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Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 9-15, 2005
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Stage 7 - October 15: Lygon St, Melbourne criterium, One hour
Clarke cleans up in Lygon St, Gerrans the Sun Tour
By Anthony Tan, with additional reporting by John Trevorrow in Lygon St
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In a thrilling circuit race based around one of Melbourne's most famous streets, three riders stole the show from the more fancied sprinters, with VIS Jayco rider Hilton Clarke Jnr. coming away with the final stage of the 2005 Herald Sun Tour and the sprints classification to boot.
"This is absolutely brilliant. To win the final stage is great but to take the green jersey off Cookie is unbelievable," said an esctatic Clarke. "I was a few points behind Cookie last night and I said to him over a coffee that he should let me win but he wouldn't be in it. Cookie is sprinting so I thought I would be better off trying to get away."
"I was the weakest out there, the other two were really drilling it. I was always nervous about the peloton. I don't know how many times I have ridden up Lygon Street, but today was certainly the fastest."
Despite the successful breakaway, overnight leader Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance), who took the race lead in scintillating fashion during yesterday's individual time trial up Mt. Dandenong, finished sixth on the stage - which was more than enough for him become only the third Australian winner in the last 20 years and the second Victorian after Baden Cooke's victory in 2002.
"To win here in my home-town race, well it doesn't get much better than this," said the boyished-faced Gerrans after the stage. "The guys did a perfect job for me. They left me up the front of the bunch away from all the trouble. The break was not a worry for us, because none of those riders were up on general classification."
"It's just sensational. It's hard to comprehend right now... it might take a couple of days to settle in. A few drinks tonight will make it a bit easier, though," he quipped.
One has to feel a little sympathy towards Canadian Dominique Perras (HLP/Superstore), who, until yesterday, looked like continuing the foreign domination of the race in recent years. However, his long breakaway effort the day before the penultimate time trial no doubt cost him dearly, but at the end of the day, local boy Gerrans was simply too strong. In contrast, third-placed Irishman Dave McCann was delighted to have finished on the final podium after winning the previous day's race against the clock.
Said a pragmatic Perras, "It is disappointing to get so close to winning a race as big as the Herald Sun Tour. But I gave it everything I had and it is no disgrace losing to a quality rider such as Simon."
How it unfolded
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In front of a packed, enthusiastic audience, the remaining 121 riders turned it on for the fans in the Lygon Street criterium, going flat-out from the gun. Just before the first sprint prime at the 20-minute mark, Matthew Goss (Australia) broke away from the pack, and was soon joined by Hilton Clarke Jnr. (VIS Jayco) and Chris Jongewaard (Savings and Loans).
The French teams of AG2r Prévoyance and Française des Jeux were intent on closing down the break, but the all-Aussie trio impressively held off the peloton lap after lap, spurred on by a roaring crowd, not to mention final stage honours. With three laps to go and the gap less than 10 seconds, the race looked like coming together, but the gentlemen's agreement between the three up front saw no games being played until the final straight.
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World class mountain biker Jongewaard was first to hit out, but Clarke and Goss soon spotted the move and went past him, before Clarke edged out the Tasmanian by around five inches at the line.
Unfortunately, a crash on the final lap, believed to have been caused by Japanese rider Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor), put a sour end to proceedings. Miyazawa, who tried his luck cutting in on the inside into one the final corners but fell short, ended up bringing down himself, Glen Mitchell, Karl Menzies (HLP/Superstore) and Brett Lancaster (VIS-Jayco). Although none were seriously hurt, New Zealander Mitchell was so infuriated, he lashed out at the Japanese rider and was awarded a time penalty and fine as a result.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) at the start line for the Lygon Street criterium.
- The peloton rounds the hairpin.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) rode safe today.
- Française des Jeux were at the front a lot today, trying in vain to close down the break.
- As were AG2r Prévoyance.
- The winning break.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) stayed near the front all race.
- Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) lunges for the line to take the win from Matthew Goss (Australia).
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) celebrates his overall win.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) before the presentation.
- AG2r Prévoyance were the winning team this year.
- Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) took today's win as well as the overall sprint king classification.
- The final podium - (L to R) David McCann (Ireland, 3rd), Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance, 1st) and Dominique Perras (HLP/Superstore, 2nd).
- The champagne was flowing freely on the podium.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) with his winner's trophy.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) tour leader on the startline for the final stage in Lygon Street
- The peloton in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on the startline in Lygon Street, Carlton awaiting the gun for the last stage
- The peloton makes its way along Lygon Street before a huge crowd
- Hilton Clarke (Jayco/VIS) leads Chris Jongewaard (Savings & Loans) and Matt Goss (Team Australia) in the break that won the stage
- Russell Downing (Recycling.co.uk/litespeed) out of the saddle in Lygon Street
- Anthony Challinor (Savings & Loans) is cool back in the peloton!
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) leads friend on and off the bike Baden Cooke (Francaise Des Jeux) along the streets of Carlton
- Chris Jongewaard (Savings & Loans) corners in the leading group of three riders
- Tour leader Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) corners in the final stage criterium in Carlton
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) salutes the crowd on the line to win the 2005 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) is interviewed by Channel Ten’s Ian Cohen after his great win in the tour
- The media gather around tour winner Simon Gerrans in Lygon Street
- Part of the huge crowd that watched the finish to the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Lygon Street, Carlton
- Hilton Clarke (Jayco/VIS) tells the crowd all about his narrow victory over Matt Goss, left, (Team Australia)
- Wes Sulzberger from Tasmania, far left tries to avoid the podium spray from one of his teammates after the AG2R Prevoyance team took out the teams GC
Results
1 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 56.36 2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 3 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 0.07 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 5 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 9 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 10 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 11 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 15 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 16 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 17 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 18 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 19 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 20 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 21 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 22 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 23 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 24 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 25 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 26 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 27 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 28 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 30 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 31 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 32 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 33 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 34 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 35 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 36 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 37 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 38 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 39 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 41 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 42 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 43 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 44 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 45 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 46 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 47 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 49 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.10 50 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 51 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 52 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 53 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.21 54 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 55 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 56 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 57 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 1.47 59 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 60 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 61 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 62 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 63 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 64 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 65 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 68 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 69 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 70 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 2.02 71 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 2.37 72 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 2.30 73 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 75 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 76 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 77 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 78 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 79 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 80 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 81 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 82 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 83 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 84 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 85 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 0.28 86 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 2.30 87 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 88 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 89 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 90 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 91 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 92 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 93 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 5.00 94 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 95 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 97 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 98 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 99 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 100 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 101 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 102 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 103 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 104 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 105 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 106 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Domenico Passuello (Ita) Amore & Vita DNF Conor Murphy (Irl) Ireland DNF Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Ireland DNF Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF Kane Oakley (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest DNF Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Netherlands DNF Jason McIntyre (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed Sprints 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 2 3 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 1 1 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 2 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 1 Teams 1 Victorian Insitute of Sport Jayco 2.50.02 2 AG2R Prevoyance 0.07 3 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 4 MG Xpower Presented by Bigpond 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6 HLP/Superstore 7 Amore and Vita 8 Française des Jeux 9 Japan Presented by Latrobe City 10 Cyclingnews.com 11 Shimano 1.47 12 Australia 2.23 13 Colnago - Caravello 2.30 14 Savings and Loans 2.50 15 Ireland 16 Bridgestone Anchor 3.01 17 Recycling.co.uk/litespeed 3.33 18 Netherlands 7.23 Final general classification 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 15.52.01 2 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 0.14 3 David Mc Cann (Irl) Ireland 0.39 4 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 1.11 5 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 1.13 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.35 7 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 1.45 8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 2.00 9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 2.20 10 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.04 11 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.20 12 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Savings and Loans 3.29 13 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita 4.15 14 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 6.46 15 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 7.21 16 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 8.46 17 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 8.51 18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 9.08 19 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore & Vita 10.38 20 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 11.00 21 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 11.08 22 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 14.01 23 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 14.10 24 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amore & Vita 14.57 25 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 15.09 26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15.41 27 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 17.32 28 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 21.52 29 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 23.08 30 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 23.31 31 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 23.56 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 24.04 33 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 24.08 34 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 24.13 35 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.16 36 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Savings and Loans 24.48 37 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 24.58 38 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano 25.24 39 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 25.36 40 Glen Mitchell (NZl) HLP/Superstore 25.41 41 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 25.47 42 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 25.52 43 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 25.59 44 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 26.01 45 Makoto Iilima (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 26.18 46 Aaron Strong (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 26.19 47 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 26.31 48 Peter Milostic (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26.53 49 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26.58 50 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27.02 51 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 27.08 52 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 27.39 53 Jason Phillips (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27.44 54 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27.53 55 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 27.58 56 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amore & Vita 28.05 57 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano 28.16 58 Jarron Poad (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 28.19 59 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 28.27 60 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 28.40 61 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 29.17 62 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings and Loans 29.18 63 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 29.26 64 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 29.39 65 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 30.02 66 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30.11 67 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 30.22 68 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30.33 69 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 30.38 70 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 30.41 71 Robert Tighello (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 30.47 72 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 31.00 73 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 31.10 74 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Française des Jeux 31.21 75 Bradley Mills (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 32.19 76 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.09 77 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 33.16 78 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 33.57 79 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 34.14 80 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 35.08 81 Matty Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 35.26 82 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 35.35 83 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 35.38 84 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Australia 35.50 85 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 36.00 86 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 36.03 87 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 36.14 88 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 36.15 89 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 36.18 90 Wouter Mol (Ned) Netherlands 36.29 91 Yusuke Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 36.33 92 Andrew Roche (Irl) Ireland 36.39 93 Kieren Cameron (Aus) Française des Jeux 36.59 94 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 37.03 95 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned) Netherlands 37.04 96 Josh Marden (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 37.29 97 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano 38.27 98 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 39.41 99 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 43.56 100 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 46.29 101 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 51.41 102 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 54.35 103 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 55.22 104 Steven Cunningham (Aus) Savings and Loans 1.10.18 105 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australia 1.11.25 106 Michael Sims (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.17.41 Sprints classification 1 Hilton Clarke Jnr. (Aus) VIS Jayco 20 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 16 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 10 4 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans 8 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 6 6 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Amore & Vita 6 7 Dominique Perras (Can) HLP/Superstore 6 8 David McKenzie (Aus) HLP/Superstore 5 9 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 5 10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) VIS Jayco 4 11 Karl Menzies (Aus) HLP/Superstore 4 12 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 4 13 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 3 14 Matt Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 15 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita 3 16 Richard England (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2 17 Andy Naylor (Aus) HLP/Superstore 2 18 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 2 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1 20 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings and Loans 1 21 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 1 22 David Harrigan (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 1 23 Koji Fukishima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 Teams classification 1 AG2R Prevoyance 47.39.00 2 HLP/Superstore 5.15 3 Française des Jeux 7.14 4 Amore and Vita 21.20 5 Savings and Loans 26.41 6 Victorian Insitute of Sport Jayco 28.21 7 Cyclingnews.com 38.33 8 Jelly Belly-Pool Gel 40.58 9 Australia 48.37 10 Colnago - Caravello 51.36 11 Japan Presented by Latrobe City 52.46 12 Recycling.co.uk/litespeed 59.13 13 MG Xpower Presented by Bigpond 59.56 14 Ireland 1.04.11 15 Shimano 1.08.13 16 Netherlands 1.10.06 17 Bridgestone Anchor 1.11.07 18 Davitamon-Lotto 1.12.21 Young riders classification 1 Peter Hatton (Aus) Australia 15.53.14 2 Matt Lloyd (Aus) VIS Jayco 0.32 3 Mitchell Docker (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.47 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 2.07 5 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands 6.08 6 Bernard Sulzeberger (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Fondriest 7.38 7 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 12.48 8 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 16.19 9 Matthew Goss (Aus) Australia 22.51 10 Johnny Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 23.00 11 Simon Clarke (Aus) VIS Jayco 23.45 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Japan presented by Latrobe City 24.48 13 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) MG Xpower p/b Bigpond 27.27 14 Jai Crawford (Aus) HLP/Superstore 28.13 15 David Kemp (Aus) VIS Jayco 28.49 16 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28.58 17 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Shimano 29.28 18 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Française des Jeux 29.57 19 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.56 20 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia 33.01 21 Joshua Wilson (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 34.47 22 Sean Finning (Aus) Australia 35.02 23 George Bunt (Aus) Colnago - Caravello 38.28
