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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 14-21, 2007
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Stage 3 - October 17: Mansfield - Beechworth, 139.5kms
Kemps on fire, gets second win
By John Trevorrow in Beechworth
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Stage three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour provided another thrilling race, with the riders again throwing the hammer down right from the start. At least the cyclists didn't have to battle the vicious side winds of the past two days and what little wind there was seemed to be mainly at their backs.
After a strong attack by 12 riders in the final 20 kilometres it all came together in the final 1,000 metres. Aaron Kemps (Astana) flashed home with a desperate lunge to the line to grab the stage from Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) and Felix Odebrecht (Wiesenhof-Felt)
"We only got Koen [De Kort, Astana team-mate] in the last couple of hundred metres and he really set it up perfectly for me and having him out there meant we didn't have to do any work," an ecstatic Kemps said. "If we didn't catch them then obviously he would have won, but that didn't happen and I did my bit and won the bunch kick and I'm rapt," Kemps explained.
Kemps, who won the Jayco Bendigo Grand Prix lead up event on Sunday and wore the first yellow jersey on Monday, was upbeat about the team's chances. "Steve Morabito is only 45 seconds down and he should be 20 seconds less but for that penalty yesterday," Kemps said. "He is a renowned climber, a very good climber and I think we'll control it early and leave it up to him on the last climb."
With 50 metres to go Victorian Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) looked to have it in the bag. "I managed to get on Baden's [Cooke] wheel 500 metres to go and I thought he wasn't going quite quick enough so I hit him at about 200 to go. It was probably a bit early and I felt Kemps coming at me and I gave it everything but he just got me."
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Shaw was elated to be mixing it with some of the world's best sprinters. "I am happy to get the chance to sprint against some of the best in the world. I got the opportunity to race in Europe this year and I felt that, given the right conditions, I could match it with the top sprinters. It's been a good opportunity to see just how I can go up against these elite guys as normally I would be helping McLaughlan and Docker in the sprints."
As with every stage so far in this incredible bike race, the riders attacked out of the blocks. But although there were many attempts, no breakaway could get an advantage. Unibet where never far from the front but it was the DFL Cyclingnews team that stymied all moves so that Bernard Sulzberger could add to his KOM lead.
"I was determined to get the points on the first climb and the guys did a great job in containing the moves," Bernie said. "I don't know that I can get points at Falls Creek so I need to get a bit of a buffer," Sulzberger said.
Race leader Matt Wilson was slightly disappointed after the finish. "It didn't work out exactly like we planned because we wanted to set it up for Baden to get some time bonuses in the finish," Wilson said. "We put all our eggs in that basket and it didn't come off. Baden just didn't have the legs. It looked good coming in to the finish with Jimmy [Casper] in the break. We just kept them close enough to keep an eye on it to give him a chance and when we could see that wasn't going to happen then we closed it down. It was very fast and it was enjoyable racing. It was amazing that a break didn't get clear earlier."
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Japanese rider Koji Fukushima (Nippo - Meitan Latrobe) continues to be one of the characters of the Tour, playing his harmonica to an amused crowd which had assembled at stage end in Beechworth and telling them in his own special brand of English that, "I had a very good day. I met lots of Australian children out on the road. They were very pretty. I am not looking forward to tomorrow."
Because tomorrow, all eyes are focused on the demanding slopes of Tawonga Gap and Falls Creek which could decide the winner of the tour.
It will be race of two sides. Race leader Matt Wilson and team-mate Baden Cooke will be kicking and gouging, trying to stay in touch with the pure climbers. Neither is known as a true climber but both are fighters. They will be hoping that they will have a chance to recover during the race.
On the other side of the coin are the specialist climbers like Trent Lowe, Dominique Perras and Steve Morabito. These guys have reputations as men who relish the high climbs. They will have their team-mates on the front at the start of the Tawonga Gap Climb, putting on the pressure, hoping that the opposition will crack.
Fukushima for his part was clear with his thoughts on tomorrow. "I don't like mountains but maybe I can skip up like kangaroo."
Simon Clarke (South Australia.com - AIS) on the other hand is very serious about his prospects. "I definitely have hopes of winning. I think any of the top five can – it's a matter of whoever can get up Fall Creek the fastest."
When asked whether he likened himself to Alberto Contador, who entered this year Tour de France hoping to win the white jersey but exited with the yellow, Clarke agreed. "He can be an inspiration for me, for sure."
Whichever way it goes, it's going to be one hell of a bike race.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada) was in 15th place overall heading into the third stage
- The boys from the Bicycle Superstore Canadian team are leading the Go For Your Life Best Team overall competition
- The shaving cream has been packed away for the Tour: South Australia.com/AIS's Shaun Higgerson admires some of his best work
- An arm with a foot on it? Richard England (Bissell/SRAM) warms up prior to stage three
- Tour knicks
- The Netherlands National Team back in Australia for the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- The Tour leaves Mansfield passing one of it's hotels on the way
- The Tour on the bushfire savaged roads of North East Victoria during stage three
- Riders descend the category two climb through Tolmie and the Alpine National Park on stage three
- Well I guess that would make a lot of pumpkin soup then? The peloton pass through the town of Moyhu
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team, R) wants to move on from his crash in the Tour de France this year and is doing it nicely on the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Latrobe City) escaped the peloton's clutches after the descent of the category two climb
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Latrobe City) is a stage winner of the Tour de Langkawi and was looking to do the same in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Peter Herzig (NSWIS/FRF) tries to bridge the gap to Koji Fukushima late into the third stage
- Back in the peloton, Kane 'Munge' Oakley (DFL/Cyclingnews) was in the driver's seat chasing breaks
- Tour leader Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) safely tucked away back in the peloton
- Jimmy Casper (Unibet.com) from France got across to Herzig with Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada)
- Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada) was trying to force the pace in a three rider break heading towards Beechworth
- The 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour sure is turning heads! Koen De Kort (Astana,L) and Will Dickeson (Savings and Loans)
- Another break trying to steal the stage win approaching the final twenty kilometres
- Three riders breakaway again but the peloton wasn't letting them get out of their sights in the final fifteen kilometres
- Aaron Kemps (Astana,R) and Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) fight out the finish to stage three in Beechworth
- Aaron Kemps (Astana) from Queensland is in 20th place overall, twelve minutes beind the Tour leader Matt Wilson
- Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews) remains in the lead of the Savings and Loans King of the Mountains competition
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) is now the new leader of the Portfolio Partners Sprint Points competition
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) still leads the Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 rider of the Tour
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Latrobe City) entertained the crowd by playing his harmonica on the podium in Beechworth
- Matt Wilson remains in the Tour lead by seventeen seconds from his Unibet.com teammate Baden Cooke after three stages
- Matt Wilson has his eyes on the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour; Stage four up Falls Creek will tell us more with regards to the General Classification
- The peloton cross a river that needs to be fixed early on stage three
- The SouthAustralia.com/AIS boys clown around just after a feed-station (L-R) Simon Clarke, Gene 'Rabbit Ears' Bates and Peter 'Smokey' Dawson
- Queenslander Aaron Kemps (Astana) was flying at the finish to stage three - and some of them stuck!
Results
1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3.20.00 (41.85 km/h) 2 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 5 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 8 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 13 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 15 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 0.04 16 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 18 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 19 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 20 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 21 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 0.07 22 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 23 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 24 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 26 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 27 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 28 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 29 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 30 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 31 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 32 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.11 33 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 34 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 35 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 36 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 38 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 39 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 40 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 41 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 42 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 43 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 44 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 45 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 0.20 46 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.24 47 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 48 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 49 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.38 50 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.40 51 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 52 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.46 53 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.56 54 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.07 55 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 56 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 57 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.25 58 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 59 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 60 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 1.28 61 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 62 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 63 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 64 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 65 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.34 66 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 67 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.44 68 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.45 69 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 70 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 71 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 72 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 73 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.52 74 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.09 75 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2.16 76 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.44 77 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 3.00 78 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 79 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 80 Andrew Randall (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 31.39 81 Jefferey Sherstobitoff (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 82 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 83 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 84 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 85 Simon Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans Sprints Finish 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 10 pts 2 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 8 3 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6 4 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 4 5 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2 Sprint 1 1 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 6 pts 2 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 3 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 Sprint 2 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 6 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 4 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 2 Moutains Mountains 1 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 12 pts 2 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 8 3 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 4 General classification after stage 3 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 10.25.19 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.17 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.22 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.26 5 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.34 6 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.38 7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.45 8 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 0.51 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.52 10 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.54 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.59 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 9.01 13 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 9.05 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 9.06 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 9.36 16 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 9.42 17 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 9.45 18 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.15 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 11.37 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12.00 21 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 12.32 22 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 12.47 23 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 12.49 24 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 12.58 25 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 13.05 26 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 13.17 27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 14.05 28 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 14.06 29 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 14.10 30 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 14.22 31 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14.39 32 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 16.00 33 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 21.42 34 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 21.48 35 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 22.40 36 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 26.40 37 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 38 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 26.49 39 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 40 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 26.51 41 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 27.02 42 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 27.36 43 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 28.12 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 28.15 45 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 28.51 46 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 29.00 47 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 29.04 48 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 29.40 49 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 30.38 50 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 31.09 51 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 32.32 52 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 34.38 53 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 34.56 54 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 35.24 55 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 36.00 56 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 36.56 57 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 58 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 37.09 59 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 37.25 60 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 37.30 61 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 37.32 62 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 38.30 63 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 38.41 64 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 38.45 65 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 39.39 66 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 39.41 67 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 40.28 68 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 40.42 69 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 40.43 70 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 41.49 71 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 41.53 72 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 73 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 42.05 74 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 42.28 75 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 42.49 76 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 43.07 77 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 78 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 43.34 79 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 49.45 Sprints 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 18 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 16 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 12 4 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 12 5 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 10 7 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10 8 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 8 9 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 8 10 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 6 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 6 12 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6 13 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 14 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 15 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 16 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4 17 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 18 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 4 19 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 21 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 22 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2 23 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 2 Mountains 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 30 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 3 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 10 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 8 4 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 8 6 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 4 6 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 U23 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10.25.41 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 8.39 3 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 12.43 4 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 12.55 5 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14.17 6 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 21.20 7 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 26.40 8 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 28.38 9 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 28.42 10 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 34.16 11 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 36.34 12 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 36.47 13 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 39.19 14 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 41.31 15 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 16 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 42.45 Teams 1 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 31.26.52 2 Astana 1.33 3 Unibet.com 3.39 4 South Australia.Com - AIS 11.34 5 Bissell-Priority Health 18.34 6 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 22.11 7 Drapac Porsche 24.47 8 Netherlands National Team 25.52 9 Jayco Australian National Team 30.28 10 Savings & Loans 37.13 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 55.58 12 Wiesenfof-Felt 1.07.54 13 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.09.55 14 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.19.02
