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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 14-21, 2007
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Stage 2 - October 16: Mitchelton Winery - Mansfield, 145.6km
Brotherly love overpowers German motor
By John Trevorrow in Mansfield
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Before the race got under way there was a minute of silence for Scott Peoples. The young lad from just up the road in Shepparton, finished third into Nagambie in last years tour before he was tragically killed by a motor vehicle in December last year. It was a moving moment as the full field of riders bowed their heads as a mark of respect to a promising young life cut short.
This year's Jayco Herald Sun Tour just keeps getting better. Again the race exploded the moment the flag was dropped at Michelton Winery and it never let up until the finish in Mansfield.
Tasmanian brothers Wes and Bernie Sulzberger made it a family affair by finishing first and third after escaping from the eight-man breakaway with German Jörg Ludewig. None of the riders in the leading group of eight that escaped after 72 kilometres were any danger for overall honours, so there was no urgency from the main peloton. As the trio approached the final corner, only 200 metres from the line, the German paid dearly for not realising that his breakaway companions were brothers.
Wes powered into the corner and Bernie did not react and that moments hesitation cost Ludewig any chance. "It was good to have my brother up there with me," an excited Wes Sulzberger said. "A bit of brotherly help in the end, so it was good. We worked well together once we got away in the last 10 kilometres. When Ludewig attacked and my brother and I were on his wheel...that was it; we stayed away. We worked well together until the end." Wes Sulzberger clarified that "No deals went down. It was just brotherly help I think. We were just puffing and panting at each other."
Bernie Sulzberger (DFL-cyclingnews) dominated the climbs to take the blue King of the Mountains jersey from British rider Tom Southam.
But it was the frenetic pace right from the gun that had experienced tour followers searching for new superlatives to describe the fantastic racing. Fifteen riders opened a small gap that hovered between ten and forty seconds for nearly fifty kilometres. The Unibet team was in charge for most of the day and race leader Matt Wilson, Baden Cooke and Jeremy Hunt really put the hammer down.
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Unfortunately, pre-race favourite Trent Lowe and his Jayco National team all missed the move and they spent a lot of energy to pull back the leaders. By the time the two groups finally came back together, there were less than 40 riders at the front of the bike race. The other 50 were never to see the front again and were in for a long, hard day. Approaching Mansfield near the end of the stage, the race for the yellow jersey got very interesting. Cooke and Wilson knew they needed to gain as much time on Lowe before Thursday's climb to Falls Creek, and that's just what they did by applying serious pressure and getting clear of Lowe in the final five kilometres.
"We put 'em in the gutter all the way in," an elated Cooke said. "The last 30 kilometres we rode a solid tempo. Then with five kilometres to go we accelerated and it was bloody hard, but immediately the bunch split in half and there were a few GC guys out the back. I managed to hit them in the last corner and got a few more seconds.
Lowe was disappointed that Cooke and Wilson managed to gain 30 seconds in the final run in. "There were guys dropping off and Cookie was the last man of the leading group, sitting on the edge of the road so no one had a sit," Lowe said. I just missed the break, I guess I was just too far behind. My fault I guess, but I was going full tilt. Side winds are really not my thing. But it could have been much worse," Lowe added. "When we missed that split at the start today it could have been all over. Stuey (O'Grady) worked like a Trojan for me to close that early split, it was awesome," Lowe said
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"I knew it was going to be important to be up the front at the start," O'Grady said. "As soon as the flag dropped, the race was on. Unfortunately Trent wasn't in the front group and we had a real battle on our hands from the go. Then it was mano a mano. But that's what I'm here for," O'Grady added. That was my job, to close the gap. I just gave it everything I had and just managed to shut it down and get Trent back up there. Otherwise it would have been all over for him." O'Grady continued that "Once we hit the climb, my job was done. Then I punctured at a very bad moment, but that's life."
South Australia.com's Simon Clarke retained his clear lead for the white jersey, for the best under-23 rider. For most of the others leaders it was a day of retreat in terms of time, despite all of them managing to stay with the main chase group until the last few kilometres.
The biggest losers were pre-race favourite, Trent Lowe (Jayco Australia), overnight second placegetter, David Pell (Savings and Loans), former Olympic rower Cameron Wurf (Bissel SRAM), Julien Mazet (Astana) and Eric Wohlberg (Bicycle Superstore-Canada) who each conceded 26 seconds and another Astana man, Steve Morabito, who, despite finishing with Wilson, fell behind by 23 seconds, most of which (20 seconds) was due to a penalty for moto pacing during the stage.
Wilson, who retained both the yellow and red jerseys for the tour and sprint king leads, predicted that tomorrow's 139.5-kilometre stage from Mansfield to Beechworth would bring more of what was witnessed today.
"I hear the wind will be blowing again, so it will probably be more of the same. Originally we had others plans for the stage but we might have to let them go."
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Dominique Perras (Bicycle Superstore Canada) went shopping for a new bike at the Mitchelton Winery to finish the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on
- The SRAM spares boys on the Tour are servicing the peloton from a motor-bike and…helicopter?
- Trent Wilson (Jayco Australian National Team) was blowing his own trumpet at the Mitchelton Winery before the start of stage two
- Cheers Matty: Tour leader Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) on the startline at Mitchelton Winery for stage two of the Tour
- Hey listen girls no autographs please, I'm about to begin stage two of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Stage two began with the memory of Scotty Peoples who was tragically taken from us in a road accident in November last year
- Astana's Steve Morabito from Switzerland is currently in the top-ten on the General Classification and will be looking for a podium finish in Melbourne
- The Tour paid their respects for Scott Peoples on the startline at the Mitchelton Winery with a minutes silence prior to racing
- The Tour began stage two in fine but cool conditions for their 145.6 kilometre journey to Mansfield
- The red-light was on but no trains here, although one of the Bissell/SRAM riders wasn't taking any chances and needed a peek
- A large group at the front of the race around fifty kilometres into the stage
- The peloton on the country roads of Central Victoria on day two of the Tour
- The stage began to split on the climb up the Strathbogie Ranges around 65 kilometres into the stage
- The winning move is made on the top of the Strathbogie Ranges: Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) drives the leaders
- Unibet.com were on the front of the chasing peloton and covering their leading riders in Baden Cooke (far left) and Tour leader Matt Wilson (2nd from left)
- Maint Berkenbosch (Netherlands National Team) leads Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews) and brother Wes (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) over the King of the Mountains climb at the 101 kilometre mark
- Jorg Ludewig (Wiesenhof/Felt) from Germany was in the leading break that held the peloton at bay to fight out stage two
- Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada) lends a hand to Drapac Porsche's Darren Lapthorne in the leading group
- Canadian Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada) was happy to be in the break on stage two
- Koen De Kort (Astana) from the Netherlands was in the leading group that was hoping not to be KORT…er I mean caught
- Cameron Jennings (DFL/Cyclingnews) was keeping the bidon between the teeth while the pace was on in the lead group
- Gee, as if I don't see enough of my brother when we're at home, and now he turns up next to me on a bike-race! Brothers Bernard Sulzberger (right) of DFL/Cyclingnews and Wes (SouthAustralia.com) in the lead group
- No, I said that's two burgers with the lot please: Tasmanian brothers Wes (L) and Bernard Sulzberger approaching the finish in Mansfield
- The leaders pass the Bridge Inn Hotel with ten kilometres to the finish
- Wes Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com) takes out stage two into Mansfield
- Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews) now wears the Savings and Loans King of the Mountains jersey
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) is the new leader of the Portfolio Partners Sprint Points Competition
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com) is the leader of the Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 rider of the Tour
- Dominique Rollin (Bicycle Superstore Canada) was awarded the Volvo Most Aggressive rider of the stage jersey
- It's high-fives for Tour leader Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) who will take a 21 second buffer over teammate Baden Cooke into stage three
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) on the podium in his Tour leader's yellow jersey
- The team from New Zealand are grateful to the Mitchelton Winery for all their support on the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Results
1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 3.24.55 (42.631 km/h) 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.02 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.03 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.08 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 6 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 7 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 2.26 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 3.03 10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 11 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 12 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 3.06 13 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 14 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 15 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 16 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 3.13 17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 3.21 18 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 3.31 19 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 21 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 22 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 23 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 25 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 26 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 27 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 3.47 28 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 29 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 30 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 3.59 31 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 4.03 32 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 4.52 33 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 5.07 34 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 5.08 35 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 36 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 17.13 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 17.31 38 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 39 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 40 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 41 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 42 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 17.33 43 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 44 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 45 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 46 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 48 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 49 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 50 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 51 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 52 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 53 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 19.46 54 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 55 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 56 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 57 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 58 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 59 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 60 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 61 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 62 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 63 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 64 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 23.05 65 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 23.33 66 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 24.43 67 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 68 Andrew Randall (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 69 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 70 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 71 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 72 Simon Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 73 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 74 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 75 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 76 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 77 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 78 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 79 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 80 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 81 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 82 Jefferey Sherstobitoff (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 84 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 85 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 86 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 31.02 Finish 1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10 pts 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 8 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 4 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 Sprint 1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 6 pts 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 3 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 2 Sprint 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 6 pts 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4 3 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2 Climb 1 1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 12 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 8 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 4 Climb 2 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 pts 2 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2 Teams 1 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 21.26.31 2 Astana 1.50 3 Unibet.com 2.28 4 South Australia.com - AIS 11.51 5 Bissell-Priority Health 18.48 6 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 21.50 7 Drapac Porsche 24.13 8 Netherlands National Team 25.46 9 Jayco Australian National Team 30.02 10 Savings & Loans 35.28 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 55.52 12 Wiesenhof-Felt 1.08.00 13 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.09.55 14 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.17.52 General classification after stage 2 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 7.05.15 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.21 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.25 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.29 5 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.31 6 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.42 7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.51 8 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.54 9 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 0.55 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.56 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 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 9.10 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 9.13 16 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 9.18 17 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 9.19 18 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 11.37 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12.14 21 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 12.42 22 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 23 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 25 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 12.44 26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 12.58 27 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 28 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 29 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 13.14 30 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 14.03 31 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 14.19 32 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 33 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 19.02 34 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 20.24 35 Joel Pearson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 21.02 36 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 26.42 37 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 38 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 39 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 40 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 26.44 41 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 42 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 43 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 44 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 45 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 46 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 26.54 47 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 28.57 48 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 49 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 50 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 51 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 52 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 31.08 53 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 33.54 54 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 34.34 55 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 34.36 56 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 57 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 58 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 59 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 36.49 60 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 61 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 62 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 63 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 64 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 65 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 38.38 66 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 67 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 68 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 69 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 70 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 71 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 40.08 72 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 40.36 73 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 41.46 74 Andrew Randall (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 75 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 76 Simon Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 77 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 78 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 79 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 80 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 81 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 82 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 83 Jefferey Sherstobitoff (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 84 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 41.52 85 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 48.05 Under 23 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 7.05.40 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 8.36 3 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 12.33 4 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 5 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 12.49 6 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 18.37 7 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 26.17 8 Robbie Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 26.19 9 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 28.32 10 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 11 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 34.11 12 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 36.24 13 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 14 Wouter De Groot (Ned) Netherlands National Team 38.13 15 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 16 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 41.21 17 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 18 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 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 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10 6 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 8 7 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 8 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 9 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4 11 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 13 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 14 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2 15 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 Mountains 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 18 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 5 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4
