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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 12-18, 2008
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Stage 1 - October 13: Traralgon to Inverloch, 130.4km
Goss doubles up
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For the second day in a row Matt Goss, of the CSC Saxo Bank team, relegated Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke to the minor placings by winning the opening stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
And just like yesterday Goss attributed a large portion of his win in the 130km trek from Traralgon to Inverloch to the work of his teammates, particularly Stuart O'Grady, who broke away from the peloton with 65km remaining only to be caught 15km from the finish.
"It was pretty windy all day but we always had someone in front and Stuey [O'Grady] made it easy because we didn't have to do anything for the last 50 to 60km because everyone was just chasing him," said a jubilant Goss. "It was a hard day and it was good to finish off well. It's nice to get a win here, even though yesterday was good, this is even better."
With CSC Saxo Bank having only five riders in the race the experienced O'Grady decided the best option for them was to go on the attack and force the others to chase. He broke away to get a maximum lead of almost four minutes. At one stage it looked like the 35-year-old would pull off a stunning win, only to ride into the teeth of a ferocious head wind 20km from the finish that almost instantaneously halted his dash to the line.
"It was the head more than anything telling me to attack and it was a moment when everyone looked pretty hammered," O'Grady said. "In the end I probably bit off a bit more than I could chew. But you've got to give it a crack. The conditions were just too tough for me. It was just a massive headwind the whole way and it was just too much in the end."
Once O'Grady was caught by the chase - led by the Toyota-United and Barloworld teams - there was still plenty of team support for the 21-year-old Tasmanian Goss in the hectic run to the line. "There was a stack in the finish but I'm not really sure what happened because it was just behind me," Goss said. "I was just trying to keep near the front. The Toyota boys hit out at around 600m to go and [teammate] Brad McGee followed those guys and I jumped on the wheel.
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"Then Leigh Howard (Virgin Blue Australian national team) hit out at about 300m to go and he hit out well but Cookie [Baden Cooke, Barloworld] chased and I just come over the top of them."
The crash in the sprint finish involved three riders, with the worst affected South Australia.com-AIS rider Travis Meyer, who was taken to hospital for X-rays with a suspected broken shoulder. Virgin Blues' David Kemp and Chris Jongewaard of the Panasonic team were also involved in the crash but managed to finish the stage.
The tough conditions also contributed to Henk Vogels (Toyota-United), Greg Henderson (Yes Optus Shpt New Zealand), Carlo Scognamiglio (Barloworld) and Matt Rice (Jelly Belly) abandoning the race.
The third place finisher on the stage, Leigh Howard has moved into the lead of the Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 category.
The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey was taken by Bernard Van Ulden, an American on the Jelly Belly team who claimed the points on the first climb of the tour.
For Goss the stage win also delivered the overall race lead and the Budget Forklift sprint points classification.
Stage Two – Inverloch to Warragul – 118.1km
Tuesday 14 October
Start – Wyeth-McNamara Park, Ramsey Rd, Inverloch, 10.30am
Finish – Albert Rd, Warragul – ETA 1.30pm
Via Wonthaggi, Kongwak, Jumbunna, Korumburra, Poowong, Athlone, Drouin South, Ellin Bank, Nilma
Stage two of the Tour from Inverloch to Warragul offers the first real climbing challenges of 2008 with some tough climbs through the stunning Strezlecki Ranges before the run in to the finish at Warragul.
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- Eric Boily (Bicycle Superstore) corners during the 130.4 kilometre stage from Traralgon to Inverloch
- Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) is riding in his last road race after a decorated career in the sport
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) in the peloton before trying a solo break on stage one of the tour
- William Walker (Virgin Blue Austalian Team) could be one to watch as the tour hits the more serious climbs later in the week
- Three riders got away from the pack before the first King of the Mountains climb on stage one
- Angus Morton (Drapac Porsche) drives the leading trio during stage one of the tour
- A rider from the Canadian Bicycle Superstore team trys to bridge the gap to the leading trio
- Any offers of support up here: Two riders try to get across to the leading trio
- Another group of riders split from the peloton and go in search of the leaders
- They were successful but the peloton was closing in
- Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly) attacked the lead group on the climb and earned the King of the Mountains leader's jersey
- The peloton on a climb heading towards the finish in Inverloch
- The race splits into two groups nearing sixty kilometres to go
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) escaped from the peloton and tried a solo break
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) on a climb with the field at almost four minutes behind
- The peloton roll through casually with Stuart O'Grady well up the road
- Gordon McCauley (Yes Optus New Zealand National Team) tried to sneak across to O'Grady
- McCauley's teammate Greg Henderson (left) abandoned the race and reverted top handing bidons to teammates on the road
- The peloton at a feed-station with O'Grady still well up the road
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) was doing it hard into strong winds as the peloton began to reel him in
- This is tough: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) was beginning to feel the strain of a daring solo break heading towards the finish
- At the twenty kilometre to go sign O'Grady was about to sink back into the peloton who were closing in
- Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) holds off Baden Cooke (Barloworld) to win stage one of the tour into Inverloch
- Two in a row: Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) will hold onto his yellow jersey after claiming the stage win into Inverloch
- Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly) was awarded the King of the Mountains jersey after stage one of the tour
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) was awarded the Volvo Most Aggressive rider's jersey after his solo ride on stage one
- Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) shakes the champagne bottle and prepares for the spray as the tour leader after stage one
Results
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 3.14.02 (40.323 km/h) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 4 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 6 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 7 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 8 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 9 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 10 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 12 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Praties 13 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 14 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 15 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 16 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 18 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 19 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 20 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 21 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 22 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 23 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 24 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 25 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 26 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 27 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 29 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 31 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 32 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 33 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 36 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 37 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 38 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 39 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 40 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 41 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 42 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 43 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 44 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 45 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 46 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 47 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 48 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 49 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 50 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 51 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 52 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 53 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 54 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 56 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 57 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 58 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 59 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 60 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 61 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 62 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 63 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 64 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 65 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 66 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 67 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 68 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 69 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 70 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 71 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 72 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 73 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 74 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 75 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 76 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 77 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 78 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 79 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 15.32 80 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 82 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 84 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 86 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 87 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 88 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 89 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 90 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS DNF Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 23.01 DNF Russell Gill (Aus) Savings & Loans 27.47 DNF Peter Milostic (Aus) Budget Forklifts DNF Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly 30.20 DNF Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United DNF Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand General classification after stage 1 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 3.13.52 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 0.04 3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 0.06 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 5 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 0.07 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 0.08 8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.10 9 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 11 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 12 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 13 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 14 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 15 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Praties 16 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 17 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 18 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 19 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 20 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 21 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 22 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 23 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 24 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 25 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 26 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 27 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 28 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 29 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 30 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 31 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 32 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 33 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 34 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 35 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 37 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 38 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 39 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 40 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 41 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 42 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 43 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 44 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 45 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 46 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 47 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 48 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 49 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 50 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 51 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 52 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 53 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 54 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 56 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 57 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 58 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 60 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 61 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 62 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 63 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 64 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 65 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 66 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 67 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 68 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 69 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 70 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 71 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 72 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 73 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 74 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 75 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 76 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 77 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.30 78 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 79 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 80 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 15.42 81 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 82 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 84 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 86 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 87 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 88 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 89 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 90 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 16.02 Sprint classification 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 10 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 8 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 8 4 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 6 5 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 6 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 6 7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 4 8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 9 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 Mountains classification 1 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 12 pts 2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 8 3 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 6 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 classification 1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 13.58.00 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.04 3 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 4 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 5 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 7 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 10 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 11 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 12 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 13 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 14 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 17 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 18 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.24 19 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 15.36 20 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 21 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 22 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 23 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic
