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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 9 - October 21: Nagambie - Mansfield, 151.8 km
Tour lead swaps again
By Rod Morris
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In one of the most dramatic - and exciting - days on this year's Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria, the lead has swapped hands again, with Bicycle Superstore teammates David McKenzie and Karl Menzies providing a great double act.
Menzies lost his 4-second lead over McKenzie when it was turned into an 11-second deficit, after a fall over the Strathbogie Ranges cost him valuable time.
The 9th Stage of the tour, a 151.8 km race from Nagambie to Mansfield in Victoria's high country, produced a home town favourite on the winner's podium. Simon Gerrans, who hails from nearby Jamieson, proved a popular winner of the stage, saluting the crowd some 4 seconds ahead of Queenslander Ben Johnson.
Gerrans, riding for the strong Jayco outfit and Johnson, riding for Malaysia Airlines, caught the main bunch napping at the 20 km mark and decided to hit. They quickly raced to a 30 second lead and with a good downhill run into Mansfield, were able to hold the chasers at bay.
A long 700 m finishing straight proved a great backdrop for Gerrans to enjoy his victory.
Johnson applauded Gerrans on his finish and then 5 seconds later sat up to watch the peloton led home by David McKenzie. Karl Menzies led the pack into the final straight but was swamped just before the line, finishing 10th "I'm dirty on the fall, it has cost me big time," Menzies said. "I hit a cat's eye in the middle of the road and the next thing I know, I'm on my backside on the road."
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Menzies received immediate - but make-shift - treatment from his team management, who provided a dirty rag and some gaffer tape to quell the blood loss from right knee and soon had Menzies on the road again.
Within 10 minutes, Menzies fought his way back the tour convoy and resumed his position in the peloton. "There was no-one to blame, but I'm filthy on how it happened, it was a simple mistake," he said.
Menzies was later treated by the Tour's medical staff, Dr Simon Hillman and Bob Hall, who inserted six stitches in his knee. "The Doc has patched me up and I'll be back tomorrow ready to give this tour a real shake," Menzies added.
Menzies wasn't the only rider in the medical wars with Victorian Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) crashing badly on a "pick a plank" bridge, 91 km into the stage. England landed heavily on his face, was concussed and later transported to Melbourne's Austin Hospital requiring plastic surgery.
Gerrans, who was one of the pre-race favourites, lost any real chance he had of victory when he missed a crucial break on Monday at Colac, but his Nagambie to Mansfield stage win, provides some compensation. "I can't win the tour, but I still wanted to win a stage and I probably couldn't have picked a better one than this because it is near my home town," Gerrans said.
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"When Ben and I hit out at the 20 km mark we weren't sure of what might happen. I thought the bunch would have chased a little harder, particularly over the last 5 km. Ben and I were both working as hard as we could to hold them out and I'm very happy with the end result."
New tour leader, David McKenzie is yet to win a stage of the HST this week, but has been a model of consistency, finishing second to Baden Cooke in Geelong and third to Menzies on the opening day and again yesterday. McKenzie has won 11 stages of the HST in an illustrious career, but overall honours have always eluded him.
"Winning the Herald Sun Tour has always been a dream of mine and perhaps I might never get a better chance than what lies in front of me right now," he said. "Our team has stated all week that we wanted the leader's top and apart from two stages, we've had it, but its still going to be tough to defend it over the next three days, anything can still happen in this bike race."
Luke Roberts (La Trobe City) and Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar - Pelaco) are the two biggest dangers to the Bicycle Superstore teammates. Both Roberts and Ljungblad had good days on the road, picking up 15 and 17 seconds in time bonuses from the King of the Mountain and intermediate sprints.
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The HST continues tomorrow with dual stages, starting with a 33 km criterium in Mansfield and a 38 km sprint from Mansfield to Jamieson. A local sponsor has put up a special trophy for the best-performing rider throughout the three Mansfield based stages.
The home town favourite Simon Gerrans is the early leader for the Madison Trifecta Champion with 10 points from yesterday's win.
On Saturday the tour travels from Warragul to Mt Baw Baw, without doubt the toughest stage of the race and will climax in Traralgon this Sunday.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Andrew Graham (Team UNO Clothing) gets wired for sound before stage nine of the Tour
- The McGee-NSW Institute of Sport team is using Lapierre bikes
- Frenchman Christophe Le Mevel of the Provincial Victoria team
- Luke Roberts (Latrobe City) makes some pre-stage adjustments in Nagambie
- Irishman Dermot Nally (Sungold Milk-Warrnambool) relaxes before the 151.8km stage from Nagambie to Mansfield
- Karl Menzies (Bicycle Superstore) all smiles in yellow as Tour leader going into stage nine
- David McKenzie (Bicycle Superstore) on the startline at Nagambie
- “Boy this sure beats school!”
- Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello teammates Robert McLachlan (R) and Tony Mann on the front early into stage nine
- Nick Kiraly (Victorian State Home Loans) working hard on the roads near Nagambie
- Riders cross a bridge near Nagambie during the 151.8km stage nine
- The leading group on dusty roads
- The peloton makes its way towards Mansfield beneath the shade of trees
- Single file shadows
- Ruber Marin (Team Subaru) attacks the field on a climb in the Strathbogie Ranges
- Joel Pearson (L) of the Provincial Victoria team and Mateusz Mroz of Europcar-Pelaco working up a climb on stage nine
- TV media on tour film the main field on a climb
- David McKenzie’s (BicycleSuperstore) face tells the story on the category two climb between Nagambie and Mansfield
- Peter Milostic (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) out of the saddle on the category two climb
- Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) is helped by Tour medical officer Bobby Hall after crashing at a bridge near Merton
- Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) suffered severe facial injuries and concussion in a crash on stage nine
- Medicos Bobby Hall (L) and Dr Simon Hillman attend to Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) as riders cross the bridge
- Growlers Gully welcomes the yellow jersey
- Ben Johnson (L, Malaysian Airlines) and Simon Gerrans (Jayco) escaped the clutches of the peloton in the concluding kms’ on stage nine
- The Tour leader Karl Menzies (BicycleSuperstore) powering the yellow jersey towards the finish into Mansfield
- Simon Gerrans (Jayco) leads Ben Johnson (Malaysian Airlines, behind) towards the finish as the peloton tries to keep them in sight
- Simon Gerrans (Jayco) takes stage nine from Nagambie to Mansfield after 151.8 kms
- The podium - (L-R) Ben Johnson (Malaysian Airlines, 2cnd) Simon Gerrans (Jayco, 1st) and David McKenzie (BicycleSuperstore, 3rd)
- Ben Johnson (Malaysian Airlines ,L) and Simon Gerrans (Jayco) happy to hand out another podium spray
- David McKenzie (Bicycle Superstore) tries on the Tour leader’s yellow jersey for the first time
- Aussie cycling legend Phil Anderson checks out David McKenzie’s new yellow Tour leader’s jersey
Results
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 3.32.56 2 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.04 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.09 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 7 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 8 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 11 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 12 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 14 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 16 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 17 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 18 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 19 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 20 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 21 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 22 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 23 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 24 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 25 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 26 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 27 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 28 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 29 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 30 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 31 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 32 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 33 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 34 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 35 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 36 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 37 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 38 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 39 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 40 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 41 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 42 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 43 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 44 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 45 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 46 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 47 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 0.22 48 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 0.30 49 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 0.47 50 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 22.53 51 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 52 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 53 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 54 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 55 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 56 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 57 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 58 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 59 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 60 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 62 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 63 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 64 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 65 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 66 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 67 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 68 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 69 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 29.01 70 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City Sprints Mocka 26 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 1 Mocka 31 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1 Mocka 38 1 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 Mocka 60 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 Mocka 90 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 Mocka 106 1 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 Mocka 118 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 1 Mocka 131 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 1 Hill Climbs Cat.2 Mocka 81 1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 7 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 3 Cat.3 Mocka 98 1 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 pts 2 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 2 Cat.2 Mocka 103 1 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 7 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 5 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 3 General Classification after stage 9 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 21.03.37 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.11 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 0.33 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 0.47 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.42 6 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 2.07 7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2.21 8 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2.44 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 10 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 2.57 11 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3.02 12 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3.09 13 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 3.11 14 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 3.14 15 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3.22 16 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3.23 17 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 4.29 18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 4.47 19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6.02 20 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 6.15 21 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6.34 22 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 6.35 23 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 6.40 24 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 6.43 25 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 6.44 26 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 6.45 27 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 6.59 28 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7.04 29 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 7.08 30 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 7.20 31 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 7.54 32 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 9.02 33 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 9.17 34 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 12.56 35 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 15.09 36 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 28.37 37 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 28.55 38 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 30.03 39 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 32.35 40 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 34.42 41 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 34.54 42 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 36.52 43 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 46.12 44 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 48.03 45 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 48.39 46 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 50.00 47 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 51.11 48 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 53.03 49 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 53.28 50 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 54.04 51 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 57.40 52 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 58.19 53 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1.02.08 54 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 1.03.34 55 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1.04.03 56 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1.11.11 57 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.12.29 58 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 1.14.54 59 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1.15.18 60 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.17.13 61 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 1.18.07 62 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.18.20 63 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.22.19 64 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.22.51 65 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.25.15 66 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.28.11 67 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.28.39 68 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.28.47 69 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 1.33.30 70 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 1.49.13 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 500 pts 2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 500 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 400 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 400 5 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 200 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 200 7 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 200 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 100 9 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 100 Teams Classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 63.18.14 2 Active For Life 1.53 3 Victorian State Home Loans 8.26 4 Latrobe City 8.50 5 Europcar - Pelaco 8.53 6 Jayco 13.46 7 McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 16.31 8 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 31.51 9 Bendigo 33.21 10 Provincial Victoria 36.05 11 Malaysia Airlines 39.40 12 Mitchell Building Supplies 58.04 13 u Insurance 1.10.15 14 Uno Clothing 1.15.26 15 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.26.41 16 Half Mile Creek 1.29.41 17 Subaru 1.55.51 Sprint classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 48 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 39 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 34 4 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 33 5 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 27 6 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 27 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 26 8 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 25 9 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 20 10 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 18 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 17 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 16 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 15 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 12 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 12 16 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 11 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 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 8 21 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 22 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 8 23 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 7 24 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 25 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 26 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 6 27 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 5 28 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 5 29 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 5 30 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 5 31 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 32 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 33 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4 34 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 4 35 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 4 36 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 37 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 38 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 3 39 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 40 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 41 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 42 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 43 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 44 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 45 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 46 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 2 47 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 48 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 49 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 50 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 51 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1 52 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1 Mountains classification 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 39 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 28 3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 27 4 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 24 5 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 10 6 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 8 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 8 8 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 8 9 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 8 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 7 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 5 12 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 5 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 5 14 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 5 15 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 3 16 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 17 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 3 18 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 3 19 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 20 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 3 21 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 22 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 2 23 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 24 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 2 25 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1 Criterium Championship 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 28 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 24 3 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 18 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 14 5 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 13 6 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 11 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 10 8 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 9 10 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 12 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 6 13 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 6 14 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 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 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 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 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 6 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello Mansfield Trifecta Championship 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 10 pts 2 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 8 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 7 5 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 6 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 5 7 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 4 8 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 3 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 Back to top
