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Australian sprinter Jay Sweet (City Of Melbourne) has won the eighth stage of the Herald Sun Tour, a 28 kilometre criterium held in the major rural centre of Bendigo. Sweet out sprinted Russell Van Hout (AH Plant) and Brad McGee (Custom Fleet) for the win, although the stage did not count for the overall classification.
Before the start, riders complained that the wet conditions and tight roads were too dangerous to race over, and many refused to start. It was decided to go ahead with the stage, but only around 15 riders actually competed. Prize money was awarded, but no points or time bonuses.
1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 7 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 8 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 9 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 10 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice Sprints Sprint 1 - Lap 6 1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 2 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians Sprint 2 - Lap 8 1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 2 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano Sprint 3 - Lap 10 1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines Sprint 4 - Lap 12 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne Sprint 5 - Lap 14 1 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 3 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Southern Grampians Sprint 6 - Lap 16 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) City Of Melbourne 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano Sprint 7 - Lap 18 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 3 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life Sprint 8 - Lap 20 1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano Sprint 9 - Lap 22 1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano Sprint 10 - Lap 24 1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano Sprint 11 - Lap 26 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne Sprint 12 - Lap 28 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne Sprint 15 - Lap 34 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne Sprint 16 - Lap 36 1 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport General classification after stage 8 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 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Echuca-Moama 15 10 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 15 11 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 14 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 13 13 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 12 14 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 12 15 Peter Dawson (Aus) Foster's Lightice 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 Trent Wilson (Aus) Custom Fleet 8 22 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 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 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 5 31 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Custom Fleet 5 32 David Harrigan (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 4 33 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 34 Matt Wilson (Aus) Jayco 4 35 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 36 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 37 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) City Of Melbourne 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 Garry Parsons (Aus) Australian Abalone Exports 2 44 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 2 45 Federico Morini (Ita) Ballarat*Eureka! 2 46 James Taylor (Aus) Active For Life 1 47 Morten Sonne (Den) Malaysia Airlines 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 51 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Jayco 0 52 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 0 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Malaysia Airlines 0 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 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles 18 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Australia Post 16 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Custom Fleet 15 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Ballarat*Eureka! 14 5 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 11 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 7 Jay Sweet (Aus) City Of Melbourne 10 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 9 9 Russell Van Hout (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 9 10 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 11 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Echuca-Moama 8 12 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Southern Grampians 8 13 Greg Henderson (NZl) Australia Post 7 14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 7 15 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Echuca-Moama 7 16 Baden Burke (Aus) AH Plant - Caffe Paesano 6 17 Stephane Barthe (Fra) City Of Melbourne 6 18 Corey Sweet (Aus) Southern Grampians 5 19 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Malaysia Airlines 5 20 Peter Milostic (Aus) Active For Life 4 21 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Ballarat*Eureka! 4 22 Jans Koerts (Ned) NSW Institute Of Sport 3 23 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 3 24 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 2 25 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 26 Tim Lenaers (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 28 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 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Foster's Lightice 2 4 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Southern Grampians 2 5 Steve Williams (Aus) NSW Institute Of Sport 2 6 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Echuca-Moama 2 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Australia Post 1 8 David Pell (Aus) Australia Post 1 9 Dave McCook (USA) Australia Post 1 10 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Foster's Lightice 1 11 Henk Vogels (Aus) Jayco 1 12 David McCann (Irl) Latrobe City 1 13 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Southern Grampians 1 14 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