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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1
Australia, October 12-18, 2008
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Stage 4 - October 16: Alexandra to Mt Buller, 115.4km
Jongewaard survives day-long breakaway
CSC continues to dominate GC, now with Bak
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Chris Jongewaard from the Panasonic team won the stage as the only survivor of a breakaway group of nine that attacked as soon as racing got underway on the 115km journey from Alexandra.
CSC Saxo Bank continued their domination of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on stage four to the top of Mount Buller as Stuart O'Grady surrendered the leader's yellow to his teammate Lars Bak, albeit only by four seconds.
Jongewaard's breakaway companions were swallowed up by the main contenders in the tour on the slopes of the 15-kilometre Mount Buller climb but the South Australian held onto a 45-second advantage over Christopher Froome (Barloworld) in second place and Bak in third, a further 13 seconds behind.
The main peloton allowed the leading group a maximum advantage of four minutes until they hit the steep gradients of the final climb where Froome's teammate Marco Corti begun the hostilities in an effort to put O'Grady under pressure.
With the peloton splitting under the effort of the attacks in the final kilometres O'Grady gave his Danish teammate the all clear to chase glory. "With three or four kilometres to go he [O'Grady] said he was not feeling super-duper," Bak said. "He said if they go, you go with them. I put the hammer down in the last one and a half kilometre and it was enough to take the jersey."
Bak admitted O'Grady is still very much in contention for the overall classification. "He's still not that far behind. He's a good time triallist but I'm also a good time trialler so let's see.
Former yellow jersey wearer, Stuart O'Grady was content with his efforts. "I limited my loses pretty well today and Lars has got the jersey so it's worked out alright," O'Grady said. Once again CSC Saxo Bank's teamwork was a feature of the stage with Bak stating "I must say we had tremendous teamwork again. Bradley McGee, Lasse Bochmann and Matt Goss they were riding really, really good."
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The Kenya-born Froome was one of the animators of the day in taking second place and has moved to fourth overall at just 17 seconds behind. Ben Day from Toyota-United conceded time to Bak but is still in contention for overall honours, heading into the time trial at 20 seconds behind in fifth place overall.
Bak will start the time trial with the advantage of being the last rider out of the start house but knows with such small time differences among the top 10 overall the race is a long way from being over. "Nothing is settled yet," the race leader said. "I have the advantage that I can get the split times. But Ben Day is a good time trialler, Stuart is a good time trialler. You can have a puncture, you can be unlucky, you can have a bad day. I'll just ride hard and then we'll see what happens. It's going to be a good day. I hope I stay in yellow."
The Dane will leave no stone unturned in his pursuit of yellow, saying he would ride the time trial course a couple of times in the morning and do at least a 35 to 40 minute warm-up for stage five's 16km race against the clock.
Matt Goss (CSC Saxo Bank) maintained his lead in the Budget Forklift sprint points classification. The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey stayed with Matt Wilson (Team Type-1). The Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 category leader's jersey was taken by Marco Corit (Barloworld) on a count back, as he is on equal time with Wes Sulzberger (South-Australia.com-AIS). Chris Jongewaard was awarded the Volvo most aggressive rider on the stage.
With 14 riders within one minute of the overall lead the stage is set for a fascinating individual time trial stage tomorrow through the Yarra Valley that looks set to determine this year's winner.
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- SRAM is not only providing the spares support for the race but also the riders' coffee fix before each stage
- The winning break opened up on the first 'berg' out of Alexandra, within the first five kilometres of stage four
- The peloton was content to roll through with a leading pack four minutes up the road
- Smoko time: Road-workers take a break to watch the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour go by near Mansfield
- Lasse Bochman (CSC-Saxo Bank) drives the peloton with the lead bunch still well ahead at the forty-five kilometre mark
- Life was relaxed in the peloton with SouthAustralia.com/AIS teammates William Ford (right) Simon Clarke saying g'day to their folks
- Tasmanian duo Caleb Manion (Toyota United) and Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) hail from the same region along the beautiful Tamar River in Northern Tasmania
- Will Routley (Bicycle Superstore Canada) has been the big surprise packet of the tour so far; Routley is in third place, 16 seconds behind the tour leader Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank)
- Brad McGee (CSC Saxo Bank) was pedaling in anger for the last time on the roads and wasn't shirking the work-load for the peloton on stage four to the top of Mt.Buller
- The tour heads towards Mt.Buller in the distance during the 115 kilometre fourth stage from Alexandra
- Getting closer: The peloton were still around four minutes in arrearrs heading to the lower slopes of Mt.Buller
- Riding in their shadows: The lead group was hitting the bottom of Mt.Buller with a substantial break on the peloton and the stage-winner was likely to come from the that pack
- The peloton with tour leader Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) in yellow trying to reel in the leaders who had splintered on the slopes of Mt.Buller
- Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) would make a late dash for the stage win nearing the top, but had to settle for 12th place on the day
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) was looking well placed to have a real dig at the tour lead half-way up the climb
- The sprint points leader Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) was doing some great work for his teammate and tour leader Stuart O'Grady up Mt.Buller
- Marco Corti (Barloworld) was aggressive on the slopes as he tried to put the CSC team
- Further up the road and it was South Australian Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic), an original member of the breakaway group who took the stage by the scruff of the neck
- The chasing peloton hit five kilometres to go on Mt.Buller
- Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) revs up the crowd as he enters the final stretch at the top of Mt.Buller
- You beauty: Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) takes out stage four to the top of Mt.Buller, a fantastic effort given he was thinking of withdrawing from the race the day before
- Another Chris: Christopher Froome (Barloworld) hits the line to finish second and into fourth place overall on the GC
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) gives his all as he finishes third on the stage but more importantly will wear the yellow jersey as the new tour leader
- 2007 champion Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) again climbed superbly on the tour's toughest day and is currently in the top-ten on GC
- William Walker (Virgin Blue Australian National Team) had two teammates in the lead group
- The yellow jersey of Stuart O'Grady finished in 13th place and handed the tour lead
- Conquering Mt.Buller: CSC-Saxo Bank team-manager Rod McGee applauded the efforts of Stuart O'Grady on the climb up Mt.Buller
- One for the road: Brad McGee (CSC-Saxo Bank) is fashionably late for training rides with teammates; soon he can be as late as he likes; McGee crosses the line at the top of Mt.Buller
- Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) is the Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains leader after the tour's toughest climb
- And why not: Stage winner Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) was awarded the Volvo Most Aggressive rider's jersey for his gut-busting efforts on stage four
- A Danish spray: Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) was crowned the new leader of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on top of Mt.Buller after stage four
- Tasmania may be closer to Australia than you think Lars! New tour leader Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) was full of praise for his Tasmanian teammate Matt Goss
Results
1 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 3.03.25 (37.750 km/h) 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.45 3 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.58 4 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.04 5 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 1.06 6 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 7 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 1.08 8 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 1.11 9 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 10 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 1.18 11 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 12 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 1.20 13 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 1.22 14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.24 15 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 16 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 1.30 17 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 1.40 18 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.51 19 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 20 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 1.57 21 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.05 22 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2.12 23 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2.14 24 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 2.24 25 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.27 26 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 2.33 27 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 2.43 28 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 2.52 29 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 3.04 30 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.09 31 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 3.26 32 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.39 33 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.43 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.48 35 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 4.35 36 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 5.25 37 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.38 38 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 39 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 40 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 6.18 41 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 42 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 9.04 43 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 45 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 9.14 46 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10.24 47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 48 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 49 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 50 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 51 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 52 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 11.19 55 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 56 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 57 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 13.25 58 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 59 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 60 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 61 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 62 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 63 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 64 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 65 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 66 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 67 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 68 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 69 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 70 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 71 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 72 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 73 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 74 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 75 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 76 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 77 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 78 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 13.39 79 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 13.53 80 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 14.02 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 82 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 83 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 15.22 84 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 17.09 85 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 87 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 23.31 Points Sprint 1 1 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 6 pts 2 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 4 3 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 2 Sprint 2 1 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 6 pts 2 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 4 3 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 2 Mountains 1 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 30 pts 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 24 3 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 18 General classification after stage 4 1 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 12.24.35 2 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 0.04 3 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 0.16 4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 0.17 5 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United 0.20 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties 0.36 7 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 0.37 8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 0.38 9 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 0.42 10 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche 11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 0.43 12 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 0.56 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United 0.59 15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.23 16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2.08 17 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly 2.43 18 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.51 19 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.11 20 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.34 21 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.40 22 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 4.05 23 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4.09 24 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4.11 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 4.14 26 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans 4.22 27 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan 4.33 28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 6.04 29 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9.22 30 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan 9.40 31 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 10.27 32 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 10.35 33 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans 10.50 34 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 35 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts 13.07 36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts 14.09 37 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts 14.57 38 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.29 39 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 17.07 40 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans 17.16 41 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic 17.37 42 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 17.59 43 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties 18.08 44 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 18.22 45 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 18.30 46 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 18.41 47 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 18.53 48 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 20.44 49 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 21.39 50 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic 23.07 51 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24.02 52 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1 53 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 24.39 54 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche 25.38 55 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan 25.46 56 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly 26.08 57 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan 58 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 60 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties 61 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 26.36 62 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 26.47 63 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan 26.54 64 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 26.55 65 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties 27.11 66 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties 28.05 67 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 28.29 68 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 29.05 69 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 29.14 70 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly 31.26 71 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans 31.32 72 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 73 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 74 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United 75 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 32.09 76 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United 32.29 77 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic 33.20 78 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 39.45 79 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank 43.26 80 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 45.09 81 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 46.23 82 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts 47.00 83 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 47.04 84 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans 85 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 55.35 86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 58.17 87 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 1.00.41 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 Young rider classification 1 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 12.25.31 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 3 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.55 4 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.44 5 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.13 6 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.15 7 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 5.08 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8.26 9 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.33 10 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans 16.11 11 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties 17.26 12 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic 17.34 13 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 17.45 14 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 19.48 15 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 23.06 16 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic 25.40 17 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia 25.51 18 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic 25.59 19 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts 38.49 20 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts 44.13 21 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic 45.27 22 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 46.08 23 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada 57.21
