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Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 8-14, 2006
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Stage 3 - October 10: Bendigo to Nagambie, 158.5km
Wilson wins first Sun Tour stage
by John Trevorrow in Nagambie
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The wind may have died down but the pace was still hot and the breakaways again triumphed on day three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
After 130 kilometres out in front in a six-man breakaway, NSW's Trent Wilson and Matty Lloyd from Victoria broke clear with Wilson finally taking his first stage win after seven years of trying.
"I can't believe it. I am just stoked," Wilson said. "This is my seventh tour and although I've had a couple of top tens on GC, I've never placed in a stage before. But my hats off to matt Lloyd he drove it as well, we both put in, we both had the same objective and, fortunately for me, he was second and I won it."
The second the race got under way, the riders started attacking. There was not a second of peace. After 20 kilometres a group of six got clear, Wilson, Lloyd, Hossien Askari from Iran, Dutchman Maint Berkenbosch and Victorians Darren Lapthorne and Scott Peoples, the young 19 year old from Shepparton.
The group worked well together but were chased by a another six-man break and the two groups raced each other for 50 kilometres with the gap hovering around one minute before the leaders stamped their authority and the lead opened up to more than two minutes. The main peloton stayed at about six minutes for most of the day. Race leader Karl Menzies and his HealthNet team controlled the pace and were not too perturbed.
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"I felt pretty good actually. I didn't have to do anything, the guys did a great job, the whole team got on the front and they just kept everything in check and made sure that it didn't blow out," a smiling Menzies said. "It was perfect and there's not much else you can do. Once you’re in yellow that's the race you've got to ride. I didn't have to touch the wind all day so it was actually a bit of a recovery day. Save it all up for Lake Mountain on Thursday."
Menzies main challenger is still Simon Gerrans, and he also had an easier ride today. "The day panned out perfectly for us. We said this morning that it would be perfect to let a break go that didn't have any serious GC dangers in it and with one of our guys in it. That's exactly what happened. The HealthNet guys just sat on the front and set a good pace and we had a trouble free day."
For Wilson it was obviously the biggest win of his career and his teammates surrounded him as the crossed the line. "They're all good mates of mine and they're professional bike riders and they know how much it means to get a win like this. A few beers tonight I reckon, it's a big weight of my shoulders. I can finish the year now a quite happy man. I will have a big celebration on Saturday night, especially if Gerro wins the tour.
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"I was really feeling nailed towards the end but Davo had faith in me and I just kept having a go. Once we got clear I thought I was a chance. When I hit out I though this is the longest 200 metres I've ever done. I didn't really have the legs today but I obviously I came good."
Team manager Dave Sanders said that Wilson had some doubts out on the road.
"Yeah we had to way up the options. We had a one in six chance with Trent and a bit better odds if we closed the gap and rode for Robbie. But I thought it would be a lot of energy spent by the team to close it up and I reckoned Trent would go OK. He has impressed me greatly this week and you don't have to be a great sprinter to win when everyone is tired. And they all looked very tired. So we just played the cards, telling them that Robbie was coming so Trent didn't have to do too much. He attacked at least four times near the finish and also went with all the other attacks. He really really wanted it. He showed real character and I'm very proud of him."
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- David Harrigan of the DFL Cyclingnews.com team signs on for stage three in Bendigo
- Tour leader, Karl Menzies (HealthNet-Maxxis) puts pen to paper on the sign-on table in Bendigo
- Cameraman Rob Buckell (L), catches an early starter for stage three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- John 'Iffy' Trevorrow (right) tucks in a 'good paddock', much to the amusement of commissaire Greg Griffiths
- A couple of youngsters on the Tour: Jonathan Clarke of the South Australia.com team (L) and Ryan Sullivan of the National Under 23 team
- The peloton were using their noodle on the streets of Bendigo for the start of stage three!
- A small group at the front on the climb up Mt.Alexander during the 158.5km stage three
- Trent Wilson and Scott Peoples are about to rejoin the leaders after the descent of Mt.Alexander
- Trent Wilson (L) goes on the attack during a climb early into stage three
- Tour leader Karl Manzies (HealthNet-Maxxis) gets ready for another podium spray
- Australian cycling legend, Phil ' Skippy ' Anderson was at the start to stage three in Bendigo
- Trent Wilson (Jayco Australian National Team) drags a gasping Russell Van Hout (Savings & Loans) up a climb on stage three
- Matt Lloyd (South Australia.com) is a climber and found himself in the leading group on stage three
- The leaders cross an old bridge near Metcalf with a two and a half minute gap to a chasing bunch
- Henk Vogels (Jayco Australian National Team) out of the saddle and in the peloton around seven minutes behind the lead group
- Robbie McEwen (centre) of the Jayco Australian National Team back in the peloton with the lead group well away
- The boys from the American HealthNet-Maxxis team on the front of the peloton and protecting their Tour leader Karl Menzies
- Canadian Dustin MacBurnie (Bicycle Superstore-Canada) after the grind over the top of Mt.Alexander
- Darren Lapthorne (Red) of the Drapac Porshce team was a major player in the winning break early into stage three
- Darren Lapthorne (Red) of the Drapac Porshce team in the lead group approaching the finish in Nagambie
- Trent Wilson (Jayco Australian National Team) has youngster Scott Peoples (National Under 23 Team) at his left and working hard for the lead group
- At last! Trent Wilson (Jayco Australian National Team) finally gets his stage win in a Herald Sun Tour
- ...And he kept on celebrating all the way down the main street of Nagambie
- Trent Wilson (Jayco Australian National Team) was wrapt to get a stage win…maybe a beer or two after that eh Wilo!
- Matt Lloyd (South Australia.com) in his HLP King of the Mountains jersey after being a member of the winning break on stage three
- Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team) on the podium in his Portfolio Partners Sprint Points competition leader's jersey
- Simon Clarke (South Australia.com) in his Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 Rider jersey after stage three of the Tour
- Karl Menzies (HealthNet-Maxxis) zips his Tour leader's jersey right up, nice and tight so as it won't come off in a hurry
Results
1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Australian National Team 4.14.05 2 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 3 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.23 4 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Scott Peoples (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 6 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 7 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.56 8 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 9 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 3.01 10 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japanese National Team 4.09 11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4.39 12 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 13 Grant Irwin (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 14 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 15 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 16 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 17 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 18 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 19 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 21 Henk Vogels (Aus) Australian National Team 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canadian National Team 23 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 24 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 25 Matt Wilson (Aus) Australian National Team 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 27 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 28 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 29 David Kemp (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 30 Brandon Crichton (Can) Canadian National Team 31 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 32 Tony Mann (Aus) Australian National Team 33 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34 Ryan Mackenzie (Can) Canadian National Team 35 Zac Dempster (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 36 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 37 Eric Wolhberg (Can) Canadian National Team 38 Michael Ford (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 39 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Australian National Team 40 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 41 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 42 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 43 Kane Oaley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 44 James Hannam (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 45 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 46 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 47 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 48 Trent Lowe (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Mark O'brien (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 50 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 51 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 52 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 53 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 54 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 55 Joe Mcdonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 56 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japanese National Team 57 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 58 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 59 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 60 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 61 David Tanner (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 62 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 63 Robert Mclachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 64 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 65 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 66 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 67 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 68 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 69 Derek Mcmaster (Can) Canadian National Team 70 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 71 Greg Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 72 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 73 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 74 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japanese National Team 75 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Drapac Porsche 76 Doug Ollershaw (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 77 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japanese National Team 78 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 79 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 80 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 81 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 82 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 83 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 84 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 85 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 86 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 87 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 88 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 89 David Pell (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 90 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 91 Leigh Palmer (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 92 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS DNF Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower DNS Jacek Moraiko (Pol) Carvalhelhos-Boavista DNS Virgilio Santos (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista General classification after stage 3 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9.41.01 2 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.05 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canadian National Team 0.15 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 0.22 5 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.26 6 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 0.27 7 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 8 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 Robert Mclachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 1.13 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Australian National Team 12 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 1.43 13 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.49 15 Henk Vogels (Aus) Australian National Team 4.58 16 Joe Mcdonnell (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 7.39 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Australian National Team 24.58 18 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 25.30 19 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 25.31 21 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.07 22 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 28.30 24 Scott Peoples (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 28.57 25 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 29.28 26 David Kemp (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 29.46 27 Tony Mann (Aus) Australian National Team 28 Grant Irwin (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 29.50 29 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 30 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 31 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 32 Eric Wolhberg (Can) Canadian National Team 33 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 34 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 35 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 36 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 37 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 David Tanner (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 39 Greg Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 40 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 41 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 42 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 43 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 44 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 45 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 46 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 30.25 47 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 48 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 49 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 30.46 50 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 51 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japanese National Team 52 Kane Oaley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 31.00 53 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japanese National Team 54 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 55 David Pell (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 56 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 31.03 57 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 58 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 59 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 31.52 60 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Australian National Team 33.13 61 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 33.15 62 Matt Wilson (Aus) Australian National Team 63 Joshua Marden (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 64 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Drapac Porsche 65 Leigh Palmer (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 66 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japanese National Team 33.23 67 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 68 Brandon Crichton (Can) Canadian National Team 69 Derek Mcmaster (Can) Canadian National Team 70 Doug Ollershaw (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 71 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33.30 72 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 73 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 33.35 75 Zac Dempster (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 33.53 76 Ryan Mackenzie (Can) Canadian National Team 33.58 77 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 78 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 79 James Hannam (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 34.18 80 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 81 Mark O'brien (Aus) Australian National U23 Team 82 Michael Ford (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 34.53 83 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 84 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans Cycling Team 85 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS 86 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 35.08 87 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Netherlands-Altipower 88 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 35.48 89 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 37.48 90 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 41.35 91 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Japanese National Team 58.24 92 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello 1.03.42
