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Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen (Fitzroy Cycles) won the third stage of the Sun Tour, a 129.5 kilometre leg from Gembrook to Morwell. He outsprinted a group of eight riders for his first win in this edition, as Lithuanian Remigius Lupeikis (Echuca-Moama) took second and Austrian Peter Wrolich (Ballarat*Eureka) third. There were some big changes to the general classification with Lupeikis taking over the lead from John Lieswyn, who finished over 23 minutes behind.
The tough crosswinds and occasional rain showers made life difficult in this afternoon stage that followed the Gembrook criterium in the morning. After around 25 kilometres of attacking racing, the break got away that would win the stage. In addition to McEwen, Lupeikis and Wrolich, there were Tommy Evans (Latrobe City), Peter Dawson (Foster's Lightice), Hilton Clarke (Jayco), Tomas Buchacek (Custom Fleet) and Australian champion Steve Williams (NSWIS). Race leader John Lieswyn (Australia Post) had David Pell in the break, but he dropped back when he thought one of his teammates was trying to bridge, and never saw the front again.
Lieswyn did not want to waste his small team, and no-one else would chase, meaning that the gap blew out to 16 minutes. With 40 kilometres to go, a counter-move escaped the main peloton which pegged the gap to the leaders back to 10:38 by the finish. The breakaway splintered on the final climb, and McEwen took the win with some effort, but still well ahead of the rest.
Lupeikis now leads the race by 4 seconds to Peter Wrolich, with Australian Peter Dawson (Foster's) in third place.
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3.04.24 (42.14 km/h) 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.02 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 0.04 5 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 0.05 7 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 0.13 8 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 0.17 9 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 6.27 10 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 7.29 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 12 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.09 13 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 10.38 14 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 15 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 16 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 17 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 18 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 19 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 20 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 21 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 22 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 23 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 24 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 25 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 10.58 26 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 27 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 28 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 29 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 12.10 30 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 31 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 32 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 33 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 35 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 23.34 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 37 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 38 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 39 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 40 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 41 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 42 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 43 David McPartland (Aus) Caravello 44 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 45 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 46 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 47 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 48 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 49 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 50 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 51 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 52 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 53 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 54 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 55 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 56 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 57 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 58 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 59 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 60 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 61 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 62 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 63 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 64 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 65 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 66 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 67 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 68 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 69 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 70 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 71 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 72 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 73 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 74 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 75 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 76 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 77 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 78 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 79 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 25.29 Sprints Bare Essence Gallery 1 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 3 pts/secs 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 3 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Pakenham Races Entrance 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2 3 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 Nar Nar Goon Primary School 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 pts/secs 2 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 1 Hassett's Butchery 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Garfield Newsagent 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 1 Bunyip Primary School 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 1 Longwarry School 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 1 Drouin Sth Primary School 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Ellinbank Town & School Sign 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Commercial Hotel 1 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 1 Trafalgar Farm & Produce 1 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Moe Racing Club Tabaret 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 pts/secs 2 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Hill Climbs Gateway on right - Cat.4 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Pratts Rd - Cat.4 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 pts/secs 2 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Tower on right - Cat.3 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 5/3 pts/secs 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 3/2 pts/secs 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2/1 pts/secs General classification after stage 3 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 4.47.24 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.04 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 0.10 4 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 0.29 5 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 0.35 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3.44 7 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 6.12 8 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 6.15 9 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 6.22 10 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 7.54 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 12 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.23 13 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 10.24 14 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10.25 15 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 10.37 16 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 10.52 17 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 10.59 18 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 11.00 19 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 11.01 20 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 11.03 21 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 22 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 11.08 23 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 11.21 24 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 25 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 11.23 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 12.08 27 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 12.32 28 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 12.35 29 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 14.58 30 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 15.00 31 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 32 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 15.31 33 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18.29 34 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 35 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 23.03 36 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.12 37 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 23.16 38 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 23.30 39 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.40 40 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 23.41 41 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 23.52 42 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.56 43 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 23.57 44 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 45 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 23.58 46 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 47 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 23.59 48 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 49 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 51 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 52 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 53 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 54 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 55 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 56 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 57 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 58 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 59 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 61 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 62 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 25.51 63 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 25.59 64 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 26.55 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 27.54 66 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 27.55 67 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 27.56 68 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 69 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 70 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 71 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 72 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 29.23 73 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 29.53 74 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 75 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 76 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 31.17 77 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 31.20 78 David McPartland (Aus) Caravello 32.49 79 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano AH Plant - Aggressive Rider Awards 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 2 pts 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 1 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 Emu Spirit - Sprint Championship 1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 16 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 15 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 15 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 14 5 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 12 6 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 12 7 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 10 8 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 10 9 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 9 10 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 9 11 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 9 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 13 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 7 14 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 7 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 16 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 17 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 18 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 19 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 3 20 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 3 22 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3 23 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 24 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 3 25 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 26 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2 27 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 28 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 29 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 1 30 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 31 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 32 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 33 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 1 East Gippsland Shire - King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 5 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 4 4 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 5 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 6 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 Express Post - Criterium Championship 1 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 11 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 3 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 10 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 9 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 6 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 7 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 7 8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 7 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 6 10 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 6 11 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 5 12 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 5 13 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 14 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 4 15 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 2 17 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 18 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1 19 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award 1 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 4.47.34 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.13 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10.15 4 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 10.50 5 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 10.53 6 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 11.13 7 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 12.22 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 15.21 9 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18.19 10 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 23.48 11 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 23.49 12 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 13 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 14 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 25.41 16 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 25.49 17 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 27.45 18 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 27.46 19 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 20 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 27.46 21 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 29.13 22 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 29.43 23 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 32.39 Team Classification 1 Echuca-Moama 14.38.36 2 Custom Fleet 5.42 3 Latrobe City 5.58 4 Australia Post 14.05 5 Active For Life 14.21 6 Fosters Lightice 18.54 7 City of Ballarat 19.08 8 Jayco 20.28 9 Fitzroy Cycles 23.53 10 Caravello 26.47 11 Malaysia Airlines 29.00 12 NSW Institute of Sport 32.02 13 AH Plant-Caffe Paesano 35.03 14 Southern Grampians 42.03 15 City of Melbourne 46.03 16 Australian Abalone Exports 49.33 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Echuca-Moama 14.38.36 2 Latrobe City 5.58 3 City of Ballarat 19.08 4 Southern Grampians 42.03 5 City of Melbourne 46.03