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Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 9-15, 2005
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Stage 3 - October 11: Bendigo - Shepparton, 153km
Gerrans wins stage as Cooke is relegated
By John Trevorrow in Shepparton
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Simon Gerrans won a brilliant stage with a last minute attack and held off the flying Baden Cooke and Brett Lancaster in stage three of the Jayco Herad Sun Tour today. But an incident 150 m out from the finish saw Savings & Loans Josh Collingwood and Russell Van Hout crash heavily, which led to the protest from Collingwood against Henk Vogels. Race officials then drove to Nagambie to view the Channel 10 footage, but after close inspection, it was Baden Cooke who was punished.
Officials have relegated Cooke to last in the lead group and docked him 30 seconds, virtually ending his chance for a victory. Lucky for Cooke the HLP Homeloans helicopter was parked next to the Channel 10 TV van, and although Cooke is in an opposing team they flew him down from Shepparton to view the footage himself. His team manager has lodged an appeal and a decision will be made before the start tomorrow.
"I can’t believe this," an almost bemused Cooke said. "How can these officials make a ruling on a TV shot taken from nearly 200 m in front. I was going quick when I hit the front and I was well clear when I moved to the right. You are not going to stay out in the middle of the road and let the opposition get an easy ride out of the wind. I would have finished 10th if I had done that." Cyclingnews asked Cooke how this could affect his race.
"Well, this can’t be upheld because it is wrong," Cooke replied. "But if it is, then as there are no time bonuses, I guess it’s Tour over."
Vogels said that he did touch Collingwood as he passed him. "Look, this is ridiculous," Vogels said. "Josh was coming back after leading out the sprint. We were going past him two to his one and I brushed his arm. But the real cause of the crash was a barricade jutting out about half a metre, which caused riders to try to move to avoid it. Baden was well clear when he hit the front and had nothing to do with the fall," Vogels added.
Dave McKenzie who was also near Cooke when he burst to the front on the wheel was also surprised at Cooke’s disqualification. "Baden was well clear before he moved over. After Baden went passed Josh, so did I and we were nowhere near him when he crashed," McKenzie said.
But controversy aside, it was a brilliant stage. From the moment flag was dropped in Bendigo, the pace was on. There was barely a moment in the 155 km stage when the pace was not flat out, and the total time of 3 hrs 16 min 10 sec showed it was seriously quick.
Things were certainly getting stirred up and the cream came to the top: Simon Gerrans jumped the leaders just before the final kilometre to take a well-deserved stage, just holding off a flying Baden Cooke and local hero Brett Lancaster. Gerrans has been improving each day and is starting to look a genuine chance for overall honours. "It is great to win a stage and I was confident I could hold them off," Gerrans said. "I am really starting to feel much stronger and my team is riding well. It’s also great to see the Aussies Starting to take control."
The pressure was on all the way and the bunch was continuously splitting. No sooner would one break get pulled back, than another would go off the front. The final move darted clear about 40 km from the finish and most of the overseas challengers missed the boat. It was down the edge of the road, brutal stuff and when the leading Aussies saw they had the gap, they put the hammer down.
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Race favourite Baden Cooke almost missed the break. "The race was strung out all day," Cooke said. "We had three guys in the first break, Mark Renshaw, Tommy Nankervis and Richard Moffatt, and that was good. Jelly Belly and Lotto had to do a big job to get it back and then when the final move came about 40 km to go, we had no one there. They were gone. It was a good move as they had tried a few times earlier to split it up but the wind wasn’t at the right angle. I wasn’t worried and I sat back and thought - what are they trying to do. But then the angle changed to make more cross wind and they were gone."
"Renshaw gave me a big big turn and then I rode across about 200 metre gap on my own and they were about 20 guys going away from me. It took 110 percent to get on, I was absolutely flat out. When I got on I just tried to recover a bit and there was no benefit to me as I was alone and the HLP/Bicycle Superstore and Jayco teams had plenty of guys up there. I just rolled through because I wasn’t really fussed if it stayed away or not because I would have been better off to have some team-mates to lead me out," Cooke continued.
"But Gerro did a really good job when he hit us about one kilometre out. It was really up to HLP/Bicycle Superstore or Jayco to do something cause I was on my own. But I was happy with second because Gerro deserved the win," said a contented Cooke. HLP / Superstore team and the Jayco VIS squad looked to be in control when they had the numbers, but Matt Lloyd punctured as they approached the final circuits and that has cost him a genuine chance at overall honours. "It’s just one of those things. I have been feeling strong all tour and now it’s very disappointing," Lloyd said.
Another casualty was Cyclingnews.com’s Mark Chadwick who crashed out of the race. "I got caught up in one of the quick stoppages about 30 km from the start and my gears stuffed up and I couldn’t change gears. I tried to chase but I was too far down so I new I wouldn’t make the time cut. Tour over," Chadwick said.
Photography
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- The peloton during the fast and furious stage three
- Phil Thuaux (HLP/Superstore) had a turn in front
- Jonas Ljungblad (Amore & Vita) isn’t faring so well this year
- Davitamon-Lotto chased down the many breakaway attempts
- David McCann (Ireland) and Miyataka Shimizu (Bridgestone Anchor) attempted to break free 20 km from home
- The moto’s won today’s stage. Oh no it was Simon Gerrans(AG2r)
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r) had a memorable win into Shepparton
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r) being congratulated by his teammates
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r) enjoying the success of a win
- Sean Sullivan (Savings and Loans) still in yellow for tommorow
- Steven Cunningham (Savings and Loans) got a bit battered and bruised today
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Riders line up for the sign on in Bendigo
- Henk Vogels (Davitamon Lotto) contemplating stage three
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prevoyance) being interviewed prior to the stage start
- Signing on for the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Bendigo
- The peloton leaves Bendigo bound for Shepparton
- Russell Van Hout (Savings & Loans) in the field early but crashed heavily at the finish in Shepparton
- The peloton rolls through during another 150km plus stage of the tour
- Jonas Ljungblad, last year’s winner but finding life difficult down under this time
- The peloton turns onto the narrow roads during stage three
- Riders make their way along the straight roads near Tatura
- Thumbs up for the Herald Sun Tour!
- An Irishman and a Japanese rider are being watched overhead
- Tasmanian Sean Sullivan - the tour leader after three stages
- An irate rider throws his hand in the air as confusion reigned with two , or was that one lap to go?
- A crash marred the finish to stage three in Shepparton with two riders falling heavily in the distance
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prevoyance) - winner of stage three, on the podium
- “Boy those mosquitos are bad this time of year!”
- Simon Gerrans celebrates his stage victory in Shepparton
- Baden Cooke chats with media after arriving by helicopter to explain the penalty handed down to him by judges
- Baden Cooke couldn’t believe the decision to relegate him to last place on the stage after supposedly causing a fall in the home straight
Results
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.16.10 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.02 3 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 4 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 5 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 7 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 8 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 0.05 9 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 10 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 11 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.06 12 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.07 14 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 0.08 16 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 17 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.31 18 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 20 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 21 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 0.33 23 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 26 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 29 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 30 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 31 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 32 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 33 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 34 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 35 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 37 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.34 38 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 39 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 41 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 42 James Meadley (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 43 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 44 Conor Murphy (Irl) Ireland 45 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 46 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 47 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 48 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 49 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 0.35 50 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 51 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australia 52 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 53 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 0.36 54 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 55 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 56 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.37 57 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 58 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.41 59 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.18 60 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 1.42 61 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 1.48 62 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 63 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 64 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 1.50 65 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.59 66 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 2.00 67 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2.02 68 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 2.29 69 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 2.36 70 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 71 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 72 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 73 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 74 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita 75 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 2.37 76 Kane Oakley (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 77 Robert McLachlan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 78 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 79 Daniel Newham (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 2.38 80 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 81 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 82 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 83 Huub Duyn (Ned) Netherlands 84 Peter McDonald (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 85 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 86 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.39 87 Brad Norton (Aus) VIS Jayco 88 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 89 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 90 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 91 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 2.40 92 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 93 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 94 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 95 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 96 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 97 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.41 98 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 100 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 101 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 102 Artur Krsezowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita 103 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.42 104 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Savings and Loans 105 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 106 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 107 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.43 108 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 109 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 110 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland 111 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 112 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 113 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 2.44 114 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Savings and Loans 115 Shinichi Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 116 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 117 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano 118 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 119 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 121 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 122 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 123 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 124 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.34 125 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 4.01 127 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.25 128 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 129 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 130 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 4.55 131 Phil Thuaux (Aus) HLP/Superstore 5.55 132 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux Riders after time limit TC Padraig Marrey (Irl) Ireland TC Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City TC Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City TC Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano TC Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands TC Marcel Lamberts (Ned) Netherlands DNF Padraig Marrey (Irl) Ireland DNF Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City DNF Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City DNF Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano DNF Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands DNF Marcel Lamberts (Ned) Netherlands DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano DNF Kazuo Indue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor DNF Leigh Palmer (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest Sprints First intermediate sprint 1 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 2 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 1 Second intermediate sprint 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 3 pts 2 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Savings and Loans 9.48.36 2 Victorian Insitute of Sport Jayco 0.09 3 HLP/Superstore 4 Cyclingnews.com 0.38 5 AG2R Prevoyance 0.58 6 Davitamon-Lotto 1.03 7 Netherlands 1.07 8 Colnago - Caravello 9 Recycling.co.uk/litespeed 1.31 10 Australia 1.34 11 Ireland 1.35 12 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 1.39 13 Amore and Vita 2.51 14 FDJ 3.37 15 Japan Presented by Latrobe City 4.47 16 MG Xpower Presented by Bigpond 17 Bridgestone Anchor 5.45 18 Shimano General classification after stage 3 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 6.42.39 2 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.01 5 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.07 6 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.10 7 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.12 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.17 10 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.18 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 0.25 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.34 13 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 0.37 14 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.38 15 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.39 16 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 0.40 17 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 0.42 18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.43 19 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 20 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 21 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.45 23 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 25 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 0.49 26 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 0.51 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.01 28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 29 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 1.04 30 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 1.05 31 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australia 32 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 1.06 33 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.10 34 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1.11 35 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 36 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 37 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 1.12 39 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 1.16 40 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 1.18 41 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 1.21 42 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 1.56 43 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 2.35 44 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 2.37 45 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 2.50 46 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.52 47 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 3.05 48 Kane Oakley (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 3.09 49 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 3.15 50 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 51 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 52 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 3.16 53 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 54 Robert McLachlan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 3.17 55 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 56 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 3.18 57 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 3.19 58 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.20 59 Peter McDonald (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 60 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3.21 61 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 62 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 3.22 63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 3.23 64 Shinichi Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.25 65 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 66 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 3.26 67 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.07 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.13 69 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.26 70 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.38 71 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 4.40 72 Huub Duyn (Ned) Netherlands 4.44 73 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 5.30 74 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 6.07 75 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 6.28 76 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 6.32 77 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 7.14 78 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 7.18 79 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 7.30 80 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 81 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 7.35 82 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 83 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7.39 84 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 85 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 7.40 86 James Meadley (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 7.43 87 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 7.44 88 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands 89 Shaun Snodden (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8.24 90 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 8.52 91 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8.54 92 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 8.57 93 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 9.01 94 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 9.32 95 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 9.35 96 Daniel Newham (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 9.37 97 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita 9.38 98 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 99 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 9.40 100 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 9.42 101 Brad Norton (Aus) VIS Jayco 9.43 102 Artur Krsezowiec (Pol) Amore & Vita 103 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 9.44 104 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.45 105 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 106 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 9.46 107 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 9.48 108 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 109 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 9.49 110 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 111 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9.50 112 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 9.52 113 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 9.53 114 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 9.55 115 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 9.58 116 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 117 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.40 118 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 11.10 119 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11.33 120 Phil Thuaux (Aus) HLP/Superstore 12.54 121 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 13.36 122 Conor Murphy (Irl) Ireland 13.49 123 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Savings and Loans 15.36 124 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 16.48 125 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 17.59 126 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 18.11 127 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Savings and Loans 18.44 128 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 18.54 129 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18.55 130 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland 18.58 131 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano 19.08 132 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 19.36 Points classification 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 6 pts 2 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 6 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Colnago - Caravello 6 4 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 4 5 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 4 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 7 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 8 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 9 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 3 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 3 11 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 3 12 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 3 13 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 14 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 15 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australia 2 16 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 2 17 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2 18 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2 19 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 1 20 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 1 Young rider classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 6.42.56 2 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.01 3 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 0.20 4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 0.34 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.44 6 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 0.47 8 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 0.49 9 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.55 10 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 2.33 11 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 2.58 12 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 3.00 13 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.03 14 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.21 15 Huub Duyn (Ned) Netherlands 4.27 16 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 6.11 17 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 6.15 18 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 7.13 19 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7.22 20 James Meadley (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 7.26 21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands 7.27 22 Patrick Shaw (Aus) VIS Jayco 8.35 23 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8.37 24 Daniel Newham (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 9.20 25 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 9.23 26 Brad Norton (Aus) VIS Jayco 9.26 27 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 9.28 28 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 9.35 29 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 9.36 30 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.23 31 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland 18.41 Teams classification 1 Savings and Loans 20.07.57 2 HLP/Superstore 0.42 3 Victorian Insitute of Sport Jayco 0.45 4 AG2R Prevoyance 1.07 5 Cyclingnews.com 1.53 6 Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 7 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 8 Australia 2.43 9 Colnago - Caravello 3.19 10 Recycling.co.uk/litespeed 3.34 11 Amore and Vita 3.47 12 FDJ 4.19 13 MG Xpower Presented by Bigpond 6.26 14 Bridgestone Anchor 7.00 15 Japan Presented by Latrobe City 7.05 16 Netherlands 10.47 17 Shimano 14.39 18 Ireland 16.02
