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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 12 - October 23: Warragul - Mt Baw Baw, 87.7 km
There's a new kid on the block...
Swede Ljungblad keeps his cool and takes yellow
By Rod Morris in Mt Baw Baw
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Nine months ago, Matthew Lloyd had never competed in an open road race - today he claimed victory in the toughest stage of the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun of Provincial Victoria. The 21-year-old Lloyd from St Kilda in suburban Victoria won the arduous Warragul to the peak of Mt Baw Baw and while it may have only been 87.7 km, almost half the distance was uphill, climaxing at 1900 m above sea level.
In a dramatic day of racing in the penlutimate stage of the HST, Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar - Pelaco) wrested the overall lead from Victorian favourite David McKenzie (Bicycle Superstore), shifting a 43 second deficit into a 1'33 minute lead and, barring disaster, will claim the tour victory after the final stage at Traralgon on Sunday.
Ljungblad, who has now won three stages of the HST - two this week and one in 2002 - only has to stay upright in the 81.6 km kermesse around the streets of Traralgon to win the biggest race of his life. "I felt very nervous before the start of today's race and I am glad to have finished so high up in the stage and of course, take the yellow leader's jersey," Ljungblad said. "I rode up Mt Baw Baw in 2002 and finished seventh, so I knew what to expect, I knew where the flat spots were and when the climbs got a bit more difficult. That experience really helped me today. Two years ago I rode on a 23 chain ring, today I switched it to a 25 and it made a bit difference," he said.
There were plenty of casualties from the top 10 on GC honours up Mt Baw Baw, with McKenzie - although only slipping from first to second - almost certainly out of calculations. The 93 second difference will be too much for McKenzie to regain - unless Ljungblad himself becomes a race casualty.
While Ljungblad finished the Mt Baw Baw stage in fifth place, McKenzie limped home in 14th place, a clear 2 minutes behind the Swede and almost four minutes behind the surprise packet, Matthew Lloyd. Early tour leader Karl Menzies was dumped from second to ninth after finishing Mt Baw Baw in 25th position and almost 7 minutes later than Lloyd crossed the line.
At the start of the day, South Australia's gold medal Olympian Luke Roberts would have given himself a chance of GC honours, but a puncture just 8km from the finish effectively ended the dream. Roberts didn't really recover from the wheel change and after coming across the line alongside Menzies, South Australian Corey Sweet (Latrobe City) and German Thomas Liese (Malaysia Airlines) fell from fourth to 10th and like all others, out of contention for overall honours.
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Without a doubt, the gutsiest ride of the day cam New South Welshman Phillip Thuaux (Jayco), who hit out from the bunch as soon as the race started. With Queensland's Tony Mann (Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello) riding in tandem with him, the pair were away for more than 45 km before any significant moves came from the bunch. Mann was spent and meandered his way through the convoy - albeit the wrong way - finishing the stage in 62nd. Thuaux featured in all four intermediate sprints - winning three - and won the first six hill climbs, finishing second in the seventh and fourth in the all-important last sprint, which signalled the end of the race.
Matthew Lloyd, who trains in the Dandenongs, is in his first season as a professional bike rider after brief flirtations with rowing and triathlons. "This is awesome, I didn't expect to win, I just thought I would be chasing backsides all day," Lloyd said. "Without doubt, this is the biggest thing I've ever won. I was no danger on GC, so I suppose the others didn't take much notice of me... but I'm not complaining."
Whilst he may not have been a threat for overall honours, Lloyd's win did jump him into 8th position and for a 21-year-old in his first real multi-stage tour, that's no mean effort. Ljungblad will enjoy carrying his first yellow jersey in Traralgon on the final day, but David McKenzie will be hurting.
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"I am really disappointed to have lost my lead, because I don't think I will ever get a better chance," he said. "I gave it 120% and I couldn't find 1% more. I had plenty of crowd support, not just on the mountain, but right the tour, so for that I'm not disappointed, but that's racing, that's how it goes. Tomorrow is another day and anything can happen, one things for sure, I'm not going to throw the towel in."
The Traralgon Kermesse, signalling the end of the 2004 Herald Sun Tour will start at 1.30 p.m. and is scheduled to finish at 3.30 p.m. after the field of 67 riders have completed 20 laps of a 2.85 km circuit.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Half Mile Creek team manager Rick Martin pours a vino for Jonathon Cantwell as teamates (L-R) Hilton Clarke , Bart Heirewegh and Steven De Decker look on
- The Peloton make their way out of Warragul bound for Mt.Baw Baw
- Phillip Thuaux (R) of the Jayco team and Tony Mann (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) broke away from the peloton within five km’s from the start
- The peloton on the 87.7 km stage from Warragul to Mt.Baw Baw
- Thumbs up! for the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour and the yellow jersey
- Tony Mann (L) of Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello and Phillip Thuaux (Jayco) in action during their breakaway on stage twelve
- The main field descend at 90km’s an hour during stage twelve
- Riders clear the top of another climb for King of the Mountain points
- Sixteen kilometres of sheer PAIN!
- Matthew Lloyd (Mitchell Supplies) finding the climb up Mt. Baw Baw thirsty work
- Better you guys than me!
- Phillip Thuaux (Jayco) is caught and passed by Frenchman Benoit Poilvet (Provincial Victoria) on the climb up Mt.Baw Baw
- David Mckenzie (BicycleSuperstore) in yellow and feeling the strain on the climb up Mt.Baw Baw
- Chris Sutton (McGee NSW Institute of Sport) chasing two riders half way up Mt.Baw Baw
- Benoit Poilvet (Provincial Victoria) in the lead up Baw Baw with four kilometres to go
- Frenchman Christophe Le Mevel (Provincial Victoria) chasing down his teamate in the lead during stage twelve
- Feeling the pain on the steep road up: Columbian Ruber Marin (Team Subaru) on Mt.Baw Baw
- Matthew Lloyd (Mitchell Supplies) wins the toughest stage up Mt.Baw Baw
- David Mckenzie (BicycleSuperstore) collapses from his bike after the stage up Mt.Baw Baw
- David Mckenzie (BicycleSuperstore) is comforted by his team manager John Pritchard after losing his grip on the 2004 Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour
- The podium after stage twelve (L-R) Benoit Poilvet (2cnd, Provincial Victoria) Matthew Lloyd (1st, Mitchell Supplies) and Christophe Le Mevel (3rd, Provincial Victoria)
- 21-years old Matthew Lloyd (Mitchell Supplies) , a winner of a stage of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour!
- I can’t wait to taste this - Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar-Pelaco) takes the yellow jersey and now leads the Tour with one stage to go
- Europcar-Pelaco crew member Paul Ciuro (R) plants one on Jonas Ljungblad after taking over the yellow jersey and race lead
Results
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2.44.53 2 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 0.36 3 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 0.51 4 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 1.15 5 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1.44 6 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2.04 7 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.08 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 2.18 9 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2.29 10 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 11 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 3.11 12 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 13 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 3.29 14 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3.45 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 3.59 16 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4.05 17 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 4.09 18 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 4.20 19 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4.53 20 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 21 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5.30 22 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 6.08 23 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 24 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 25 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 6.16 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6.19 27 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6.51 28 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 6.54 29 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 7.02 30 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7.22 31 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 7.49 32 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 8.04 33 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 8.21 34 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 8.24 35 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 8.35 36 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 8.58 37 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 38 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 39 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 9.10 40 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 9.48 41 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 11.18 42 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 11.19 43 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 13.04 44 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 14.13 45 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 46 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 16.24 47 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 19.41 48 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 21.32 49 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 50 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 22.12 51 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 52 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 22.34 53 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 23.15 54 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 23.23 55 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 23.31 56 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 23.41 57 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 24.54 58 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 59 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 60 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 61 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 62 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 29.00 63 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 30.53 64 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 65 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 66 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 33.08 67 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 54.04 Sprints Sprint 1, Mocka 39 - Rokeby Hall 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Sprint 2, Mocka 53 - Police Station 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Sprint 3, Mocka 61 - Soldiers' Memorial 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Sprint 4, Mocka 76 - Noojee Hotel 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Hill climbs Climb 1, Cat.4 Mocka 30 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Climb 2, Cat.4 Mocka 43 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1 Climb 3, Cat.3 Mocka 67 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 5 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 Climb 4, Cat.2 Mocka 84 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 7 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 3 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 3 Climb 5, Cat.3 Mocka 89 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 5 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 2 Climb 6, Cat.3 Mocka 92 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 5 pts 2 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 Climb 7, Cat.3 Mocka 96 1 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 5 pts 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 3 3 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2 Climb 8, Cat.1 Mocka 110 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 10 pts 2 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 6 3 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 4 General classification after stage 12 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 25.22.25 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1.33 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.45 4 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3.04 5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 3.38 6 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3.41 7 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 4.19 8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 4.27 9 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 4.35 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 4.45 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 5.08 12 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 5.31 13 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 6.05 14 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6.23 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 6.53 16 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 7.04 17 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 7.24 18 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 8.24 19 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 8.41 20 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 9.43 21 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10.02 22 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 10.29 23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 10.34 24 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 10.36 25 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 12.41 26 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 12.47 27 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 12.49 28 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 13.33 29 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 15.11 30 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 15.28 31 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 16.33 32 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 18.36 33 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 21.43 34 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 27.56 35 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 31.46 36 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 33.40 37 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 35.02 38 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 41.10 39 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 49.21 40 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 53.45 41 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 54.09 42 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 59.49 43 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.00.41 44 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.02.28 45 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.05.32 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 1.10.08 47 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.13.51 48 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.14.49 49 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1.15.20 50 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1.17.47 51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 1.22.32 52 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1.23.05 53 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1.24.04 54 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.24.27 55 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.29.39 56 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.30.41 57 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.33.55 58 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 1.36.50 59 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.44.12 60 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1.46.25 61 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.48.24 62 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.49.26 63 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.50.37 64 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.51.20 65 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 1.51.54 66 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 2.05.58 67 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 2.21.58 Sprints classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 48 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 47 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 46 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 38 5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 34 6 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 33 7 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 27 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 27 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 26 10 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 26 11 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 24 12 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 23 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 19 14 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 19 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 15 16 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 15 17 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10 18 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 10 19 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 9 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 9 21 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 8 22 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 8 23 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 24 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 7 25 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 26 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 6 28 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6 29 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 5 30 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 5 31 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 5 32 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 33 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4 34 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 35 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 4 36 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 4 37 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3 38 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 39 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 3 40 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 41 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 42 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 43 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 44 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 45 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 46 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 47 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 48 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1 49 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 50 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 Mountains classification 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 71 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 35 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 34 4 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 24 5 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 17 6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 14 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 12 8 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 12 9 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 8 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 8 11 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 8 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 7 14 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 6 15 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 5 16 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 5 17 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 5 18 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 5 19 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 5 20 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 21 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 22 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 23 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3 24 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 25 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 26 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 27 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 28 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 2 29 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 Criterium Championship 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 30 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 29 3 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 18 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 16 5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 16 6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 15 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 14 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 14 9 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 11 10 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 11 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 10 12 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 8 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 8 14 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 15 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 6 16 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 6 17 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 19 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 Best Australian rider classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 4 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 5 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 6 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance Best Under 23 rider classification 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Most aggressive rider 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 8 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 5 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 2 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 8 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 9 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 2 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 11 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1 Teams classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 76.23.33 2 Active For Life 4.46 3 Jayco 7.40 4 Victorian State Home Loans 7.55 5 Europcar - Pelaco 9.06 6 Latrobe City 11.49 7 Mcgee - Nsw Institute Of Sport 16.33 8 Provincial Victoria 31.11 9 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 47.56 10 Bendigo 54.04 11 Malaysia Airlines 1.00.39 12 Mitchell Building Supplies 1.14.24 13 Cgu Insurance 1.35.31 14 Uno Clothing 1.47.23 15 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.55.12 16 Half Mile Creek 2.02.49 17 Subaru 2.38.59
