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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1Australia, October 14-21, 2007Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4 - October 18: Beechworth - Falls Creek, 116.5kmEuro day: Morabito stage, Van Leijen overallBy John Trevorrow in Falls Creek Dutchman Joost Van Leijen took the overall lead in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour after coming home second to Swiss Steve Morabito (Astana) in a punishing 116.5-kilometre stage from Beechworth to Falls Creek. This Sun Tour is shaping up to be a nail-biting finish. And, just like last year, it may be decided on the last sprint of the tour on Sunday. Up until now the Australians have dominated the stage wins and the podium, but the gruelling slopes of Falls Creek have changed all that. Joost Van Leijen, a Dutchman from the lowlands town of Nymegen has wrestled the yellow leader's jersey from Matthew Wilson by a mere eight seconds. "Yes it was a beautiful stage for me," a beaming Van Leijen said. "Today, I felt very good, and I believe I can win this tour. At the moment I feel I can do anything," he added. Swiss Steve Morabito (Astana) won the stage from Van Leijen (Netherlands) and Trent Lowe (Jayco National team). The trio finished on the same time with Frenchman Julien Mazet (Astana) fourth at three seconds. Amazingly if Morabito had not been docked twenty seconds for motor-pacing in stage two he would be leading by one second. But the truth is without the assistance of the pace car to bring him back that day, he would have lost many minutes. Wilson fought like a terrier to hold on to the golden fleece of overall leader but came up short crossing the line 34 seconds back. "I gave it everything but I just couldn't go with the attacks near the finish," an exhausted Wilson said. "I decided it was best to ride steady at my own pace and try and hold them. I guess I just came up short. But this bike race is far from over," a determined Wilson added. National champion Darren Lapthorne was just a couple of seconds back in sixth spot with Baden Cooke fighting all the way to eighth at 2'02". Leading young rider Simon Clarke was ninth at 2'08". "I just haven't had my best form on this tour," Clarke said. "I've been trying to talk it up a bit but when it came to the big climbs, especially when Stuey lit it up early after Mt Beauty, I just couldn't go with them." How it unfoldedAs has become the norm on this tour, the attacks were on from the second the flag was dropped. Canadian Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore), Trent Wilson from Sydney (Jayco National Team) and American Scott Zwinzanski (Bissell –Priority Health) got clear after about five kilometres and soon opened a minute lead. Then South Australian Tom Middleton and Yoshiyuki Shimizu from Japan (Nippo-Meitan LaTrobe) put in a chase followed by FRF Couriers / NSW IS pair Jason Hegert and Chris Jory. For the first time in this tour the main peloton eased. There was obviously a game of cat and mouse being played and the breakaways were of no danger overall. But it only lasted for 20 kilometres until the first climb. Rollin took the first sprint into Myrtleford to put a stranglehold on the sprint jersey. "I decided to make a move early to make sure I got the points," Rollin said. "My main rivals for the jersey were more worried about the GC so I thought it would work," he added. The leaders hit the slopes of Tawonga Gap with a gap of three and a half minutes with the other chases in between. But the race was hotting-up behind. The Jayco National Team, led by Stuart O'Grady, and the South Australia.com-AIS were setting a fast and furious pace and riders were dropping off the back like flies. "Our plan was to put the pressure on up Tawonga Gap, nothing outrageous, just enough to put a bit of stress on the legs," O'Grady said. "Then, soon as we hit Mt. Beauty, it was a full team effort to blow as many out the back as possible. "The boys did a pretty good job and then the rest was up to Trent. "It will probably be a bit beyond him now but he had a good crack." Zwizanski won the KOM at the top of Tawonga Gap from Rollin and they were finally caught by the chasing peloton about half way up the final climb. As the race reached the high slopes and into the final 10 kilometres, Cooke dropped back leaving eight in front Lowe was attacking, and it was Wilson having to close the gaps along with Clarke, Julien Mazet, Morabito (Astana) and Van Leijen with his Dutch team-mates Maint Berkenbosh and Darren Lapthorne. Then it was Berkenbosh who dropped back, followed by Clarke, Lapthorne and then the man in yellow, Matthew Wilson, finally succumbed to the continuous attacks inside five kilometres to go. That left four riders in front with four kilometres to the finish. Lowe continued to attack and Morabito, Van Leijen and Mazet were the only ones to close the gap. It was a brilliant battle with the leaders trying to put space between themselves and tour leader Wilson, as well as trying to open a gap on each other. In the end the Swiss won the stage and a Dutchman has grabbed the lead. Lowe was philosophical about his chances. "I did give it my best shot but it's probably not the best climb in Victoria for me," Lowe said. "I like the steeper climbs like Hotham or Baw Baw. I may be only 26 seconds down but realistically I don't have the power on the flat like Baden and Matty [Wilson]. I still think Matty can win and I think he deserves it. The Unibet team have been the strongest team here." All is set up for a doozy of a stage to Wangaratta. A serious battle for the KOM jersey will be decided in the first and final KOM sprint after 36 kilometres. Stage winner Morabito has received his first KOM points for the race but they happened to be 30 which puts him on the same points as Burney Sulzberger. Burney will have no brotherly assistance in this sprint as Wesley finished outside the time limit and has been eliminated. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Results1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 3.10.06 2 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 4 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.03 5 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 0.34 6 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.47 7 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.45 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 2.02 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.08 10 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.28 11 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2.30 12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2.47 13 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 3.15 15 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 3.30 16 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 3.38 17 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 3.42 18 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 3.47 19 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 20 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 3.54 22 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 5.29 23 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 24 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 5.34 25 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 7.58 26 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 8.53 27 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 10.13 28 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 10.20 29 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.37 30 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 31 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 32 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 11.27 33 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 11.44 34 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 35 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 36 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 37 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 39 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 40 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 41 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 42 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 13.08 43 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 16.38 44 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 45 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 19.26 46 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 47 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 48 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 49 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 20.08 50 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 20.09 51 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 20.19 52 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 20.22 52 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 54 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 55 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 56 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 57 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 20.50 58 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 20.57 59 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 25.51 60 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 61 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 62 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 62 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 64 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 65 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 66 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 67 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 68 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 69 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 70 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 71 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 72 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 73 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 74 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 75 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 76 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 77 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team DSQ Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team DSQ Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS Sprints Sprint 1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 6 pts 2 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 4 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 Sprint 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 6 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 4 3 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 2 Mountains Climb 1 1 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 12 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 8 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 4 Climb 2 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 30 pts 2 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 24 3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 18 General classification after stage 4 1 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 13.35.51 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 0.08 3 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.19 4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.26 5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.31 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.53 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.04 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 3.55 9 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 4.07 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 4.27 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 5.46 12 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.36 13 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 11.01 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 11.55 15 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12.17 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 14.21 17 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 16.14 18 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 16.19 19 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 16.26 20 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 16.27 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 16.40 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 17.08 23 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 17.50 24 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 18.12 25 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 22.43 26 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 23.28 27 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 25.40 28 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 31.06 29 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 31.49 30 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 32.12 31 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 35.03 32 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 36.36 33 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 37.58 34 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 38.09 35 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 38.45 36 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 39.30 37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 39.33 38 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 40.58 39 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 41.30 40 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 41.38 41 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 42.43 42 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 45.14 43 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 45.56 44 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 46.36 45 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 46.58 46 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 47.07 47 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 47.18 48 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 48.43 49 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 52.05 50 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 52.14 51 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 52.50 52 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 53.37 53 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 54.25 54 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 55 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 54.52 56 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 54.57 57 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 56.03 58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 56.30 59 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 56.34 60 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 57.41 61 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 1.00.49 62 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.01.13 63 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.01.48 64 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.01.49 65 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.02.21 66 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.02.34 67 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.02.57 68 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.03.03 69 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.03.55 70 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.05.06 71 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.05.53 72 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.06.08 73 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.07.18 74 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.07.53 75 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.08.14 76 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.08.59 77 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.09.38 Under 23 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 13.37.55 2 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 14.22 3 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 21.24 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 29.02 5 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 32.59 6 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 39.34 7 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 43.52 8 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 44.54 9 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 52.21 10 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 59.45 11 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.00.17 12 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.00.30 13 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.00.59 14 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.03.02 15 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.05.14 Sprints 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 28 pts 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 18 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 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 6 13 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 6 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 15 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6 16 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4 18 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 4 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 20 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 22 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 23 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 24 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2 25 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 26 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 2 Mountains 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 30 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 30 3 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 24 4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 18 5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 16 6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 7 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 12 8 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 10 9 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 8 10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 4 10 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 4 10 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 Teams 1 Astana 41.01.33 2 Unibet.com 4.39 3 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 11.16 4 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 32.26 5 South Australia.Com - AIS 32.47 6 Netherlands National Team 33.27 7 Drapac Porsche 35.35 8 Bissell-Priority Health 41.21 9 Jayco Australian National Team 49.33 10 Savings & Loans 1.11.54 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.26.04 12 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.33.05 13 Wiesenfof-Felt 1.35.28 14 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 2.04.26 |
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