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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 12-18, 2008
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Cooke finally gets home first
Dramatic day as O'Grady stays in yellow and McGee barely survives
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After playing second fiddle on two occasions in sprint finishes Baden Cooke finally took the honours on stage three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. Cooke, riding for Barloworld, had been edged out by early Tour leader Matt Goss (CSC Saxo Bank) on the opening two days, but atoned in a desperate scramble to the line in Marysville.
It was Cooke's second victory in the Victorian ski village, having won the same stage on his birthday in 2005. In a dramatic finish, Cooke had to survive protests from second place finisher Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United), Jeremy Yates (Yes Optus Shop – New Zealand), who was fourth, and sixth placed William Walker (Virgin Blue Australia) before officially being declared the winner.
Overnight leader Stuart O'Grady finished fifth on the stage to extend his overall lead to 16 seconds as his CSC Saxo Bank teammate Brad McGee had to receive specially dispensation from the commissaries after finishing outside the time limit. McGee, who is riding the last race of a decorated career will be allowed to start tomorrow, but faces a big battle up Mt Buller if he is to extend his racing days to the weekend.
Cooke put the confusion in the finish down to his previous experience in Marysville, saying when he has come into Marysville before it was from a different direction.
"I spun around the corner at 200m to go in perfect position and then went to turn up the hill. I went to go left and then saw the finish line on the right so I had to cut back. My first thoughts were that I was going to crash. I didn't think I was going to make it back on the right side of the barrier and then when I actually saw that I had enough left to win I was very happy."
The former green jersey winner from the Tour de France said racing on home soil always spurs him on. "I came into this a bit unsure of my form because I've only done two races since the Tour de France through sickness and injury," the 30-year-old Cooke explained. "I wouldn't have been surprised if I was completely useless here so it's amazing what your mind can do when you're on your home territory because you've got a bit of determination."
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After his couple of near misses in previous stages Cooke enjoyed the more difficult terrain saying "I knew that if I was going to win it was going to be a harder stage. I'm not a super high-end quick sprinter, I'm a strong sprinter, so it's the tough races that I win."
O'Grady on the defense
The 137km stage, from Warragul to Marysville, saw the peloton tackle the first major climb of the race with the 29km category one climb to Camberville followed by the descent to the finish with speed approaching 100kph. "Both wheels were skipping around a few corners so it was pretty fast," Stuart O'Grady said of the final descent.
O'Grady's CSC Saxo Bank teammates were forced to chase the early breakaway of the day, containing Jonny Clarke (Toyota-United) and Gordon McCauley (Yes Optus Shop – New Zealand), who had a lead of one minute and 20 seconds at the bottom of the final climb.
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The reaction in the peloton came from William Ford (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) who rode across to the front. He quickly dropped Clarke and McCauley before being joined by Jeremy Yates. With the help of his team O'Grady closed down the gaps to defend his overall race lead and finished fifth on the stage but didn't have it all his own way.
"I was in a spot of bother on that last climb and Matty (Matt Goss) came through with some great work," O'Grady said. "The whole team did a fantastic effort. There's only five of us here so everyone has got to pull out 100 per cent. The guys wanted to put on a pretty good pace to try and put us under as much pressure as possible to then attack us in the last 10km of the climb. I was pretty happy to let them go and do my own rhythm. I know my maximum level and I just got to that and held it and then got back on just over the top. Then the last 10km down to here was pretty mad."
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McGee in trouble at the end of the road
In what was the most dramatic day of racing so far in this year's race the career of Brad McGee (CSC Saxo Bank) almost came to a premature end. McGee, who is retiring at the end of the race, was in difficulty on the climb suffering from a sore knee and stomach problems. The 32-year-old crossed the line 22 minutes 36 seconds behind the stage winner, which was two minutes outside the elimination time. Following a visit to the race doctor, the chief commissaire agreed that McGee could continue for tomorrow's gut-busting climb to the summit of Mt Buller.
In the battle for the overall leader's yellow jersey O'Grady extended his advantage to 16 seconds, with Will Routley (Bicycle Superstore Canada) climbing into second place. Matt Goss (CSC Saxo Bank) moved back into the lead of the Budget Forklift sprint points classification. The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey moved across to Matt Wilson (Team Type-1), who won the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
The Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 category leader's jersey stays with Simon Clarke (South-Australia.com-AIS), who has also moved into third in the general classification. Gordon McCauley (Yes Optus Shop – New Zealand was awarded the Volvo most aggressive rider on the stage.
Tomorrow's stage four goes from Alexandra to Mt Buller, over 115.4km.
Stage 3 - October 15: Warragul to Marysville, 137.1km
Photography
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- Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) with the newly released Carbo Shotz …eighty mils of caffeine
- Hilton Clarke (Toyota United) with brother Jono in tow… Clarke will be one to watch out for in the final stage of the tour in Lygon street
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) was wearing three hats in Warragul prior to stage three, Bak is within striking distance of the tour lead
- Tour leader Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) signs on in Warragul prior to stage three
- Australian cycling stars, Brad McGee (right) and Stuart O'Grady of team CSC-Saxo Bank in action during stage three
- The peloton roll past an interested onlooker near Warragul just after the start to stage three
- Leigh Howard (Virgin Blue Australian National Team) is the current Scody Cup National Cycling Series champion
- The field in a relaxed moment just after the start to stage three in Warragul
- A tour commissaire keeps watch on an early break on stage three
- A small group try to escape the peloton's clutches in the first thirty kilometres of stage three
- Patrick Shaw (Virgin Blue Australian National Team) gives the tour his approval during a lull in stage three
- Fabio Calabria passes some energy gel to Team Type 1 teammate Glen Chadwick in the peloton
- Hugo Sabido (right) and Baden Cooke of team Barloworld are key players in the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Cameraman Rob Buckell designates his moto-pilot Graeme Chitterdon (left) to carry the tripod after filming the tour going by near Warburton
- Australian cycling legend Phil Anderson snaps the tour as it passes by in Yarra Junction
- The tour roll through on their 137 kilometre stage from Warragul to Marysville
- Jono Clarke (Toyota United) leads Gordon McCauley (Yes Optus Shop New Zealand) in a break that got out to one-and-a-half minutes before the final climb
- Gordon McCauley (Yes Optus Shop New Zealand) checks out the race-map in the leading break heading towards Marysville
- The chasing peloton head past (Lance) Armstrong Creek road nearing the final twenty kilometres of the stage
- William Ford (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) gathered in the leading duo and went straight past them closing in on the finish
- Sprint points leader Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) was working hard in the hills for his tour leader Stuart O'Grady
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) out of the saddle on the final climb and looking to hold onto his tour lead after three stages
- William Ford (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) was joined by another Yes Optus Shop New Zealand rider in the lead approaching the final fifteen kilometres
- It’s a mad rush to the finish-line in Marysville for the completion to stage three of the tour
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) wins stage three in Marysville where he won a stage before in 2005 on his birthday
- Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) is escorted away from the finish after finishing outside the time limit, however McGee will continue the tour thanks to commissaires discretion
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) explains his near miss in the sprint to the line in Marysville
- Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) will carry the Budget Forklifts Sprint leader's jersey into stage four of the tour
- Stuart O'Grady was commending his CSC-Saxo Bank teammates for their efforts so far on the tour with only five riders out of seven taking their place on the startline
- Tour leader Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) is interviewed by media under the banner in Marysville
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 3.27.42 (39.605 km/h) 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 6 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 7 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 11 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 12 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 13 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 14 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 15 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 16 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 17 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.04 18 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.06 19 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.21 20 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 21 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 0.54 22 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 23 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 25 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 27 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 28 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 29 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 30 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 1.09 31 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.24 32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 1.26 33 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.30 34 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 1.41 35 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 36 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 37 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 1.57 38 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 5.33 39 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 40 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 41 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 42 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 5.36 43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 7.17 44 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 8.03 45 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 46 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 10.48 47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 11.05 48 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 49 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 12.18 50 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 13.11 51 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 52 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 53 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 54 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 55 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 56 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 57 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 58 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 60 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 61 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 62 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 63 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 64 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 65 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 66 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 67 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 13.20 68 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 13.26 69 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 18.31 70 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 18.35 71 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 72 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 73 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 74 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 75 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 76 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 77 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 78 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 79 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 80 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 81 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 82 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 83 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 84 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 85 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 86 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 87 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 22.36 General classification after stage 3 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 9.19.52 2 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 0.16 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.20 5 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 0.34 7 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 0.35 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 0.37 9 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.46 10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 0.49 11 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.50 12 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 13 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 14 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 17 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 18 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.54 19 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 1.14 20 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.44 21 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 22 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 23 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 24 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 26 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.04 27 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.14 28 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 2.19 29 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.20 30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.31 31 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 32 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 33 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 2.47 34 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 6.07 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 6.23 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 37 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 6.26 38 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 8.07 39 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 8.48 40 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 8.53 41 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 11.38 42 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 43 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 11.55 44 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 13.25 45 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 13.31 46 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 13.59 47 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 14.01 48 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 49 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 50 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 51 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 52 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 53 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 55 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 56 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 57 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 58 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 14.03 59 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 16.28 60 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.43 61 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 17.07 62 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 17.16 63 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 17.48 64 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 18.08 65 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 18.55 66 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 19.19 67 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 19.23 68 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 19.25 69 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 70 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 71 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 72 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 73 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 74 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 75 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 21.19 76 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 21.55 77 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 27.38 78 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 29.00 79 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 33.02 80 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 33.22 81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 34.53 82 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 34.57 83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 84 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 42.26 85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 44.58 86 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 48.34 Points classification 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 22 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 22 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 20 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 18 5 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 12 6 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 12 7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 10 8 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 8 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6 10 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6 11 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 4 12 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4 13 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 14 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 15 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 4 16 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2 17 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 18 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 Mountains classification 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 40 pts 2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 24 3 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 22 4 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 16 5 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 8 6 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 4 8 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 Best U23 classification 1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 12.20.08 2 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 0.34 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.28 5 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 6 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.48 7 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.04 8 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.15 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 6.07 10 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 11.22 11 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 11.39 12 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 13.45 13 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 13.47 14 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 16.12 15 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.27 16 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 17.00 17 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 17.52 18 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 21.39 19 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 27.22 20 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 32.46 21 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 34.41 22 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 42.10 23 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 44.42 Teams classification 1 Barloworld (Italy) 28.01.36 2 SouthAustralia.com-AIS (Australia) 0.21 3 Bicycle Superstore Canada (Canada) 0.54 4 Drapac Porsche (Australia) 0.58 5 Savings & Loans (Australia) 2.37 6 Aisan (Japan) 4.17 7 CSC-Saxo Bank (Denmark) 4.57 8 Virgin Blue Australian National (Australia) 9.57 9 Team Type-1 (USA) 11.03 10 Praties (Australia) 14.31 11 Toyota-United (USA) 18.35 12 Yes Optus Shop New Zealand (New Zealand) 21.44 13 Panasonic (Australia) 23.24 14 Budget Forklifts (Australia) 26.31 15 Jelly Belly (USA) 33.57
