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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3
Australia, October 14-24, 2004
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Stage 8 - October 20: Bendigo Kermesse, 69 km
Meet the new king
By Rod Morris
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South Australian young gun Mathew Rex took centre stage in the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria in Bendigo today (Wednesday, October 20). Rex (19) won the eighth stage of the tour, a 69 km kermesse around picturesque Lake Weeroona after finding some extra sprinting legs against two other rising Australian stars in Mark Roland, a 26 year-old from Queensland and Victoria's Richard England (23).
The trio, representing sponsored teams CGU Insurance, Victorian State Home Loans and Mitchell Supplies, broke clear of a chasing pack with about 9 of 30 laps still to race and were never headed. With all of the main protagonists in General Classification honours back in the pack, there was little interest in chasing down the triumvirate.
There was however plenty of interest in the peloton with Bicycle Superstore teammates Karl Menzies and David McKenzie defending their 1 and 2 GC positions respectively. With eight of 13 stages of the HST now completed, the Bicycle Superstore team management are nearing decision time - do they defend the Tasmanian, Menzies or do they lift Victorian favourite McKenzie into yellow?
The most likely scenario will be to look after both riders and let nature take its course - may the best man win.
McKenzie took 5 seconds off Menzies in the Bendigo kermesse, finishing fourth against seventh in the bunch that was chasing Rex, Roland and England and has now narrowed the deficit to just 4 seconds with some tough stages still remaining before the tour finishes in Traralgon this Sunday.
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South Australian gold medal Olympian Luke Roberts (La Trobe City) jumped from fourth to third and took the barest possible margin - 1 second - off Menzies, but still trails by 49 seconds. The previous day's winner Jonas Ljungblad (Europcar - Pelaco) was the rider leapfrogged by Roberts, losing 5 seconds to fall 51 seconds behind the leader.
There are now just seven riders within 2 1/2 minutes of Menzies and most tour pundits believe they are the only ones that can actually win the race. Stage 9 will not be easy, a 152 km journey from Nagambie to Mansfield, while Friday's dual stages look relatively easy before the riders head into Saturday's Warragul to Mt Baw Baw stage, a race that could well decide the eventual outcome.
The Bendigo Kermesse offered a little bit of everything for tour watchers - good racing, good weather and an exciting finish. Rex, Roland and England were part of an eight man break that hit out from the peloton at about the half way mark. Because they were not threats on GC, the main bunch appeared disinterested in chasing them down and the gap soon grew to over a minute on the 2.3 km circuit.
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At two laps to go, Rex, Roland and England - who were working well as a group - held a 1.13 minute advantage, which at the checkered flag had been narrowed to 49 seconds. In the final sprint, England was the first rider to hit out, but later said his over-gearing cost him victory.
"We had a good bunch early, but it was pretty obvious that it was the blokes who weren't the professionals were the ones that were working the hardest," England said. "I'm a track specialist, so finishing third in a crit stage of the Herald Sun Tour is a real bonus."
Roland, the eldest rider in the break, admitted he was also over-geared in the final sprint, but quickly claimed finishing second was far better than being back in the bunch.
South Australian Mathew Rex described his victory quite easily. "This feels unreal. I gave it everything I had and just wanted to see what might happen," he said. "I didn't think I had anything left in the tank at the finish, but somehow found something. Like Mark and Richard, I also had a big gear on, but I remembered an old coaching line that went 'tired legs sprint better on big gears.'"
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Rex is from Unley in South Australia and rides for the Norwood Cycling Club, which at the moment would be toasting its new found hero. Prior to winning a stage of the HST, Rex's biggest win was in the opening round of this year's Australian based Tattersall's Cup, the Tour of Werribee in Victoria.
"This week has been a great learning curve for me, particularly how to ride successfully in a big bunch and today's stage was a lot more fun that riding over the hills that we had on Monday and Tuesday," Rex said. "Its been a tough tour and I'm sure its going to get tougher over the next few days, but its a tour I'm absolutely enjoying."
While Rex enjoys the spoils of his biggest career win - albeit only a stage - Tasmania's Karl Menzies is still eyeing off a bigger catch, overall honours in this tour. Menzies received a late call up to ride in the HST and apart from Sunday and Monday (stages 4 & 5) has worn the famed yellow leader's jersey. He is now serious about wearing it into Traralgon on the final day.
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"There wasn't a lot of change today, although "Macca" (David McKenzie) got 5 seconds off me," he said. "I was primed for the final sprint, but another rider who was well done on GC almost forced me into the barricades and it stopped my run to the line."
"I almost ended up over the fence with the press guys watching the sprint home," he said. "I'm a bit dirty on the finish, but I suppose there hasn't been a lot of damage done."
Menzies will carry the yellow top in stage 9, Nagambie to Mansfield, starting at 10.30 a.m.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Aussie Tour de France star Brad McGee dropped into Bendigo for stage eight of the 2004 Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria.
- Dean Downing (Team Bendigo), Active for Life Criterium leader, signs on for stage eight in Bendigo.
- Boy, I sure would like to get my hands on the yellow jersey!
- All the colour of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria in Bendigo.
- If you take first prize, I want half the money, OK! Active for Life teammates Jorge Libonatti (R) and Matthew Goold on the startline at Bendigo.
- Karl Menzies (Bicycle Superstore) in yellow and keeping an eye on one of the biggest danger to his lead, Luke Roberts (Latrobe City).
- Riders had to negotiate a tricky corner at the end of the home straight on the 2.85km circuit in Bendigo.
- The crowd around Lake Weeroona in Bendigo were getting a close-up view of the Tour.
- The peloton cross a railway line on the Midland Highway in Bendigo during the 69km kermesse.
- A spectator parks his bike and watches the Tour go by.
- Karl Menzies (BicycleSuperstore) in yellow and on top of things during stage eight.
- Spectators enjoy a beer as the peloton rolls by during the stage eight 69km kermesse around Lake Weeroona in Bendigo.
- The peloton make their way around the Tysons Reef Hotel in Bendigo (thanks to the hotel for the use of their balcony).
- Riders on the attack over the bridge down the back straight around Lake Weeroona in Bendigo.
- The Bong Bong Hat Band were juggling around Lake Weeroona during stage eight at Bendigo.
- Mathew Rex (CGU Insurance), one of the youngest riders on Tour and in the leading trio at Bendigo.
- Richard England (Mitchell Supplies) leads Mathew Rex (CGU Insurance) and Mark Roland (Victorian State Home Loans), with the peloton over a minute behind.
- Mark Roland (Victorian State Home Loans) looking for a podium finish for his team on stage eight.
- Mathew Rex (CGU Insurance) about to fly over the line to win stage eight of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria.
- The podium after stage eight - (L to R) Mark Roland (Victorian State Home Loans, 2nd), Mathew Rex (CGU Insurance, 1st), and Richard England (Mitchell Supplies, 3rd).
- The traditional podium spray after stage eight in Bendigo, and not a bad drop either!
- Karl Menzies (BicycleSuperstore) from Launceston in Tasmania on the podium in yellow after stage eight of the Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour.
Results
1 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.30.31 2 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.50 5 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 9 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 10 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 11 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 12 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 13 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 14 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 16 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 17 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 18 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 19 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 20 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 21 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 0.53 22 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 24 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 25 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 26 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 27 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 28 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 29 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 30 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 31 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 32 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 33 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 34 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 35 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 36 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 37 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 38 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 39 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 40 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 41 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 42 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 43 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 44 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 45 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 46 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 47 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 48 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 49 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 50 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 51 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 52 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 53 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 54 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 55 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 56 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 57 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 58 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 59 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 60 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 61 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 62 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 63 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 64 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 65 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 66 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 67 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 68 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 69 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 70 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 71 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 72 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1.06 73 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 4.08 Sprints End of Lap 2 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 2 3 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 End of Lap 4 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 2 3 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 End of Lap 6 1 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 1 End of Lap 8 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 1 End of Lap 10 1 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 1 End of Lap 12 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 1 End of Lap 14 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 2 3 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 End of Lap 16 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 2 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 End of Lap 18 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 3 pts 2 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 1 End of Lap 20 1 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 3 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1 End of Lap 22 1 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3 pts 2 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 3 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1 End of Lap 24 1 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 3 pts 2 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 3 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1 End of Lap 26 1 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3 pts 2 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 2 3 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1 General Classification 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 17.30.45 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 0.04 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 0.49 4 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 0.51 5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1.35 6 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1.57 7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 2.15 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 2.31 9 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 2.41 10 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 2.44 11 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 2.49 12 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 2.58 13 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 3.01 14 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 15 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 3.09 16 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 3.10 17 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 4.34 18 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 4.38 19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 4.51 20 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 5.40 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 5.49 22 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 5.58 23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 6.02 24 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 6.21 25 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 6.25 26 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco 6.27 27 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 6.30 28 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 6.31 29 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria 6.32 30 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6.51 31 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 6.56 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 7.06 33 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 7.07 34 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7.13 35 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance 7.41 36 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 8.49 37 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 9.18 38 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 12.25 39 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 12.53 40 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 14.56 41 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 25.42 42 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 27.03 43 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 32.30 44 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 33.51 45 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 34.29 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 34.43 47 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 34.51 48 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 35.18 49 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 36.39 50 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 39.11 51 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 46.00 52 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 47.50 53 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 48.14 54 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 49.02 55 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 49.32 56 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance 50.47 57 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 51.57 58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 52.21 59 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 52.50 60 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 53.15 61 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 53.51 62 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 55.23 63 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies 58.06 64 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 59.54 65 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 1.02.18 66 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1.03.50 67 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 1.05.14 68 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.05.42 69 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.05.50 70 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 1.10.33 71 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.16.44 72 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 1.22.06 73 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria 1.26.16 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport $500 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 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello $200 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore $100 9 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo $100 Teams Classification 1 Bicycle Superstore 52.38.59 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 13.55 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 39.45 12 Half Mile Creek 44.13 13 Cgu Insurance 47.18 14 Uno Clothing 52.42 15 Mitchell Building Supplies 58.04 16 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 1.03.19 17 Subaru 1.33.07 Sprint Classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 47 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 39 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 33 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco 28 5 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo 27 6 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore 26 7 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 21 8 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City 20 9 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo 17 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City 16 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 15 12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 14 13 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 13 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 12 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco 12 16 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 10 17 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 10 18 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 9 19 Matthew Goold (Aus) Active For Life 9 20 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 8 21 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing 7 22 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 7 23 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 24 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria 5 25 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek 5 26 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 5 27 Steve Cunningham (Aus) CGU Insurance 5 28 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 5 29 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool 4 30 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 31 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 4 32 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 4 33 Ashley Baines (Aus) CGU Insurance 4 34 William Walker (Aus) Jayco 4 35 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Half Mile Creek 3 36 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 37 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City 3 38 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore 3 39 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 40 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 3 41 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 42 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing 3 43 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 2 44 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City 2 45 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 2 46 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 47 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 48 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Jayco 1 49 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1 50 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 51 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria 1 52 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek 1 53 Christian Lademann (Ger) Half Mile Creek 1 54 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 Mountains 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 28 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 24 3 Richard England (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies 19 4 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance 18 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore 14 6 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco 13 7 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans 11 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City 10 9 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 10 10 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek 9 11 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco 7 12 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 13 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing 6 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life 6 15 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo 3 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 2 17 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1 18 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport 1 Provincial Victoria 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
