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Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria - 2.3

Australia, October 14-24, 2004

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Stage 13 - October 24: Traralgon Kermesse, 57 km

The end of an era for the Sun Tour

Walker takes final stage; Ljungblad the overall

By Rod Morris in Traralgon

William Walker (Jayco) takes the final stage
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The curtain closed on a golden era for Australian cycling today with the final Malaysian Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria under the directorship of sports promoter John Craven, but immediately re-opened with the birth of some new talent on the horizon. 19 year-old Victorian William Walker continued his amazing season by claiming yet another major victory, taking the final stage of the HST, a 57 kermesse in Traralgon. The overall honours went to tough Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad.

Craven has enjoyed a 25 year association with the Herald Sun Tour, nine as a sports journalist and the last 16 as race director, but it is rumoured that Major Events Victoria will assume the mantle in 2005. Craven will stay involved with sports promotion next year and has already announced exciting plans with the Tour of Sunraysia, Tour of Gippsland, Tour of Tasmania, Tour of Queensland and the time-honoured Melbourne to Warrnambool.

Once again, it was Will Walker who upstaged his much older rivals in Traralgon. Walker and eight other riders were involved in a fast-moving break that put time into the peloton at around seven laps into the 20 lap race. Tasmanian Karl Menzies was the only rider in the top 10 on General Classification involved in the breakaway, but at more than four minutes down on Ljungblad, there was no urgency in the chasing pack. Menzies and Walker were the two riders who found something extra in the run to the line, with the lighter weight Victorian getting over the line by a wheel's length.

Walker is a member of the powerful Jayco Victorian team and has made plenty of riders sit up and take notice of him this season. In January, he won a stage of the Bay Crit series and as the year progressed won overall honours in the Tattersall's Cup, won the Tour of Sunraysia and the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Just for good measure, Walker has now won a stage of Australia's oldest continuous - and arguably one of the best - road races.

"It was hard out there, bloody hard, the racing was at an extremely fast tempo and you had to be on your toes or you got left behind," Walker said. "I got mucked around with two laps to go and got caught in a split bunch, so Chris Sutton and I had to chase them down, using a bit more petrol than planned. Our team have had a few hiccups this week, but we finished okay with one in the top 10, so no real complaints."

Walker ranked this win alongside his victory in the Melbourne to Warrnambool earlier this month.

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The 25-year-old Ljungblad has developed a love affair with Australia, having won the Bacchus Marsh to Buninyong stage in 2002, the Sprint Championship in last year's inaugural Tour of Queensland and two stages as well as overall honours in this week's HST. From Gothenburg, Sweden, Ljungblad spent today's stage watching the tail of his nearest challenger David McKenzie. Ljungblad started the day 1'33 ahead of McKenzie and with a relatively short course (57 km) it was unlikely the popular Victorian riding for the Bicycling Superstore team would catch the Swede.

McKenzie made an early assault by winning the first intermediate sprint, which gained him 3 seconds, but for "Macca" that was it. He missed the nine man break and spent the rest of the afternoon trying to skip away from Ljungblad, but without success.

Claiming third place on GC was New South Welshman Ben Brooks, riding for the McGee-NSWIS team, finishing 1'51 behind Ljungblad and 21 seconds behind McKenzie.

Karl Menzies, who carried the leader's jersey for more kilometres than any other rider this week, improved his ranking after finishing second to Walker in the stage. Menzies jumped from ninth to fifth, won the Sprint Championship, was presented with the final day's Most Aggressive rider award and was a member of the winning Bicycle Superstore team...not a bad effort for a rider who was given just 48 hours notice that he had a start in the HST.

Phillip Thuaux (Jayco)
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Jayco rider Phillip Thuaux (NSW) stitched up the King of the Mountain Championship on Saturday when he rode a superb race from Warragul to Mt Baw Baw, while other awards presented at the end of the tour included the Leading Australian to David McKenzie and Leading Under 23 to Matthew Lloyd (winner of the Mt Baw Baw stage).

The majority of riders in the HST will enjoy a week off before heading north to compete in the 2nd annual Tour of Queensland which will start in Maryborough on November 1 and finish 490 km and six days later in Bundaberg.

Photography

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Results

1 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                               1.17.07
2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                           
3 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport               
4 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool               0.03
5 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru                                   
6 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City                               
7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                             
8 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans              0.10
9 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                  0.15
10 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek                    0.23
11 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                        
12 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                        
13 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore                          
14 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport              
15 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                   
16 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City                            0.25
17 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies             0.26
18 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies                 
19 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                       
20 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life                          
21 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                            
22 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru                                       
23 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria                      
24 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                            
25 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans              
26 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                   
27 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo                                   
28 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City                              
29 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                      
30 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco                           
31 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria                   0.31
32 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello                
33 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco                                      
34 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life                         
35 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing                                
36 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport           
37 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                           
38 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing                               
39 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool               
40 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek                           
41 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore                        
42 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek                         
43 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport                
44 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                   
45 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco                                     
46 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance                             
47 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                           
48 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance                               
49 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru                                      
50 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing                              
51 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                  
52 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello                
53 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello             
54 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello              
55 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies                  
56 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City                                 
57 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City                                 
58 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines                            
59 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing                          1.53
60 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria               3.58
61 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies            5.15
62 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria                     7.50
63 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance                            9.17
64 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria                 12.54
65 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                 23.43
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1 End of Lap 2                                             
 
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                        3 pts
2 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport                2
3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                      1
 
Sprint 2 End of Lap 4                                             
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          3 pts
2 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                     2
3 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City                              1
 
Sprint 3 End of Lap 6                                             
 
1 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                  3 pts
2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                            2
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          1
 
Sprint 4 End of Lap 8                                             
 
1 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                  3 pts
2 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport              2
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          1
 
Sprint 5 End of Lap 10                                            
 
1 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                 3 pts
2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          2
3 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport              1
 
Sprint 6 End of Lap 12                                            
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          3 pts
2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                            2
3 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                     1
 
Sprint 7 End of Lap 14                                            
 
1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                            3 pts
2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          2
3 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                  1
 
Sprint 8 End of Lap 16                                            
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          3 pts
2 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                     2
3 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                  1
 
Sprint 9 End of Lap 18                                            
 
1 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport              3 pts
2 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                     2
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          1
 
Final general classification
 
1 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                 26.39.55
2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                     1.30
3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             1.51
4 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria                    3.12
5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                       3.38
6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                         3.41
7 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                         3.44
8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco                                   4.27
9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies              4.30
10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City                            4.47
11 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore                      5.08
12 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool               5.34
13 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo                               6.08
14 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport          6.23
15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco                                 7.01
16 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                  7.06
17 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life                     7.32
18 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                 7.53
19 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco                       8.27
20 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans             9.40
21 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City                          9.46
22 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                       10.01
23 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance                        10.37
24 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City                            10.42
25 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello           12.49
26 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria                 12.52
27 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru                                  13.36
28 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing                          15.19
29 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello         15.36
30 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans              16.41
31 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life                     18.39
32 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                      21.51
33 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing                           28.04
34 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines                       31.54
35 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek                   35.00
36 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria              37.15
37 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                      41.18
38 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool             49.29
39 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport         53.00
40 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                53.55
41 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance                          59.57
42 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport    1.00.49
43 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello         1.02.36
44 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Mitchell Building Supplies           1.05.40
45 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore                 1.10.16
46 James Meadley (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies          1.13.54
47 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello      1.14.57
48 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek                    1.15.28
49 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek                  1.17.55
50 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City                          1.22.40
51 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                1.23.08
52 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru                           1.23.32
53 Daniel McConnell (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans       1.24.30
54 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans            1.30.41
55 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing                       1.31.09
56 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing                       1.34.03
57 Joel Pearson (Aus) Provincial Victoria                  1.44.17
58 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru                               1.46.33
59 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool           1.48.44
60 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool        1.50.45
61 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City                       1.51.23
62 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies         1.56.12
63 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance                         1.57.18
64 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco               2.29.18
65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Provincial Victoria               2.34.29
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                         62 pts
2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                       51
3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                     48
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco                                     38
5 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport               35
6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                           34
7 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                    29
8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore                         26
9 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                       26
10 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City                               24
11 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco                                   23
12 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                          22
13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City                               19
14 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City                              19
15 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello            15
16 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport            13
17 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                 10
18 Rob Sharman (GBr) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                 10
19 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru                                     9
20 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                    9
21 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                 8
22 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria                  8
23 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life                        8
24 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance                               8
25 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Uno Clothing                               7
26 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                          7
27 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek                          6
28 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             6
29 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance                              5
30 Ben Johnson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines                           5
31 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City                             5
32 Peter Milostic (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello               4
33 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo                                  4
34 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City                             4
35 Dermot Nally (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                 4
36 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek                       4
37 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Bicycle Superstore                       3
38 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies                3
39 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                3
40 Timo Scholz (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                           3
41 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru                                 3
42 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello            3
43 George Vallins (Aus) Uno Clothing                             3
44 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies               2
45 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                      2
46 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing                              2
47 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life                         1
48 Steven De Decker (Bel) Half Mile Creek                        1
49 Richard Moffatt (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport          1
50 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria                      1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco                                    71 pts
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City                               35
3 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                       34
4 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life                        24
5 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru                                     17
6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Provincial Victoria                      14
7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies                12
8 Chrisophe Le Mevel (Fra) Provincial Victoria                  12
9 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                            8
10 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                    8
11 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Latrobe City                             8
12 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco                                     7
13 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                          6
14 Scott Guyton (NZl) Bicycle Superstore                         5
15 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru                                      5
16 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport               5
17 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                       5
18 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                           5
19 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                     5
20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Latrobe City                                3
21 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Half Mile Creek                          3
22 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo                                  3
23 Craig McCartney (Aus) Provincial Victoria                     3
24 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             3
25 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                         3
26 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello             2
27 Nick Kiraly (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                  2
28 Nathan Jones (Aus) CGU Insurance                              2
 
Criterium Championship
 
1 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                    32 pts
2 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                       29
3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                         23
4 Matthew Rex (Aus) CGU Insurance                               18
5 Jonas Ljungbald (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                       16
6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello             16
7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                           15
8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Latrobe City                               14
9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Half Mile Creek                       11
10 Mark Roland (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                 11
11 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                   10
12 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport              10
13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco                                     8
14 Chris Sutton (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             8
15 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             8
16 Artur Krzeszowiec (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                     7
17 Paul Healion (Irl) Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                 7
18 Damian Forster (Aus) Uno Clothing                             6
19 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                     6
20 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                           6
21 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru                                 6
22 David Harrigan (Aus) Latrobe City                             5
23 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                3
24 Kristian House (GBr) Bendigo                                  3
25 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing                              1
 
Best Under 23 rider classification
 
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies                  
2 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport               
3 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo                                       
 
Best Australian rider classification
 
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                         
2 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies                  
3 David Tanner (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport               
4 William Walker (Aus) Jayco                                      
5 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans                  
6 Chris Bradford (Aus) CGU Insurance                              
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Jayco                                     8 pts
2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello                     5
3 Ben Brooks (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport                5
4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello              4
5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                          3
6 Corey Sweet (Aus) Latrobe City                                 2
7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life                            2
8 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Active For Life                            2
9 David McKenzie (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                        2
10 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                          2
11 Dean Downing (GBr) Bendigo                                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bicycle Superstore                                      80.15.40
2 Active For Life                                             4.55
3 Jayco                                                       7.56
4 Victorian State Home Loans                                  8.08
5 Europcar - Pelaco                                           9.35
6 Latrobe City                                               11.57
7 Mcgee - NSW Institute of Sport                             16.41
8 Provincial Victoria                                        35.20
9 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello                                 48.43
10 Bendigo                                                   54.25
11 Malaysia Airlines                                       1.01.21
12 Mitchell Building Supplies                              1.15.01
13 Cgu Insurance                                           1.45.04
14 UNO Clothing                                            1.48.10
15 Sungold Milk - Warrnambool                              1.55.26
16 Half Mile Creek                                         2.03.28
17 Subaru                                                  2.39.13

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