Herald Sun Tour, Australia, October 14-24, 2004

Matthew Goold
Photo ©: Sandy Smith/Events Ballarat

Matt Goold's Sun Tour diary

Although it's one of the two biggest stage races his home country hosts, Australian Matthew Goold is riding the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria as part of the multi-national Active for Life Team, alongside Canadians Eric Wohlberg and Dominique Perras, New Zealander Glen Mitchell and Jorge Libonatti from Uruguay.

Hailing from the Southern Australian state of Victoria, Goold is a former state road champion whose role in the team will be to ride support for Wohlberg in the hunt for stage victories.

Diary entries

• Stage 1 - Mixed emotions
• Stage 2-5 - We're working on it, Full of confidence, What lies ahead
• Stage 6 - Is Dom, is good
• Stage 7 - Catching a ride
• Stage 8 - A watchful eye
• Stage 9 - No progress
• Stage 10 & 11 - Moving on up
• Stage 12 - If the jacket fits...
• Stage 13 - Not a total disaster