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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 4 - October 16: Portarlington Circuit race, 117 km
Gritty win by Olympian McLachlan
By Rod Morris in Portarlington
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If courage could be measured, Canberra cyclist Robert McLachlan must certainly have overdosed on the recipe. McLachlan scored a popular and gutsy win today in the fourth stage of the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria.
At Portarlington, 30 km outside of Victoria's second largest city, Geelong, McLachlan won the 117 km kermesse race on the same circuit once used for the Australian Open Road Championships.
McLachlan - riding for the Argon 18 Bikes Caravello team - was part of a 12 man breakaway, who controlled the race for the bulk of the afternoon before the peloton decided to up the ante and try and reel them in. The peloton got most of them, but they didn't the Canberra gun, who won by 7 seconds from the previous day's dual stage winner Baden Cooke (Subaru), while HST debutant Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) snuck under the guard of the main stars to grab third spot.
Englishman Dean Downing (Bendigo) slipped ahead of durable Tasmanian Karl Menzies to take the leader's yellow jersey. Downing finished fifth in the stage and his bonus of 12 seconds pushed him 5 seconds ahead of Menzies, while the Tasmanian's Bicycle Superstore teammate David McKenzie, remained third at 11 seconds behind the leader.
Baden Cooke continued his charge up the General Classification leader board, claiming 18 seconds in bonus for his second placing in the stage and is fourth overall at 48 seconds.
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At age 33, McLachlan isn't exactly the youngest rider in the HST, but he is certainly one of the best. He represented Australia in the road race at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and then promptly gave the sport away for some time. Coming out of retirement two years ago, McLachlan has impressed the Australian cycling world with a growing list of race performances, capped with this victory.
"I am really pleased with this result, I felt for sure we were going to be gobbled up by the bunch over the last lap," he said.
The breakaway group had worked hard for about four laps to put time into the peloton and when the margin had stretched to almost 3 minutes, perhaps the ploy had worked. However the bunch lifted their rate, knew where to attack harder and when to play safe and at the bell lap, the gap had been slashed to 53 seconds.
Even into the last 2 km, the gap was still 20 seconds and McLachlan and co. were fighting tooth and nail to hold on. McLachlan dug deep in the final 1000 metres and with a powerful sprint to the line was able to sit up and acknowledge the salutations of the big crowd at Portarlington. Seven seconds later there was mayhem as a large bunch sprinted hard for the remainder of the bonus points on offer.
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McKenzie finished seventh and picked up 8 seconds bonus, added to by 11 further seconds in intermediate sprints and 2 more seconds from the King of the Mountain, meaning he had a reasonable day in the saddle.
Cooke, who won both stages on day two was not disappointed to miss a third consecutive win. "It was weird because at the bell lap I didn't think we going to catch the break and even at the end of the hill climb I thought we were too far back," Cooke said. "But we got over the climb and the break was in sight, I was cramping up but thought I've got to have a crack at this, I'm that close I can't waste the chance.
"No way am I disappointed because Robbie (McLachlan) absolutely deserved his win."
Tour officials presented the yellow jersey to overnight leader Karl Menzies, before double checking final results, which revealed Dean Downing as the new leader, that will be rectified before racing resumes in Stage 5, a 77 km kermesse on Geelong's Eastern Beach.
On Monday, the HST heads to Colac and then North to Daylesford on Tuesday. The tour will finish next Sunday in Traralgon.
Team Uno Clothing report
By John Trevorrow
Preston Forster, the owner of UNO clothing, decided to put together a professional team for the Sun Tour, and son Damian came out of a seven year retirement to get involved. Damian, now 31, retired at age 23 after winning the Grafton to Inverell in 1996 and a season racing professionally in Italy with Selle Italia.
Cyclingnews asked Damian how his day had gone in Portarlington, riding in his first Herald Sun Tour in seven years. "The Portarlington circuit can be extremely tough if the wind is blowing and it can be brutal if it's blowing a gale," he said. "Fortunately for us there was little wind but that didn't deter the boys from having a dip."
"Ten laps of an 11 kilometre circuit was on the menu and the speed was high right from the start. A breakaway escaped almost immediately and David Pell from Team Uno Clothing raced clear with two others but they were pulled back before the end of the first lap. There were a couple of more attempts before a very dangerous move of 11 guys got clear containing two of the race favourites, Dave McKenzie and Robert McLachlan.
"I was surprised when their lead got out to over two minutes. George Vallins from Team Uno put in some strong turns on the front to get things happening and then the teammates of Luke Roberts and Baden Cooke really put the pressure on. The final two laps were very fast. I looked at my computer at one stage and we were doing 65 kph on the flat. We hit speeds in excess of 80 kph on the short descent.
"In the closing kilometres, I thought we were going to catch the break and we nearly did, but McLachlan showed his true class and managed to stay clear. I was perfectly positioned on Baden Cooke's wheel as we approached the finish but in the jockeying for spots that always happens I had to make the choice between staying upright or holding the wheel. I went for the former and missed out on the glory. Seriously, I was happy with how I rode and the Uno Clothing team performed well as a group again.
Today's course in Geelong is a great one for the spectators to see plenty of action. It is only just over 2 kilometres around so the riders will be in view for most of the race. I reckon a break might just stay away and I hope one of the UNO boys will be in the thick of it."
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- '"Are you sure that's how you spell your name, Keiran?" Team Bendigo teamate Dean Downing seems to be asking Keiran Page!
- Belgian rider Steven De Decker (Half Mile Creek) signs on before the start of stage four in Portarlington
- The peloton makes its way up Newcombe Street in Portarlington from the Grand Hotel balcony
- Jeremy Hunt (R) slings Latrobe City teamate Tomas Buchacek into the action down the back straight
- Ben Brooks (McGee-NSW Institute of Sport) drives the peloton during stage four
- Portarlington golf club members looking for a birdie as the Herald Sun Tour speeds past!
- There is no bull on the Herald Sun Tour, it's all fair dinkum!
- Richard Moffatt (McGee-NSW Institute of Sport) on the short but steep climb on the backroads of Portarlington
- The peloton gives chase to a breakaway group on a climb around the roads of Portarlington on stage four
- The leading group had a handy break on the the field with only three laps to go
- Tour leader Karl Menzies (BicycleSuperstore) tucked away in the chasing peloton
- Rhys Pollock (Team UNO Clothing) out of the saddle in the main field
- Colombian Ruber Marin (Team Subaru) will be out to help team leader Baden Cooke as the Tour heads for the hills
- The leading bunch were firing , opening up a lead of two and a half minutes during stage four
- Rob Sharman (Sungold Milk-Warrnambool) from England in the leading group
- It Harley seemed worth it as the peloton gave chase past the Grand Hotel in Portarlington!
- The team from Latrobe City lead the main field up the home straight at Portarlington
- David McKenzie (BicycleSuperstore) powers the leading group to the bell lap
- Robert McLachlan (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) greets the chequered flag to win stage four of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour
- How about a drink boys? - stage winner Robert McLachlan deserves one after his great win at Portarlington
- The podium spray (L-R) Baden Cooke (Team Subaru, 2cnd) Robert McLachlan (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello,1st) and Richard England (Mitchell Supplies, 3rd).
Results
1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.38.26 (44.31km/h) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 0.07 3 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 7 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 9 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 10 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 11 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 12 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 13 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 14 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 15 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 16 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 17 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 18 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 19 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 20 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 21 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 22 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 23 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 24 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 25 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 26 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 27 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 28 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 29 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 30 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 31 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 32 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 33 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 34 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 35 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 36 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 37 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 38 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 39 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 40 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 41 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 42 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 44 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 45 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 46 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 47 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 48 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 49 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 50 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 51 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 52 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 53 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 54 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 55 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 56 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 57 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 58 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 59 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 60 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 61 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo 62 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 63 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 64 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 0.47 65 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.30 66 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 67 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 68 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 69 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 70 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 71 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 3.38 72 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 7.08 73 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 7.18 74 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 75 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 76 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 77 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 78 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 79 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 80 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 81 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 82 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 83 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 84 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 10.42 Sprints End of Lap 1 1 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3 pts 2 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 3 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 1 End of Lap 2 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 End of Lap 3 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1 End of Lap 4 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1 End of Lap 5 1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 End of Lap 6 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 End of Lap 7 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 1 End of Lap 8 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 1 End of Lap 9 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2 3 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Mountains Cat.4 Lap 1 1 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3 pts 2 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 3 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 Cat.4 Lap 2 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2 3 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Cat.4 Lap 3 1 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 Cat.4 Lap 4 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Cat.4 Lap 5 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 Cat.4 Lap 6 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Cat.4 Lap 7 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 Cat.4 Lap 8 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 1 Cat.4 Lap 10 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 Cat.4 Lap 10 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 General Classification after stage 4 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 6.01.50 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.05 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.11 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 0.48 5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.14 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 1.21 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 1.24 8 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.26 9 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 10 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.28 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 12 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 1.40 13 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 1.41 14 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 1.42 16 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1.50 17 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 18 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 1.51 19 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 20 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 1.52 21 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 22 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.53 23 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 24 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 1.55 25 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 26 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1.56 28 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1.59 29 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.00 30 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 31 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 32 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 2.01 33 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 34 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 2.02 35 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 36 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 37 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2.03 38 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 39 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 40 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 41 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 42 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 43 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.19 44 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.20 45 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 2.23 46 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 47 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.24 48 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 2.29 49 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2.32 50 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 2.42 51 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 2.45 52 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2.46 53 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 2.51 54 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3.10 55 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3.11 56 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3.18 57 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3.25 58 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo 3.28 59 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 3.32 60 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 3.35 61 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3.43 62 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3.46 63 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3.55 64 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 65 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 4.44 66 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 6.21 67 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6.55 68 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 8.26 69 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 8.59 70 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 9.00 71 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 9.14 72 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 9.21 73 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 9.32 74 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10.02 75 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10.24 76 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 10.48 77 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 11.09 78 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 12.53 79 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 16.11 80 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 17.03 81 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 17.43 82 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 21.29 83 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 30.42 84 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 37.40 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello $400 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life $200 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore $200 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore $100 4 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo $100 Team Classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 18.09.26 2 Bendigo 1.07 3 Active For Life 1.50 4 Subaru 1.55 5 Europcar - Pelaco 1.59 6 Victorian State Home Loans 7 Latrobe City 2.00 8 Jayco 2.02 9 McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.04 10 Half Mile Creek 2.06 11 Provincial Victoria 12 Mitchell Building Supplies 2.09 13 CGU Insurance 2.38 14 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.43 15 Malaysia Airlines 3.20 16 Uno Clothing 3.26 17 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 6.48 Sprint classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 37 pts 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 26 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 23 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 11 5 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 10 6 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 10 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 8 8 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 8 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 6 10 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 6 11 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 12 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 4 14 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 4 15 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 16 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 17 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 18 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3 19 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 21 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 3 22 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 3 23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 3 24 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 25 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 26 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 2 27 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 28 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 29 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 30 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 2 31 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 32 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 1 34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1 35 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1 36 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 1 37 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 38 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 39 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 40 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1 Mountains classification 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 17 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 10 3 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 8 4 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 5 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 5 6 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 5 7 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 3 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 3 9 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 10 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3 11 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 12 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 13 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 14 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 15 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2 16 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 17 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 18 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 19 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1 Criterium Championship 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 18 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 10 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 10 5 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 8 7 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 7 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 7 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 6 10 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 11 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 5 12 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 4 13 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 14 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 15 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 17 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Provincial Victoria Under 23 Award 1 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines Leading Australian Based Rider 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 4 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 5 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco
