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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
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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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- Tour commentator Matt Keenan high-fives the crowd at the startline for stage two in Inverloch.
- The Aisan team give the tour the thumbs-up prior to the start of stage two .
- The team from Bicycle Superstore Canada flying the flag in Inverloch for the start to stage two.
- 2007 tour winner, Matt Wilson (Team Type 1), went into the tour with a knee problem that left him doubtful to start.
- Brad McGee (left) and his CSC-Saxo Bank teammate Matt Goss in the peloton early into the second stage from Inverloch to Warragul.
- The peloton were riding in near perfect conditions for stage two of the tour.
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) working on the front for his teammate and tour leader Matt Goss.
- Stuart O'Grady (right) goes on the attack while his CSC-Saxo Bank teammates take a breather.
- There were attacks all-day as the tour lifted it's tempo on the second stage to Warragul.
- A Brad McGee tribute on the journey between Inverloch and Warragul on day three of the tour.
- Jack Bobridge (left) of the SouthAustralia.com/AIS team in a more relaxed moment on the day's stage…he would soon be on the attack again.
- The field string-out heading towards the finish in Warragul.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) corners in a lead group of fourteen riders in the final twenty kilometres of stage two.
- Numero uno: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) takes out stage two of the tour into Warragul .
- Kazuhiro Mori (right) of the Aisan team grabs Will Routley (Bicycle Superstore Canada) on the line to steal second place on the stage.
- Theres the finish-line Gossy: Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) receives instructions from event staff after the finish to stage two in Warragul.
- One on one: Interview time with stage two winner Stuart O'Grady of team CSC-Saxo Bank.
- A popular winner: Stage two winner Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) on the podium in Warragul.
- Hugo Sabido (Barloworld) is the new leader of the Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains competition on the tour.
- And the Budget Forklifts Sprint leader's green jersey goes to….
- Stuart O'Grady of team CSC-Saxo Bank .
- Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) is the leader of the Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 rider on the tour's GC.
- He kept bobbing up: Jack Bobridge (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) was awarded the Volvo Most Aggressive rider's jersey from stage two.
- Lets crack this baby: New tour leader Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) gets ready to pop the champers in Warragul.
- Double barrel spray: Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) lets fly with the champers on anyone close in Warragul.
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)
