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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 14-21, 2007
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Stage 1 - October 15: Bendigo - Nagambie, 141.9km
Wilson bets on the right move
Strong winds blow field apart
By John Trevorrow
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A brilliant opening stage to the Jayco Herald Sun Tour saw Unibet's Matt Wilson run away with the victory, while most of the peloton seems already out of contention after the first stage. The moment the flag was dropped the riders attacked down the road and it didn't let up. One of the best opening stages was made difficult by the howling side winds and high temperatures, which left only a tough group at the front.
His team support vehicle may have struggled to get out of the car park at the start of today's Stage One of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour and he may be two support riders short, but Unibet.com's Matt Wilson had no problem in dominating the finish 150 kilometres later in Nagambie.
And so emphatic was his effort and that of his ten fellow breakaways, that Australia's oldest stage race, now in its 56th year, might well be over after day one, with the first half of the peloton struggling to the finish more than 12 minutes after Wilson's determined lone dash for the line.
Wilson felt "Just relief, really," at the end of the day. He explained that "I've had an up and down couple of years. The last win I had was the national championship and I've been so close that many times and never really got the result and Baden was telling me coming in to town that he wasn't really good and that I should go for it myself and it was a great feeling." His lack of a victory salute was simply due to the weather. "The side wind was so strong at the finish that I wasn't game to throw my arms up."
Unibet had two game plans. Wilson said that "Obviously, if it came down to a sprint then Baden was the man and I just had to follow the moves. It was lucky enough that it was so windy that guys were getting blown all over the road and there was so much confusion and I managed to slip away about five kilometres out. The gods must have been shining on me and because there was a tail wind all the way from there to the finish and I really just punched it in the in the big gear and brought it home."
Wilson is now eager to continue in the lead. "I guess I will defend the jersey now. I'm climbing pretty well at the moment so I guess it's a ten-man race for the guys at the front. There are some pretty good climbers in there but we will just have to see. The crucial stage will be Thursday to Falls Creek."
His compatriot and team-mate Baden Cooke was pretty happy, too, even though he himself did only feel "pretty average towards the finish today." But wanting to help out his fellow, he told "Matty, if you've got the legs, go for the win, and he did. This is great for Matty. He hasn't had a win this year and it's pretty tough at the moment getting contracts and that sort of thing. So it couldn't have come at a better time. Hopefully that ride will make the difference in getting a deal for next year."
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Cooke did not have the best of preparations. "That's the longest ride I've done in three weeks. I've had the flu and so I've only had about three rides in the past weeks. I had plenty of horsepower when the break first opened. But that soon ran out and the last 50 kilometres I was just about empty. Actually, I think I gassed it a bit too much early and I paid for it in the end. A good feed tonight and a massage and I should feel a bit better tomorrow."
The tactics for him were simple. "I knew who the GC guys would be and I just made sure I didn't lose any time on them. I followed Trent [Lowe] a bit at the finish. To beat him in the overall I'm going to need a couple of minutes on him before Falls Creek. I made a little bit of a dent on that – about six seconds [smiles] but I will keep at it."
Stuart O'Grady, back in action, recalled his tough day. "Man, that was a tough day. I was on my limit for the whole time. It was a nasty start, flat out from the gun and I knew if I lost the wheel then I would be out the back for a long, long day. So for me the finish line was the top of that mountain."
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But, being reminded that many good racers were out the back, O'Grady said that "I can't believe it, to be honest. That's the first time I've gone hard in three months. I realize that I haven't got good form or any form but when you see other people suffering then you feed of that and it gives you motivation to hang in there."
O'Grady, who is racing for the Jayco Australian National Team instead of his usual CSC squad, explained that "The main thing was that Trent [Lowe, his team-mate] was up there and he's climbing very well and I think that out of that group he is the best climber. It's good we haven't got the jersey because Unibet will have to control the race for a couple of days and hopefully Trent's got the legs up Falls Creek."
Lowe for his part said that there was "A lot of suffering. We missed the first break and probably blew a few of the boys up bringing them back. It wasn't too bad at the finish. Matty got some time on us but that's better than Baden. I'd much rather Matty have some time than Cookie." Lowe is cautiously optimistic, though "I feel good but I do suffer from a few allergies at this time of year and the dry air and everything is bothering me a bit. But I should get better each day."
How it unfolded
On a day of early breaks and tortuous cross winds, the Monte Carlo based Australian, aided and abetted by his more illustrious team-mate, Baden Cooke, was very much the star. He is clearly on song, being the only one of the seven riders who finished yesterday's helter skelter Tour prelude criterium in Bendigo to feature in today's crucial break.
A stage winner into Moe on a previous Tour, the 30 year-old went on to become the Australian road champion three years ago, having taken on and beaten Hodgkin's disease.
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Today, he and his fellow breakaways were simply relentless, having cleared out from the pack around the 60-kilometre mark. They built on their advantage doubling their lead over 20 of the last 25 kilometres, before Wilson slipped away after a series of mini attacks within the group with around five kilometres to go.
But whilst the chances of anyone further back than eleventh now look gone, Wilson, who is still looking for a team to ride with internationally in 2008, will still have his work cut out with the talent featured amongst the next ten riders on general classification.
This is despite his sprint victories at Heathcote and at stage end, having provided Wilson with time bonuses to add to his nine second margin on the day and edging his overall lead out to 16 seconds over Savings and Loans' David Pell, with Cooke a further seven seconds adrift.
And there is plenty of reason for him to be cautious, for lurking within 30 seconds of the lead are pre-race favourite, Jayco Australia's Trent Lowe, Astana's international pairing of Julien Mazet and Steve Morabito, Dutchman Joost Van Leijen, the precocious talents of emerging Aussies Simon Clarke and Cameron Wurf and wily Canadian veterans Dominique Perras and Eric Wohlberg.
Not that Wilson is without confidence, making it clear when accepting the prized leader's jersey that – "Yellow is certainly the objective at the end of the Tour. I've got a little gap now and it's only a matter of hanging on to it."
Both Mazet and Morabito have won stages of European tours whilst Van Leijen won this year's Tour of Slovakia. The Canadians are both dual Herald Sun Tour stage winners.
The three young Aussies are each predicted to have bright futures –- Lowe maybe as early as when the Tour ends in Melbourne at the end of the week. Former Olympic rower Wurf has been riding for less than a year, having switched from the sport which took him to the Athens Olympics whilst Clarke continues to demonstrate the potential which saw him finish eight overall in this race a year ago.
Their form provides plenty to whet the appetite for the rest of the week, even if it is now a race amongst just eleven.
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In other news from the first full day of racing, the hard luck story was without doubt that of Bissell SRAM's Edward King, who, after scoring maximum points in the King of the Mountains classification over the first two climbs of the Tour, crashed down on the side of Mount Alexander on descent, ending up in Castlemaine Hospital, bruised, battered and out of the race.
Given the extent of his tumble down the mountain side, the American rider was considered very fortunate by race doctor, Andrew Garnham, not to have been more seriously hurt. X-rays revealed no further injury than first assessed.
The other classifications are not surprisingly dominated by Wilson, Cooke and Unibet, which despite starting the race with the minimum contingent of just five riders, compared with the maximum seven fielded by most other teams, find themselves also on top in the teams category.
South Australia.com's Clarke, who just lost the under 23 classification in 2006, looks to have a formidable lead this year after day one, with a massive margin of nearly 12 minutes over his team-mate, Johnnie Walker.
Bendigo based British rider, Tom Southam from the Drapac Porsche team leads the King of the Mountains, following King's demise, from Tasmanian Bernie Sulzberger (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed).
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) signs on for his first race since crashing out of this year's Tour de France
- Jorg Ludewig (Wiesenhof-Felt) from Germany has the sunscreen applied for a hot day beneath the Australian sun
- Joel Pearson and Trent Lowe (background) of the Jayco Australian National Team : Hope they don't get a parking fine for lazing around
- Yeah I'll have an extra strong, double shot, twice as big coffee please: Omer Kem (Bissell/SRAM) ordering coffee in Bendigo
- The NSWIS/FRF team show their support for the Ben Mikic Foundation by wearing wrist-bands during the Tour
- …Herald Sun Tour on bikes!
- Riders head up Mt.Alexander on stage one from Bendigo to Nagambie
- The winning break opened up at the 70 kilometre mark of the 149.9 kilometre stage
- Riders cross a double laned bridge over Campaspe River
- Matt Wilson (L) of the Unibet.com team struggles with a mussette at a feed station
- One of the pre-Tour favourites, Trent Lowe (Jayco Australian National Team), made it into the lead group on stage one
- Eventual stage winner Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) was a willing worker in the leading pack of eleven riders
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustalia.com/AIS) chats with Canadian Eric Wohlberg (right) of the Bicycle Superstore Canada Team in the lead group
- The main bunch were gradually losing time to the leaders on the stage
- Two groups of riders eventually formed to roll into the finish over twelve minutes stage winner Matt Wilson
- Cameron Jennings (DFL/Cyclingnews) back in the peloton, the team was one of six in the race to miss the break
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) leads Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) on the road into Heathcote
- Daniel Lloyd (DFL/Cyclingnews) back in the peloton on stage one
- Baden Cooke (2nd from right) of the Unibet.com team quenches a thirst in the leading group
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) grimaces on the front of the leading group of eleven riders
- Dominique Perras (Bicycle Superstore Canada) was doing it hard in the leading group
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) punches the air to win the first stage of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) is a happy man for teammate Matt Wilson after the pair finished first and third respectively on the stage
- Well I don't know what all the fuss is about this bloke behind me, I mean, I could have ridden those cross winds on this thing!
- Unibet.com teammates, and great mates, Baden Cooke (right) congratulates Matt Wilson after his stage win into Nagambie
- Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) is in the Savings and Loans King of the Mountains jersey
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) closes the eyes and releases the champers after claiming the leader's yellow jersey of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Results
1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 3.37.28 (39.151 km/h) 2 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.09 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.17 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 9 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 10 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 11 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 12 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 12.03 13 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 14 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 15 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 16 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 17 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 18 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 20 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 22 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 23 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 24 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 26 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 27 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 28 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 29 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 30 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 31 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 32 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 33 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 34 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 35 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 37 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 38 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 39 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 41 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 42 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 43 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 44 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 45 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 46 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 47 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 48 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 49 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 49 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 51 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 52 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 53 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 16.47 54 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 55 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 56 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 57 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 58 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 59 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 60 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 61 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 19.55 62 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 64 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 65 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 66 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 67 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 68 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 69 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 70 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 71 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 72 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 73 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 74 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 75 Andrew Randall (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 76 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 77 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 78 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 79 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 80 Jefferey Sherstobitoff (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 81 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 82 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 83 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 84 Simon Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 86 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 87 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 88 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 89 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 20.01 DNF Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe DNF Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe DNF Andre Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt Sprint 1 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 2 Sprint 2 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 3 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 Finish 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 10 pts 2 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 8 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 6 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 Mountains 1 1 Edward King (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 6 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 4 3 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 2 Mountains 2 1 Edward King (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 12 pts 2 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 8 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 4 General classification after stage 1 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 3.37.15 2 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.16 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.23 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.28 5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 0.29 7 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.30 9 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 11 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 12 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 12.16 13 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 14 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 15 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 16 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 17 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 18 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 20 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 22 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 23 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 24 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 25 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 26 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 27 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 28 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 29 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 30 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 31 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 32 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 33 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 34 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 36 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 37 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 38 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 40 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 41 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 42 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 43 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 44 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 45 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 46 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 47 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 48 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 49 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 50 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 51 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 52 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 12.36 53 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 17.00 54 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 55 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 56 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 57 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 58 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 59 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 60 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 61 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 20.08 62 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 64 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 65 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 66 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 67 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 68 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 69 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 70 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 71 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 72 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 73 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 74 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 75 Andrew Randall (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 76 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 77 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 78 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 79 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 80 Jefferey Sherstobitoff (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 81 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 82 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 83 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 84 Simon Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 86 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 87 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 88 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 89 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 20.14 Under 23 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 3.37.44 2 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 11.47 3 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 5 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 6 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 7 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 8 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 9 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 11 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 16.31 12 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 13 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 14 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 19.39 15 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 16 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 17 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 18 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 19 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 20 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed Points 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 16 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 12 3 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 8 3 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 8 5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 6 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.Com - AIS 2 Teams 1 Unibet.com 11.04.24 2 Astana 0.35 3 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.37 4 Netherlands National Team 12.21 5 Bissell-Priority Health 12.22 6 South Australia.Com - AIS 7 Jayco Australian National Team 12.23 8 Savings & Loans 16.53 9 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 24.09 10 Drapac Porsche 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 12 Wiesenhof-Felt 32.01 13 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 32.21 14 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 36.45
