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Lithuanian Saulius Ruskys (Ballarat*eureka!) won the fifth stage of the Herald Sun Tour, a 131 kilometre road race from Maffra to Lakes Entrance. In a three man sprint, he beat Australian Matt Wilson (Jayco) and Pole Piotr Chmielewski (Echuca-Moama). The three had attacked on the final climb of the stage to finish 33 seconds in front of a group of seven, with the main peloton at 3'22 behind. Remigius Lupeikis (Echuca-Moama) kept his leader's jersey.
Today's stage was sunnier than the past two days, and the 79 riders left in the race rolled out of Maffra, many looking to save their strength for tomorrow's stage to Mt Hotham. Five riders escaped early on in the stage, later being joined by 18 others. However, the group was too large and too dangerous to let go, and was brought back after 50 kilometres.
Then a 15 rider breakaway escaped, later reduced to 10. As none of these threatened Lupeikis' lead, they were allowed some freedom and stayed away to win the stage.
Although Italian Alessandro Pozzi (Active For Life) was one of the most active riders on the day, he missed the winning move which came with 8 kilometres to go from Ruskys and co. The Lithuanian sprinter had to contend with Wilson, who also possesses a reasonable finish, but he had no problems beating him.
Tomorrow's stage is considered the toughest of the tour, 180 kilometres starting in Lakes Entrance and finishing at the top of Mt Hotham. A total of 10 climbs including two first category will seriously test the field.
1 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.06.54 (42.05 km/h) 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 3 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 4 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 0.33 5 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 6 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 7 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 8 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 9 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 10 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 0.37 11 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 2.43 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 3.22 13 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 14 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 15 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 16 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 17 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 18 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 19 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 21 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 22 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 23 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 24 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 25 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 26 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 27 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 28 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 29 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 30 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 31 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 32 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 33 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 35 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 36 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 37 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 38 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 39 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 40 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 41 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 42 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 44 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 45 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 46 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 47 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 48 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 49 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 50 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 51 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 52 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 53 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 54 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 55 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 56 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 57 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 58 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 59 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 60 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 61 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 62 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 63 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 64 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 65 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 66 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 67 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 68 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 69 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 70 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 71 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 72 David McPartland (Aus) Caravello 73 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 74 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5.09 75 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 76 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 77 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 78 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 9.25 DNF Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne Sprints Avon Hotel 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Merrlieu Primary School 1 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 3 pts/secs 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Bengworden Town Hall 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 1 Bairnsdale City Sign 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Bairsdale Tourist Park 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Nicholson General Store 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1 Black Stump General Store 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 pts/secs 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1 Swan Reach Reneral Store 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 pts/secs 2 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Metung Yacht Club 1 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3 pts/secs 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 1 Hill Climbs Cattlemans Track - Cat.4 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 pts/secs 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 T Intersection Nungurner Rd - Cat.3 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 3 pts/secs 2 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 Grey letterbox on left - Cat.4 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 3 pts/secs 2 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 8.45.00 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 0.38 6 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 3.13 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3.23 8 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 4.59 9 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 6.15 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 6.19 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 7.53 12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 8.01 13 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 8.24 14 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.26 15 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 8.32 16 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10.24 17 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 10.27 18 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 10.39 19 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 10.40 20 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 10.48 21 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 10.55 22 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 10.59 23 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 11.00 24 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 11.01 25 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 11.03 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 12.01 27 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 12.30 28 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 12.38 29 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 14.20 30 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 14.52 31 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 15.00 32 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 15.03 33 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 15.34 34 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 18.27 35 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18.32 36 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 19.39 37 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 19.45 38 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 20.15 39 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 21.52 40 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 22.58 41 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.15 42 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 23.30 43 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 23.35 44 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 23.40 45 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 23.52 46 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 23.55 47 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 23.57 48 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 49 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 23.58 50 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 23.59 51 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 52 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 53 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 55 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 56 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 24.01 57 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 24.02 58 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 59 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 60 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 61 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 24.58 62 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 25.39 63 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 25.45 64 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 26.02 65 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 26.55 66 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 27.55 67 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 68 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 69 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 27.59 70 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 71 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 29.26 72 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 29.50 73 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 29.53 74 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 31.01 75 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 31.20 76 David McPartland (Aus) Caravello 32.49 77 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 32.52 78 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 33.50 AH Plant - Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 3 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 2 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 2 2 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 Emu Spirit - Sprint Championship 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 32 pts 2 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 16 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 15 4 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 15 5 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 14 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 14 7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 13 8 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 12 9 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 12 10 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 10 11 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 10 12 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 10 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 10 14 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 10 15 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 10 16 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 9 17 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 18 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 8 19 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 8 20 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 8 21 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 8 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 23 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 6 24 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 5 25 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 26 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 27 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 4 28 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 29 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 4 30 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 4 31 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 32 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 33 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 3 34 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 3 35 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 36 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 3 37 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 2 38 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2 39 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 40 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 41 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 42 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 43 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 44 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 1 East Gippsland Shire - King Of The Mountain Championship Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 8 pts Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 5 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 5 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 4 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 3 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Express Post - Criterium Championship 1 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 19 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 16 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 12 4 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 11 5 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 9 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 9 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 10 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 8 11 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 7 12 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 7 13 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 6 14 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 5 15 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 5 16 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 4 17 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 4 18 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 19 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 3 20 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 21 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 22 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 23 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 24 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 1 Herald Sun - Australian Based Rider Award 1 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 8.45.10 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.16 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10.14 4 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 10.29 5 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 10.45 6 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 10.50 7 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 10.53 8 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 12.20 9 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 15.24 10 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18.22 11 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 23.48 12 Robert Boag (Aus) Active For Life 23.49 13 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 23.52 14 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 23.52 15 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 23.52 16 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 25.52 17 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 27.45 18 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 27.45 19 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 27.49 20 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 21 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 29.16 22 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 30.51 23 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 32.42 Team Classification 1 Echuca-Moama 26.27.43 2 Custom Fleet 6.21 3 Latrobe City 6.40 4 Caravello 11.48 5 Active For Life 15.00 6 Australia Post 16.59 7 Ballarat*eureka 18.38 8 Fosters Lightice 19.25 9 Jayco 20.11 10 Fitzroy Cycles 24.23 11 Malaysia Airlines 32.41 12 NSW Institute of Sport 35.42 13 AH Plant-Caffe Paesano 38.41 14 Southern Grampians 45.25 15 City of Melbourne 49.42 16 Australian Abalone Exports 53.20 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Echuca-Moama 26.27.43 2 Latrobe City 6.40 3 Ballarat*eureka 18.38 4 Southern Grampians 45.25 5 City of Melbourne 49.42