49th Herald Sun Tour - 2.4Australia, October 5-15, 2000Main page Results Previous stage John Lieswyn's Diary Stage 6 - October 8: Bairnsdale - Mt Hotham, 174 kmDramatic stage sees race split apart
Today's 174 kilometre stage from Bairnsdale to Mt Hotham was predicted to be the toughest of this year's Sun Tour, and perhaps the toughest in the race's 49 year history. With nine climbs including the 2000 metre Mt Hotham to finish, it was expected that there would be some significant time gaps. The bunch started to split after approximately 70 kilometres when the attacks and the climbs started to take their toll. Race leader Henk Vogels has been riding quite strongly in the tour so far, but today suited his Jayco/Mercury teammate Scott Moninger, who is a formidable climber. However Moninger either overestimated his abilities or underestimated the nature of the stage when he jumped clear from the leading group with 25 kilometres to go. Along with Josh Collingwood (Ballarat-Eureka) and Trent Wilson (Custom Fleet ) he managed to gap the field by 1'43 at one point, and the stage (and perhaps the race) looked set to be his. With 12 kilometres to go, he hit the dreaded wall that so many riders have experienced and ran out of fuel. The other two continued on without the contributions of Moninger, but started to lose time quickly. Their lead shrank to 1 minute at 8 kilometres to go, then 40 seconds when Steve Williams (Caravello) bridged up to the flagging trio. Williams may not be as well credentialled as Moninger but the NSW rider is renowned for his climbing strength, winning the KOM in this year's Tatt's Cup series (qualifying races for the Sun Tour). After Williams caught Moninger, the American tried to stay on his wheel without success, and Williams soloed to the stage win. Close behind and surprising many was US Olympic road team member, Antonio Cruz (Malaysia Airlines) who almost caught Williams to take second place. Canadian Eric Wohlberg put in a strong ride to finish with the leaders, and he now holds the equal lead of the Sun Tour along with Williams. Cruz is third at 30 seconds, while Vogels dropped to 28th after finishing 13 minutes down today. Tomorrow is another split day, with a morning kermesse in Bright (49 km) and an afternoon stage from Bright to Beechworth (91 km). Thanks to Rob Gaylard for the report.
Results1 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 5.08.20 (38.24 km/h) 2 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines 0.31 3 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 0.42 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne 6 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life 7 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 9 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City 10 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 11 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 0.58 12 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 1.10 13 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay 1.21 14 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 2.45 15 Warren Clark (NZl) Vicroads-Cycle On 3.44 16 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay 5.20 17 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 18 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 19 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 20 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello 21 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 22 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 23 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 24 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 25 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne 7.21 26 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 10.16 27 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello 28 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Active For Life 10.32 29 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet 11.36 30 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 12.46 31 Adrian Laidler (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 32 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 33 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 34 Peter Milostic (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 35 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 36 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne 37 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 23.31 38 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians 39 Tony Mann (Aus) Southern Grampians 40 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post 41 Scott McGrory (Aus) City Of Melbourne 42 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice 43 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 44 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post 45 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 46 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 47 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello 48 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 49 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians 50 Brad McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 51 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life 52 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 34.43 53 Musari Musa (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 35.54 54 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 38.09 55 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama 56 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 57 Denis Mungoven (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 58 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne 59 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 60 Tim Lenaerts (Ned) Foster's Lightice 61 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On 62 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 63 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet 64 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet 65 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Smartplay 66 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Smartplay 67 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 68 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 69 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 43.25 70 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Latrobe City 71 Nor Effandy Rosli (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 72 Pelle Kil (Ned) Malaysia Airlines 73 Scott Cochran (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 74 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice 75 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 76 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay 77 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 78 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 79 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 80 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians Sprints 1 Bruthen Store 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3 (pts/secs) 2 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life 1 2 Shell Service Station 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3 (pts/secs) 2 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 2 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 1 3 Albion Hotel 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3 (pts/secs) 2 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 2 3 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 1 4 Golden Age Hotel 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 3 (pts/secs) 2 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 2 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 1 5 Dinner Plain Hotel Driveway 1 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 3 (pts/secs) 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 2 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 Hill Climbs 1 Cat.4 Nicholson River 1 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life 3/3 (pts/secs) 2 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2/2 3 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1/1 2 Cat.4 Omeo Turn-off 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3/3 (pts/secs) 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians 2/2 3 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 1/1 3 Cat.3 Monkey Creek 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 5/3 (pts/secs) 2 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 3/2 3 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 2/1 4 Cat.4 Running Creek 1 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 3/3 (pts/secs) 2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 2/2 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 1/1 5 Cat.2 Omeo & Wanggaratta Turn-off 1 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 7/3 (pts/secs) 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 5/2 3 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne 3/1 6 Cat.1 Livingstone Creek 1 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 10/3 (pts/secs) 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 6/2 3 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 4/1 7 Cat.3 Jim & Jack Creek 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 5/3 (pts/secs) 2 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 3/2 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2/1 8 Cat.2 Victoria Creek 1 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 7/3 (pts/secs) 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 5/2 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 3/1 9 Cat.3 Four Bag Plain 1 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 5/3 (pts/secs) 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 3/2 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 2/1 AH PLANT Aggressive Rider Awards 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 4 $400.00 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 2 $200.00 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 $200.00 2 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 2 $200.00 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2 $200.00 6 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 1 $100.00 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians 1 $100.00 General classification after stage 6: 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 12.36.22 2 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 3 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines 0.30 4 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 0.34 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne 6 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 0.40 7 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City 0.47 8 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 0.51 9 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life 0.54 10 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 0.55 11 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama 12 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 1.20 13 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 2.47 14 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay 3.57 15 Warren Clark (NZl) Vicroads-Cycle On 4.05 16 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 5.07 17 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 5.12 18 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 5.14 19 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 5.19 20 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 5.23 21 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 5.41 22 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay 23 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 5.43 24 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne 7.29 25 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello 10.37 26 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 10.39 27 Ondrej Slobodnik (Svk) Active For Life 10.53 28 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 11.34 29 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 13.03 30 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne 13.06 31 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 13.07 32 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet 14.17 33 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 15.20 34 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello 15.59 35 Adrian Laidler (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 16.17 36 Peter Milostic (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 20.58 37 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 22.56 38 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 23.26 39 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 23.45 40 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post 23.46 41 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post 23.51 42 Scott McGrory (Aus) City Of Melbourne 23.52 43 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians 24.00 44 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello 25.31 45 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 26.04 46 Brad McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 26.10 47 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice 26.43 48 Tony Mann (Aus) Southern Grampians 27.01 49 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life 27.55 50 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 28.59 51 Nick Gates (Aus) Southern Grampians 29.07 52 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 38.13 53 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 38.27 54 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On 38.30 55 Brent Dawson (Aus) Custom Fleet 56 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Smartplay 38.54 57 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 40.04 58 Dariuz Skoczylas (Pol) Echuca-Moama 40.45 59 Denis Mungoven (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 60 Tim Lenaerts (Ned) Foster's Lightice 61 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Smartplay 62 Luke Roberts (Aus) Custom Fleet 40.57 63 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 43.22 64 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne 43.25 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians 43.32 66 Musari Musa (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 45.12 67 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 45.40 68 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 46.13 69 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 70 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 71 Scott Cochran (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 47.51 72 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 48.36 73 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay 48.40 74 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Latrobe City 48.47 75 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice 49.09 76 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 49.46 77 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 50.00 78 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1.08.37 79 Pelle Kil (Ned) Malaysia Airlines 1.08.39 80 Nor Effandy Rosli (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 1.10.21 Team Classification 1 Echuca-Moama 13.55.58 2 Active For Life 2.23 3 Latrobe City 4.20 4 Team Caravello 9.18 5 City Of Melbourne 14.19 6 Vicroads-Cycle On 16.01 7 Australia Post 22.08 8 Jayco 28.34 9 Custom Fleet 29.58 10 Smartplay 41.16 11 AH Plant-Café Paesano 50.21 12 Vicroads-Bike Ed 57.37 13 Foster's Lightice 59.53 14 Ballarat*Eureka 1.00.45 15 Southern Grampians 1.04.09 16 Malaysia Airlines 1.22.27 PAULS VICTORIA Sprint Championship 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 24 pts 2 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Echuca-Moama 23 3 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 19 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 18 5 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 18 6 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 14 7 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 12 8 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne 12 9 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 9 10 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 7 11 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello 7 12 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 7 13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 6 14 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 5 15 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post 4 16 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 4 17 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4 18 Aidan Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 4 19 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City 4 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 4 21 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 4 22 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life 3 23 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 3 24 Norm Carter (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 3 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne 3 26 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 3 27 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 3 28 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 2 29 Petr Bencik (Cze) Active For Life 2 30 Russell Van Hout (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 2 31 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2 32 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) City Of Melbourne 1 33 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 1 34 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet 1 35 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay 1 36 Rene Andrle (Cze) Active For Life 1 37 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians 1 38 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 1 39 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians 1 40 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines 1 41 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 1 42 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 16 3 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 13 4 Scott Moninger (USA) Jayco 12 5 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 12 6 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Active For Life 10 7 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 8 8 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 7 9 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 7 10 Josh Collingwood (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 5 11 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Active For Life 5 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Southern Grampians 4 13 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4 14 Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Southern Grampians 3 15 Svein Gaute Holestol (Nor) City Of Melbourne 3 16 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 17 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 3 18 Tsen Seong Hoong (Msa) Malaysia Airlines 2 19 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 20 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello 1 EXPRESS POST - Criterium Championship 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 19 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 18 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 11 4 Peter Wrolich (Aut) City Of Melbourne 10 5 Antonio Cruz (USA) Malaysia Airlines 10 6 Graeme Miller (NZl) Australia Post 9 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 9 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Latrobe City 8 9 Michael Sayers (USA) Jayco 7 10 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 4 11 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 12 Kirk Albers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 1 13 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1 Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award 1 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 12.36.22 2 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Smartplay 3.57 3 Ben Day (Aus) Smartplay 5.41 4 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello 10.37 5 David Pell (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 10.39 6 Garry Parsons (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 13.07 7 Darren Benson (Aus) Custom Fleet 14.17 8 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Caravello 15.59 9 Robert Tighello (Aus) Australia Post 23.51 10 David McPartland (Aus) Team Caravello 25.31 11 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Foster's Lightice 26.43 12 Kristin Lewis (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 28.59 13 Dan Smith (GBr) Team Caravello 38.13 14 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Vicroads-Cycle On 38.30 15 Danny Eckert (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 45.40 16 Chris Carr (Aus) Vicroads-Cycle On 46.13 17 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 18 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) A H Plant-Caffe Paesano 19 Robert Boag (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 48.36 20 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Smartplay 48.40 21 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Foster's Lightice 49.09 22 Tim Decker (Aus) Vicroads-Bike Ed 50.00 Communique Rider No - 13 was credited with an incorrect time for stage 5, (2:09:07). His time for Stage 5 should have read 2:09:17, and has therefore been adjusted accordingly.
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