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56th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 14-21, 2007
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Stage 6 - October 20: Melbourne ITT, 8.6km
Wilson hangs on by seconds
Great showdown guaranteed
By John Trevorrow in Melbourne
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Australian journeyman Matt Wilson clings to a three second lead after the time trial in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, over Swiss Steve Morabito. All is set for one of the greatest duels ever seen on Australian roads - well, not since last year anyway - with three riders within 14 seconds. Considering the 16 seconds in time bonuses up for grabs in the final stage a great showdown is guaranteed.
Morabito (Astana) sprinted around the 8.6-kilometre technical course in the fastest time of 11 minutes and 43 seconds, just two seconds faster than Aussie Trent Lowe (Jayco Australian National Team). But it wasn't fast enough to wrestle the leader's jersey off Wilson (Unibet) who pulled out a great ride to only drop 11 seconds on the speedy Swiss and retained the golden fleece.
"It was great to get a second stage win this week," Morabito said. When asked did he rue the 20-second penalty imposed on him after stage two, Morabito added "It was more the seconds I lost to Wilson on stage one into Nagambie. The penalty I soon forgot. This has been a very good bike race and Wilson is a very strong bike rider and I'm sure of that. I've also shown that I am a strong rider in winning the time trial. I guess I'll have to be aggressive and try something," the Swiss said.
Wilson was elated when he realised he had managed to hold on to the coveted yellow jersey. "I knew if I was in yellow at the end of the time trial, they'll have trouble getting me out of it. This whole Tour I've shocked myself," a beaming Wilson said. "I went out hard and felt that I'd loaded up my legs a bit and that's always been my problem in time trials. I just seem to go out a bit hard and can't bring it home and I didn't feel I was on top of it the whole time, but then coming in I had a couple of positive calls. I just put my head down as I was very, very excited.
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"I didn't wear an ear piece today because I didn't want to be distracted," Wilson added. "Everyone was so supportive all around the course. I had all my family and friends from years gone past, all giving me tremendous support." Wilson was full of praise for the awesome job his team have done all week. "They have done such an unbelievable job. With Baden and me up in the GC most of the week, there have been just three guys who have virtually controlled this race. "So I've got nothing but confidence in them in controlling it on the final stage. Barring any mishap we should be right."
When asked what it meant for him to finish the Tour in yellow given he is out of contract, Wilson said: "It will be a dream come true to win this event, especially after the trouble I've been through the last couple of years. But the fact I've got no contract for next year comes secondary."
Having ridden his first Herald Sun Tour as an 18 year-old Wilson was asked if he thought he could win it. "Never, never," he replied. Wilson said the Unibet.com team had been doing most of the attacking in this race, so now it'd up to the others. When pressed about tomorrow's tactics, he said "I'll be following Morabito's every move."
With Wilson and Morabito so close, and Lowe jumping up to third at 14 seconds, the two intermediate sprints worth three seconds for the win, and the final stage win dangling a 10-second bonus, will guarantee an intriguing battle. "That's the best I've felt all week," Lowe said. "I probably went a bit too hard up the climb and I paid for it in a couple of the flat spots, but you don't want to come home with something left in the tank. It's been good this week; it's a pity that I missed the split on day two, I guess that was the Tour." When informed he had moved into third place in GC, Lowe said: "That makes me feel a bit better, it would have been nice to have gotten a stage win after getting so close today, but I left nothing out on the road."
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The lanky Dutchman Joost Van Leijen has now dropped one spot to fourth at 23 seconds with Frenchman Julien Mazat fifth at 39 seconds. It will be nigh on impossible for these guys to win from here as they will need to break clear and it is unlikely the Unibet and Astana squads are going to let that happen.
And they say history never repeats. Well, just like last year's sensational finale, each of the leading riders has a world class sprinter as a team-mate. Morabito has super fast Aussie Aaron Kemps, while Wilson has Baden Cooke, Jimmy Casper and Jeremy Hunt who are also awesomely quick, and it won't hurt Lowe to have the brilliant tactical nous of Jayco team-mate Stuart O'Grady lining things up from the front.
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Kemps was already thinking about tomorrow. "I looked after my legs a bit today as I want to go for the stage win tomorrow, but the objective is going to be different. We're going for the win in the GC [and] if we play our cards right we can come up with the victory. It's going to be an exciting day. Its amazing that's its come down to just three seconds after seven days of racing. It is still going to be very hard to beat Matty Wilson. He's very motivated, everything has been going his way this week, and obviously it is going to be hard to get the three seconds off him as he's also a pretty good sprinter."
O'Grady finished 19 seconds down, but wasn't feeling too hot on the day. "I didn't have the power of the punch, I had the pedal speed but when I knew I should have been punching it up the hill, I had to settle into a rhythm. I just didn't have the big power that I needed. I didn't actually get a chance to see the course before hand, which was a first. It was lucky that Davo [Dave Sanders] yelled out or I would have missed the first corner. There was definitely a couple of situations where I came over the crest of a hill where I didn't have any idea, going left, right or straight ahead. My last couple of time trials haven't been sensational, and I wasn't laying it down today for anybody. So I guess I was cornering a bit like grandma."
But realistically it is a two horse race. Lowe, as impressive as he has been this week, is unlikely to gain the sprint bonuses. The former national road champion is at the cross roads of his career and there is no doubt that Wilson wants this win desperately. It is going to be a knock 'em down, no holds barred duel and it will almost certainly come down to the final sprint of the tour.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Brett Tivers (Mitchelton Wines New Zealand National Team) climbs Anderson Street during the stage six time-trial in Melbourne
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) receives plenty of support from his team-car during his ride against the clock
- Jimmy Caspar (Unibet.com) corners on St.Kilda Road with the Melbourne CBD in the background
- A Melbourne tram driver gets a good view Stuart Shaw's (Drapac Porsche) ride against the clock
- Stage five winner, Cameron Jennings (DFL/Cyclingnews), hits the finish-line in Melbourne's Botanical Gardens
- Eric Wohlberg (Bicycle Superstore Canada) grits his teeth and goes for it speeding into the home-straight
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com / AIS) throws his bike at the line: Clarke finished 12th on the stage
- Trent Lowe (Jayco Australian National Team) in-front of a great crowd in the home-straight in Melbourne
- Steve Morabito (Astana) looks for another stage win and edges closer to the Tour leader, Matt Wilson (Unibet.com)
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) drives for the line and holds onto a slender lead in the Tour of just three seconds
- An exhausted Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) after crossing the line and retaining the Tour leader's yellow jersey
- An elated Unibet.com teammate, Baden Cooke, greets Tour leader Matt Wilson after his ride agains the clock in Melbourne
- Great mates: Tour leader Matt Wilson (L) and Baden Cooke of the Unibet.com team hug each other after Wilson's ride kept him in yellow
- Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) from Victoria goes through many emotions and realises his greatest win is just a day away
- Media converge on Tour leader Matt Wilson in-front of his Unibet.com team tent after he retained the yellow jersey of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Stage winner Steve Morabito (Astana) trails Unibet.com's Matt Wilson by just three seconds heading into the final day's racing in Melbourne
Images by Fiona Carnibella
- What can we say, go Japan! Koji Fukushima (Nippo - Meitan Latrobe) trying to eat some good Aussie bugs...
- Zach Bell (Canadian National Team) showed some Canadian strength, finishing 12 seconds back in seventh
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) just missed out on the top 10.
- Tom Zirbal, another American from the Priority Health team, finished inside the top 10.
- American Ben Jacques-Maynes was on fire, finishing just 4 seconds off the pace in third place.
- Stuart Shaw ensured a strong performance by Australia's Drapac Porsche team, finishing 17th today.
- Englishman Daniel Lloyd (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) sneaks into the top 10, finishing ninth, 15 seconds back.
- Aaron Kemps (Astana) put in a solid effort to finish just outside the top 10 today in 12th position.
- Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) is hardly recognisable without the Australian national champion's jersey on, but is equally impressive, finishing fourth just four seconds adrift.
- Cameron Wurf (Bissell-Priority Health) from the USA rode well finishing 15th today, 24 seconds down.
- Black and white: Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS), leader of the young rider classifaction, shows off his white jersey which is firmly on his shoulders.
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) finished eighth, 14 seconds down on Morabito
- Moving up to third overall was Trent Lowe (Australian National Team), with second in the ITT just two seconds back
- Joost Van Leijen (Netherlands National Team) lost his oveall third place in the technical TT, droping 17 seconds to the leader.
- Winner of today's ITT, Steve Morabito maintains his second place overall for Astana.
- Tour Leader Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) did enough to hold onto the overall lead in the 8.6km ITT.
Images by Gary Newvine
- Australia's John Ebeling (FRF Couriers-NSWIS) starts his ride.
- Brett Tivers (Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand) gets a good start.
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) heads out.
- Australia's Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) corners in his first Time Trial since July's Tour de France.
- The television crew keeps a close eye on Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team).
- The SouthAustralia.com-AIS team has had a good week in Victoria.
- Benoit Joachim (Astana) finished 73rd in the ITT.
- Dutch rider Joost Van Leijen (Netherlands National Team) remains in the top 10.
- Swiss rider Steve Morabito (Astana) won the sixth stage.
- Matthew Wilson (Unibet.com) fights to hold on to his race lead...
- ...and does so by three seconds.
Images by Veeral Patel
- Canadian Ryan Anderson (Bicycle Superstore) zipping around the bend finishing 60th.
- Brett Aitken (Savings & Loan) finishes 45th.
- Zachary Bell (Bicycle Superstore), in the red, powered home in seventh spot.
- Stuart O'Grady (Jayco Australian National Team) finishes 11th.
- Richard England (Bissell-Priority Health) finishes 25th.
- Trent Lowe (Jayco Australian National Team) finished second to Steve Morabito (Astana) by two seconds.
- Steve Morabito (Astana) crusing along the Yarra river as he claims Stage 6 victory.
Results
1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 11.32 (44.739 km/h) 2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.02 3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 0.04 4 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 0.07 6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 0.11 7 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.12 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.14 9 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.15 10 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.17 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.19 12 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.21 13 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.22 14 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 0.24 15 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 0.24 16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.26 17 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.27 18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 19 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.29 20 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.32 21 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.33 23 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.35 24 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 25 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 26 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 0.36 27 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.38 28 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 0.40 29 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.41 30 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 31 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 32 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 33 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.43 34 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.44 36 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.46 37 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 0.48 38 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 0.49 39 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.50 40 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 41 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 0.51 42 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.52 43 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 0.55 44 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.57 45 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.58 46 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 0.59 47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 48 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.00 49 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 1.01 50 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 1.02 51 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 52 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.03 53 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.05 54 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 55 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 1.06 56 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 57 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.07 58 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 59 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.09 60 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.11 61 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.12 62 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 1.13 63 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 64 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 65 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.14 66 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.15 67 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 1.16 68 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.20 69 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.21 70 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.26 71 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.28 72 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.32 73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 1.38 74 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.00 75 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 2.27 DNS Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Teams 1 Bissell-Priority Health 35.10 2 Astana 0.20 3 Jayco Australian National Team 0.45 4 South Australia.Com - AIS 0.46 5 Drapac Porsche 0.47 6 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 0.50 7 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 8 Unibet.com 0.51 9 Netherlands National Team 1.00 10 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.19 11 Savings & Loans 1.38 12 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.45 13 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 2.13 14 Wiesenfof-Felt 2.39 General Classification after Stage 6 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 16.19.57 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.03 3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 0.14 4 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.23 5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.39 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.53 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.11 8 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 4.18 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 4.30 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 5.04 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 6.08 12 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.27 13 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Netherlands National Team 11.26 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 12.26 15 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12.50 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 13.39 17 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 15.38 18 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 16.16 19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 16.50 20 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 17.03 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 17.10 22 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 17.15 23 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 17.19 24 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 18.01 25 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 22.57 26 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 23.56 27 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 24.25 28 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 30.47 29 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 33.13 30 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 33.42 31 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 35.21 32 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 37.13 33 Camiel Denis (Ned) Netherlands National Team 37.14 34 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 38.02 35 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 39.12 36 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 39.37 38 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 41.23 39 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 41.35 40 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 41.51 41 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 43.29 42 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 45.36 43 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 46.19 44 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 47.30 45 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 47.40 46 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 47.53 47 Nick Gates (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 50.20 48 Richard England (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 52.27 49 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 52.28 50 Brett Tivers (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 53.46 51 John Ebeling (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 54.31 52 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 54.43 53 Zachary Bell (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 54.55 54 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 55.02 55 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 55.10 56 Peter Mueller (Aus) Savings & Loans 57.11 57 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 57.30 58 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Netherlands National Team 58.48 59 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 59.09 60 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.02.30 61 Brett Aitken (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.02.35 62 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.03.02 63 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.03.10 64 Marc Ryan (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.03.19 65 Jason Allen (NZl) Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.03.34 66 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.03.36 67 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.05.26 68 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.06.44 69 Craig Mccartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.07.09 70 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.07.40 71 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.08.15 72 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.09.07 73 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.09.11 74 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.09.57 75 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 1.10.11 Sprint classification 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 30 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 30 3 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 12 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 12 5 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 12 6 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12 7 Peter Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 12 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 10 9 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 10 10 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Netherlands National Team 8 11 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 8 12 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 6 13 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 6 15 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 6 16 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 6 17 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6 18 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 20 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 4 21 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 4 23 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 24 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Bissell-Priority Health 2 25 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 26 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell-Priority Health 2 27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 2 28 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 2 Mountains classification 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 16.22.08 2 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 14.52 3 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 21.45 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 28.36 5 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 33.10 6 Tom Middleton (Aus) Savings & Loans 39.40 7 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Jayco Australian National Team 43.25 8 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 52.59 9 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.00.51 10 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.00.59 11 Casey Munro (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.01.25 12 Wim Botman (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.03.15 13 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1.04.33 14 Ryan Anderson (Can) Bicycle Superstore -Canada 1.06.04 Teams classification 1 Astana 49.13.04 2 Unibet.com 5.07 3 Bicycle Superstore -Canada 12.50 4 DFL Cyclingnews Litespeed 30.45 5 South Australia.Com - AIS 33.10 6 Netherlands National Team 35.10 7 Drapac Porsche 36.02 8 Bissell-Priority Health 40.58 9 Jayco Australian National Team 49.55 10 Savings & Loans 1.13.13 11 FRF Couriers-NSWIS 1.26.51 12 Mitchelton Wines - New Zealand 1.34.05 13 Wiesenfof-Felt 1.37.48 14 Nippo - Meitan Latrobe 2.06.06
