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Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour 2003 - 2.3
Australia, October 16-26, 2003
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Stage 4 - October 19: Lorne To Torquay, 110.4 kms
Dream win puts Drew in yellow for homecoming stage
By Rod Morris in Torquay
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Wishes can come true, just ask Victorian cyclist Jamie Drew (Jayco). Drew (30) today won the fourth stage of the $120,000 VicRoads Herald Sun Tour and moved back into the prized leader's jersey, which he will carry into his home town of Warrnambool tomorrow.
"I started the tour with the ambition of being the leader when the race went through Warrnambool, so I'm really happy and proud that that is now going to happen," Drew said.
Riding for the strong Jayco team, Drew was in lightning form yesterday when the tour entourage travelled from Lorne to Torquay - via Anglesea - fighting strong winds. Drew missed the early breakaway group of six riders, but was in the chase-down pack which caught them at around the 70 km mark of the 110 km stage.
From there it was a game of cat and mouse with riders watching every move made by their challengers. Drew made his winning move at the final 5 km mark, forcing riders to either go with him or be left behind. New Zealander Greg Henderson (Carlton Midstrength) and Victorian pre-tour favourite Matt Wilson (Malaysia Airlines) took up the challenge, but couldn't mow down the powerful Drew.
"Our team put in a great performance today," Drew explained. "We had the yellow jersey in our sights all day and out the front we had Macca [David McKenzie], Allan Iacuone and myself, so all in all, we should be pretty pleased with our efforts."
For Drew, it was his third stage win in the Herald Sun Tour, following a Bendigo victory in 1997 and a Geelong success in 2000. More importantly it moved Drew back into yellow for only the second time, the first being on day two of this current HST. "I desperately wanted to have the leader's jersey on the day we went into Warrnambool, my home town," he said. "I had the leader on the second day but then lost it at Geelong in the third stage, so to have it back is good and I am really looking forward to the Warrnambool stage."
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The tour will start in Camperdown tomorrow morning (Monday, October 20) at 10.30 a.m. and will travel 151.6 km en route to Warrnambool.
Drew started yesterday's stage in second place, 10 seconds in arrears of Italian Ivan Fanelli (Europcar Pelaco). He now leads by 36 seconds to Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar - Pelaco), while Fanelli dropped to 12th and 2.20 minutes behind, which would seemingly end his chances of winning the tour.
How it unfolded
Stage 4 had a little bit of everything, early rain, wind, sunshine, wind, grey clouds, more wind and even some more wind just for good measure. The early breakaway group, which included the opening stage tour leader, Simon Gerrans (Malaysia), Tasmanian Sean Sullivan (Barloworld), Iacuone, American Michael Sayers (Ballarat*eureka!), Queenslander Cameron Jennings (Caravello) and English rider Kristian House (Emu Spirit-Apsco), deserve all the accolades passed their way. They made the stage a memorable one, riding hard for every kilometre they had on the road.
At one point, they enjoyed an advantage of more than a minute before the peloton sensed danger and issued orders for a chase-down pack, which then had to work overtime to reel in the leaders. The gap was closed down at around the 70 km mark, shortly before the leaders hit Anglesea.
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The Jayco team was one of the hardest working units on the road, but mention too should be made of Malaysia Airlines, Carlton Midstrength and Europcar - Pelaco teams. All had riders enjoying a day on the front of the field and were able to dictate how the race panned out, instead of being answerable to others. As the tempo lifted heading into Torquay, Drew stepped on the gas and had seven seconds to spare as he crossed the finish line ahead of Henderson and Wilson.
"I knew the course around here pretty well, so I knew when to attack and what was ahead," Drew said. "I gave it everything I had and I'm feeling pretty good about the rest of the week."
The Italian, Ivan Fanelli lost his grip on the yellow tour top, but he still has the prestigious polka dot design, which signifies leader of the King of the Mountain Championship, while Finland's Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar - Pelaco) maintained his hold on the Sprint Championship.
The 2003 HST has only traveled 337 km of its planned 1195 km and the race is still wide open. Predicting a winner is fraught with danger, highlighted by the fact there have already changes in yellow on every stage. The tour moves to Port Fairy on Tuesday with the first of the dual stage days. A 30 km criterium will be held around the Port Fairy sports complex in the morning before a 99 km road race from Port Fairy to Hamilton in the afternoon.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/Cyclingnews.com/www.licoricegallery.com
- A Carlton Midstrength rub down for Bart Heirewegh
- Bart Heirewegh (Carlton Midstrength) before the start of stage four in Lorne
- A team Warrnambool rider gets a rubdown before the 110km ride from Lorne to Torquay
- David Kupka's bike of Team Warrnambool in line at Lorne before stage four
- The race car park at Lorne
- The Brits are here in force for the rugby world cup and Herald Sun Tour
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) ponders the ride ahead on stage four from Lorne
- The start line at Lorne on day four of the Tour
- The first crash of the Tour early on stage four
- James Perry (Barloworld) had no luck on stage three and again on stage four when he fell early in the race
- Cameron Jennings (Caravello) was a member of a six man breakaway after 20km
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) rode strongly in the breakaway group finishing in eleventh place
- Kristian House (Emu Spirit_Apsco) a member of the six rider breakaway that was out in front for about 40km
- Ashley Baines (Subaru) in his debut Sun Tour
- Danny In't Ven (Carlton Midstrength) of Belguim riding in his second Sun Tour
- Stephen Wooldridge (Carlton Midstrength) currently 69th after stage four
- David Mckenzie (Jayco) winner of a record eleven stages of the Herald Sun Tour
- The leading riders make their way towards the coast on stage four near Torquay
- New Zealander Greg Henderson (Carlton Midstrength) finished second in stage four seven seconds behind winner Jamie Drew
- The leading group during the fourth stage of the Herald Sun tour between Lorne and Torquay
- Number one Matt Wilson (Malaysia Airlines) fresh from the Tour De France
- Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar_Pelaco) fourth on stage four and second overall
- The breakaway group on stage four on the road to Torquay
- Gerado Castro (Echuca_Moama) in 74th placing after stage four 15.29 behind the leader
- The lead group corner on its way to Torquay with a narrow gap from a chasing pack
- Allan Iacuone (Jayco) lost more than twenty two minutes on stage four after being in the leading group of six riders
- The chasing group of about twenty riders caught the leading six in the last twenty kilometres
- David Mckenzie (Jayco) fourth after stage four and 45 seconds behind his teamate Jamie Drew
- Jamie Drew (Jayco) crosses the line in 2 hours 26.01 seconds after 110km
- Jamie Drew (Jayco) celebrates his stage four victory
- The podium after stage four Greg Henderson (2nd), Jamie Drew (1st) and Matt Wilson (3rd)
- Simon Gerrans (Malaysia Airlines) won the most aggressive rider jersey on stage four
- Michael Sayers (Ballarat_eureka) can't believe he is fifth on the general classification after stage four on the Herald Sun Tour
- Where would riders be without the work of their crews on the Herald Sun Tour of 2003?
Results
1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.26.01
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Carlton Midstrength 0.07
3 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.08
4 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco
5 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 0.14
6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines
7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco
8 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco
9 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka!
10 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco
11 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld
12 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 2.05
13 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco
14 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld
15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka!
16 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 2.08
17 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 2.10
18 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee
19 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life
20 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco
21 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld
22 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka!
23 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld
24 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello
25 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
26 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life
27 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru
28 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama
29 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco
30 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka!
31 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines
32 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee
33 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life
34 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello
35 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life
36 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka!
37 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5.59
38 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.03
39 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines
40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco
41 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee
42 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco
43 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco
44 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
45 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
46 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
47 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool
48 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool
49 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama
50 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama
51 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength
52 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength
53 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life
54 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne
55 Paul Redenbach (Aus) City Of Melbourne
56 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne
57 Glen Stojanow (Aus) Caravello
58 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello
59 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads
60 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads
61 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers
62 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers
63 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers
64 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers
65 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru
66 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru
67 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 7.07
68 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool
69 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 11.15
70 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads
71 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama
72 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads
73 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Carlton Midstrength
74 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength
75 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers
76 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne
77 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee
78 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool
79 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
80 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 18.34
81 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 18.37
82 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Jayco 22.14
83 Kane Oakley (Aus) Vicroads 32.33
84 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 32.37
Sprints
Deans Marsh General Store
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts
2 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2
3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1
Winchelsea Hotel
1 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3 pts
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2
3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1
Wurdiboluc Reservoir Gates
1 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts
2 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 2
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1
Angelsea CFA
1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 3 pts
2 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 1
Bell's Beach Car Park Entrance
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts
2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 2
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 1
Hill Climbs
2 Mocka No. 7
1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 7 pts
2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 5
3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3
4 Mocka No. 28
1 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts
2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1
4 Mocka No. 71
1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts
2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 2
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1
Genneral classification after stage 4
1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 7.41.24
2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 0.36
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.42
4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.45
5 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.54
6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 0.56
7 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.03
8 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1.04
9 Greg Henderson (NZl) Carlton Midstrength 1.07
10 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1.19
11 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.22
12 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 2.20
13 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2.39
14 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2.59
15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life
16 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.06
17 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.13
18 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 3.18
19 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 3.21
20 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.26
21 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.28
22 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 3.29
23 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld
24 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3.31
25 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 3.32
26 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.33
27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3.34
28 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru
29 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld
30 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life
31 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama
32 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
33 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee
34 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka!
35 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3.53
36 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5.38
37 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.45
38 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6.52
39 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 7.02
40 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 7.12
41 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 7.21
42 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 7.24
43 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 7.25
44 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers
45 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 7.26
46 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 7.27
47 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads
48 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads
49 Glen Stojanow (Aus) Caravello
50 Paul Redenbach (Aus) City Of Melbourne
51 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life
52 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength
53 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool
54 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
55 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco
56 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines
57 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 8.02
58 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 8.26
59 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 8.31
60 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 9.13
61 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 9.17
62 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 9.39
63 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 10.52
64 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 11.01
65 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 11.04
66 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 12.29
67 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 12.39
68 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne
69 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength
70 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Carlton Midstrength
71 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry
72 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 14.26
73 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 15.14
74 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 15.29
75 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 19.32
76 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 19.47
77 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Jayco 23.36
78 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 24.42
79 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 29.01
80 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee 30.10
81 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 34.01
82 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 35.43
83 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 37.20
84 Kane Oakley (Aus) Vicroads 37.47
Aggressive Rider Awards
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines $300
Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee $200
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco $200
Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld $200
Team Classification
1 Jayco 23.06.18
2 Malaysia Airlines 2.28
3 Europcar / Pelaco 4.37
4 Barloworld 5.06
5 Ballarat Eureka 5.50
6 Emu Spirit / Apsco 6.13
7 Active For Life 7.29
8 Caravello 7.50
9 Rio Coffee 11.42
10 Subaru 12.24
11 Carlton Midstrength 13.20
12 City Of Melbourne 13.44
13 Bendigo Building Industry 16.21
14 FRF Couriers 20.12
15 Team Warrnambool 20.56
16 Vic Roads 25.27
17 Echuca - Moama 36.31
Sprint Classification
1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 42 pts
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 20
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 17
4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15
5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 14
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 13
7 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 10
8 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9
9 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 9
10 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 9
11 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 9
12 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 9
13 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 8
14 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 7
15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6
16 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 6
17 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5
18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 5
19 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 4
20 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4
21 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4
22 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3
23 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3
24 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Jayco 2
25 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 2
26 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 2
27 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 2
28 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 2
29 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1
30 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 1
31 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1
32 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 1
33 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1
Mountains classification
1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 23 pts
2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 11
3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 7
4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 7
5 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 6
6 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5
7 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5
8 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 4
9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3
10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 3
11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3
12 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3
13 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 2
14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2
15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1
16 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1
17 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1
Criterium Championship
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 pts
2 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 10
3 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 9
4 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9
5 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 9
6 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 8
7 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 8
8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7
9 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7
10 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 6
11 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 6
12 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 5
13 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 5
14 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 4
15 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 3
16 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2
17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1
18 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1
