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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 14-21, 2007
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Stage 5 - October 19: Mt Beauty - Wangaratta, 110.9km
Wilson returns to yellow in unusual circumstances
Jennings claims stage win
By John Trevorrow in Wangaratta
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Stage five of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour was a red letter day for DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed, but a disaster for the Dutch leader Joost Van Leijen. A late breakaway succeeded in holding off the field, and it was Cameron Jennings (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) who rocketed past Peter Herzig (FRF Couriers /NSW IS) with help from his team-mate Kiwi Jeremy Vennell, who finished third.
"This was my first professional win," a beaming Jennings said. "Actually I did win a small Kermesse in Belgium but this is by far my biggest thrill. I am rapt. The team was awesome today and I helped set things up for Bernie in the hill-climb and then I had to fight to get back on. It is a great day for the team."
The day wasn't quite as satisfying for the morning's leader, Joost Van Leijen, who lost the race lead to Unibet.com's Matthew Wilson in sensational and controversial circumstances. The Dutchman was stripped of the yellow jersey when he was docked 20 seconds for motor pacing back on to the peloton by his team car after a puncture at the 65-kilometre mark of a frenetic action packed stage.
The obviously distraught Van Leijen remonstrated with the officials when he was informed of the decision but refused to speak to the media.
Now we have the amazing situation of five riders within 30 seconds of the race lead. Wilson leads by 14 seconds to Swiss Steve Morabito (Astana), Van Leijen at 18 seconds, Aussie Trent Lowe (Jayco National Team) at 24 seconds followed by Frenchman Julien Mazet (Astana) at 29.
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Netherlands team manager Frank Kwanten was also extremely unhappy with the decision but was also a bit more philosophical. "Joost had punctured and when he had the wheel replaced I just took my position back in the convoy which was car number one," Kwanten said. "I drove past all the cars in the convoy and paced him back to the front of the race," Kwanten added.
"I was given a warning by the police the other day for driving too fast, this time I took it easy, maybe I should have taken Van Leijen just to the back of the convoy and let him ride the rest of the way back up to the bunch."
Kwanten unsuccessfully appealed against the 20-second time penalty, which now sees Van Leijen drop from first to third behind Wilson and Astana's Steve Morabito. South Africa-born Canadian chief commissar Wayne Pomario said the race rules are quite clear. "We as officials appointed by the UCI are being consistent. We docked Steve Morabito 20 seconds on stage two," Pomario said. "The riders know they are not allowed to be paced. Van Leijen was seen by the judges coming through the field and also by Commissar Two," he said.
"This wasn't a matter of getting back to the convoy, he was in the convoy. He had three riders at the back of the peloton and they could have gone back and assisted through the vehicles. Dominque Rollin, the sprint jersey holder, had a problem with his derailleur earlier in the day just after the hill climb at Kancoona and the peloton was going quite hard, but he wasn't paced and came through the caravan as you should. One must be fair to everybody," Pomario continued.
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While Van Leijin refused to discuss the penalty, team-mate Maint Berkenbosch was more frank. "We work our balls off all day only to lose the yellow like this. It's an absolute joke. It wouldn't happen if this was a race in Europe. At worst the commissaries there would have issued Joost with a warning for a first offence," Berkenbosch said.
New leader Matty Wilson was genuinely sorry for the Dutchman. "It is a terrible way to get the yellow jersey. I feel for the guy, and I think that when you lose time because of a mechanical mishap then there should be more leniency," Wilson said. "But it was an awesome stage and my team was just great. I reckon just about everybody in the bike race had a bash up the road today.
"Everyone was putting pressure on the Dutchman and he didn't have much of a team left around him. It worked well for us for the sprints and then he had the bad luck with the puncture. I guess it's all played into our hands," Wilson said. "I'm not ordinarily confident going into a time trial but everything's going really well. So I believe I can do it."
Baden Cooke was stoked with his best mate's performance. "It just shows how good Matty is when he stops working for the team and has the chance to go for himself," Cooke said. "Matty has put it on the line so many times for me over the years and this is just great. I wanted to put pressure on the leader early. There were so many breaks going and I saw one time when Matty got up the road with Stuey, and the Dutch team was in trouble. Then in the sprints with Jezz [Jeremy Hunt] and Jimmy [Casper] and I leading him out, well we were doing 60 kilometres an hour so there was no way anyone was coming past," Cooke said.
"This race has been full gas every day and whoever wins will really deserve it -- I just hope it's Matty."
The pace was controlled from the start by DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed with Bernard Sulzberger needing to finish in the points and ahead of Swiss Steve Morabito (Astana) as the pair was locked together on 30 points. The KOM sprint at Kancoona after 37 kilometres was the final hill-climb in the race and it was an all out battle between the Swiss and the Tasmanian. Sulzberger had too much power in the end and took the climb and the title.
How it unfolded
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The Unibet.com team threw any caution to the wind and put the hammer down after the hill climb. They were brilliant. They attacked and attacked with first Baden Cooke getting in the break and then Wilson with the Netherlands team under extreme pressure to hold it together. To their credit they managed to do so but the Dutchmen could do nothing about the awesome power of the lead-outs from Cooke, Jimmy Casper and Jeremy Hunt. With three of the fastest riders in the world taking him to the line, Wilson won both the intermediate sprints and collected six valuable seconds to put him only two seconds behind the flying Dutchman.
Soon after the second sprint at Everton at kilometre 88, the trio broke clear. Another break of ten riders chased but could not catch the flying leaders. As soon as the riders crossed the line rumours surrounding Van Leijen's situation spread throughout the Tour, and most of the cyclists did not agree with the decision.
Stuart O'Grady just shook his head when told of the penalty. "This is the Sun Tour not the Tour de France," O'Grady said. "I know rules are rules but I just think a bit of common sense and a bit of latitude could be used. I hate to see a guy lose the yellow jersey through bad luck."
Nick Gates (Jayco Australian National Team) was quick to comment. "No one wants to see the leader of the tour lose his jersey because of a time penalty, Gates said. "The guy punctured and, fair dinkum, it's done around the world that your team car takes you to the back of the convoy," Gates added.
However, that is where the Dutch manager probably made his biggest mistake. Because he paced the young Van Leijen right past all the team cars and officials and back into the peloton.
The short 8.6-kilometre time trial around Melbourne's Botanic could bring the gaps even closer. Wilson leads, but both riders snapping at his heels have received 20-second penalties. It is an unbelievable situation and it's quite staggering, that last year's dramatic finale could very likely be repeated.
Photography
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- Cameron Wurf (Bissell/SRAM) from Tasmania was in ninth position on the General Classification going into stage five
- Mark O'Brien (Drapac Porsche) catches up on all the Tour action before stage five
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) relaxes in a bean-bag before stage five began from Mount Beauty
- Yukiya Arashiro (Nippo-Meitan Latrobe City) finds another way to drink his coffee before stage five
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) signs on for stage five of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- The boys from the Astana team currently lead the Go For Your Life best team overall category
- The Astana team will have to pull their socks up if they want to get Steve Morabito into the Tour lead with three stages remaining
- Benoit Joachim (Astana) was in 29th position overall heading into stage five
- The Tour leaves Mount Beauty on the 110.9 kilometre stage to Wangaratta
- The peloton leave Mount Beauty with the difficult climb up to Falls Creek behind them
- The Tour rises up out of Mount Beauty on stage five
- Fresh from the farm… the peloton pass some local traffic on stage five
- A break opens up after the descent down the climb on Running Creek Road
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) gets hungry in the leading group
- Timothy Gudsell (Mitchelton Wines New Zealand National Team) got himself across to the lead group
- Trent Lowe (Jayco Australian National Team) is closely marked by Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) on the category three climb on stage five
- DFL/Cyclingews team manager,Eric Vanderaerden, chats with Bernard Sulzberger during stage five
- Tour leader, Joost Van Leijen (Netherlands National Team), in the peloton and holding onto an eight second lead
- Cheers to the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour: The leaders pass drinkers at a local watering hole
- Tour leader, Joost Van Leijen (Netherlands National Team), is followed by Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team), shortly after Van Leijen punctured
- The kneebones connected to the - thigh bone… The peloton pass Kneebones Lane
- Attacks on the peloton approaching the final twenty kilometres
- The winning move is made: Jeremy Vennell (DFL/Cyclingnews), teammate Cameron Jennings, and Peter Herzig (NSWIS/FRF) get the break
- Jeremy Vennell (DFL/Cyclingnews) was driving the break towards the finish with 15 kilometres remaining
- Take a bow Cameron: Cameron Jennings (DFL/Cyclingnews) wins stage fine into Wangaratta
- Jennings has been going well all week and deserved his stage victory on the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Riders head for the finish-line as Marc Ryan (Mitchelton Wines New Zealand National Team, left) picks himself up off the bitumen
- The yellow jersey, Joost Van Leijen (Natherland National Team), brings home the peloton with Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) right behind him
- DFL/Cyclingnews team manager, Eric Vanderaerden, congratulates Cameron Jennings on his win into Wangaratta
- Netherland National Team manager, Frank Kwanten (left), discusses the penalty handed down to his Tour leader with Chief Commissaire Wayne Pomario
- Cameron Jennings (DFL/Cyclingnews) speaks with commentator Matt Keenan on the podium after his stage five win
- Tasmanian Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews) has won the Savings and Loans King of the Mountains competition of the Tour
- Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) from South Australia was awarded the Volvo Most Aggressive rider's jersey on stage five
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) has found himself back in yellow and will take a fourteen second lead into the penultimate stage, a time-trial in Melbourne
Results
1 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2.30.40 (44.203 km/h) 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.08 4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 0.26 5 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 0.35 6 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 7 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 9 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.39 10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 11 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 12 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 13 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 14 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.41 15 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 16 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 18 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 19 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 20 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 21 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 22 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 23 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 24 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 25 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 26 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 27 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 28 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 29 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 30 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 31 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 32 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 33 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 34 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 35 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 36 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 36 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 38 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 39 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 40 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 41 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 42 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 43 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 44 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 45 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 46 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 47 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 48 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 49 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 50 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 51 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 52 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 53 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 54 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 55 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 56 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 57 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 58 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 59 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 60 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 61 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 62 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 63 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 64 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 65 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 66 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 67 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.02 68 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 2.09 69 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.19 70 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 71 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 72 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 73 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 74 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 2.48 75 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2.57 76 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team DNF Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed Sprint 1 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 2 Sprint 2 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 4 3 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2 Final sprint 1 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 10 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 8 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 4 5 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 2 Climb 1 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 pts 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4 3 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2 General Classification after Stage 5 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 16.08.14 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.14 3 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.18 4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.24 5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.29 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.51 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.02 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 3.53 9 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 4.05 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 4.25 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 5.44 12 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.34 13 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 10.59 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 11.53 15 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12.15 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 13.17 17 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 15.02 18 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 16.12 19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 16.19 20 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 16.24 21 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 16.25 22 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 16.38 23 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 17.05 24 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 17.48 25 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 22.41 26 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 23.26 27 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 24.32 28 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 30.02 29 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 31.47 30 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 32.38 31 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 35.01 32 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 36.34 33 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 36.50 34 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 38.07 35 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 38.22 36 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 38.43 37 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 39.19 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 39.29 39 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 40.34 40 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 40.54 41 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 42.35 42 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 44.48 43 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 45.50 44 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 46.34 45 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 46.56 46 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 47.05 47 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 47.16 48 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 49.19 49 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 52.03 50 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 52.12 51 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 52.48 52 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 53.35 53 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 53.48 54 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 54.23 55 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 54.44 56 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 54.55 57 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 56.01 58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 56.28 59 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 57.48 60 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 58.17 61 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.01.46 62 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.01.47 63 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.01.49 64 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.02.19 65 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.02.32 66 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.02.51 67 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.02.55 68 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.04.17 69 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.05.42 70 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.05.51 71 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.06.06 72 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.07.16 73 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.07.51 74 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.08.12 75 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.09.17 76 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.09.36 Mountains classification Climb 1 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 36 pts 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 34 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 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 12 7 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 10 8 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 8 9 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 10 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 4 11 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 4 12 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2 Young rider classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 16.10.16 2 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 14.22 3 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 21.24 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 28.00 5 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 32.59 6 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 38.32 7 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 42.46 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 1.02.15 14 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.03.40 15 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.05.14 Teams classification 1 Astana 48.37.34 2 Unibet.com 4.35 3 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 12.18 4 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 30.14 5 South Australia.Com - AIS 32.43 6 Netherlands National Team 34.29 7 Drapac Porsche 35.35 8 Bissell-Priority Health 41.17 9 Jayco Australian National Team 49.29 10 Savings & Loans 1.11.54 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.25.25 12 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.33.05 13 Wiesenfof-Felt 1.35.28 14 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 2.04.13
