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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 7 - October 19: Creswick - Daylesford, 154.8 km
Ljungblad grabs stage as favourites falter
Cooke out with back trouble
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Pre-race favourite Baden Cooke is out of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria after straining back muscles today (Tuesday, October 19) and returned to Melbourne immediately after the Stage 7 finish into Daylesford.
Cooke, riding for the Subaru team, felt back spasms about half way through the 154.8 km stage from Creswick and Daylesford and with teammate Mark Renshaw straining leg muscles, the pair withdrew before the tour entourage hit the finish line.
In a dramatic sixth day of the 53rd Herald Sun Tour, seven riders felt the pressure of the race and were forced to withdraw, taking the total to 12 non-finishers. Joining Cooke and Renshaw in the sag wagon Irishman Brian Kenneally (Sungold Milk - Warrnambool), Victorian David Pell (Uno Clothing), ace Queenslander Henk Vogels (Bicycle Superstore), German Thomas Liese (Malaysia Airlines) and New South Welshman Keiran Cameron (McGee - NSW Institute of Sport).
The withdrawals of seven riders overshadowed somewhat the performance of Sweden's Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar - Pelaco), who won the stage impressively and jumped from 8th to 3rd and is now just 46 seconds behind tour leader, Karl Menzies of Tasmania, who is riding for the Bicycle Superstore team.
Ljungblad (pronounced Young Blood) won his second HST stage, following his initial victory in the Bacchus Marsh to Buninyong stage back in 2002.
"I want to be close as possible to the GC leaders as possible by the time we get to Mt Baw Baw on Saturday, so this win and the time bonus that comes with it does my chances no harm at all," Ljungblad said. "We have had two very tough days on the road, there have been a lot of attacks and counter attacks, I'm sure everyone has tired and sore legs," Ljungblad said.
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"I am glad to have got through these two days in reasonable shape as far as the GC is concerned."
Ljungblad was involved in an 18 man breakaway, which formed not long after the tour field left Creswick, although that group soon strengthened to 20 when Luke Roberts (La Trobe City) and Matthew Goold (Active For Life) bridged the gap. Whilst it was important for the riders in the break to make the most of their opportunities for time bonuses, it was just as crucial for the ones who missed the split not to lose too much time.
For early tour leader Dean Downing (Bendigo) and Simon Gerrans (Jayco), the day was a disaster. Downing, a member of the Great Britain track team, held the yellow jersey into the Geelong Criterium and Colac Tour of Otways (stages 5 & 6), fell from grace in a big way. He started the day in third place and 36 seconds behind Menzies - he finished it in 43rd position and 32.27 minutes adrift and with no chance of winning the bike race.
While Downing suffered a day to forget, two his GB track teammates Kristian House and Keiran Page enjoyed the day in the saddle. House moved from 19th to 9th and Page from 17th to 10th. Gerrans was considered a big chance for GC honours, but by missing the important breaks, limped home more than 3 minutes behind the leading group and is now in 18th position and 4.39 minutes behind Menzies.
The Bicycle Superstore team hold one and two in GC and they are now talking seriously about carrying yellow all the way to Traralgon this Sunday. Menzies' lead over his teammate David McKenzie has been narrowed from 25 seconds to 9, but the pair are riding as a team, not as the two protragonists at the head of the tour.
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"As a team, we have still not spoken about which one of us should or is supposed to win," Menzies said. "Today we were lucky enough to have three riders in the lead group, so we could all work together and watch what the other teams were up to."
Menzies and McKenzie had the support of New Zealand teammate Scott Guyton out in front and with Guyton's reputation as a noted hill climber, the Bicycle Superstore team were able to have some control over the day's proceedings.
Whilst Ljungblad was a comfortable winner by 17 seconds, the sprint for the minor placings was a mini-series in itself. Ben Brooks (McGee - NSW Institute of Sport) outgunned New Zealander Glenn Mitchell (Active For Life) in a hectic sprint to the line.
Brooks jumped from 9th to 5th on GC, whilst Mitchell, who was celebrating his 32nd birthday, improved his rating from 16th to 7th and at 2.07 minutes behind Menzies is still an outside chance for overall honours. South Australia's gold medal Olympian Luke Roberts, riding for La Trobe City did his chances no harm either, finishing 7th in the stage and narrowing the gap to Melnzies to 50 seconds, which kept him in fourth position.
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The tour continues on Wednesday with a 69 kermesse around Lake Weeroona in Bendigo and will climax in Traralgon this Sunday, but not before the riders tackle the extremely tough Mt Baw Baw.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Getting ready for the start of stage seven from Creswick to Daylesford.
- Team CGU Insurance masseur Anton "Frank" Spencer gives Stephen Cunningham a rub-down prior to stage seven.
- The bikes of the McGee-NSW Institute of Sport team.
- "Hey, isn't that Baden Cooke, green jersey winner from the Tour de France!"
- Active for Life rider Matthew Goold on the front early on stage seven.
- A small group try to escape the peloton's claws not far from Creswick on stage seven.
- The bunch on a small rise during the 154km stage from Creswick to Daylesford.
- The field line out during racing on narrow roads out the back of northeast Victoria.
- Jeremy Hunt (Latrobe City, far R) goes off road on the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour.
- Bart Heirewegh (Half Mile Creek) winding the peloton up.
- Nathan Jones (CGU Insurance) driving the peloton during stage seven.
- "Yeahhhhh, I'm in yellow!" Tour leader Karl Menzies from Bicycle Superstore.
- WinTV covering the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour.
- The leading riders planting their foot down on the peloton!
- The team from Active for Life on the front on stage seven
- David Tanner (McGee-NSW Institute of Sport) was an attacking rider on stage seven
- Bart Heirewegh (Half Mile Creek) forty fifth on stage seven and thirty minutes behind the leader
- The peloton makes its way towards Daylesford on stage seven
- William Walker (Jayco) was on the attack most of stage seven
- Keiran Page (Team Bendigo) in the top ten in general classification after stage seven
- Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar-Pelaco) looking make his mark on the Tour during stage seven
- The leading group looking for a sign to win stage seven into Daylesford
- Karl Menzies left (BicycleSuperstore) hungry for success in the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour
- Luke Roberts (Latrobe City) in the tuck position with the yellow jersey (L) in hot pursuit
- Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar-Pelaco) takes stage seven into Daylesford
- The sprint for minor placings into Dayelsford at the finish to stage seven
- Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar-Pelaco) answers the media’s questions after taking the stage into Daylesford
Results
1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3.37.44 (42.66 km/h) 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 0.17 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 6 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 8 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 9 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 10 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 11 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 12 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 13 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 14 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 15 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 16 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 17 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 0.59 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3.22 20 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3.42 21 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 22 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 23 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 24 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 26 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 27 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 28 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 29 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 30 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 31 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 32 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 33 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 4.16 34 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 35 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 36 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 4.28 37 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 38 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 39 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 40 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 41 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 42 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5.31 43 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7.15 44 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 21.35 45 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 30.21 46 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 47 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 48 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 32.04 49 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 50 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 51 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 52 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 53 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 54 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 55 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 56 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 57 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 58 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 59 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 60 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 61 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 62 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 63 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 64 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 65 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 66 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 67 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 68 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 69 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 70 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 71 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 72 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 73 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool Sprints 1 Mocka 28 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 3 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 2 Mocka 39 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 1 3 Mocka 58 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 1 4 Mocka 78 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 5 Mocka 97 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 1 6 Mocka 103 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1 7 Mocka 107 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 8 Mocka 112 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 9 Mocka 132 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 10 Mocka 145 1 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 1 11 Mocka 155 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 Hill Climbs 1 Cat.4 Mocka 65 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1 2 Cat.4 Mocka 81 1 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 1 3 Cat.3 Mocka 92 1 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 5 pts 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 2 4 Cat.3 Mocka 142 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 5 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 3 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 5 Cat.3 Mocka 198 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 5 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 General Classification ater stage 7 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 15.59.33 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.09 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 0.46 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 0.50 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.26 6 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1.45 7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2.07 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 2.29 9 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 2.32 10 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2.34 11 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 2.40 12 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2.46 13 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.52 14 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 2.55 15 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 2.57 16 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2.58 17 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 4.25 18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 4.39 19 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 5.38 20 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 5.43 21 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 5.49 22 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 5.50 23 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6.09 24 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 6.13 25 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 6.15 26 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 6.18 27 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 6.19 28 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 6.20 29 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6.39 30 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 6.47 31 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 6.49 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 6.54 33 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 6.55 34 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7.01 35 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 7.29 36 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 8.37 37 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 9.07 38 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 12.13 39 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 12.41 40 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 14.44 41 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 25.30 42 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 26.51 43 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 32.27 44 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 33.39 45 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 34.21 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 34.31 47 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 34.44 48 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 35.06 49 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 36.07 50 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 38.46 51 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 45.50 52 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 47.41 53 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 48.03 54 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 48.53 55 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 49.35 56 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 50.35 57 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 51.48 58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 52.09 59 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 52.40 60 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 53.04 61 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 53.39 62 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 55.12 63 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 57.54 64 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 59.43 65 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.03.27 66 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1.03.38 67 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.05.02 68 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.05.33 69 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.05.38 70 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 1.10.26 71 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.16.39 72 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.18.39 73 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 1.26.04 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 500 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 400 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 400 4 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 200 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 200 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 200 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 100 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 100 Team Classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 48.04.53 2 Active For Life 1.50 3 Latrobe City 8.47 4 Europcar - Pelaco 8.56 5 Victorian State Home Loans 9.13 6 Jayco 13.49 7 McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 16.31 8 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 31.45 9 Bendigo 33.18 10 Provincial Victoria 36.02 11 Malaysia Airlines 39.42 12 Half Mile Creek 44.10 13 CGU Insurance 48.05 14 Uno Clothing 52.45 15 Mitchell Building Supplies 58.51 16 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.03.16 17 Subaru 1.33.01 Sprint classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 47 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 38 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 33 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 28 5 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 27 6 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 21 7 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 20 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 16 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 14 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 12 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 12 12 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 12 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 11 14 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 10 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 9 16 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 8 17 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 7 18 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 19 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 20 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 21 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 5 22 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 5 23 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 24 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4 25 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 26 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 4 27 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 4 28 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 29 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 30 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 31 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 33 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 3 34 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 35 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 36 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 37 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 38 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 2 39 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 40 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 41 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 42 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 1 43 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 44 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 45 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1 46 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 47 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 King Of The Mountain classification 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 39 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 24 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 16 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 14 5 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 10 6 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 8 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 8 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 7 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 5 10 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 5 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 13 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 3 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 15 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 16 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 17 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3 18 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 19 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 20 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 21 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2 22 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 23 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 24 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1 25 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 Criterium Championship 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 25 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 17 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 11 4 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 11 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 10 7 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 9 8 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 9 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 6 11 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6 12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 13 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 14 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 16 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 17 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Under 23 Award 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek Leading Australian Based Rider Award 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 4 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 5 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 6 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies
