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51st Herald Sun Tour - 2.3
Australia, October 18-27, 2002
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Stage 5 - October 21: Bendigo - Shepparton, 140.9 km
Clarke takes sprint finish; Vogels moves into lead
By Rod Morris in Shepparton
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Western Australian rider Henk Vogels snatched the prestigious yellow leader's jersey in today's fifth stage of the VicRoads Herald Sun Tour, but not before race commissaires took valuable time bonuses away from him.
Vogels was second in the 141 km Bendigo to Shepparton stage and replaced Victorian Baden Cooke as overall leader. But Chief Commissaire Russell Miller and his panel, which includes Alec Dustan, Bill McMahon and Neville Williams, fined Vogels, who is riding for the Bicycle Superstore/Vic State Home Loans team - along with Jan Koerts (FRF Couriers) and Simone Mori (Morey & Hurford) 50 Swiss Francs ($60AUD) and more importantly - imposed a 20 second time penalty.
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The stage was won by Victorian Hilton Clarke (Ballarat*eureka), after he had scored two minor podium placings over the previous two days.
Clarke beat Vogels in a bunch sprint with talented Belgium rider Bart Heirewegh (Carlton Midstrength) flashing home for third. Vogels said of the stage finish, "Second sucks, but moving into yellow is a big consolation."
Clarke was third in the Bacchus Marsh and Bendigo kermesses on Saturday and Sunday respectively and yesterday's win was sweet revenge. "I've been hanging out for a win, but really this win is just as much the team's as it is mine," he said. Clarke paid particular praise to Chilean teammate Luis Fernando Sepulveda for his work on the road.
The trio of Vogels, Koerts and Mori were penalised for riding in the silpstream of a vehicle, or being pushed from a team vehicle. That arose when Vogels punctured and was in danger of losing contact with the breakaway group. The penalty, however, did not stop Vogels from taking over the much sought-after leader's jersey.
Vogels now leads the Herald Sun Tour by eight seconds from Matt Wilson (Jayco) while overnight leader, Baden Cooke (Jayco) is now 12 seconds adrift of Vogels.
A slick group of 13 riders made a break early in the stage and at one position were more than three and a half minutes ahead of the peloton. As riders went through Rushworth, some 90 km from the start and 50 km from the finish, the breakaways had been joined by a chasing group of 21 riders - but the familiar yellow top of Baden Cooke and his nearest rival, David McKenzie (Active For Life) were not among them.
Once the riders hit the 20 km mark, a further break was made and it was a matter of the strong surviving. Meanwhile back in the peloton, Cooke had been provided with the wrong information thinking that the breakaways were only one minute up the road, he informed team-mates not to bother chasing too hard as no damage would be done to his leader's position.
That one minute should have been trebled and when Cooke finally touched home base, he had lost 2 minutes 56 seconds - plus the bonuses that go with the top six riders. Cooke eventually went from first to third, 12 seconds behind Vogels and 4 seconds behind Matt Wilson, who is now looking to record one of his best ever finishes on home soil.
One of the day's biggest improvers was Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad (Malaysia Airlines), moving from 15th position at 4.05 minutes behind to outright fourth and just 1.09 mins behind Vogels. Ljungblad was fifth in the bunch sprint and along the way picked up a further 12 seconds in time bonuses. He is now the leading international rider in the field, which has been reduced from 80 to 74 after the illness withdrawal of Tim Decker (Bicycle Superstore/Vic State Home Loans) and the crash-affected Scott Dixon (FRF Couriers) and Ian McLeod (Maffra Community Sports Store).
Dixon and McLeod both came down going through part of Victoria's wine growing district yesterday and the former was transported to Shepparton Hospital with concussion and cuts and bruises to his face and hands.
New Zealand dual Olympian Scott Guyton has won over many critics during the last two days' racing, dominating many of the intermediate sprints and he is now the outright leader in the Shimano Sprint Championship, 12 points clear of previous leader, Canadian Eric Wohlberg (Ballarat*eureka).
Tomorrow's sixth stage will be a 124.3 km "sprint" from Nagambie to Violet Town and then the following day the 200 strong tour entourage will travel from Mansfield to Bright.
Photography
Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com
- Scott Guyton the new Sprint champion
- Hilton Clarke winner of stage 5
- Henk Vogels the new tour leader
- Henk Vogels with 500 m to go
- Lubomir Kejval out of the saddle
- The front bunch from the back
- Matt Wilson working with Bradley McGee
- TV having words with Bradley McGee
- Henk Vogels in the front bunch
- The front bunch with 2.39 min up on the pelton at 72 km
- Kids from Colbinabbin Primary School
- Jonas Ljungblad & Scott Guyton at the sprint
- Hilton Clarke in the front bunch
- Jonas Ljungblad, at the end of stage 5 he is in 4th place
- Bradley McGee working hard
Results
1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 3.07.32 2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 5 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 7 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 8 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 0.02 9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 11 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 12 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.04 13 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 0.08 14 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 0.11 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 0.19 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 0.25 17 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 2.38 18 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 19 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 20 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 21 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 22 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 23 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 24 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 25 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 26 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 27 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 2.40 28 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 29 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 2.42 30 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 2.56 31 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 32 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 33 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 34 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 35 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 36 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 37 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 38 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 39 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 40 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 41 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 43 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 44 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 45 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 46 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 47 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 48 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 49 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 50 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 51 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 52 David Pell (Aus) Morey & Hurford 53 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 54 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 55 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 56 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 58 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 59 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 60 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 61 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 62 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 63 Brad Mills (Aus) Frf Couriers 64 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 65 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 3.03 66 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 3.18 67 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 5.28 68 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 5.38 69 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 70 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 6.47 71 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 72 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 73 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 74 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans Sprints 1 Uxbridge St & School Rd 1 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 3 pts 2 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 2 3 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 1 2 Axedale Tavern 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 3 Toolleen CFA 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 1 4 Colbinabbin Primary School 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 2 3 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 1 5 House on left at 86.5km 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1 6 Rushworth Hotel 1 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 3 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 2 3 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 1 7 Tatura Milk Factory 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 2 3 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 1 Hill Climbs 1 Cat.4 Campaspe River Bridge 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 2 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1 2 Cat.4 Myola East Rd 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 2 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 8.50.16 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.08 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 0.12 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1.09 5 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 1.18 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 1.38 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 2.08 8 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 2.12 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 2.48 10 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 2.51 11 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3.33 12 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 3.49 13 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3.53 14 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3.55 15 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4.01 16 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 5.31 17 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 5.34 18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 10.50 19 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 12.38 20 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 12.48 21 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 13.34 22 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 13.40 23 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 13.49 24 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 14.01 25 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 14.22 26 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 15.01 27 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 16.14 28 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 16.50 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 17.11 30 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 17.25 31 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 17.30 32 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 17.34 33 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 34 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 17.38 35 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 36 David Pell (Aus) Morey & Hurford 17.43 37 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 17.55 38 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 18.01 39 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 18.03 40 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 41 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 18.04 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 18.06 43 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 18.14 44 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 18.39 45 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 19.02 46 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 19.07 47 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 19.23 48 Danny In'T Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 19.26 49 Brad Mills (Aus) Frf Couriers 19.45 50 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 20.04 51 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 21.46 52 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 21.47 53 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 21.56 54 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 21.58 55 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 22.02 56 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 23.17 57 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 23.36 58 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 24.08 59 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 24.20 60 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 24.23 61 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 24.47 62 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 25.39 63 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 25.51 64 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 25.52 65 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 26.49 66 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 28.22 67 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 28.39 68 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 29.59 69 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 30.36 70 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 30.45 71 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 31.22 72 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 32.20 73 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 34.05 74 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 45.54 Victorian Transport Association Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka Team Classification 1 Active For Life 26.33.16 2 Jayco 1.41 3 Malaysia Airlines 5.46 4 Maffra Community Sports Club 9.04 5 Ballarat*Eureka 21.54 6 City Of Melbourne 35.54 7 Coates Shorco Sykes 36.45 8 Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 37.39 9 Morey & Hurford 38.16 10 Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 40.50 11 Carlton Midstrength 40.55 12 Latrobe City 47.40 13 Pelaco 51.56 14 Vicroads 52.53 15 Rio Coffee 53.07 16 Frf Couriers 54.26 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Ballarat*Eureka 26.55.09 2 City Of Melbourne 14.00 3 Latrobe City 25.46 Shimano Sprint Championship 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 35 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 23 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 21 4 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 19 5 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 13 6 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 13 7 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 10 8 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 10 9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 7 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 7 11 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 7 12 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 7 13 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 6 14 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 6 15 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 5 16 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 5 17 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 18 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 4 19 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 4 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4 21 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 3 22 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 3 23 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 3 24 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 25 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 2 26 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 2 27 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 2 28 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 2 29 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 2 30 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 2 31 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 2 32 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 2 33 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 2 34 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 35 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 36 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 1 37 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 1 38 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 39 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 1 East Gippsland Shire King Of The Mountain classification 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 17 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 16 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 8 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 6 5 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 6 6 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 6 7 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 5 8 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 4 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 3 10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3 11 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2 12 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 1 14 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1 15 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 16 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 1 Active for Life Criterium Championship 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 24 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 22 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 16 4 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 14 5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 11 6 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 9 7 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 9 8 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 8 9 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 7 10 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 7 11 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 6 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 5 13 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 5 14 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 4 15 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 16 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 17 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 3 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 3 19 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 2 20 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 1 21 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 23 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 Herald Sun Australian Based Rider Award 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 9.00.00 2 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 1.13 3 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 4.02 4 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 5.07 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 5.15 6 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 6.19 8 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 6.35 9 Brad Mills (Aus) Frf Couriers 6.57 10 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 7.16 11 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 8.58 12 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 11.20 13 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 11.32 14 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 11.35 15 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 11.59 16 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 13.04 17 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 17.48 18 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 18.34 19 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 19.32
