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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1

Australia, October 12-18, 2008

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Stage 2 - October 14: Inverloch to Warragul, 118.1km

CSC continues in control

O'Grady wins stage

By Cyclingnews staff

Numero uno: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) takes out stage two
Photo ©: Shane Goss
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Stuart O'Grady has made a career from often being the strongest in a pack and proving his mettle in the final kilometres. It has netted him wins in some of the world's biggest races and today's second stage of the Sun Tour was no exception. CSC Saxo Bank's experienced captain burst out of the field in the finale in Warragul to take his fourth stage win at this race and the overall lead.

The stage was made for a rider such as O'Grady - someone who can stick with the right move all day and have the legs to capitalise on the tiring bodies of those around him. That's how the day eventuated, and throughout the 118.1km from the seaside town of Iverloch the attacks were constant. The terrain along the Victorian coastline gave rise to the punchy, tough style that O'Grady thrives on, although he was made to work hard for the win.

"My last win was Paris-Roubaix; I only win the big ones," O’Grady said after the finish. "It’s been a long time. Pretty much every other race, like Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, I ride for a teammate. Even in the last couple of days I’ve been working for the little whipper snapper in Gossy [Matt Goss] but it’s nice to be out there and going hard and to win."

His team-mate, Matt Goss, has taken the first two day's honours and wore the leader's jersey throughout the stage; it can be argued that the Tasmanian is a junior version of his compatriot - both have a fast finish and are deadly in a small group as they have the strength to match the speed in a tactical finale.

And that's exactly what was required as the group of 16 approached Warrangul this afternoon. With 20 kilometres to go a sustained effort put the selection in front by nearly a minute. In the last 10 kilometres it was O'Grady who demonstrated why he's such a fearsome competitor, shooting off the front of the escape to win by six seconds. His team-mate Lars Bak had told Cyclingnews last Friday that the race may be decided by a day's break, and that may indeed prove prophetic, with great results for CSC Saxo Bank.

"I called upon all my experience today to go for the win and it paid off," O’Grady said. "We thought we’d take the tactics a little bit differently. There was a lot of tactics. It was a constant chess game. A few times we got in trouble but then we’d go on the offence and in the end everything worked out perfect," said O'Grady before adding that, "I’ve gone pretty deep the last couple of days. I think we’ll just take it day by day from now."

Trailing O'Grady in the first group to cross the line after him were Kazuhiro Mori, Will Routley, Hugo Sabido, Stuart Shaw, Lars Bak, Chris Jongeward, Benjamin Day and Simon Clarke. They all benefited from the day's labours by moving into the top ten overall, with the likes of talented youngsters Jory and Clarke riders to watch once the race heads up the tough slopes of Mt Buller. They'll be looking to cause an upset given they can maintain their high placing tomorrow.

Tomorrow's stage is a fairly straightforward 137km romp through to Marysville, with one notable KOM in the final 20 kilometres that shouldn't pose too many problems for riders.

Photography

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Results

1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                2.38.22 (44.744 km/h)
2 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                                            0.06
3 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                             
4 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                             
5 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                         
6 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                                             
7 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                                          
8 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                                         
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                
10 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                                          0.11
11 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                            0.19
12 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans                                   
13 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                                     0.21
14 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                                         0.36
15 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                           
16 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                                                
17 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                            
18 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                                      
19 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                    
20 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                             
21 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                                    
22 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                  
23 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                
24 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                            
25 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                         
26 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                                             
27 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                                       
28 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                        
29 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                                         
29 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                                                
31 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                                        
32 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                           
33 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                   
34 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                                        
35 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                 
36 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                            
37 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                                           
38 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                
39 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                 
40 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                                              
41 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                                          
42 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                        
43 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                        
44 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                   
45 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                     
46 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                 
47 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                                      
48 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                                     
49 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                                     
50 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                               
51 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                        
52 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                                        
53 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                           
54 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                           
55 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                           
56 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                    
57 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                          
58 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                           
59 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          
60 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                                             
61 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                                              
62 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
63 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                                            
64 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
65 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                                      
66 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                       
67 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                                           
68 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                     
69 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                                       
70 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                              
71 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                                        
72 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                                                
73 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                
74 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                                            
75 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                                              
76 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                                           
77 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                                    
78 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                             
79 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                              2.30
80 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                       3.42
81 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          4.45
82 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                       
83 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                             14.13
84 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                            
85 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                      
86 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                    
87 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                            16.01
88 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                      21.44
DNF Nathan Clarke (Aus) Praties                                            
DNF Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                           
DNF Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                              
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                5.52.10
2 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                                            0.14
3 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                         0.16
4 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                                     0.20
5 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                                             
6 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                             
7 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                         
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                
9 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                                          
10 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                                          0.25
11 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans                               0.33
12 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                
13 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                                     0.35
14 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                    0.37
15 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                            0.43
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                        0.44
17 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                                             
18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                                0.45
19 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                    0.48
20 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                             0.49
21 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                                  0.50
22 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                    
23 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                                        
24 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                  
25 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                         
26 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                                         
27 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                                       
28 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                                          
29 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                           
30 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                                                
31 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                            
32 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                                                
33 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                           
34 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                    
35 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                                             
36 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                                             
37 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                
38 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                            
39 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                           
40 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                                      
41 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                                       
42 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                 
43 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                   
44 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                                     
45 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                 
46 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                   
47 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                                           
48 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          
49 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                                           
50 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                          
51 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                                      
52 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                           
53 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                             
54 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                     
55 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                                              
56 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                        
57 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                           
58 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                     
59 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                           
60 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                                        
61 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                                        
62 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
63 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
64 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                                    
65 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                                                
66 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                                            
67 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                         1.10
68 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                
69 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                              2.44
70 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                       3.56
71 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                   4.59
72 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                              
73 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                             14.27
74 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                    
75 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                       14.47
76 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                                   16.22
77 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                        
78 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                                     
79 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                               
80 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                       
81 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                                              
82 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                                           
83 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                                              
84 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                                       16.42
85 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                         23.51
86 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                 29.59
87 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                            31.47
 
Sprint classification after stage 2
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                     18 pts
2 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                                       16
3 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                                            12
4 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                               12
5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                                   10
6 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                                               8
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                            8
8 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                            6
9 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                            4
10 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand                       4
11 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                   4
12 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       2
13 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                                2
14 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                                     2
 
Mountains clssification after stage 2
 
1 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                           24 pts
2 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                                    22
3 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                          16
4 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                         4
5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                           4
6 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                                        2
 
Best U23 rider after stage 2
 
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                        12.52.30
2 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                             0.13
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                             0.23
4 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                 0.30
5 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                                              
6 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                             
7 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                                       
8 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                                    
9 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                  
10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          
11 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
12 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                       
13 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                            0.50
14 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                          4.39
15 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                             14.07
16 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                                    
17 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                                   16.02
18 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                        
19 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                               
20 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                                              
21 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                                           
22 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada                         23.31
23 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                            31.27
 
Teams classification after stage 2
 
1 CSC-Saxo Bank (Denmark)                                          17.37.54
2 Barloworld (Italy)                                                   0.36
3 Drapac Porsche (Australia)                                               
4 Bicycle Superstore Canada (Canada)                                       
5 Toyota-United (USA)                                                      
6 Panasonic (Australia)                                                    
7 SouthAustralia.com-AIS (Australia)                                       
8 Aisan (Japan)                                                            
9 Praties (Australia)                                                  0.41
10 Savings & Loans (Australia)                                         0.49
11 Virgin Blue Australian National (Australia)                             
12 Team Type-1 (USA)                                                   0.51
13 Jelly Belly (USA)                                                   1.06
14 Budget Forklifts (Australia)                                            
15 Yes Optus Shop New Zealand (New Zealand)                                

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