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Despite puncturing during today's final Sun Tour stage in Geelong, Austrian Peter Wrolich (Ballarat*eureka!) has won the 50th edition of Australia's longest running stage race. Wrolich got into the right break on stage 3, and took the lead after stage 6 to Mt Hotham. For the rest of the week he endured constant attacks from the Polish Echuca-Moama team, but made it safely home with 1'11 to spare over Zbigniew Piatek.
American Dave McCook (Australian Post) won the final stage in front of last year's overall winner, Eugen Wacker (Echuca-Moama) and Sean Sullivan (Southern Grampians). They were part of a well represented breakaway that contained no GC threats and were able to stay clear. A crash on the final corner brought to an end some riders' hopes, as McCook out sprinted the rest for the win.
In the other classifications, Nathan Clarke (Foster's) won the Sprint Championship, Piotr Chmielewski (Echuca) the King of the Mountains, Sean Sullivan the Criterium Championship, Ashley Humbert (Custom Fleet) the Best Australian Based Rider (5th in overall GC), and Alessandro Pozzi (Active for Life) won the Most Aggressive Rider award.
Echuca-Moama was by far the strongest team, winning the Team Classification and the Don Porter Regional Challenge as well.
1 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1.07.07 (39.33 km/h) 2 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 5 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 0.01 6 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 0.03 7 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 8 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 0.06 9 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 0.07 10 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 0.10 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 12 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 13 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 16 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 18 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 19 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 20 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 21 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 22 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 23 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 24 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 25 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 26 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 27 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 28 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 29 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 30 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 31 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 32 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 33 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 34 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 35 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 36 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 37 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 38 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 39 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.29 40 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 0.36 41 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 0.39 42 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.48 43 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.52 44 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.19 45 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2.41 46 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 47 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 49 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3.21 50 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 51 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 52 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 53 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 54 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 55 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 56 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 57 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 58 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 59 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 60 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 61 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 6.42 Sprints Sprint 1 - Lap 2 1 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprint 2 - Lap 3 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Sprint 3 - Lap 4 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 Sprint 4 - Lap 5 1 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 pts/secs 2 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Sprint 5 - Lap 6 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 Sprint 6 - Lap 7 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 pts/secs 2 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprint 7 - Lap 8 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 3 pts/secs 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 2 3 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 1 Sprint 8 - Lap 9 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 pts/secs 2 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 2 3 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 1 Sprint 9 - Lap 10 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 1 Sprint 10 - Lap 11 College of Commissaires: 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 1 Sprint 11 - Lap 12 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 pts/secs 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 3 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 Sprint 12 - Lap 13 1 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 1 Sprint 13 - Lap 14 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 1 Sprint 14 - Lap 15 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 pts/secs 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1 Sprint 15 - Lap 16 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 1 Sprint 16 - Lap 17 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 1 Sprint 17 - Lap 18 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 pts/secs 2 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 1 Final general classification 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 32.59.26 2 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1.11 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 4.31 4 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4.51 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 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 13.42 11 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 13.43 12 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 15.31 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 21.34 17 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 22.40 18 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 27.34 19 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 29.47 20 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 30.15 21 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 32.37 22 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 32.41 23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 32.47 24 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 34.03 25 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 38.41 26 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 44.22 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 46.59 28 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 47.41 29 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 48.11 30 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 49.52 31 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 56.27 32 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 56.57 33 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 57.51 34 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 57.54 35 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 59.04 36 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 59.59 37 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 1.01.56 38 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1.03.00 39 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1.04.24 40 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.05.34 41 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.09.32 42 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1.11.02 43 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 1.15.10 44 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 1.15.26 45 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 1.15.56 46 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 1.18.51 47 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesan 1.23.08 48 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.27.17 49 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1.28.00 50 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.28.57 51 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.34.42 52 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 1.34.50 53 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.44.00 54 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.44.37 55 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1.44.58 56 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.45.09 57 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.47.29 58 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1.47.33 59 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2.04.17 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2.10.55 61 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2.33.30 Emu Spirit - Sprint Championship 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 78 pts 2 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 49 3 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 49 4 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 44 5 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 41 6 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 38 7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 37 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 37 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 28 10 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 26 11 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 22 12 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 22 13 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 21 14 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 20 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 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 12 23 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 11 24 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 11 25 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 10 26 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 9 27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 9 28 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 7 29 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 7 30 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 31 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 5 32 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 5 33 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 34 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 35 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 5 36 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 5 37 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 4 38 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 4 39 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 4 40 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 4 41 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 42 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 43 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 3 44 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 45 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 3 46 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 3 47 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 48 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 49 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 2 50 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 2 51 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 52 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 1 53 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 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 27 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 21 3 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 13 4 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 13 5 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 10 6 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 9 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 9 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 9 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 10 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 8 11 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 12 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 7 13 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 7 14 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 7 15 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 6 16 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 6 17 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 6 18 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 5 19 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 5 20 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 21 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 4 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 4 23 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 4 24 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 25 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 26 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 27 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 28 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 29 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award 1 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 33.00.03 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 40.36 6 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 49.22 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 50.49 8 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 51.59 9 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 54.51 10 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 57.19 11 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 58.29 12 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.02.27 13 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesan 1.16.03 14 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1.20.55 15 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.21.52 16 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1.36.55 17 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.37.32 18 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.38.04 AH Plant Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 6 pts 2 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 4 2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 4 2 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 98.46.39 2 Custom Fleet 43.11 3 Malaysia Airlines 57.40 4 Australia Post 1.01.49 5 Caravello 1.27.53 6 Jayco 1.49.39 7 Fosters Lightice 1.52.31 8 Ballarat*eureka 2.04.07 9 Latrobe City 2.10.31 10 Active For Life 2.17.38 11 AH Plant-Caffe Paesano 2.38.20 12 Southern Grampians 3.06.32 13 Australian Abalone Exports 3.07.02 14 Fitzroy Cycles 3.15.38 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Echuca-Moama 46.39 2 Ballarat*eureka 2.04.07 3 Latrobe City 2.10.31 4 Southern Grampians 3.06.32