong on Sunday.

Courtesy of Rob Gaylard.

Results

1 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post                    27.04 (46.55 km/h)
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians
4 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet
5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne
8 Scott McGrory (Aus) City Of Melbourne
9 Tim Lenaerts (Ned) Foster's Lightice
10 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco
11 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post
12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post
13 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco
14 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama
15 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama
16 Scott Cochran (USA) Ballarat*Eureka
17 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka
18 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet
19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life
20 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne
21 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
22 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama
23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians
24 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice
25 Warren Clark (NZl) Vicroads-Cycle On
26 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka
27 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City
28 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life
29 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco
30 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed
31 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post
32 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet
33 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama
34 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama
35 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay
36 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay
37 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano
38 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life
39 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Smartplay
40 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay
41 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed
42 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On
43 Denis Mungoven (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka
44 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City
45 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed
46 Peter Milostic (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On
47 Tony Mann (Aus) Southern Grampians
48 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
49 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet
50 Nor Effandy Rosli (Msa) Malaysia Airlines
51 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano
52 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice
53 Adrian Laidler (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano
54 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post
55 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello
56 Pelle Kil (Ned) Malaysia Airlines
57 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed
58 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Latrobe City
59 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On
60 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed
61 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello
62 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice
63 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka
64 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians
65 Musari Musa (Msa) Malaysia Airlines
66 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco
67 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne
68 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello
69 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City                     0.54
70 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life
71 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano
72 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On
73 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice
74 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians
75 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines            1.48
76 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano
Sprints

1 Lap 6

1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 3 (pts/secs)
2 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet                         2
3 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life                    1

2 Lap 8

1 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka                  3 (pts/secs)
2 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                              2
3 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne                1

3 Lap 10

1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne                   3 (pts/secs)
2 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                              2
3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                  1

4 Lap 12

1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians                    3 (pts/secs)
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                                 2
3 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne                1

5 Lap 14

1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 3 (pts/secs)
2 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post                      2
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                                 1

6 Lap 16

1 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                          3 (pts/secs)
2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 2
3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                  1

7 Lap 18

1 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life                    3 (pts/secs)
2 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello                        2
3 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post                       1

8 Lap 20

1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                  3 (pts/secs)
2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne                   2
3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 1

9 Lap 22

1 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama                         3 (pts/secs)
2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 2
3 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post                      1

10 Lap 24

1 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama                         3 (pts/secs)
2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post                      2
3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                  1

11 Lap 26

1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                  3 (pts/secs)
2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                 2
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                                 1

AH PLANT Aggressive Rider Awards

1 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City                    5 $500.00
2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City                  4 $400.00
3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                          3 $300.00
3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians             3 $300.00
5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post               2 $200.00
5 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama             2 $200.00
5 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama                  2 $200.00
5 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City                   2 $200.00
5 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama              2 $150.00
5 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians              2 $150.00
5 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                   2 $150.00
12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians            1 $100.00

General classification after stage 12:

1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post               23.36.22
2 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama                      0.19
3 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco                           1.41
4 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life                  1.54
5 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka               2.10
6 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice                 2.26
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne                2.49
8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City                      2.53
9 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama                     3.07
10 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello                 3.31
11 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet                     5.12
12 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama                7.01
13 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life                7.09
14 Warren Clark (NZl) Vicroads-Cycle On                7.56
15 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay                      8.12
16 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama                8.47
17 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post                   9.27
18 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On              9.38
19 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City                      9.44
20 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay                            10.00
21 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne       10.28
22 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life                  11.11
23 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                  13.47
24 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City                    16.21
25 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed               17.09
26 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City                      17.36
27 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano     18.00
28 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                            18.37
29 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello                 19.23
30 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello                   19.43
31 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet                   20.27
32 Adrian Laidler (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano       22.56
33 Peter Milostic (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On             23.13
34 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne           27.57
35 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post                 27.59
36 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians               29.45
37 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post               30.04
38 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello              30.45
39 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                         31.57
40 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                            32.36
41 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka                  33.20
42 Scott McGrory (Aus) City Of Melbourne              33.38
43 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians        34.43
44 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice             35.34
45 Tony Mann (Aus) Southern Grampians                 35.36
46 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians                38.52
47 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life                  41.03
48 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano        42.13
49 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On            44.21
50 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet                    45.06
51 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                             46.38
52 Tim Lenaerts (Ned) Foster's Lightice               49.18
53 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                     49.37
54 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet                    50.44
55 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama                52.09
56 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice             52.19
57 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed              53.10
58 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano   53.28
59 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka                  54.48
60 Denis Mungoven (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka               54.54
61 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians               55.17
62 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                 55.33
63 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Smartplay                      57.07
64 Musari Musa (Msa) Malaysia Airlines                57.36
65 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano         57.50
66 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay                 57.55
67 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On                 58.38
68 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Latrobe City                 59.13
69 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne         1.01.21
70 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                1.01.46
71 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice            1.01.53
72 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines         1.04.37
73 Scott Cochran (USA) Ballarat*Eureka              1.04.50
74 Pelle Kil (Ned) Malaysia Airlines                1.21.05
75 Nor Effandy Rosli (Msa) Malaysia Airlines        1.21.28
76 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post                 1.25.58

Team Classification

1 Echuca-Moama                                     22.56.48
2 Active For Life                                     10.04
3 Latrobe City                                        12.12
4 Team Caravello                                      16.55
5 City Of Melbourne                                   25.00
6 Vicroads-Cycle On                                   25.14
7 Australia Post                                      28.40
8 Jayco                                               38.37
9 Custom Fleet                                        43.29
10 Smartplay                                          57.02
11 AH Plant-Café Paesano                            1.04.16
12 Vicroads-Bike Ed                                 1.09.05
13 Southern Grampians                               1.15.39
14 Ballarat*Eureka                                  1.16.50
15 Foster's Lightice                                1.17.12
16 Malaysia Airlines                                1.48.58

PAULS VICTORIA  Sprint Championship

1 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                         54 pts
2 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama                        33
3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                33
4 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City                        30
5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne                  29
6 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City                          28
7 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life                   28
8 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians                    23
9 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                             23
10 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama                   22
11 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                21
12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post                    21
13 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians                  19
14 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City                        18
15 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post                    13
16 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne          12
17 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco                            12
18 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life                   10
19 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life                     10
20 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                               10
21 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka                10
22 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello                  9
23 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama                   9
24 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama                   8
25 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice                 8
26 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City                        7
27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians                   7
28 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                      6
29 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet                        6
30 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Active For Life                 5
31 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post                      5
32 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay                     4
33 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                      4
34 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet                        4
35 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life                      4
36 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama                       4
37 Musari Musa (Msa) Malaysia Airlines                    3
38 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka                      3
39 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne               3
40 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka                      3
41 Tony Mann (Aus) Southern Grampians                     3
42 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet                       2
43 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano         2
44 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Smartplay                         2
45 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet                        2
46 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post                       2
47 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello                       2
48 Brad McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet                          1
49 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians            1
50 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines                   1
51 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello                    1
52 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello                     1
53 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post                   1

VIC ROADS  King Of The Mountain Championship

1 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life                      20 pts
2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama                   19
3 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City                          13
4 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City                        13
5 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco                             12
6 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama                   12
7 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life                   10
8 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet                         8
9 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City                          7
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life                    7
11 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                         7
12 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka                 5
13 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post                      5
14 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama                       4
15 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians                   4
16 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne           3
17 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice                   3
18 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians            3
19 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                             3
20 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Smartplay                         2
21 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines               2
22 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice                 2
23 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello                  1
24 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life                      1

EXPRESS POST - Criterium Championship

1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco                                39 pts
2 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City                        29
3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco                                19
4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians                   18
5 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post                     14
6 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines                   14
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne                  14
8 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama                   13
9 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice                 12
10 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet                       11
11 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post                      10
12 Brad McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet                         10
13 Tim Lenaerts (Ned) Foster's Lightice                  10
14 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post                     9
15 Scott McGrory (Aus) City Of Melbourne                  9
16 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco                                 9
17 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco                             8
18 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City                          7
19 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka                 7
20 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne               6
21 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians                   3
22 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet                        2
23 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka                      1
24 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama                   1

Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award

1 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello              23.39.53
2 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay                       4.41
3 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay                              6.29
4 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                   10.16
5 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                13.38
6 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello                  15.52
7 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello                    16.12
8 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet                    16.56
9 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post                26.33
10 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello              27.14
11 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice             32.03
12 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano        38.42
13 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On            40.50
14 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello                     46.06
15 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed              49.39
16 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano   49.57
17 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                 52.02
18 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano         54.19
19 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay                 54.24
20 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On                 55.07
21 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed                  58.15
22 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice              58.22

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