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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 12-18, 2008
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Stage 6 - October 18: Melbourne Criterium, 66km
O'Grady takes Tour title on his version of the Champs Elysees
Impey first South African to win a stage
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South African Daryl Impey won the stage, creating history by becoming the first South African to claim a stage win, but this was of little consequence to O'Grady, who crossed the line 30 seconds behind the leader. O'Grady came into the final stage with a 17-second advantage over his Danish teammate Lars Bak and 19 seconds clear of Ben Day from Toyota-United.
With little chance of Day being able to take time on O'Grady, a breakaway group of three, which included Daryl Impey (Barloworld), Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) and David Kemp (Virgin Blue Australia) broke clear in the early stages of the 66km criterium.
The main peloton was controlled by CSC Saxo Bank, which was were content to let the break have the day as none of the three were within striking distance of O'Grady. As the Toyota-United team began to chase the leading three begun to crumble as Kemp was dropped with less than five laps to go.
Jongewaard and Impey survived and battled out the sprint finish. After having done the majority of the pace making over the final laps Impey collected the first win of his career. Jongewaard got second and Kemp was swallowed up by the peloton, which was led home by CSC's Matthew Goss. Goss got third on the stage to secure the Budget Forklifts green sprinters jersey.
For O'Grady , at 35 years of age, the overall victory comes after one of the most successful years in his career despite it having been spent at the service of others and he expressed relief when he finally crossed the line. "It feels bloody fantastic. They put yellow handlebar tape on and I was like 'woo, hey I haven't won yet'," O'Grady said. "You want to cross the finish line and get the job done and in bike racing anything can happen, that's the beauty of the sport. I was expecting a little more attacking but I think the guys have had a pretty tough hard week and everyone had conceded that the placings were done."
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O'Grady praised his team once again. "But again the boys just got on the front. I asked Brad for one last big effort and then he'd never have to hurt his legs again. I think relief is a pretty good word." O'Grady was referring to teammate Brad McGee, who hung up the bike after the race – he will remain with CSC as team director in 2009.
O'Grady vowed to return after he rode last year's event - when he made his comeback to racing after a horrific crash in the 2007 Tour de France and had nothing but praise for the event. "I came back last year and I was shocked with how good the race was run," O'Grady said.
"When I went back [after the 2007 edition] I said to the boys, man that was a really good race, with good atmosphere, fantastic areas of Australia, which I'd never seen before, five star accommodation in towns I'd never heard of, the whole package is good. It's short, sharp racing, it's entertaining and it's bloody hard. But I also said if I come back with half a bit of form I reckon I can win it and here we are."
With teammate Brad McGee riding his last race, after a career spanning four Olympic campaigns, O'Grady was positive about the future of Australian cycling. "Cycling at the moment in Australia has got to be close to as good as it's ever been for a long time," the Suntour winner said.
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"We've got Cadel up there going for the win in the Tour de France. We've kind of covered all the bases in the Classics. We've got Robbie [McEwen] and Cookie [Baden Cooke] and those guys popping off sprints. In time trials we've got Mick Rogers. We've just got such a good group of Australian cyclists. Hopefully [here] the young guys can learn something off me and it can help them develop. I'm not saying they should follow everything I do but if they pick up a few percent then that should be beneficial."
On the topic of his future O'Grady showed no signs of slowing down, with Paris-Roubaix a clear objective. "The problem is now I've won one I want another one," O'Grady said of the hell of the north. "Now I've got the Roubaix bug so I'm going to have to keep going so I can get another one." And the five-time Olympian didn't rule out London in 2012 saying "I'll never say never."
The Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 classification was secured by Wes Sulzberger from Tasmania (SouthAustralia.com-AIS). CSC Saxo Bank's Matthew Goss secured the Budget Forklift sprint points classification. The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey went to Matt Wilson (Team Type-1).
The 'Go for your life' team classification was won by the Barloworld team who also collected two stage wins for the Tour with Impey today and Cooke into Marysville on stage three. The Volvo most aggressive rider on the final stage was Daryl Impey.
Photography
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- Pre-race drinks in Lygon Street for the final stage of the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
- Brothers in arms: Rod McGee (left) hands over the team-car keys to brother Brad who will be doing a little more driving now as director sportif for team CSC-Saxo Bank.
- Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) drives the peloton again in the final stage on Lygon Street in Carlton.
- Tour leader Stuart O'Grady (yellow) is safely tucked away in the peloton with his CSC-Saxo Bank teammates during the final stage of the tour.
- The peloton head up Lygon Street during the final stage around a 1.9 kilometre circuit in Carlton just a 20 minute walk from Melbourne's CBD.
- A leading trio got away early in the stage (L-R): Daryl Impey (Barloworld), Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) and David Kemp (Virgin Blue Australian National Team).
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) corners on his way to victory in the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
- Richie Porte (Praties) finished in the top-ten on GC and continued the rise of Tasmanian riders in the sport.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) leans around a corner on the streets of Carlton during the final day of the tour.
- Jonathon Lovelock (Virgin Blue Australian National Team) in the city of Melbourne for the final day of the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
- Jono Clarke (Toyota United) leads his Canadian teammate Dominique Rollin back in the chasing peloton.
- The peloton corner at the top of the home straight in Lygon Street .
- Three became two: Daryl Impey (Barloworld) grimaces on the front as he drags Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) in the lead break after losing David Kemp (Virgin Blue Australian National Team).
- David Kemp (Virgin Blue Australian National Team) gets a round of applause from fans after his great effort in the leading trio.
- My turn to grimace: Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) gets on the front for the bell-lap as Daryl Impey (Barloworld) takes a breather.
- South African Daryl Impey (Barloworld) takes out the final stage of the tour in Melbourne.
- Daryl Impey (Barloworld) finished ninth the day before in the time-trial and felt good again for the final day to secure a stage victory.
- Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) brings home the peloton and his teammate and tour winner Stuart O'Grady (third from right).
- Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) makes one last adjustment of the shades on the bike after completing his last race on the road.
- Stage winner Daryl Impey is congratulated by Barloworld team-manager Valerio Tebaldi (right) in Lygon Street.
- An exhausted David Kemp is comforted by wife Tess on Lygon Street after his gallant effort in the leading trio.
- The final stage winner of the tour, Daryl Impey (Barloworld) from South Africa.
- Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) took home the Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains Champion's jersey from the tour.
- You ripper: Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) took out the Budget Forklifts Sprint Points Championship of the tour.
- Another Tasmanian: Wes Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com) was awarded the Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 rider of the tour.
- The final stage Volvo Most Aggressive rider jersey went to Daryl Impey of the Barloworld team.
- It's all over: Brad McGee (left) and brother Rod share a moment at the presentations after the completion to the tour in Melbourne.
- Cheers Stuey: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) is wrapped to be spraying the champers on the podium in Carlton after winning the tour.
- It's not a rock, but not bad just the same: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) with the trophy of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
- Champagne shower: Tour winner Stuart O'Grady hides behind his trophy whilst other jersey winners from the tour start the party.
- Sign here please: Tour champion Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) signs a poster of himself for a fan in Carlton.
- A popular winner: Stuart O'Grady is surrounded by fans after the presentations in Carlton.
Images by Richard Robson / ClearImages Photography
- Bradley McGee (CSC Saxo Bank) rides to 55th overall before making the move from racer to director sportif.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC Saxo Bank) would keep yellow for the overall win in the last day of racing.
- Stuart O'Grady and Bradley McGee, two CSC Saxo Bank teammates.
- Stuart O'Grady goes for it on his way to the overall win.
- Daryl Impey (Team Barloworld) wins the final stage of the Herald Sun Tour
Images by Wojtek Kalinowski
- Stuart O'Grady enjoyed the last day of the Tour as he kept his yellow jersey.
- O'Grady stayed safely in the bunch.
- O'Grady brings home the team's hard work and fulfilled his dream of winning the Sun Tour.
Results
1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 1.31.23 (43.333 km/h) 2 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 0.04 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.30 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 5 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 7 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 8 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 10 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 11 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 12 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 13 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 14 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 16 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 18 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.34 19 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 20 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 21 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 22 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 23 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 24 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 26 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 27 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 28 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 29 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 30 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 0.38 31 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 32 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 0.39 33 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 34 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 0.45 35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 0.53 36 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 1.00 37 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 38 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 1.41 39 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 3.41 40 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 5.41 41 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 42 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 43 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 44 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 45 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 46 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 47 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 48 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 49 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 7.41 50 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 51 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 52 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 53 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 54 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 55 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 56 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 57 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 9.41 58 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 59 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 60 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 61 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 11.41 DNF Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNF Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia DNF Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia DNF Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia DNF William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS DNF Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS DNF Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank DNF David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans DNF Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans DNF Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans DNF Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties DNF Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche DNF Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche DNF Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNF Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United DNF Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United DNF Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan DNF Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic DNF Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic DNF Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada DNF Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada DNF Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada DNF Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand DNF Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand Points 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10 pts 2 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 8 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 6 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 4 5 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 Sprint 1 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 6 pts 2 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 4 3 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 2 Sprint 2 1 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 6 pts 2 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 4 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 2 Final general classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 14.20.49 2 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.17 3 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 0.23 4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.52 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.58 6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 1.04 7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 1.04 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 1.18 9 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 1.27 10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 1.34 11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 1.38 12 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.53 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.22 14 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 2.50 15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.57 16 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 3.35 17 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.04 18 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.21 19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6.33 20 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 9.15 21 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10.41 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 11.21 23 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 11.29 24 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 12.07 25 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 12.37 26 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 12.41 27 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 13.36 28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 13.45 29 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 16.35 30 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 17.57 31 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 20.06 32 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 20.15 33 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 23.11 34 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24.28 35 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 27.38 36 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 28.42 37 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 28.48 38 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 28.53 39 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 28.53 40 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 30.38 41 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 30.48 42 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 31.07 43 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 31.29 44 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 33.26 45 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 34.02 46 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 34.21 47 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 34.37 48 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 34.52 49 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 35.12 50 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 35.43 51 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 36.05 52 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 36.16 53 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 37.27 54 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 39.19 55 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 45.15 56 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 48.47 57 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 54.12 58 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 56.56 59 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 58.21 60 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 58.49 61 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 1.08.00 Points classification 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 28 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 22 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 20 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 18 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 18 6 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 16 7 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 12 8 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 12 9 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 10 10 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 10 11 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 10 12 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 10 13 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 8 14 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6 15 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6 16 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 4 17 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4 18 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 19 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 20 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 4 21 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2 22 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 23 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2 24 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 25 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 26 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United -1 27 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank -5 28 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand -5 Mountains classification 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 40 pts 2 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 30 3 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 24 4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 24 5 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 22 6 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 18 7 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 16 8 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 8 9 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 4 11 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 Young rider classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 14.23.11 2 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 1.13 3 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.42 4 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.58 5 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 10.15 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 10.18 7 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 22.06 8 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 25.15 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 28.45 10 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 33.54 11 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 46.25 12 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 54.34 13 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 55.59 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 43.07.29 2 Drapac Porsche Development Program 3.07 3 Southaustralia.com-AIS 6.58 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.29 5 Team Type 1 20.40 6 Virgin Blue Australian National (Australia) 22.51 7 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 27.22 8 Praties 27.28 9 Aisan Racing Team 30.45 10 Savings & Loans Cycling Team 30.55 11 Panasonic (Australia) 35.54 12 Budget Forklifts (Australia) 55.45 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.00.10 14 Yes Optus Shop New Zealand (New Zealand) 1.05.07
