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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 5 - October 17: Geelong, 77 km
Cooke makes it three from five
Downing hangs in for overall lead
By Rob Morris
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Englishman Dean Downing clings to the lead in the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria, despite missing a place in the fifth stage at Geelong. Downing was belatedly presented with the leader's yellow jersey after a mix up on Saturday prior to the start of the 77 km kermesse on picturesque Eastern Beach.Riding for the Bendigo sponsored team, Downing lost 7 seconds to David McKenzie (Bicycle Superstore) in bonuses and stage placings, but will still carry yellow into the Tour of Otways at Colac.
Australia's Tour de France star Baden Cooke won his third stage of this week's tour when he out sprinted McKenzie in an extremely exciting race. Cooke is still fourth overall, but he is now only 40 seconds behind Downing and is in a serious position to win his second Herald Sun Tour, following on from his success in 2002.
"It was a very difficult sprint to the line," Cooke said. "You had to make sure you were in the right position as it was quite dangerous and there was not much room to move. Now after five stages, I am confident we can have a good dig at overall honours. Our team has discussed what lies ahead and we are serious about really having a go at trying to win."
McKenzie might have something to say about Cooke winning, as he is now in perfect position to challenge Downing for the lead.
"Firstly, there is no disgrace in finishing second to a rider like Baden Cooke in today's sprint," McKenzie said. "Secondly, General Classification honours are uppermost in our team's mind, we want to win, we're not here to run second."
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While Cooke and McKenzie are carrying the flag for Australia to win this internationally ranked event, riders from overseas are still going to be hard to beat. Downing is in yellow, so obviously the local stars have to catch him, but watch out for Sweden's Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar - Pelaco). Ljungblad scored his second third placing in the Geelong stage and is placed 9th overall.
The Geelong kermesse stage was raced in brilliant sunshine with the heat taking its toll on some riders.
Already Ashley Hutchinson (Jayco) and Englishman Stephen Cumming (Bendigo) have withdrawn from the tour through illness, whilst another one of the English riders, Russell Downing (Bendigo) is in danger of withdrawing.
Downing, the younger brother of the tour leader, is suffering from a race fall in Stage 2 at Werribee and struggled to get through the Geelong stage. With the Bendigo team reduced to just three fit riders, it will make things difficult for Dean Downing to maintain his hold on yellow, as the attacks are coming; it's only a matter of time.
The Geelong stage will be remembered for the courageous performances of Ben Brooks (McGee - NSW IS) and Corey Sweet (La Trobe City). The New South Welshman and the South Australian broke away for 15 laps, sharing seven of the intermediate sprints before the peloton gobbled them up. The pair, whilst not featuring in the end results, were joint winners of the daily most aggressive rider award.
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McKenzie strengthened his hold on the Sprint Championship, moving to 39 points and 12 ahead of Downing.
The HST will continue tomorrow with the Tour of Otways in the Colac district.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Wally Smith chalks up the start-finish line in preparation for stage five at Geelong
- “That’s my brother up there”, - Dean Downing (Bendigo) is presented with his race leaders jersey as brother Russell rides past
- “Don’t tell them anything!” - McGee-NSW Institute of Sport manager Rodney McGee gags Chris Sutton as Jayco’s Jonathon Clarke awaits the tactics
- “I’ll go this way and you go this way” - Baden Cooke and Trent Wilson Team Subari teammates at the sign on
- Tomas Buchacek (Latrobe City) signs on prior to stage five in Geelong
- David Harrigan (L) and Jeremy Hunt - Latrobe City teammates at the sign on
- William Walker (Jayco) signs on for stage five in Geelong
- Riders on the startline for stage five of the Herald Sun Tour in Geelong
- Dean Downing (Bendigo) in yellow and Tour leader at the start of stage five
- The peloton awaits the start to stage five in Geelong in perfect conditions
- Eric Wohlberg (Active for Life) in action at Geelong during stage five
- Corey Sweet (Latrobe City) attacked the main field with Ben Brooks early on stage five
- Corey Sweet (R, Latrobe City) and Ben Brooks (McGee-NSW Institute of Sport) broke away from the peloton in the early laps of stage five
- The yellow jersey is tucked away in the peloton around the streets of the Geelong foreshore
- Henk Vogels (BicycleSuperstore) out of the saddle and in the thick of things on stage five
- The peloton makes its way around the Geelong foreshore
- Tony Mann (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) chased down the leading duo
- The peloton makes its way around the streets in single file at Geelong
- The chasing peloton is sailing on the Geelong foreshore
- The conditions were perfect to work on a suntan during stage five
- McGee-NSW Institute of Sport manager Rodney McGee (L) and crew member Dennis Tanner attend to Chris Sutton on stage five
- The chasing peloton goes under the Herald Sun banner at Geelong
- The main field corners into the home straight at Geelong
- Bikes, balloons and more bikes at Geelong for the Herald Sun Tour!
- Baden Cooke (Team Subaru) salutes the crowd to take out stage five at Geelong
- The podium spray - (L-R) David McKenzie (BicycleSuperstore, 2cnd) Baden Cooke (Team Subaru, 1st) and Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar-Pelaco, 3rd)
- Dean Downing (Team Bendigo) in yellow and leader of the Herald Sun Tour after stage five
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1.48.55 (42.42km/h) 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 4 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 5 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 7 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 8 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 10 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 11 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 12 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 13 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 14 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 15 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 16 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 17 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 18 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 19 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 20 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 21 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 22 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 23 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 24 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 25 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 26 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 27 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 28 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 30 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 31 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 32 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 33 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 34 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 35 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 36 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 37 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 38 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 39 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 40 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 41 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 42 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 43 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 44 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 45 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 46 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 47 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 48 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 49 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 50 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 51 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 52 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 53 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 54 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 55 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 56 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 57 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 58 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 59 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 60 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 61 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 62 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 0.19 63 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 64 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 0.22 65 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.24 66 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 0.35 67 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 0.38 68 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 0.51 69 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3.58 70 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 71 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 72 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 73 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 4.16 74 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 4.38 75 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 7.05 76 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 77 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 78 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 79 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 7.23 80 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10.40 81 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 14.21 82 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 20.53 83 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 32.24 Sprints End of Lap 2 1 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 1 End of Lap 4 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 pts 2 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 2 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 1 End of Lap 6 1 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1 End of Lap 8 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 1 End of Lap 10 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1 End of Lap 12 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 2 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 End of Lap 14 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 End of Lap 16 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 2 3 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 End of Lap 18 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1 End of Lap 20 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 2 3 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1 End of Lap 22 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1 End of Lap 24 1 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 End of Lap 26 1 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 3 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 End of Lap 28 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1 End of Lap 30 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 3 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 2 3 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1 End of Lap 32 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1 General Classification after stage 5 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 7.50.30 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.04 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.20 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 0.41 5 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1.21 6 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 1.26 8 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.29 9 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.33 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 1.36 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 1.43 12 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 1.48 13 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1.49 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 1.52 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 1.53 16 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 1.56 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2.03 18 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 2.04 19 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 2.05 20 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 2.06 21 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 22 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 2.07 23 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2.08 24 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 2.10 25 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 26 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 2.11 28 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 2.13 29 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.14 30 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 2.15 31 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 33 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 34 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2.16 35 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 2.17 36 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 37 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 38 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2.18 39 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 40 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 41 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.34 42 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 43 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 44 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 2.38 45 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 46 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 2.39 47 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 2.42 48 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2.47 49 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 3.06 50 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3.12 51 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3.25 52 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3.33 53 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3.39 54 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3.40 55 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 3.47 56 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 3.50 57 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3.58 58 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4.10 59 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 60 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 6.53 61 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 7.48 62 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7.59 63 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 8.38 64 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 9.03 65 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 9.08 66 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 9.29 67 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 9.37 68 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 9.47 69 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10.39 70 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 11.08 71 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 11.27 72 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 15.37 73 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 16.26 74 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 16.41 75 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 17.16 76 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 17.22 77 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 17.47 78 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 20.13 79 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 24.41 80 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 28.48 81 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 31.14 82 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 38.51 83 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.10.19 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 400 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 200 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 200 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 200 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 200 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 100 6 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 100 Team Classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 23.36.11 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 Jayco 2.02 8 Half Mile Creek 2.06 9 Provincial Victoria 10 Latrobe City 2.20 11 Mitchell Building Supplies 2.28 12 Mcgee - Nsw Institute Of Sport 2.39 13 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2.43 14 Malaysia Airlines 3.20 15 Uno Clothing 3.26 16 Cgu Insurance 7.16 17 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 13.53 Sprint Classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 41 pts 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 27 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 24 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 23 5 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 20 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 11 7 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 10 8 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 10 9 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 8 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 8 11 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 8 12 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 7 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 7 14 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 15 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 6 16 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 5 18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 4 19 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 20 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 4 22 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4 23 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 4 24 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 4 25 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 26 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 27 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 4 28 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 3 29 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 30 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 31 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 3 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 33 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 34 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 35 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 3 36 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 37 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 2 38 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 39 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 2 40 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 41 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 42 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 43 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 44 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 45 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 46 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1 47 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 48 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1 49 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 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 Ljungbald (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 25 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 20 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 17 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 11 5 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 11 6 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 10 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 9 9 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 10 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 7 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 12 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 6 14 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 5 15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 16 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 17 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 19 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 20 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 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life
