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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 2 - October 15: Werribee Criterium, 36 km
Cooke makes his mark
By Rod Morris in Werribee
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Baden Cooke (Subaru) won the first of two stages on the second day of the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria, taking the 36 km criterium in Werribee in a bunch sprint ahead of Dean Downing (Bendigo) and Matthew Rex (CGU Insurance). Cooke is now in fifth place overall, moving to within 1'30 of leader Karl Menzies (Bicycle Superstore).
The Werribee Criterium attracted another healthy crowd and the riders didn't disappoint. Whilst it was a completely different race to the Menzies-Downing-McKenzie show on Thursday, riders simply weren't allowed to breakaway. Perhaps it was the tight race circuit, perhaps it was the tough wind conditions, but more likely it was because riders were awake to who the main protagonists are and weren't going to allow them any leeway.
A spectacular fall 100 m past the finish line when the field had two laps to go, upset the rhythm of many of the sprinters, but it didn't detract from Cooke's victory. Downing took second in a photo finish while exciting young South Australian Mathew Rex (CGU Insurance) was third home.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Everyone's reading about this year’s Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour!
- They’re off on stage two of the Tour
- Riders corner at Werribee in the stage two criterium
- The peloton could grab a trim on its way past!
- Spares anyone?
- Plenty of schoolchildren welcome the yellow jersey and perhaps its biggest rival Baden Cooke
- Jeremy Hunt (R) of Latrobe City leads Robert McLachlan of Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello late in stage two
- Russell Downing (Team Bendigo) leans into a bend with the field chasing
- The main field during the stage two criterium at Werribee
- Trent Wilson of Team Subaru in action on day two
- Race Leader Karl Menzies (R) of BicycleSuperstore with Ruber Marin of Team Subaru
- Robert McLachlan (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello, 4th from left) crashes over a fallen banner in the home straight
- Carnage in the home straight after riders came down crashing over a fallen banner near the finish to stage two
- The field is waved to the side by support crew to avoid fallen riders
- Robert McLachlan (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) will be stiff after a nasty fall in the home straight at Werribee
- Baden Cooke (Team Subaru) has one hand on stage two at the finish
- Lindsay Hill chats with stage two winner Baden Cooke (Team Subaru)
- 'There was no way I was going to beat you in that sprint Cookey!'
- The podium spray on stage two (L-R): Dean Downing (2nd, Bendigo) Baden Cooke (1st, Subaru) and Matthew Rex (3rd, CGU Insurance)
- Robert McLachlan (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) gingerly makes his way onto the podium
- Tasmanian race leader Karl Menzies (BicycleSuperstore) on the podium after stage two
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 47.31 (45.46 km/h) 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 3 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 6 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 7 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 8 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 9 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 12 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 13 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 14 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 15 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 16 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 17 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 19 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 20 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 21 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 22 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 23 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 24 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 25 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 26 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 0.07 27 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 28 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 29 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 30 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 31 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 32 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 33 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 34 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 35 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 36 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 38 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 39 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 40 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 41 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 42 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 43 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 44 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 45 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 46 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 47 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 48 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 49 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 50 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 51 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 52 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 53 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 54 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 55 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 56 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 57 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 58 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 60 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 61 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 62 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 63 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 64 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 65 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 66 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 67 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 68 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 69 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 70 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 71 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 72 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 73 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 0.16 74 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 75 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 76 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 77 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 0.23 78 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 0.33 79 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 2.08 80 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 81 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 82 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 83 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3.43 84 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Jayco 5.18 85 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 8.28 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 3 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 2 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 3 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 pts 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 2 3 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1.31.16 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 0.07 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.27 4 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.29 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1.30 6 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.35 7 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1.36 8 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.37 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 10 Simon Walker (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.41 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 12 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 1.43 13 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 15 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.47 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 17 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 1.49 18 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.50 19 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 20 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.51 21 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 22 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 23 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 24 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 25 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 26 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 1.53 28 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.54 29 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.55 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 31 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 32 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.56 33 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 34 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 35 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 36 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 37 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1.57 38 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 39 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 40 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.58 41 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 42 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 43 Kieran Cameron (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 44 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 45 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 46 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 47 David Pell (Aus) Uno Clothing 48 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 49 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 50 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 51 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 52 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 53 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 54 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 55 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 56 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 57 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo 58 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 59 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 60 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 61 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 62 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 63 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 64 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 65 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 66 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 67 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 68 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 69 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 70 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 71 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 2.07 72 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 73 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 74 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2.14 75 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2.22 76 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3.19 77 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 3.26 78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Subaru 3.59 79 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 5.03 80 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5.27 81 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 82 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 5.34 83 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 6.55 84 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Jayco 7.09 85 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10.19 Kr Castlemaine Foods - Sprint Championship 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 26 pts 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 26 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 23 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 8 5 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 5 6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5 7 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 10 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 11 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 12 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 13 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 14 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 2 15 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 2 16 Russell Downing (GBr) Bendigo 2 17 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 18 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 19 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 20 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 21 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 1 22 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 1 23 Baden Cooke (Aus) Subaru 1 24 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 25 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 26 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 1 Active For Life - 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 Emu Spirit Aggressive Rider Awards 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 pts 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 4 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 1
