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Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 9-15, 2005
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Stage 2 - October 10: Bendigo - Bendigo, 150.9 km
Lithuanian wins lightning fast stage
By John Trevorrow in Castlemaine
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Stage two of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour produced one of the fastest stages in Tour history. The 155km around Bendigo and Castlemaine was knocked over in 3 hrs 20 min 55 sec over a brilliant and challenging road-racing course. Lithuanian Dainius Kairelis, Amore & Vita, won the stage sprinting past breakaway companion, Matthew Lloyd in the final 100 metres. The pair dropped their two breakaway companions over the final climb at One-Tree Hill and sprinted the final 12 km to just hold off the charging bunch.
"I felt good today and I thought we could hold them off," an elated Kairelis said. "The Australian was strong but I was confident I could beat him in the finish."
Karl Menzies and Dominique Perras of HLP/Superstore were with the leading duo until the final climb. "I started to feel a little fatigued about 25 km to go," Perras said. "I felt like it was a bit of jet lag. But I was mostly disappointed that we had two of us in the leading four and we missed the chance."
Menzies was even more upset as he is a powerful sprinter and probably could have won the stage. "I dropped my squeegie (liquid food) about 10km before the final hill and I just didn't have anything left when Matty Lloyd put the hammer down. But he was very impressive and not just on the climbs but on the flat as well.
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Baden Cooke, and his FdJ squad, looked very strong on the final run into the finish but just failed to catch the leaders. "We had to do a bit out the road and put a few guys on the front," Cooke said. "I guess we were one man short in the end and only just missed out on closing them down."
But Cooke was not happy after the finish after another close encounter with a motorbike. "In the sprint I jumped out of the last corner and there was a media motorbike again. I was doing 60 km and he was doing 40. Luckily he stayed left and I went right but it was close. I don't know if it was the same bike as yesterday but I have a sneaking suspicion it was," a fiery Cooke said.
Cooke was also unhappy about the fact that there are no time bonuses for any sprints or stage finishes. "It does make you think twice about having a sprint if it's not for a stage win. I don't think it's fair not having time bonuses. I don't remember ever racing a race with no time bonuses," Cooke said.
"In the past I reckon the Tour had too many, especially in the intermediate sprints, but it's not fair that the guy who buries himself to try and win the stage ends up with the same time as the guy who rolls in on the back in 60th place."
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The Savings and Loan team continues to dominate the overall placings. Peter Mueller lost the lead when he couldn't hold the main peloton over One-Tree Hill. But team-mate Sean Sullivan has now donned the Golden Fleece. After the finish Josh Collingwood was awarded the Yellow Jersey but on revision of the tape it moved to his teammate.
"I feel real sorry for Josh but the important thing is that the team has yellow and we are looking strong," Sullivan said. "Hopefully it will be more of the same tomorrow and we can keep control of the jersey."
Collingwood was not too disappointed at getting the jersey and then having it snatched away. "Not a bad day's work for someone looking for a contract," the former world junior champion time trialist said after his unexpected success. "It was a fast first hour before the climb started. That was hard, but we were organised."
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Kane Oakley (Cyclingnews.com) in the peloton
- The riders rode in picturesque surroundings
- Dave McCook (Jelly Belly-Pool Gel) took a fall early on but recovered
- Andy Naylor (HLP/Superstore) on a small descent
- Matt Wilson (FDJ) leading the peloton
- A small breakaway led at the foot of the ascent
- Francaise des Jeux did a lot of the chasing
- Peter Mueller (Savings and Loans) in yellow for the day
- Josh Collingwood (Savings and Loans) was first to the top of the KOM
- David McKenzie (HLP/Superstore) led the chase
- Danius Kairelis (Amore & Vita) took the win on a tough day
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- The field in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on the back-roads of Bendigo
- Troy Glennan (MG Xpower presented by BigPond) keeps an eye on the chasing peloton
- Fabrice Jeandesboz (Francaise Des Jeux) calls for refreshments from his team car
- A leading group broke away from the peloton before the first King of the Mountains climb during stage two
- A Bridgestone-Anchor team rider in the leading break
- The peloton pass a watering hole during perfect conditions on stage two
- Dominique Perras (L) and Karl Menzies both of the HLP/Superstore team in the lead break of four riders approaching the finish
- Dainius Kairelis (Amore & Vita) leads the four man group towards the finish in Bendigo
- The peloton give chase in the final kilometres of the stage
- Gordon McCauley (Colnago-Caravello) in his Vic Health Go For Your Life Sprint Points Championship jersey
Results
1 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 3.20.55 2 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.01 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.02 4 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 5 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.03 6 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.04 7 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 8 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 11 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 13 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.05 15 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 16 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 17 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 18 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 19 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 20 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.06 21 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 0.07 22 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 23 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.08 24 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 0.14 25 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.16 26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 0.30 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 29 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 0.31 30 Kane Oakley (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 31 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 0.32 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 33 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 34 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 35 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australia 36 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 37 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.33 38 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 40 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 41 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 0.34 42 Robert McLachlan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 43 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 0.35 44 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 45 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 46 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 47 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 0.36 48 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 49 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 50 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 51 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.37 52 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 53 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 54 Shinichi Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.38 55 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 56 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 57 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 58 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 0.39 59 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands 60 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 0.58 61 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.10 62 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 1.13 63 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55 64 Huub Duyn (Ned) Netherlands 65 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1.56 66 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 1.59 67 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.38 68 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 3.46 69 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 70 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 6.55 71 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita 72 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 73 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 75 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 77 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 79 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 80 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 81 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 82 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 83 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 84 Peter McDonald (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 85 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 86 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 87 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 88 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 89 Daniel Newham (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 90 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 91 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 92 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 93 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 95 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 96 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 97 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 98 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 99 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 100 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 101 Artur Krsezowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita 102 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 103 Phil Thuaux (Aus) HLP/Superstore 104 Kazuo Indue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 105 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 106 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 107 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 108 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 109 Brad Norton (Aus) VIS Jayco 110 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 111 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 112 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 113 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 114 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 115 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 116 James Meadley (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 117 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 119 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 120 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 121 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 122 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 123 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 124 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano 125 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 8.55 126 Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands 12.55 127 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Savings and Loans 128 Conor Murphy (Irl) Ireland 13.05 129 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano 16.05 130 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 132 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Savings and Loans 133 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 134 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland 135 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 136 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 137 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest Riders after time limit 138 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 36.05 139 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 140 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano 141 Padraig Marrey (Irl) Ireland 42.05 142 Marcel Lamberts (Ned) Netherlands 1.00.05 DNF Dave McCook (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF Mark Jamieson (Aus) Australia General classification after stage 2 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 3.26.30 2 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 0.01 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.04 4 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.05 5 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 0.06 7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 8 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.07 9 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 0.08 10 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.09 11 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 12 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.10 13 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 14 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.11 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.12 16 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.14 18 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.15 20 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.16 21 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 0.17 22 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.18 23 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 24 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 0.19 25 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 26 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.29 27 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 0.32 28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 0.33 29 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australia 30 Kane Oakley (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.34 31 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 0.35 32 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 33 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.38 34 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 35 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 37 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 0.39 38 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 39 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.40 40 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 41 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.41 42 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 0.42 44 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.45 45 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 46 Robert McLachlan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 47 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 48 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 49 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.46 50 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 51 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.47 52 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.48 53 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 54 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 0.49 55 Shinichi Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.50 56 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 57 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 0.53 58 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands 0.54 59 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 0.55 60 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 1.16 61 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.20 62 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 1.24 63 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 2.01 64 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03 65 Huub Duyn (Ned) Netherlands 2.10 66 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 67 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.37 68 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 3.47 69 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 3.49 70 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 6.51 71 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 72 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 6.54 73 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 74 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 6.56 75 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 76 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 77 Daniel Newham (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 6.58 78 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 79 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 80 Phil Thuaux (Aus) HLP/Superstore 81 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 82 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 83 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 7.00 84 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita 7.01 85 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 86 Artur Krsezowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita 87 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 7.03 88 Brad Norton (Aus) VIS Jayco 89 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 7.04 92 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 93 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 94 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 7.05 95 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 97 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 98 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 99 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 100 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 101 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 102 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 7.06 103 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 104 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 105 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7.07 106 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 107 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 108 Kazuo Indue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 109 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 110 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 111 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 7.08 112 Peter McDonald (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 113 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 114 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 115 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 116 James Meadley (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 117 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 118 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 7.10 119 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 120 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 121 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 122 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 123 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 7.13 124 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano 125 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 9.10 126 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Savings and Loans 12.51 127 Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands 13.10 128 Conor Murphy (Irl) Ireland 13.14 129 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Savings and Loans 16.01 130 Leigh Palmer (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 16.08 131 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 16.10 132 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16.13 133 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland 16.14 134 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 135 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 16.16 136 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 16.20 137 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano 16.23
