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West Australian cyclist, Henk Vogels (Jayco), has added to the Australian stage wins haul by taking the 180.3 km seventh stage from Echuca to Yarrawonga. Vogels was part of a seven man break that stayed away to win by 37 seconds, with the major teams in the race not letting it get out of hand. In second place was American Dave McCook (Australia Post), while Belgian Bart Heirewegh (Foster's Lightice) took third. In the overall classification there were no changes with Peter Wrolich (Ballarat*Eureka!) holding a 34 second lead over Steve Williams (NSWIS).
The flat, windy stage started with 10 laps of a criterium circuit in Echuca before the riders headed to Yarrawonga. There was some action early on but it soon settled down into a steady rhythm, as Vogels, McCook and Heirewegh rode away with Bart Hickson (Caravello), Remigius Lupeikis (Echuca-Moama), David McCann (Latrobe City), and Rik Reinerink (Southern Grampians).
The gap was never greater than 3 minutes, with Wrolich's Ballarat*Eureka! team controlling the pace with help from Malaysia Airlines and NSWIS. Towards the end of the stage, the peloton picked up the pace but it was not enough to catch the break.
Vogels showed a good turn of speed to beat McCook and Heirewegh, scoring an important win at the end of a year plagued by injuries, sickness, and bad luck with his Mercury team.
1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 4.12.45 (42.80 km/h) 2 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 4 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 5 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 6 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 7 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 0.06 8 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 0.37 9 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 11 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 12 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 14 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 15 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 16 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 19 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 20 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 21 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 22 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 23 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 24 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 25 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 26 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 27 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 29 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 30 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 31 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 32 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 33 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 34 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 35 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 37 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 38 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 39 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 40 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 41 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 42 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 43 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 44 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 45 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 46 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 47 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 48 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 49 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 50 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 51 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 52 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 53 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 54 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 55 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 56 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 57 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 58 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 59 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 60 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 61 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 62 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 63 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 64 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 65 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 66 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 67 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 68 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 69 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 70 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 71 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 72 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.23 73 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 3.27 DNF David McPartland (Aus) Caravello Sprints Lap 2 1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 pts/secs 2 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 3 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 Lap 4 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 Lap 6 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Lap 8 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Lap 10 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Mulwala Public School 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 1 Barooga Public School 1 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 3 pts/secs 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 3 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1 St Joseph's Catholic School 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1 Yarroweyah Memorial Hall 1 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 3 pts/secs 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Railway Hotel 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 Katunga Sth Primary school 1 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 1 Numurkah Primary School 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 3 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 1 Courthouse Hotel 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 3 pts/secs 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 Houses both sides of road 1 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3 pts/secs 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 Tongala Primary School 1 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 3 pts/secs 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 3 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 1 Hill Climbs Ennels Rd - Cat.4 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 pts/secs 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 General classification after stage 7 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 18.13.54 2 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 0.34 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 3.13 4 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 5.37 5 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 5.57 6 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 7.36 7 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 7.48 8 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 8.22 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10.14 10 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 10.20 11 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 10.21 12 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 10.42 13 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 10.48 14 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 11.05 15 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 11.19 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 11.39 17 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Caravello 12.06 18 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 14.57 19 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 15.10 20 Ari Hojgaard Jensen (Den) Caravello 15.39 21 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 17.48 22 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 18.01 23 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 20.43 24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 21.33 25 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 22.41 26 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 22.54 27 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 23.39 28 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 24.01 29 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 24.32 30 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 25.10 31 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 26.06 32 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 28.03 33 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 29.16 34 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 30.21 35 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 30.38 36 Eugen Wacker (Kyr) Echuca-Moama 31.04 37 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 31.06 38 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 31.07 39 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 31.08 40 Andy De Smet (Bel) Foster's Lightice 31.09 41 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 32.43 42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 33.09 43 Aiden Duff (Irl) Latrobe City 33.13 44 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 34.12 45 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 34.22 46 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 35.02 47 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 35.06 48 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 36.33 49 Paul Griffin (Irl) Latrobe City 36.40 50 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 39.46 51 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 40.05 52 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 40.45 53 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 40.59 54 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 42.05 55 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 42.10 56 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 49.14 57 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 51.03 58 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 51.12 59 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 51.17 60 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 53.15 61 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 53.29 62 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 53.33 63 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 54.29 64 Dan Smith (GBr) NSW Institute Of Sport 58.16 65 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 59.56 66 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 1.00.02 67 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.00.47 68 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 1.01.09 69 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 1.03.00 70 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 1.04.04 71 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.09.21 72 Tim Decker (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 1.17.01 73 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.18.26 Emu Spirit - Sprint Championship 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 41 pts 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 40 3 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 31 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18 5 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 17 6 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 16 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 16 8 Tommy Evans (Irl) Latrobe City 15 9 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 15 10 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 15 11 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 14 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 13 13 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 12 14 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 12 15 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 12 16 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 12 17 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 11 18 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 11 19 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 10 20 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 10 21 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 22 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 8 23 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 8 24 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 7 25 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 6 26 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 27 Robert Crowe (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 6 28 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 6 29 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 5 30 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 31 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 32 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 4 33 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 34 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 4 35 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 3 36 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 37 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 38 Nick Gates (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 3 39 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 3 40 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Jayco 3 41 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 42 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2 43 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2 44 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 2 45 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 46 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 1 47 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 48 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 49 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 50 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 1 East Gippsland Shire - King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 25 pts 2 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 22 3 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 15 4 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 14 5 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 12 6 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 11 7 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 9 8 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 9 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 6 10 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 5 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 5 12 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 4 13 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 14 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 3 15 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 16 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Latrobe City 2 17 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 2 18 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 19 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 20 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 2 21 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 2 22 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 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 18.19.31 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 2.45 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 4.37 4 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Custom Fleet 5.11 5 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Caravello 5.28 6 Robert Tighello (Aus) Active For Life 12.24 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 17.04 8 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 24.44 9 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 25.30 10 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 27.06 11 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 27.32 12 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 28.35 13 Saul Pasque (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 29.29 14 Klayten Smith (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 30.56 15 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 34.09 16 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 35.08 17 Jade Lean (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 36.33 18 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 43.37 19 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 45.40 20 Brett Bellchambers (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 47.52 21 Rodney McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 55.32 22 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 1.12.49 AH Plant Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Active For Life 4 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 2 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 1 7 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 1 7 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 1 7 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 1 7 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 7 Bart Hickson (Aus) Caravello 1 Team Classification 1 Echuca-Moama 54.49.13 2 Custom Fleet 18.12 3 Caravello 30.31 4 Latrobe City 31.42 5 Active For Life 34.00 6 Malaysia Airlines 34.13 7 Australia Post 39.05 8 Fosters Lightice 43.18 9 Jayco 49.33 10 Fitzroy Cycles 1.14.47 11 Southern Grampians 1.17.58 12 AH Plant-Caffe Paesano 1.18.24 13 Australian Abalone Exports 1.19.51 14 Ballarat*eureka 1.20.34 15 NSW Institute of Sport 1.33.20 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Echuca-Moama 54.49.13 2 Latrobe City 31.42 3 Southern Grampians 1.17.58 4 Ballarat*eureka 1.20.34