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Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour 2003 - 2.3
Australia, October 16-26, 2003
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Stage 8 - October 22: Dunkeld To Horsham, 162.7 kms
British Bulldogs 1-2-3
Drew's lead down to 20 seconds
By Rod Morris in Horsham
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The fighting Bulldog spirit of the British continued for a third consecutive stage of the VicRoads Herald Sun Tour yesterday when Paul Manning claimed victory in the longest section of the race.
Manning, 28, riding for the Bendigo Building Industry team, won the 162.7 km stage from Dunkeld to Horsham in Victoria's Western District, whilst Warrnambool's Jamie Drew (Jayco) retained his hold on the "Golden Fleece" top that goes with leading the tour. Drew's lead, however, has dwindled from 42 seconds to just 20 seconds, and he now faces two days of tough climbing.
When quizzed on how he would fare over the mountains, he replied: "Let's just wait and see." Drew's biggest dangers now are volatile Englishman Jeremy Hunt (Malaysia Airlines) and South Australian Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit/Apsco), who is 26 seconds adrift.
How it unfolded
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The eighth of 13 stages of the Herald Sun Tour was equally as exciting as the seven previous races and again full of drama.
One of the more dramatic moments was when Victorian rider Domenic Gatto (Subaru) crashed at 80 km/h on a steep descent when hurtling down the Grampians National Park. Gatto simply got up, brushed the gravel from his knicks and re-mounted... or at least he attempted to until he discovered there was more damage to his bike than his body.
At the time of Gatto's fall he was involved in a tenacious breakaway with Steve Cunningham (Rio Coffee), South African Jacobuf de Witt (Barloworld) and Anthony Challinor (FRF Couriers). With Gatto missing, the other trio stayed out in front of the peloton for more than 40 km before Challinor's FRF Courier team-mate Troy Glennon bridged the gap in a courageous solo ride.
That quartet then settled in for the remainder of the journey towards Horsham. Cunningham, de Witt, Challinor and Glennon pushed their advantage out to a little over two minutes before the peleton, sensing danger, closed the gap down to 30 seconds. It was then that the peloton went to sleep and the leading four kicked further ahead.
Heading up Silverband Falls in the Northern area of the Grampians, a group of 11 chasers closed the gap to the front quartet at exactly half way through the stage. The newly formed group of 15 riders established a solid work ethic and 40 km from home, the margin had increased to 4 minutes 15 seconds. Whether it was going to be enough remained the be seen.
As the tour entourage edged closer to Horsham, the strong breakaway group was working overtime to maintain their advantage and even though the gap was narrowed down to 90 seconds, the front bunch were in top gear.
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The momentum lifted even further when the field hit the Wimmera Highway and the sprinters had the peloton in sight. Englishman Jeremy Hunt (Malaysia Airlines) and Dominique Perras (Active For Life) made another bold move when the field reached the 10 km mark, getting clear by about 100 metres. The chase continued, but one-by-one, riders were found wanting in their legs. Perras remained in the lead, Hunt went by the side, American Tim Johnson (Active For Life) made his move and there was Cummings.
It was a desperate lunge to the line in front of a huge crowd in Horsham that saw Manning claim his first ever victory on Australian soil and capped a trifecta of wins for British riders, following Keiran Page and Kristian House the day prior.
"This is my fourth visit to Australia but first time in a big race like the Herald Sun Tour," Manning explained. "There wasn't the strong winds of the previous two days so when I saw the sunshine I thought it was time to do something. Sprinting is not my forte normally, so I think made my attack at exactly the right time." Manning is a member of the British Track Endurance squad, which is using the Australian summer as a valuable training camp.
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"You can't get any better training than racing in an event like this," added Manning. There are still five stages and of this 1195 km tour remaining and realistically any one of about 16 riders could still win."
However, it is highly likely that Drew, Hunt and Roberts and perhaps, Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar - Pelaco), who is 42 seconds behind, Simon Gerrans (Malaysia Airlines) at 47 seconds and Jonas Ljungblad (City of Melbourne), also 47 seconds, are the more serious chances. The tour continues tomorrow with dual stages, opening with a 99.4 km climb from Horsham to Mt William and then an afternoon sprint of 52.5 km from Hall's Gap to Ararat.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/Cyclingnews.com/www.licoricegallery.com
- Izzys cafe at Dunkeld was kept busy prior to the start of the Herald Sun Tour in Dunkeld
- Team bikes line up before the start of stage eight at Dunkeld
- The cafe scene at Dunkeld with all its colour before stage eight of the Herald Sun Tour
- School children out to watch the start of stage eight at Dunkeld
- Police presence is a vital ingredient of any cycling tour
- Malaysian Airlines sprinter Jeremy Hunt of England left looking to make amends for his disappointment in yesterday's stage at Port Fairy
- Troy Glennan (FRF Couriers) only 21 and performing strongly in the Tour of 2003
- Steve Cunningham (Rio Coffee) was part of a three man breakaway early on stage eight
- Anthony Challinor (FRF Couriers) rode strongly in a breakaway of over 100 km from Dunkeld to Horsham
- Team Barloworld's Jacobus de Witt in an early breakaway from Dunkeld on stage eight
- Three riders got away from the peloton on a climb just after the start in Dunkeld
- Domenic Gatto (Subaru) was part of a breakaway group before falling on a descent in the early part of stage eight
- Anthony Challinor (FRF Couriers) time for a feed in the mountains
- Anthony Challinor (FRF Couriers) shows what gave him the strength for a breakaway with two other riders
- Anthony Challinor (FRF Couriers) in the leading trio for the majority of stage eight
- the leading trio on a climb through the Grampians
- Jacobus de Witt (Barloworld) getting better as the Tour rolls on
- The Herald Sun Tour getting all the coverage it deserves here with David Culbert of Channel Ten talking with Rio Coffee rider Steve Cunningham
- Plenty of trees and shade for the riders on their journey from Dunkeld to Horsham in the Western region of Victoria
- The finish of stage eight with Paul Manning (Bendigo Building Industry) of England (R) first
- Paul Manning (Bendigo Building Industry) after his victory on stage eight
- The traditional spray of champers on the podium Dominique Perras (Active for Life 2nd), Paul Manning (Bendigo Building Industry 1st) and Tim Johnson (Active for Life 3rd)
- Jamie Drew (Jayco) retained his leader's jersey after some nervous moments on stage eight
Results
1 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 4.00.13 (40.64 km/h) 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 4 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 0.03 5 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 6 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 10 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 11 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 12 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 13 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 14 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 0.07 15 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 0.25 16 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.28 17 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 18 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 19 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 20 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 21 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 23 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 24 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 25 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 26 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 27 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 28 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 29 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 30 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 31 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 32 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 33 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 35 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 36 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 37 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 38 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 39 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 40 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 41 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 42 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 43 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 44 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 45 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 46 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 47 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 48 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 49 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 50 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 51 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 52 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 53 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 54 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 55 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 56 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 57 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 58 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 59 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 60 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 61 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 62 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 63 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 64 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 65 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 66 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 67 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 2.06 68 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 69 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 70 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 71 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 72 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 73 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 74 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 75 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 2.09 76 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 2.12
Sprints
Dunkeld Consolidated School 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 3 pts 2 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 1 Grampians Golf Club 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1 Sierra Park Sign 1 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 3 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 3 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 1 Great Dividing Range 1 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 3 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 Mt. William Turnoff 1 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 3 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 3 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 1 Kangaroo Viewing Area 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 2 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 Wartook Town Sign & Pottery Tea Rooms 1 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 3 2 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 Lah-arum Primary School 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 3 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 1
Hill Climbs
Mocka No. 19 1 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 7 pts 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 5 3 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 3 Mocka No. 34 1 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 7 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 5 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 3 Mocka No. 41 1 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 5 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 3 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 2
General classification after stage 8
1 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 18.45.28 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 0.20 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 0.28 4 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 0.42 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.47 6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 7 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.54 8 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.01 9 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 10 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.03 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1.12 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1.13 13 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1.24 14 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 1.33 15 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 1.47 16 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 1.48 17 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 2.02 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2.09 19 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2.18 20 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2.27 21 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 2.32 22 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 2.55 23 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2.57 24 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 3.07 25 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.22 26 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 27 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.28 28 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 3.37 29 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3.40 30 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.42 31 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 3.54 32 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 4.48 33 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 6.26 34 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6.38 35 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.52 36 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 7.36 37 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 9.37 38 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 11.13 39 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 11.17 40 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 11.42 41 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 12.23 42 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 12.40 43 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 13.37 44 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 13.37 45 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 15.31 46 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 18.38 47 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 19.39 48 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 20.36 49 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 21.39 50 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 23.26 51 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 24.33 52 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 25.41 53 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 25.52 54 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 26.54 55 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 27.42 56 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 27.45 57 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 28.19 58 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 35.30 59 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 36.01 60 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 36.59 61 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 37.56 62 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 38.51 63 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 39.34 64 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 41.01 65 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 41.59 66 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 43.36 67 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 44.41 68 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 46.56 69 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 47.54 70 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 51.12 71 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 54.22 72 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 54.44 73 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 56.01 74 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 1.02.08 75 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 1.02.20 76 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 1.06.34 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $500.00 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $300.00 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines $200.00 4 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee $200.00 5 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco $200.00 6 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco $200.00 7 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry $200.00 8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld $200.00 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld $200.00 Team classification 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 56.18.00 2 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 0.44 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 2.14 5 Chris Wherry (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 2.56 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 3.23 7 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.20 8 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 19.18 9 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 21.30 10 Garry Parsons (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 32.45 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Jayco 35.53 12 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 37.32 13 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 38.26 14 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 43.34 15 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 43.39 16 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 53.30 17 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1.07.39 Sprint classification 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 12 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 9 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 6 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 5 5 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 5 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 2 7 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 4 8 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 3 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 2 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 0 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 12 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 13 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 3 14 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 15 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 17 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 1 18 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 19 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 1 20 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 0 21 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 0 22 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 2 23 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 1 24 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 25 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 0 26 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 0 27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 0 28 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 0 29 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 0 31 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 1 32 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 33 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 0 34 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1 35 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 1 36 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 0 37 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 0 38 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 0 39 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 0 40 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 0 41 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 0 42 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 0 43 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 0 44 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 0 45 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 0 46 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 0 47 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 0 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 48 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 16 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 14 4 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 13 5 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 10 6 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 10 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 9 8 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 7 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 6 10 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 5 11 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5 12 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5 13 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 4 14 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 15 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 3 17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 3 18 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 19 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 3 20 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 2 21 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 22 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 2 23 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 24 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 25 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 26 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 Criterium Championship 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 12 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 10 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 10 5 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 6 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 9 8 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 9 9 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 9 10 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 9 11 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 12 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7 14 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 6 15 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 6 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 6 17 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 4 18 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 4 19 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3 20 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 3 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 22 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 23 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1 Herald Sun Leading Australian Based Rider 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello
