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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 12-18, 2008
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Stage 5 - October 17: Yarra Valley (ITT), 16.2km
O'Grady set to capture Tour title after barnstorming ride
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In a remarkable performance against the odds Stuart O'Grady won the stage five individual time trial of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour and took back the race leader's yellow jersey. In doing so he looks set to achieve a long-held ambition to win Australia's oldest stage race.
O'Grady started the day four seconds down on his CSC Saxo Bank teammate Lars Bak, but after charging around the undulating 16km time trial course in the Yarra Valley he now holds a 17-second gap over Bak, with Toyota-United's Ben Day in third place overall at 19 seconds behind.
Even the 35-year-old South Australian was tipping Bak, the overnight leader, for the win, having sent his wife a text message in the morning saying he thought he would finish third.
"To be honest I would have put all my money on Lars Bak," O'Grady said. "I can pull a good prologue out every now and then, mainly in the Tour de France when I'm in peak condition, but that is probably the first time trial I've actually ever won and it's a nice time to pull it off."
With hardly a flat section of road on a testing out-and-back course around the TarraWarra Winery, Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ben Day started as one of the favourites but ended up the bride's maid just three second behind O'Grady.
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Bak finished fourth, 20 second back, with the surprise performer in third Bernard Van Ulden of the American Jelly Belly team who finished just six seconds behind O'Grady. In stating that he didn't believe the race was over just yet O'Grady didn't hold back in his assessment of what taking the yellow jersey into the final day means to him.
"I'm absolutely rapt and extremely proud," O'Grady said. "This is the oldest and most prestigious cycle race in Australia. It's got a lot of history and a lot of great names, probably all the best Australian riders in our history and I'm just extremely proud to have my name etched alongside those guys."
In assessing how the race had gone the five-time Olympian said with the benefit of hindsight he may not have been so aggressive in the opening couple of days but it was his experience that made the difference. "It was just pure mind over matter and a lot of experience," O'Grady said. "I knew the course was super hard. I rode it a few times and I know a lot of others guys only did it once. I did it three times [before the stage]. I really tried to just hold a steady pace up the first climbs and not lactic over the top. On the way back it was just absolutely full gas."
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On the final stage in Lygon Street tomorrow, O'Grady's teammate Brad McGee will be the sentimental favourite in his final race before becoming a team director at CSC Saxo Bank. Despite the romance of a McGee victory in Melbourne O'Grady said they don't want get too greedy and just want to get across the line in what is "our little Champs Elysees - Australian style."
As for the next step in the career of arguably Australia's most decorated cyclist O'Grady pulled no punches in outlining his plans and what keeps him motivated. "All I want to win is Paris-Roubaix. That's the only race I really care about. That's where my obsession is now," O'Grady said. "I've still got the motivation of a 25-year-old. I love the competition, I love the racing and I love inflicting pain on others."
Sliding under the radar of many was the battle for the Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 leader's jersey, where young Tasmanian Wes Sulzberger wrestled the lead off Italian Marco Corti (Barloworld). Sulzberger is one of the rising stars of Australian cycling and will be riding with the French Française des Jeux team in 2009.
There were no points in the race for the Budget Forklift sprint points classification as Matt Goss (CSC Saxo Bank) will go into the final stage wearing green and searching for yet another win. The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey stays with Matt Wilson (Team Type-1).
Photography
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- Lucky boys: Virgin Blue Australian National Team teammates Patrick Shaw (left) and David Kemp get a goodluck kiss from a couple of Virgin Blue airline stewards prior to stage five
- Cool in the shade: The thermometer hit 25 degrees for riders in the stage five time-trial as spectators took measures to avoid the heat
- Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) riding his final race against the clock in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Peter Herzig (Panasonic) on a climb out the back of Yarra Glen on stage five
- Caleb Manion (Toyota United) out of the saddle and receiving encouragement from the team-car
- Riders climb their way around the course in the Yarra Valley during the stage five individual time-trial
- Anthony Chapman (Yes Optus Shop New Zealand) in action during the 16.2 kilometre time-trial
- William Ford (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) descends during his ride against the clock in the Yarra Valley
- Daryl Impey (Barloworld) riding towards a top-ten placing on stage five of the tour
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) going full gas on a descent on the roads near Yarra Glen
- Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) out of the saddle on the testing course in the Yarra Valley
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) asumes an aero-dynamic position on the bike as he descends in the time-trial
- Jeremy Yates (Yes Optus Shop New Zealand) tows a media-bike down the road in the Yarra Valley
- Ben Day (Toyota United) the 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist was one of the pre-race favourites in the time-trial
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) had ridden the course three times prior to the stage and it was about to pay off
- Pretty in pink: The tour leader, Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank), had a fight on his hands to retain the race lead on stage five
- Richie Porte (Praties) the recent Tour of Tasmania winner drives towards the finish-line in the Tarra Warra Winery
- Ben Day (Toyota United) grimaces his way towards second place on stage five in the Yarra Valley
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) powers towards another stage victory in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) would hand over the tour lead to teammate Stuart O'Grady after the stage five time-trial
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) has regained the lead in the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour
- 2007 champion Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) will take home the Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey for the tour
- Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) will have a thrilling duel with Toyota United's Dominique Rollin and CSC teammate Stuart O'Grady on the final stage in Lygon Street
- Wes Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) is the new leader of the Provincial Victoria Best Under 23 rider on the tour
- That will look great on me: Jayco sponsor representative Andrew Ryan holds the yellow jersey for Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) on the podium at the Tarra Warra Winery
- "I am absolutely wrapped and extremely proud": Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) relaxes on the lawns of the Tarra Warra Winery in his tour leaders yellow jersey
Results
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 24.16.5 (40.027 km/h) 2 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 0.03.2 3 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 0.06.9 4 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.21.0 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.21.8 6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 0.22.1 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 0.22.6 8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 0.26.5 9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 0.39.1 10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.39.3 11 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 0.40.1 12 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 0.56.2 13 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 0.58.4 14 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 0.59.0 15 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 0.59.5 16 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 1.05.8 17 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 1.06.6 18 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 1.07.3 19 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.10.8 20 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.11.5 21 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 1.15.5 22 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 1.17.1 23 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 1.22.7 24 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.24.3 25 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 1.25.4 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.26.4 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.26.5 28 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 1.27.8 29 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 1.27.9 30 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.36.5 31 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.38.2 32 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 1.40.4 33 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 1.43.7 34 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 1.45.5 35 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.52.9 36 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 1.55.1 37 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.55.8 38 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.00.2 38 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 40 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.00.6 41 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.01.4 42 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.03.7 43 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 2.04.4 44 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 2.04.8 45 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.06.8 46 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 2.08.2 47 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.08.3 48 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 2.08.7 49 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.09.2 50 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.10.2 51 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.10.6 52 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 2.11.5 53 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 2.14.2 54 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 2.18.8 55 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.24.8 56 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 2.27.3 57 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 2.31.5 58 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 2.33.8 59 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.35.9 60 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.36.7 61 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 2.39.2 62 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 2.40.3 63 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 2.40.5 64 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.42.2 65 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 2.45.0 66 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.45.1 67 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 2.49.1 68 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.52.7 69 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 3.09.0 70 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 3.14.2 71 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 3.16.9 72 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 3.17.6 73 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 3.18.0 74 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 3.19.2 75 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 3.23.3 76 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 3.26.0 77 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 3.26.3 78 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 3.29.0 79 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 3.30.0 80 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 3.43.7 81 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 3.43.8 82 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.50.7 83 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 3.55.0 84 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 4.10.1 85 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 4.52.8 86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6.19.5 DNS Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS General classification after stage 5 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 12.48.56 2 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.17 3 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 0.19 4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.52 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.53 6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 0.55 7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 1.00 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 1.17 9 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 1.19 10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 1.34 11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 1.38 12 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.48 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.18 14 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 2.45 15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.57 16 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 3.31 17 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4.04 18 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 4.05 19 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 4.36 20 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4.39 21 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.00 22 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 5.06 23 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.16 24 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 6.10 25 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 6.18 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6.28 27 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 6.56 28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 7.26 29 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 11.21 30 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 11.25 31 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 12.10 32 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 13.31 33 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 13.39 34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 13.45 35 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 15.03 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 16.11 37 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 17.02 38 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 18.01 39 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 18.32 40 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 18.58 41 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 19.17 42 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 19.36 43 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 20.05 44 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 20.14 45 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 20.26 46 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 21.27 47 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 21.56 48 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 23.02 49 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 23.16 50 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 25.43 51 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 26.15 52 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 27.09 53 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 27.19 54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 27.41 55 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 27.44 56 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 28.08 57 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 28.37 58 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 28.51 59 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 28.53 60 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 29.05 61 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 29.21 62 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 30.16 63 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 30.33 64 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 30.44 65 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 30.53 66 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 31.20 67 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 31.24 68 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 31.46 69 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 33.32 70 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 33.59 71 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 34.02 72 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 34.33 73 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 34.57 74 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 35.11 75 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 35.43 76 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 35.55 77 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 41.36 78 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 44.44 79 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 47.40 80 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 49.01 81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 49.38 82 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 49.45 83 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 51.10 84 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 58.57 85 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 1.02.48 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 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 10 8 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 10 9 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 10 10 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 8 11 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 6 12 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6 13 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 4 14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4 15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 16 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4 17 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 4 18 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2 19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2 20 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 2 21 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2 22 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 2 23 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank -5 24 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United -5 25 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 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 38.32.20 2 Southaustralia.com-AIS 0.43 3 Drapac Porsche Development Program 2.29 4 Bicycle Superstore Canada (Canada) 3.56 5 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.59 6 Savings & Loans Cycling Team 10.52 7 Virgin Blue Australian National (Australia) 19.10 8 Praties 19.34 9 Team Type 1 20.02 10 Aisan Racing Team 25.00 11 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26.48 12 Panasonic (Australia) 28.35 13 Budget Forklifts (Australia) 42.30 14 Yes Optus Shop New Zealand (New Zealand) 46.11 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59.36
