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Polish rider Piotr Chmielewski (Echuca-Moama) has won the longest stage of the Sun Tour, the 192.7 kilometre leg from Warrnambool to Colac. The Pole broke away after just 10 kilometres, and managed to get a group to work with for much of the stage. He was too strong for them and with 20 kilometres to go, attacked to win the stage solo by 37 seconds. In second place was Greg Henderson (Australia Post) while Belgian Andy De Smet (Foster's Lightice) took third.
None of the riders in the break presented a threat to race leader Peter Wrolich (Ballarat*eureka), and they were allowed to ride over five minutes in front of the peloton, which was being controlled by Ballarat*eureka with the help of Malaysia Airlines. Towards the end of the stage, the bunch began to pick up the pace, but not enough to catch the break.
Whilst in the breakaway, Chmielewski managed to pick up enough points to become the King of the Mountains champion, 15 points clear of Eric Wohlberg (Australia Post), who had missed the break.
Notable also was that Greg Henderson (Australia Post) fell when he hit a pothole with 20 kilometres to go, but got up and chased back onto the break, winning the sprint for second place.
However, with no changes in GC today, Peter Wrolich now has just one short stage to go before he is the champion of the Herald Sun Tour for 2001. Tomorrow's race is a 44 km criterium in Geelong, and Wrolich just has to finish in the bunch and keep an eye on Zbigniew Piatek (Echuca) to keep his jersey.
1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4.47.43 (40.19 km/h) 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 0.37 3 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 4 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 0.38 5 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 0.43 6 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 9 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 10 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 11 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 12 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 13 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 14 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 15 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 16 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 17 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 18 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 19 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 20 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 21 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 22 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 23 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 24 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 25 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 26 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 27 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 28 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 29 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 30 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 31 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 32 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 33 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 34 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 36 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 37 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 38 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 39 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 40 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 41 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 42 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 43 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 44 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 45 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 46 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 47 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 48 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.58 49 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 1.03 50 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.05 51 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 1.10 52 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 1.12 53 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 14.32 54 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 55 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 56 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 57 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 58 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.23 59 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 60 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 61 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post DNS Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport DNS Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet DNS Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano DNS David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco Sprints Sprint 1 - Lap 2 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1 Sprint 2 - Lap 4 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 2 3 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1 Sprint 3 - Lap 6 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 2 3 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1 Sprint 4 - Lap 8 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1 Sprint 5 - Lap 10 1 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprint 6 - Junction Hotel 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprint 7 - Cheeseworld 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 2 3 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 Sprint 8 - Nullawarre General Store 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 1 Sprint 9 - Netball Association 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 1 Sprint 10 - Nirranda Sth Fire Brigade 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 1 Sprint 11 - Peterborough General Store 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Sprint 12 - Great Aust Bite 1 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 1 Sprint 13 - Twelve Apostles 1 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 1 Sprint 14 - Tourist Info Centre 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 2 3 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Sprint 15 - Gellibrand General Store 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 1 Hill Climbs Moonlight Head - Cat.2 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3/7 pts/secs 2 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2/5 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 1/3 Wyelangta Sign - Cat.4 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3/3 pts/secs 2 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2/2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 1/1 Weeaproinah Sign - Cat.3 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3/5 pts/secs 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 2/3 3 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1/2 Nightingale Rd - Cat.3 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3/5 pts/secs 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 2/3 3 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1/2 General classification after stage 14 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 31.52.09 2 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1.11 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 4.33 4 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4.54 5 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 7.05 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 7.17 7 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 8.17 8 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 12.24 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 12.33 10 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 13.43 11 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 13.54 12 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 15.46 13 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 17.32 14 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 17.35 15 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 21.00 16 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 22.03 17 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 23.09 18 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 27.34 19 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 29.47 20 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 30.15 21 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 32.05 22 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 32.37 23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 32.47 24 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 34.03 25 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 39.10 26 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 41.11 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 44.28 28 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 44.30 29 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 48.12 30 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 49.52 31 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 53.46 32 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 55.20 33 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 56.27 34 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 58.14 35 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 58.47 36 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 59.04 37 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 59.50 38 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 1.00.20 39 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.03.03 40 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1.04.24 41 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.06.21 42 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1.07.53 43 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 1.11.59 44 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 1.13.25 45 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 1.15.26 46 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 1.18.51 47 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.19.57 48 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1.24.49 49 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.25.48 50 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.27.19 51 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.34.24 52 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 1.34.27 53 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.37.28 54 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.43.31 55 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1.45.09 56 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.45.12 57 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1.46.51 58 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.47.29 59 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2.04.48 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2.10.31 61 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2.30.19 Emu Spirit - Sprint Championship 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 67 pts 2 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 47 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 42 4 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 41 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 37 6 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 34 7 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 27 8 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 26 9 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 24 10 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 22 11 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 22 12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 21 13 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 18 14 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 18 15 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 17 16 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 16 17 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 15 18 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 15 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 13 20 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 13 21 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 12 22 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 11 23 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 10 24 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 10 25 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 7 26 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 7 27 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 7 28 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 5 29 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 30 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 5 31 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 32 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 4 33 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 4 34 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 4 35 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 4 36 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 37 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 4 38 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 39 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 40 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 3 41 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 3 42 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 43 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 44 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2 45 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 2 46 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 2 47 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 2 48 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 49 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 50 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 1 East Gippsland Shire - King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 40 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 25 3 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 25 4 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 20 5 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 15 6 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 11 7 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 11 8 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 10 9 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 9 10 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 9 11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 12 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 6 13 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 5 14 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 5 15 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 4 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 17 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 2 18 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 19 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 2 20 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 21 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 Express Post - Criterium Championship 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 19 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 17 3 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 16 4 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 15 5 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 13 6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 13 7 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 13 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 10 9 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 11 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 12 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 8 13 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 7 14 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 5 15 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 5 16 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 4 17 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 4 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 4 19 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 20 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 21 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 3 22 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 23 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 3 24 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 25 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 26 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 2 27 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 28 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 1 Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award 1 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 31.59.14 2 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 6.38 3 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 25.32 4 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 26.58 5 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 37.25 6 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 49.22 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 51.09 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 51.42 9 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 51.59 10 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 55.58 11 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 57.19 12 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 59.16 13 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.12.52 14 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1.17.44 15 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.18.43 16 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.30.23 17 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.36.26 18 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.38.07 AH Plant Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4 pts 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 4 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 4 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 4 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 4 6 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 6 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 6 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 6 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 2 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 2 12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 1 12 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 1 12 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 12 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 12 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 1 12 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 12 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1 Team Classification 1 Echuca-Moama 95.25.22 2 Custom Fleet 42.38 3 Malaysia Airlines 57.07 4 Australia Post 1.02.16 5 Caravello 1.27.32 6 Jayco 1.42.04 7 Fosters Lightice 1.49.38 8 Ballarat*eureka 2.03.35 9 Latrobe City 2.07.27 10 Active For Life 2.14.23 11 AH Plant-Caffe Paesano 2.34.56 12 Southern Grampians 3.03.49 13 Australian Abalone Exports 3.04.18 14 Fitzroy Cycles 3.08.35 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Echuca-Moama 95.25.22 2 Ballarat*eureka 2.03.34 3 Latrobe City 2.07.26 4 Southern Grampians 3.03.48