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Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour 2003 - 2.3Australia, October 16-26, 2003Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 5 - October 20: Camperdown To Warrnambool, 152.3 kmsGrand old man Wohlberg adds a road stage to his palmaresBy Rod Morris in Warrnambool Tough-as-teak Canadian Eric Wohlberg claimed his fifth career stage win in the VicRoads Herald Sun Tour today - despite having his left wrist in a plaster cast. At age 38 Wohlberg is the oldest rider in this year's 1195 km tour, but it seems as though he is also the most cagey. The fifth of 13 stages was arguably one of the toughest of the tour, a wind-swept 155 journey from Camperdown to Warrnambool, via Colac, Port Campbell and Peterborough. The consistent head and cross winds made things extremely difficult for riders, highlighted by the fact the leaders were 21 minutes behind the expected race time. Wohlberg damaged his wrist when a car hit him back in June in his home country and the injury has taken longer than expected to heal. "I let it go for about a month, so it has put me behind schedule somewhat in recovery," Wohlberg said. "It's uncomfortable [the plaster cast] but it's made me concentrate more." Wohlberg is not a serious challenger for general classification honours in this tour, but is happy to pick up a stage win. "The win is nice and it certainly won't hurt my overall time in GC [general classification], although realistically I'm not going to win overall," he added. The prestigious yellow jersey for tour leader is still safely in the hands of Jamie Drew, who had the thrill of wearing it into his home town of Warrnambool. "I only live a couple of blocks from the stage finish and it was great to have so many of the local people that I know come out to cheer me on," Drew said. Drew was greeted on the podium by his wife Annabelle and 18-month sold Alexander, who seemed bemused with all the attention his father was receiving. "That was a tough day out, the winds made life difficult for everyone," he said. "Coming from the area, I knew what to expect, but that still didn't make it any easier." The field of 84 riders was pressured just 3 km into the stage when Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit/Apsco) and former tour leader, Italian star Ivan Fanelli (Europcar - Pelaco) decided to go for some early points. Roberts said was surprised not more riders decided to get in on the early action. "By not having many in the break group, it made things tough out the front, in a way I was glad when some cover arrived," he said. Roberts and Fanelli rode for almost 60 km without assistance before Belgium rider Danny In't Ven (Carlton Midstrength) and Chilean Jose Medina (City of Melbourne) joined them. This little "United Nations" group rode strongly for the next 40 km until three lone riders produced some superb grinding efforts to bridge the gap between the breakaways and the main peleton. Big Troy Glennon of New South Wales riding for the FRF Couriers team joined Roberts, Fanelli, In't Ven and Medina at the 92 km mark and just 7 km later, Wohlberg joined in proceedings. By now the race was getting to the serious stage with the peloton sensing danger over the closing 50 km. Queensland's Tony Mann (Caravello) was next to cross the chasm between leaders and the big chasing bunch and at the 127 km mark, was classed as a breakaway rider. The peloton closed the gap to 20 seconds with 10 km of the stage remaining and most tour stalwarts expected the leaders to be mowed down. Well, think again. Wohlberg, Roberts and Mann put down the pedal and actually opened up a bigger gap, eventually having a 35 second advantage over the bunch after their sprint to the line. In't Ven claimed fourth place and Medina fifth in meritorious efforts in a tough day on the road. For Wohlberg it was his fifth Herald Sun Tour stage victory, but his first in a road race stage. "I have won two time trials and two criteriums before, so its nice to add a road stage as well," Wohlberg said. The win also makes up for the disappointment of 2002 when Wohlberg was knocked over by a media motorbike on the tough Mt Baw Baw climb, which ruined any chance he might have had of claiming GC honours. Robert's gutsy ride yesterday was rewarded with the Most Aggressive performance of the day award. Of the 14 intermediate sprints and King of the Mountain bonuses on offer, Roberts finished in 13 of them and in doing so elevated himself from 27th (and 3.34 minutes) to a highly creditable 13th and just 1.59 minutes behind and realistically back in the bike race. Drew retained his 36 second lead over Carlstrom as the top 10 in General Classification remained basically the same. The only real change was Carlton Midstrength rider Greg Henderson moving from 9th to 7th after leapfrogging Malaysian Airlines team captain Matt Wilson and Tasmanian Sean Sullivan, who is riding for Barloworld. The Herald Sun Tour continues tomorrow with a dual stage, starting with a 30 km criterium in Port Fairy at 11 a.m. and then 99 km road stage from Port Fairy to Hamilton in Victoria's Western District. The tour will finish in Ballarat this Sunday after the field - which is now down to 82 riders - have completed 13 stages and 1195 km. Today's race casualties were Jacyo rider Allan Iacuone, who tore a hamstring and VicRoads team member Kane Oakley, who was suffering from fatigue. PhotographyImages by Shane Goss/Cyclingnews.com/www.licoricegallery.com
Results1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 4.06.12 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 4 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 0.01 5 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 0.03 6 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.35 7 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 8 Greg Henderson (NZl) Carlton Midstrength 9 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 0.39 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 13 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 14 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 15 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 16 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 17 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 18 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 19 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 20 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 21 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 22 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 23 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 24 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 25 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 27 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 28 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 29 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 30 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 31 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 32 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 33 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 34 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 35 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 36 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 37 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 38 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 39 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 40 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 41 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 42 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 43 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 44 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 45 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 46 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 47 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 48 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 49 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 50 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 51 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 52 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 53 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 54 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 55 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 56 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 57 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 58 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 59 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 60 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 61 Paul Redenbach (Aus) City Of Melbourne 62 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 63 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 13.40 64 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 65 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 66 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 67 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 68 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 69 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 70 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 71 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 72 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 73 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 74 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 75 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 76 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 77 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 78 Glen Stojanow (Aus) Caravello 79 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee 80 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 81 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 82 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 20.21 DNF Kane Oakley (Aus) Vicroads DNF Allan Iacuone (Aus) Jayco Sprints Leura Hotel 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 2 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1 McLaren Bakery 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 1 Scotts Creek General Store 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 2 3 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 Richies Supermarket 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1 Portside Motel 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 Peterborough General Store 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 3 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 1 Nirranda & District Netball Association 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 3 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 1 Childers Restaurant 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 2 3 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 1 Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 1 Allansford Hotel 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 Hill Climbs 3 Mocka No. 11 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 5 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 2 3 Mocka No. 34 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 5 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 3 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 4 Mocka No. 65 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 4 Mocka No. 74 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 4 Mocka No. 86 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 4 Mocka No. 106 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 11.48.15 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 0.55 7 Greg Henderson (NZl) Carlton Midstrength 0.57 8 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.03 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1.04 10 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1.16 11 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.22 12 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 1.44 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.59 14 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2.00 15 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 2.07 16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2.33 17 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 2.59 18 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.01 19 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 3.18 20 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.19 21 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 3.21 22 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.26 23 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.28 24 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 3.29 25 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 26 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3.31 27 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 28 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 3.32 29 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.33 30 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.34 31 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 32 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 33 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 34 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 35 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3.53 36 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5.38 37 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6.29 38 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.43 39 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6.52 40 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7.27 41 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 42 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 43 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 8.26 44 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 11.49 45 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 12.02 46 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 12.28 47 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 12.33 48 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 12.35 49 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 12.36 50 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 12.37 51 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 12.38 52 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 53 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 12.39 54 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 55 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 56 Paul Redenbach (Aus) City Of Melbourne 57 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 58 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 14.26 59 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 14.29 60 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 15.29 61 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 16.13 62 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 22.14 63 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 22.40 64 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 24.05 65 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 25.25 66 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 25.40 67 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 68 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 69 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 70 Glen Stojanow (Aus) Caravello 71 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 72 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 26.15 73 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 28.15 74 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 29.05 75 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 32.33 76 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 32.48 77 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 40.55 78 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee 43.11 79 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 44.24 80 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 47.02 81 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 47.14 82 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 50.21 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $300 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines $200 1 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee $200 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco $200 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco $200 1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld $200 Team Classification 1 Jayco 35.26.50 2 Malaysia Airlines 2.30 3 Europcar / Pelaco 4.02 4 Emu Spirit / Apsco 4.38 5 Barloworld 5.01 6 Ballarat Eureka 5.37 7 Active For Life 6.31 8 Caravello 6.52 9 Carlton Midstrength 12.13 10 Subaru 12.25 11 City Of Melbourne 23.19 12 Bendigo Building Industry 26.46 13 Rio Coffee 29.43 14 FRF Couriers 30.35 15 Vic Roads 30.40 16 Team Warrnambool 31.08 17 Echuca - Moama 46.56 Sprint Championship 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 42 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 25 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 20 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 18 5 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 18 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15 7 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 14 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 13 9 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 11 10 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 10 11 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 12 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 9 13 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 9 14 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 9 15 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 16 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 7 17 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6 18 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 6 19 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5 20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 5 21 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 22 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 23 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 4 24 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 25 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 4 26 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3 27 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3 28 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3 29 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 2 30 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 2 31 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 32 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 2 33 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 1 34 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 35 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1 36 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1 37 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 38 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1 39 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 1 40 David Kupka (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 45 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 14 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 13 4 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 7 5 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 7 6 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 6 7 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5 8 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5 9 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 10 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 4 11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 3 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 13 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 14 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 2 15 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 2 16 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 17 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 18 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 19 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 20 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 21 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 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 Leading Australian Based Rider Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello |
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