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113th Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic - 1.2
Victoria, Australia, October 25, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Dempster takes another big win
By Rod Morris in Warrnambool
At his first attempt Zak Dempster (VIS-Jayco) won one of Australia's most prestigious road races the 2008 Shotz Sports Nutrition Melbourne to Warrnambool. Dempster won in a six-up sprint, after more than seven hours in the saddle. For the event Hilton Clarke had joined him as a VIS-Jayco teammate. Clarke ended up in second place. Third home was David Pell, who has a string of strong placings in the event, but has yet to achieve the ultimate.
Dempster has achieved a lot in his short but growing international cycling career, including winning the Bendigo Madison and time honoured Austral Wheelrace on the track and the Australian Grand Prix Time Trial and Tour of Gippsland on the road.
Over 299km, the "Warrny" is the world's longest one day race and UCI recognition on an international scale and Dempster was well aware of the event's background. "Until now, I wasn't sure whether I was good enough to win the race and also, I had not had the opportunities to race," he said. "But I'm glad I entered, I now realise how tough the race is and what it can do to some riders." Dempster wasn't sure if he'd return. "I might leave it there, one from one sounds nice."
Clarke won the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 2000 and was trying to join elite company as a dual winner of the great race, which again attracted a big audience in the famed Raglan Parade finish.
After winning the Australian Grand Prix Road Race in Ballarat earlier this year and the Grafton to Inverell one day classic last month, Pell looked a good bet yesterday, particularly over the final 20km, when the field had broken up considerably.
Race organisers were thrilled with the response of 205 entries, a record field since the event became a mass start in 1996.
Leisurely start
Riders were able to enjoy the first eight kilometres of the race, as it was neutralise from the start at Sanctuary Lakes where they were to enjoy the scenery. But as soon as the red flag was pulled in at Point Cook, the demeanour of most riders took on a distinctly different look. Some were hell-bent on picking up some of the intermediate sprints, which carried a $100 bonus each time, while others were happy to sit back in the field and dream of getting to the finish line in Warrnambool.
By the time the field had reached Werribee for the third sprint, a group of four riders had already formed with Adrian Hanson, Luke MacKenzie, Andrew Ward and Peter Ladd. Shortly after Adelaide-based Joel Pearson was able to get across from the peloton, but at the same time, MacKenzie had lost touch.
At the Werribee sprint, Port Fairy rider Damien McDowell, got tangled up with some other riders and crashed heavily, resulting in a trip to the nearest hospital. The new four-man group settled down and for the next nine intermediate sprints and four hill climbs boosted their bank balances with some handy pocket money.
By now, the leaders were almost to the Colac Otway region, some 123km into the race. Hanson had been the dominant figure in the intermediate sprints and it wasn't long after that he withdrew from the race. Hanson however had not read the fine print on this year's technical regulations, stipulating that riders in contention for either the Sprint Championship or King of the Mountain Championship, must cross the finish line. But the blow to Hanson was softened when he learnt he was still able to take home the $1200 in sprint prize money he'd collected.
The Victorian 200km Championship was included in the Melbourne to Warrnambool and decided outside the Mamre Hotel at Pirron Yallock. Winner was one of the most unlikely choices if betting was legal on the race in Tasmanian 40-year-old Tim Elmer, who pushed his nose in front of fellow Tasmanian, Richie Porte at the right time.
There was more mayhem at the Camperdown sprint, or at least the feed station which was only 200m further on. Drapac Porsche rider Pip Grinter who at the time was in a new lead group of 17 riders got tangled up with a handful of spectators and officials who were trying to offer feed bags to others. Down he crashed and his day in the saddle was over.
With the finish line nearing, Elmer, Shaun McCarthy and Brendan Rowbotham became the next casualties of the lead group and their target switched from race victory to survival and just getting to the finish line in one piece.
At Panmure, some 25km from the finish, a six-man group, comprising Dempster, Hilton Clarke, Pell, Cameron Jennings, Dylan Newell and Casey Munro, were able to break clear from Jonathon Clarke, Tom Leaper, Cameron Hughes, Will Dickeson, Richie Porte and Leon Vogels and that's the order the top dozen finished, but not before some more drama over the closing stages.
The finish straight at Warrnambool is picturesque for the spectators and they were able to see the power of Dempster over the last 200m in particular. Newell looked to have the race in his pocket when he hit out first, but then Dempster and Hilton Clarke turned on the gas. It was a finish to remember and the name Zak Dempster joins an honour roll that embodies everything about Australian cycling.
Dempster will now switch his road bike for his track machine and prepare for next month's World Cup, while he will turn his attention back to the road for the Australian Open in Ballarat in January.
And in a feel good story about yesterday's "Warrny" Dempster's father Darren, who was also competing in his first major road classic, won the D Grade category.
Results - 299km
1 Zak Dempster (VIS Jayco) 7.18.15 (40.936 km/h) 2 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 3 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 4 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 5 Dylan Newell (Praties) 6 Casey Munro (Radio Coast FM) 7 Jonathan Clarke (VIS Jayco) 1.14 8 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 9 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 10 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 1.17 11 Richie Porte (Praties) 1.22 12 Leon Vogels (Virgin Blue) 1.24 13 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 2.46 14 Shaun McCarthy (Decked Out Coaching 1) 7.50 15 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 7.51 16 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 8.03 17 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 9.13 18 Greg Campbell (Virgin Blue) 19 Jason Rigg (Praties) 20 Kevin Poulton (Radio Coast FM) 21 Vaughan Bowman (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 22 Trent Stevenson (SRT Titans) 23 Peter Milostic (Budget Forklifts) 24 Damien Turner (Radio Coast FM) 25 Peter Smith (Radio 3YB) 26 Chris Thompson (Plan B Racing) 27 Rudolph Schmidt (Footscray Cycling Club) 28 Steven Headley (Plan B Racing) 9.16 29 Danny Kah (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 30 Tony Hallam (Warrnambool Standard) 9.18 31 Luke Aggett (SRT Titans) 9.24 32 James Pugh (Radio Coast FM) 9.26 33 James Langedyk (VIS Jayco) 13.10 34 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 13.15 35 Glen Peterson (Total Rush) 13.20 36 James Ibrahim (Decked Out Coaching 1) 13.38 37 Evan Corry (Dixon Homes) 13.40 38 Sebastian Guiney (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 39 David Tozer (SRT Titans) 40 Joel Stewart (Warrnambool Standard) 13.44 41 John Forrest (Allansford Cheesworld) 42 Steve Pilson (Footscray Cycling Club) 43 Damien Jones (The Homemaker Centre) 13.47 44 David Short (TKM - Slattery) 13.54 45 Steven Martin (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 46 Justin Davis (Radio 3YB) 47 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 48 Jeremy Hills (Praties) 49 Wade Wallace (SEW Eurodrive) 50 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City Ballarat) 51 Luke Mackenzie (Total Rush) 52 Robert Mann (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 53 Stephen Draper (Hendry Cycles) 54 Darren Dempster (Decked Out Coaching 2) 55 Matt Gstrein (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 56 Donatas Bludzis (TKM - Slattery) 57 Richard Read (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 58 Graeme Allbon (Plan B Racing) 59 Stuart Payne (SEW Eurodrive) 60 Cameron Winton (Warrnambool City Council) 61 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 62 David Maltby (Decked Out Coaching 2) 63 Matthew Davis (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 64 Benjamin Koops (SEW Eurodrive) 65 Neale McLennan (SEW Eurodrive) 66 Peter Trigar (Radio Coast FM) 67 Jay Callighan (Dixon Homes) 68 Joshua Grundy (SRT Titans) 69 Craig Mccartney (Savings & Loans) 70 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 71 Andrew Weightman (Wyndham City Council) 72 Richie Belleville (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 73 Clay Allison (Virgin Blue) 74 Paul Mason (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 75 Mick Richie (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 76 William Clarke (Praties) 77 David Kopitchinski (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 14.00 78 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes) 79 Geoff Robertson (Footscray Cycling Club) 14.04 80 Peter Barnett (Radio 3YB) 81 Jake Sutherland (Total Rush) 14.07 82 Scott Keating (Wyndham City Council) 14.11 83 Brendan Schultz (SRT Titans) 14.13 84 Leigh Egan (SRT Titans) 85 Julian Paynter (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 14.20 86 Aaron Field (Wyndham City Council) 14.21 87 Will Tehan (Total Rush) 88 Peter Howard (Radio 3YB) 14.23 89 Leigh Schilling (The Homemaker Centre) 14.25 90 Chris Newman (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 91 Jim Moore (Allansford Cheesworld) 92 Michael Day (SEW Eurodrive) 20.35 93 John Cornish (Wyndham City Council) 27.14 94 Michael Villani (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 28.45 95 Jason Costin (Rapido Cycles) 28.52 96 Adam Kliska (The Gallery Club) 97 Darren Pearce (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 28.57 98 David Fairburn (Decked Out Coaching 2) 99 Murray Jenkins (Footscray Cycling Club) 100 Jeffrey Shaw (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 101 Cam Woolcock (Rapido Cycles) 102 William Murray (Footscray Cycling Club) 103 Harry Hanley (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 29.00 104 Ben Johnson (Rapido Cycles) 105 David Tennant (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 106 Matthew Opperman (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 29.21 107 Frank Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 29.45 108 Matt Bowen (Total Rush) 30.00 109 Peter Kotsiris (The Homemaker Centre) 30.02 110 Wayne Holman (Warrnambool) 30.07 111 Nicole Whitburn (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 30.10 112 John Riley (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 31.59 113 Matt Jensen (Total Rush) 38.25 114 Ian Coker (Warrnambool Standard) 39.52 115 Neale Sturt (Warrnambool City Council) 116 Anthony Fewster (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 39.56 117 Tony Clarke (The Gallery Club) 118 Bert Glennon (The Gallery Club) 40.13 119 Michael Hill (SRT Titans) 41.07 120 Noel Sens (Allansford Cheesworld) 54.49 121 John Marcan (Hendry Cycles) 122 Thomas Mcdonough (Warrnambool City Council) 123 Brian Mcmanus (Warrnambool City Council) 124 Michael Frost (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 125 Chris Taplin (Warrnambool City Council) 126 Tim Nuttall (Action Fitness Centre) 127 Simon Walsh (Warrnambool) 128 Gavin Rowbottom (The Gallery Club) 129 Simon Alder (TKM - Slattery) 130 Kevin Murphy (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 131 Craig Peacock (The Gallery Club) 132 Vincent Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 133 Peter Umbers (Warrnambool) 134 Larry Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 135 Kurt Jensen (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 136 Ryan Corry (Dixon Homes) 137 Anthony Di Battista (Wyndham City Council) 54.54 138 Dalen Court (Hendry Cycles) 55.11 139 Jay Bessell (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 1.00.31 140 David Anderson (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 1.32.40 141 Rodney Thomas (Warrnambool City Council) 1.32.44 142 Richard Mcintosh (Decked Out Coaching 2) 1.36.09 143 Craig Moore (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 144 Marco Marinelli (The Regal Warrnambool) 1.48.24 145 John Pritchard (The Regal Warrnambool) 146 Chris Halley (The Regal Warrnambool) 147 Peter Markey (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 148 Turi Berg (The Gallery Club) 149 Liam Mcweeney (The Regal Warrnambool) 150 Darryn Murphy (The Homemaker Centre) 151 Chris Kelly (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 1.49.15 DNF Damian Harris (Dixon Homes) DNF Peter Mcweeney (The Regal Warrnambool) DNF Dennis Bowen-Day (The Regal Warrnambool) DNF Tony McGann (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNF Glenn Scouller (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNF Laurent Le Page (Shotz Sports Nutrition) DNF Luke James (Shotz Sports Nutrition) DNF Mason Austen (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNF Russell Hunt (The Homemaker Centre) DNF Darren Spiteri (Action Fitness Centre) DNF Simon Bennett (Decked Out Coaching 2) DNF James Broadway (SEW Eurodrive) DNF William Raisin-Shaw (SEW Eurodrive) DNF Simon Coffin (Wyndham City Council) DNF Dean Guidolin (Radio 3YB) DNF Patrick Hayburn (Warrnambool Standard) DNF Damien Mcdowell (Port Fairy Cycling Club) DNF Alistar Faulkner (Port Fairy Cycling Club) DNF Bruce Tallon (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) DNF Andrew Ward (Total Rush) DNF Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) DNF Andrew Rolland (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) DNF Peter Aquilina (Radio Coast FM) DNF Pip Grinter (Radio Coast FM) DNF Richard England (VIS Jayco) DNF Tom Southam (Budget Forklifts) DNF Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) DNF Daniel Furmston (Praties) DNF Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNF Tim Decker (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNF David Mannix (Allansford Cheesworld) DNF Michael Lowther (Warrnambool) DNF Grant McMillan (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNF Darryl Mclimont (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) DNF Gareth Martyn (The Homemaker Centre) DNF Michael Knight (Action Fitness Centre) DNS Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) DNS Reece-Emers Van Beek (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNS Davina Summers (Plan B Racing) DNS Lachlan Stewart (Cycle City Ballarat) DNS Michael Sparke (Rapido Cycles) DNS Patrick Shaw (VIS Jayco) DNS Duncan Murray (Radio 3YB) DNS Daniel McIntyre (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNS Malcolm Hart (The Homemaker Centre) DNS Robert Doyle (Footscray Cycling Club) DNS Brad Davies (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNS Tom Crebbin (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNS Jamie Crass (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNS Matt Colston (Wyndham City Council) DNS Matthew Chessum (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) DNS Wayne Benton (Warrnambool City Council) Sprints Sprint #1 1 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 2 3 James Pugh (Radio Coast FM) 1 Sprint #2 1 Luke Mackenzie (Total Rush) 3 pts 2 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 1 Sprint #3 1 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 3 pts 2 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 1 Sprint #4 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #5 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 1 Sprint #6 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 1 Sprint #7 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 1 Sprint #8 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #9 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #10 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #11 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #12 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 2 3 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 1 Sprint #13 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes) 2 3 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #14 1 Casey Munro (Radio Coast FM) 3 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Richie Porte (Praties) 1 Sprint #15 1 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 3 pts 2 Jonathan Clarke (VIS Jayco) 2 3 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 1 Sprint #16 1 Dylan Newell (Praties) 3 pts 2 Richie Porte (Praties) 2 3 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 1 Sprint #17 1 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 3 pts 2 Richie Porte (Praties) 2 3 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 1 Sprint #18 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 2 3 Pip Grinter (Radio Coast FM) 1 Sprint #19 1 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 1 Sprint #20 1 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 1 Sprint #21 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 2 3 Zak Dempster (VIS Jayco) 1 Sprint #22 1 Leon Vogels (Virgin Blue) 3 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 1 Sprint #23 1 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties) 1 Sprint #24 1 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties) 1 Sprints classification 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 16 pts 2 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 11 3 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 10 4 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 6 5 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 6 6 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 6 7 Richie Porte (Praties) 5 8 Dylan Newell (Praties) 5 9 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 4 10 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 4 11 Casey Munro (Radio Coast FM) 3 12 Luke Mackenzie (Total Rush) 3 13 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 3 14 Leon Vogels (Virgin Blue) 3 15 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes) 2 16 Jonathan Clarke (VIS Jayco) 2 17 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 1 18 James Pugh (Radio Coast FM) 1 19 Zak Dempster (VIS Jayco) 1 20 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 1 Mountains KOM #1 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 KOM #2 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 KOM #3 1 Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 1 KOM #4 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Andrew Ward (Total Rush) 1 KOM #5 1 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 3 pts 2 Richie Porte (Praties) 2 3 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 1 KOM #6 1 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 2 3 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 1 Mountains classification 1 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 10 pts 2 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 3 3 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 3 4 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 2 5 Richie Porte (Praties) 2 6 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 1 7 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 1 Teams 1 Vis Jayco 21.55.59 2 Budget Forklifts 9.13 3 Praties 9.21 4 Savings & Loans 13.57 5 Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore 16.40 6 Radio Coast Fm 17.12 7 Virgin Blue 23.17 8 Carnegie Caulfield Cc Elite 25.18 9 Warrnambool Standard 29.39 10 Srt Titans 31.03 11 Plan B Racing 31.09 12 Footscray Cycling Club 35.47 13 Radio 3Yb 35.57 14 Total Rush 40.07 15 Dixon Homes 40.20 16 Sew Eurodrive 40.28 17 Systemic Logic 6Am-Ers 2 18 Wyndham City Council 41.12 19 Decked Out Coaching 2 55.31 20 Port Fairy Cycling Club 21 The Homemaker Centre 57.00 22 Shotz Sports Nutrition 59.10 23 Systemic Logic 6Am-Ers 1 1.11.03 24 Tkm - Slattery 1.21.23 25 Allansford Cheesworld 1.21.44 26 Rapido Cycles 1.25.35 27 Shipwreck Coast Marketing 1.36.50 28 Warrnambool City Council 1.47.21 29 The Gallery Club 1.47.47 30 Warrnambool 1.53.27 31 Hendry Cycles 2.02.40 32 Sanctuary Lakes Resort 2.23.06 33 The Regal Warrnambool 5.23.58 Grade A 1 Zak Dempster (VIS Jayco) 7.18.15 2 Hilton Clarke (VIS Jayco) 3 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 4 Cameron Jennings (Budget Forklifts) 5 Dylan Newell (Praties) 6 Casey Munro (Radio Coast FM) 7 Jonathan Clarke (VIS Jayco) 1.14 8 Tom Leaper (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 9 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 10 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 1.17 11 Richie Porte (Praties) 1.22 12 Leon Vogels (Virgin Blue) 1.24 13 Stefan Kirsch (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 2.46 14 Shaun Mccarthy (Decked Out Coaching 1) 7.50 15 Brendan Rowbotham (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 8.03 16 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 9.13 17 Greg Campbell (Virgin Blue) 18 Jason Rigg (Praties) 19 Kevin Poulton (Radio Coast FM) 20 Vaughan Bowman (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 21 Trent Stevenson (SRT Titans) 22 Peter Milostic (Budget Forklifts) 23 Damien Turner (Radio Coast FM) 24 Peter Smith (Radio 3YB) 25 Danny Kah (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 9.16 26 Luke Aggett (SRT Titans) 9.24 27 James Pugh (Radio Coast FM) 9.26 28 James Langedyk (VIS Jayco) 13.10 29 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 13.15 30 James Ibrahim (Decked Out Coaching 1) 13.38 31 Evan Corry (Dixon Homes) 13.40 32 Sebastian Guiney (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 33 David Tozer (SRT Titans) 34 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 13.54 35 Jeremy Hills (Praties) 36 Stuart Payne (SEW Eurodrive) 37 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 38 Matthew Davis (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) 39 Peter Trigar (Radio Coast FM) 40 Jay Callighan (Dixon Homes) 41 Joshua Grundy (SRT Titans) 42 Craig Mccartney (Savings & Loans) 43 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 44 Clay Allison (Virgin Blue) 45 William Clarke (Praties) 46 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes) 14.00 47 Jake Sutherland (Total Rush) 14.07 48 Brendan Schultz (SRT Titans) 14.13 49 Leigh Egan (SRT Titans) 50 Matt Jensen (Total Rush) 38.25 51 Michael Hill (SRT Titans) 41.07 52 Ryan Corry (Dixon Homes) 54.49 DNF Damian Harris (Dixon Homes) DNF Patrick Hayburn (Warrnambool Standard) DNF Andrew Ward (Total Rush) DNF Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) DNF Andrew Rolland (Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore) DNF Peter Aquilina (Radio Coast FM) DNF Pip Grinter (Radio Coast FM) DNF Richard England (VIS Jayco) DNF Tom Southam (Budget Forklifts) DNF Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) DNF Daniel Furmston (Praties) DNF Adrian Hanson (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNF Tim Decker (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNS Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) DNS Lachlan Stewart (Cycle City Ballarat) DNS Patrick Shaw (VIS Jayco) DNS Jamie Crass (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNS Matthew Chessum (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) Grade B 1 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 7.26.06 2 Chris Thompson (Plan B Racing) 1.22 3 Steven Headley (Plan B Racing) 1.25 4 Tony Hallam (Warrnambool Standard) 1.27 5 Glen Peterson (Total Rush) 5.29 6 Joel Stewart (Warrnambool Standard) 5.53 7 John Forrest (Allansford Cheesworld) 8 Steve Pilson (Footscray Cycling Club) 9 Steven Martin (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 6.03 10 Justin Davis (Radio 3YB) 11 Wade Wallace (SEW Eurodrive) 12 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City Ballarat) 13 Luke Mackenzie (Total Rush) 14 Stephen Draper (Hendry Cycles) 15 Donatas Bludzis (TKM - Slattery) 16 Graeme Allbon (Plan B Racing) 17 Andrew Weightman (Wyndham City Council) 18 Richie Belleville (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 19 Paul Mason (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 20 Geoff Robertson (Footscray Cycling Club) 6.13 21 Peter Barnett (Radio 3YB) 22 Scott Keating (Wyndham City Council) 6.20 23 Julian Paynter (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 6.29 24 Aaron Field (Wyndham City Council) 6.30 25 Will Tehan (Total Rush) 26 Peter Howard (Radio 3YB) 6.32 27 Jim Moore (Allansford Cheesworld) 6.34 28 Michael Day (SEW Eurodrive) 12.44 29 John Cornish (Wyndham City Council) 19.23 30 Jason Costin (Rapido Cycles) 21.01 31 William Murray (Footscray Cycling Club) 21.06 32 Ben Johnson (Rapido Cycles) 21.09 33 Matt Bowen (Total Rush) 22.09 34 Ian Coker (Warrnambool Standard) 32.01 35 Bert Glennon (The Gallery Club) 32.22 36 Anthony Di Battista (Wyndham City Council) 47.03 37 Dalen Court (Hendry Cycles) 47.20 DNF James Broadway (SEW Eurodrive) DNF Simon Coffin (Wyndham City Council) DNF Dean Guidolin (Radio 3YB) DNS Daniel Mcintyre (Decked Out Coaching 1) DNS Robert Doyle (Footscray Cycling Club) DNS Matt Colston (Wyndham City Council) Grade C 1 Rudolph Schmidt (Footscray Cycling Club) 7.27.28 2 Damien Jones (The Homemaker Centre) 4.34 3 David Short (TKM - Slattery) 4.41 4 Robert Mann (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 5 Matt Gstrein (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 6 Richard Read (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 7 Cameron Winton (Warrnambool City Council) 8 David Maltby (Decked Out Coaching 2) 9 David Kopitchinski (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 4.47 10 Leigh Schilling (The Homemaker Centre) 5.12 11 Chris Newman (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 12 Michael Villani (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 19.32 13 Darren Pearce (Port Fairy Cycling Club) 19.44 14 David Fairburn (Decked Out Coaching 2) 15 Murray Jenkins (Footscray Cycling Club) 1 Jeffrey Shaw (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 7.47.12 17 Harry Hanley (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 7.47.15 18 Peter Kotsiris (The Homemaker Centre) 7.48.17 19 Wayne Holman (Warrnambool) 7.48.22 20 John Riley (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 7.50.14 21 Neale Sturt (Warrnambool City Council) 7.58.07 22 Anthony Fewster (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 7.58.11 23 Thomas Mcdonough (Warrnambool City Council) 8.13.04 24 Brian Mcmanus (Warrnambool City Council) 25 Michael Frost (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 2 Chris Taplin (Warrnambool City Council) 27 Simon Walsh (Warrnambool) 28 Gavin Rowbottom (The Gallery Club) 29 Simon Alder (TKM - Slattery) 30 Kevin Murphy (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 31 Jay Bessell (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) 5.42 32 David Anderson (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 37.51 33 Craig Moore (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 41.20 34 Darryn Murphy (The Homemaker Centre) 53.35 35 Chris Kelly (Shotz Sports Nutrition) 54.26 DNF Glenn Scouller (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNF Laurent Le Page (Shotz Sports Nutrition) DNF Luke James (Shotz Sports Nutrition) DNF Mason Austen (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNF Russell Hunt (The Homemaker Centre) DNF Darren Spiteri (Action Fitness Centre) DNF Simon Bennett (Decked Out Coaching 2) DNF William Raisin-Shaw (SEW Eurodrive) DNF Damien Mcdowell (Port Fairy Cycling Club) DNF Alistar Faulkner (Port Fairy Cycling Club) DNF Bruce Tallon (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) DNF Michael Lowther (Warrnambool) DNF Grant Mcmillan (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNF Darryl Mclimont (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) DNF Gareth Martyn (The Homemaker Centre) DNS Reece-Emerson Van Beek (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNS Duncan Murray (Radio 3YB) DNS Malcolm Hart (The Homemaker Centre) DNS Brad Davies (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNS Tom Crebbin (Sanctuary Lakes Resort) DNS Wayne Benton (Warrnambool City Council) Grade D 1 Darren Dempster (Decked Out Coaching 2) 7.32.09 2 Benjamin Koops (SEW Eurodrive) 3 Neale Mclennan (SEW Eurodrive) 4 Mick Richie (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 2) 5 Adam Kliska (The Gallery Club) 14.58 6 Cam Woolcock (Rapido Cycles) 15.03 7 David Tennant (Systemic Logic 6am-ers 1) 15.06 8 Matthew Opperman (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 15.27 9 Frank Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 15.51 10 Nicole Whitburn (Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite) 16.16 11 Tony Clarke (The Gallery Club) 26.02 12 Noel Sens (Allansford Cheesworld) 40.55 13 John Marcan (Hendry Cycles) 14 Tim Nuttall (Action Fitness Centre) 15 Craig Peacock (The Gallery Club) 16 Vincent Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 17 Peter Umbers (Warrnambool) 18 Larry Mccarthy (Warrnambool) 19 Kurt Jensen (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 20 Rodney Thomas (Warrnambool City Council) 1.18.50 21 Richard Mcintosh (Decked Out Coaching 2) 1.22.15 22 Marco Marinelli (The Regal Warrnambool) 1.34.30 23 John Pritchard (The Regal Warrnambool) 24 Chris Halley (The Regal Warrnambool) 25 Peter Markey (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) 26 Turi Berg (The Gallery Club) 27 Liam Mcweeney (The Regal Warrnambool) DNF Peter Mcweeney (The Regal Warrnambool) DNF Dennis Bowen-Day (The Regal Warrnambool) DNF Tony Mcgann (Shipwreck Coast Marketing) DNF David Mannix (Allansford Cheesworld) DNF Michael Knight (Action Fitness Centre) DNS Davina Summers (Plan B Racing) DNS Michael Sparke (Rapido Cycles) Victorian 200km Championship 1 Tim Elmer (Warrnambool Standard) 4.56.06 2 Richie Porte (Praties) 3 David Fairburn (Decked Out Coaching)
Past winners
Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic winners 2007 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 7.15.15 2006 Robert McLachlan (Aus) 7.54.15 2005 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Amore e Vita 7.39.21 2004 William Walker (Aus) 7.59.22 2003 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 6.47.38 2002 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamnova.com 6.09.57 2001 David McKenzie (Aus) 7.01.55 2000 H. Clarke Jr. (Aus) Carnegie 7.34.36 1999 J. Drew (Aus) Warrnambool 6.42.51 1998 B. Heirwegh (Bel) 7.20.56 1997 D. Schnider (Swi) 6.17.54 1996 C. White (Aus) 6.44.16 1995 B. McAuliffe (60m) 6.34.35 1994 G. Parsonage, WA (scratch) 7.20.04 1993 D. Woods (scratch) 7.36.08 1992 P. Besanko (scratch) 7.01.28 1991 A. Stirling (scratch) 7.15.45 1990 R. Jordan (42 min) 5.49.33 1989 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.49.19 1988 B. Burns (scratch) 7.18.59 1987 P. Rugari (scratch) 6.32.50 1986 M. Lynch (scratch) 6.36.56 1985 B. Leach (30 min) 6.18.09 1984 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.36.43 1983 A. Lindsay (40 min) 6.30.08 1982 D. Allan (scratch) 6.32.31 1981 P. Cox (10 min) 6.20.46 1980 J. Hine (amateur) 6.02.34 1979 D. Allan (scratch) 7.06.48 1978 D. Shaw (4 min) 6.50.24 1977 I. Grindlay (32 min) 6.20.59 1976 D. Allan (scratch) 6.38.31 1975 M. Giramondo (45 min) 8.01.36 1974 J. Bylsma (5 min) 7.27.54 1973 B. Clarke (10 min) 6.32.06 1972 L. Sedley (13 min) 7.15.14 1971 B. Clark (20 min) 8.56.20 1970 M. Giramondo (46 min) 6.37.52 1969 B. Farmer (30 min) 6.53.55 1968 R. Crowe, NSW (18 min) 6.21.06 1967 G. Gilmore, TAS (scratch) 7.14.07 1966 L. Wearne (8 min) 7.20.15 1965 W. Dove (28 min) 7.22.52 1964 P. Fry (40 min) 6.26.05 1963 J. Binding (40 min) 6.40.04 1962 W. O'Brien (20 min) 7.23.12 1961 T. Robson (34 min) 6.59.39 1960 J. Sommer (15 min) 8.38.11 1959 G. Daws (50 min) 8.08.53 1958 W. O'Brien (46 min) 6.24.15 1957 S. Bonney (36 min) 6.18.45 1956 R. Davis, WA (51 min) 6.34.45 1955 E. Smith (scratch) 6.04.55 1954 W. Guyatt (27 min) 8.34.58 1953 M. French (17 min) 6.19.42 1952 V. Beasley (50 min) 7.53.55 1951 A. Julius (27 min) 6.36.54 1950 M. Rowley (scratch) 7.53.28 1949 S. Bonney (33 min) 6.33.05 1948 A. Saunders (33' min) 7.32.02 1947 A. Edwards, SA (45 min) 7.19.15 1939 D. Toseland, SA (scratch) 8.18.06 1938 T. Rogers, QLD (31 min) 7.05.56 1937 T. Brooks, TAS (24 min) 7.39.19 1936 J. McEvoy, SA (43 min) 7.17.28 1935 T. Reynolds, SA (57 min) 7.01.04 1933 L. Willoughby (48 min) 7.05.55 1932 R. J. Reynolds (39 min) 6.39.33 1931 G. E. Lessing (63 min) 7.13.18 1930 J. P. Egan (52 min) 9.03.00 1929 H. Marshall, WA (6 min) 8.13.09 1926 L. Einsiedel (48 min) 8.16.09 1925 E. E. Williamson (60 min) 7.39.34 1924 W. F. King (64 min) 8.09.18 1923 P. Wells (56 min) 8.37.05 1922 P. Hill, NZ (32 min) 9.20.45 1911 J. Tebbs (42 min) 8.53.12 1910 C. A. Piercy (47 min) 10.01.21 1909 W. Knaggs (41 min) 7.32.19 1908 J. T. Donohue, NSW (49 min) 8.00.38 1907 M. B. Dobie (42 min) 7.45.37 1906 D. D. Riley (28 min) 8.58.50 1905 W. E. Hawley (25 min) 7.52.26 1904 J. Wright (38 min) 7.53.57 1903 J. Arnst, NZ (scratch) 7.43.00 1902 M. Chappell (55 min) 9.00.08 1901 W. Nioa (40 min) 9.20.40 1898 W. Collins (90 min) 9.50.50 1897 W. C. Jackson (10 min) 9.51.09 1896 J. Carpenter (scratch) 8.40.05 1895 W. Nicol (90 min) 13.34.00 1895 A. Calder (2 hours start) 11.44.30 Blue Riband Winners 1995 M. Wust (Ger) (scratch) 5.39.27 1994 G. Parsonage, WA (scratch) 7.20.04 1993 D. Woods (scratch) 7.36.08 1992 P. Besanko (scratch) 7.01.28 1991 A. Stirling (scratch) 7.15.45 1990 D. Woods (scratch) 5.12.26 Record 1989 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.49.19 1988 B. Burns (scratch) 7.18.29 1987 P. Rugari (scratch) 6.32.50 1986 M. Lynch (scratch) 6.36.56 1985 T. Hammond (scratch) 6.01.02 1984 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.36.43 1983 T. Hammond (scratch) 6.00.25 1982 D. Allan (scratch) 6.32.31 1981 D. Allan (scratch) 6.16.54 1980 W. Hildred (scratch) 5.37.10 1979 D. Allan (scratch) 7.06.48 1978 T. Stacey (scratch) 6.46.24 1977 T. Stacey (scratch) 5.53.03 1976 D. Allan (scratch) 6.38.31 1975 H. Clarke (scratch) 7.24.24 1974 J. Bylsma (5 min) 7.27.54 1973 G. Wilson (5 min) 6.27.27 1972 F. Atkins, TAS (scratch) 7.11.18 1971 H. Clarke (scratch) 8.36.20 1970 K. Oliver, NSW (scratch) 6.03.25 1969 K. Hoole, NSW (scratch) 6.25.16 1968 B. Waddell (scratch) 6.12.33 1967 G. Gilmore, TAS (scratch) 7.14.07 1966 L. Wearne (8 min) 7.20.15 1965 B. Waddell (scratch) 7.11.06 1964 B. Waddell (scratch) 6.07.34 1963 W. Dalton (scratch) 6.09.33 1962 J. X. McDonough (5 min) 7.11.31 1961 J. O'Sullivan (scratch) 6.43.02 1960 K. Stiefler (scratch) 8.32.47 1959 P. Anthony (6 min) 7.30.15 1958 G. Goodwin (scratch) 5.49.35 1957 R. Mockridge (scratch) 6.06.12 1956 R. Mockridge (scratch) 5.47.05 1955 E. Smith (scratch) 6.04.55 1954 D. Williams (4 min) 8.11.58 1953 A. W. Saunders (scratch) 6.08.58 1952 G. Stabell (scratch) 7.27.08 1951 G. Stabell (scratch) 6.27.03 1950 M. Rowley (scratch) 7.53.28 1949 A. W. Saunders (scratch) 6.12.10 1948 H. Guyatt, VIC (10 min) 7.09.10 1947 K. Rowley, VIC (10 min) 6.57.43 1939 D. Toseland, SA (scratch) 8.18.06 1938 D. Toseland, SA (scratch) 6.44.53 1937 A. Angus, VIC (scratch) 7.19.09 1936 A. Angus, VIC (scratch) 6.44.50 1935 C. J. Beasley, VIC (scratch) 6.24.36 1933 W. F. Stuart, VIC (scratch) 6.27.56 1932 R. W. Lamb, VIC (scratch) 6.21.18 1931 M. Lynch, VIC (8 min) 6.31.28 1930 R. W. Lamb, VIC (scratch) 8.20.10 1929 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 8.07.10 1926 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 7.36.10 1925 H. K. Smith, WA (scratch) 7.25.01 1924 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 7.15.37 1923 P. O'Shea, NZ (scratch) 7.51.41 1922 P. O'Shea, NZ (scratch) 8.59.08 1911 P. O'Shea, NZ (scratch) 8.08.44 1910 J. Pianta, WA (11 min) 9.30.46 1909 J. R. Munro, VIC (3 min) 7.12.51 1908 M. Chappell, VIC (scratch) 7.46.27 1907 T. Larcombe, NSW (scratch) 7.40.10 1906 H. Mehrtens, NZ (10 min) 8.53.52 1905 W. E. Hawley, VIC (25 min) 7.52.26 1904 T. Larcombe, NSW (20 min) 7.48.07 1903 J. Arnst, NZ (scratch) 7.43.00 1902 H. G. O'Callaghan, VIC (10 min) 8.46.23 1901 A. Ralston, NZ (scratch) 9.00.30 1898 W. Adams, VIC (35 min) 9.08.45 1897 W. C. Jackson (10 min) 9.51.09 1896 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 8.40.05 1895 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 12.53.00 1895 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 10.52.00 Sprint Champions 2007 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Shepparton 2006 Stuart Shaw (ACT) 2005 Shaun Snodden (GBr) 2004 Trent Wilson (Aus) 2003 S. Guyton (NZl) 2002 S. Guyton (NZl) 2001 E. Wakker (Kyg) 2000 K. Snorrason (Aus) 1999 Jamie Drew (Aus) 1998 Eric Wohlberg (Can) 1997 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) 1996 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) King of the Mountain Championship 2007 Tom Leaper (Aus) Blackburn 2006 Jason Phillips (Qld) 2005 Jason Phillips (Aus) Past winners by Rod Morris
