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Vic Roads Herald Sun Tour 2003 - 2.3
Australia, October 16-26, 2003
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Stage 10 - October 23: Hall’s Gap To Ararat, 52.5 kms
'Trackie' Roberts proves road star quality
From Rod Morris in Ararat
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Luke Roberts' aim to be considered a bit more than a "good all-rounder" received a gigantic boost today when he took over as outright leader of the $120,000 VicRoads Herald Sun Tour.
Roberts (26) is already one of the most decorated track riders this country has ever produced, having been part of the national team which won this year's world pursuit in a stunning 3.57 minutes at the World Track Titles in Germany.
"Whenever I ride on the road, people are forever asking me, "Are you the same Luke Roberts who rides track?" he said. Road or track it doesn't matter, Luke Roberts is a star performer.
Roberts didn't win either of today's stages, but his effort of finishing fourth in the climb from Horsham to Mt William and then courageous fifth in the afternoon stage from Hall's Gap to Ararat, pushed him into the prized yellow jersey.
The big loser of the day was Jamie Drew, who fell from outright lead to 11th and almost seemingly out of contention at more than a minute behind. In the afternoon stage Drew leapt back into eighth position but in the same breath slipped to 2.08 minutes behind Roberts.
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There was no shortage of international flavour as American Tim Johnson won the morning stage and then in the afternoon, his Active For Life Canadian teammate Dominque Perras claimed line honours in the afternoon sprint.
Tour Director John Craven was labelled a "sadist" by riders yesterday after they completed a tough Category 1 climb up Mt William, were allowed 90 minutes for lunch and then sent on their way again.
"Well, they are racing for $120,000," Craven smiled.
How it unfolded
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A little jaunt of 52 km from Hall's Gap to Ararat in Victoria's Western region doesn't sound that danuting, but when you have a field of 76 international cyclists chasing big dollars and important UCI ranking points, the little jaunt takes on a new meaning.
The pressure was on from the start and by 20 km in, four riders were attempting a bold break. Former Australian Olympian Robert McLachlan (Caravello), Englishman Chris Newtown (Bendigo Building Industry), Czechoslovakian Lubor Tesar (Team Warrnambool) and Canadian Dominique Perras (Active For Life) weren't worrying the leaders on GC and were allowed some leeway out in front.
And for once the peloton got it wrong with three of that four - Perras, Tesar and Newtown - filling the podium positions. Their task was made slightly easier when 11 riders crashed at the 1 km, which was at the foot of the final climb to the finish line.
The crash included GC challengers, Jeremy Hunt (Malaysia Airlines) and Kjell Carlstrom (Europcar - Pelaco), as well as Brett Aitken (Rio Coffee), who was looking to win the Australian Based Rider Championship. Their absence for the sprint to the line made it slightly easier for Luke Roberts and Simon Gerrans (Malaysia Airlines), who are now running one and two respectively in overall honours.
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"At the start of the week, I never intended to challenge for the GC, but now I'm in this position, I have to go for it," Roberts said. "Everything has gone to plan for our team over the last few days and with a stage win from Kristian House and now the outright lead, there is renewed enthusiasm within the team."
The stage winner, Dominique Perras, said the result made up for losing Stage 8. "I was pretty angry when I lost the stage going into Horsham, so this certainly makes up for it," Perras said. This is Perras' second visit to Australia after racing in last year's Bay Crit series and National Open titles. "I love the style of racing in Australia and the atmosphere of this tour is great," he added.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/Cyclingnews.com/www.licoricegallery.com
- The start line at Halls Gap for stage ten
- Race leader Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit_Apsco) looks ahead to the next stage
- The peloton give chase to an early breakaway on stage ten
- Riders collect themselves after a fall at the halfway mark in stage ten
- Ashley Baines (Subaru) awaits the team car during stage ten from Halls gap
- The leading four riders after getting away with around 15 km to go
- You never know who you will see on the Tour
- A group of four riders broke away half way through the 52.5km stage ten from Halls gap to One Tree Hill at Ararat
- The first two riders to reach the top at Ararat after a brutal climb to the finish
- Stage winner Dominique Perras (Active for Life) salutes the crowd on top of One Tree Hill
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) sixth overall after stage ten 1.24 behind the leader
- Robert McLachlan (Caravello) gasps for air on the top of One Tree Hill
- In the yellow jersey Luke Roberts (Emu Spirit_Apsco) glad to reach the summit
- Team Warrnambool's Lubor Tesar finishes second after being a part of the four man break
- One Tree Hill in Ararat the finish to stage ten of the Herald Sun Tour
- Chris Bradford (Subaru) slumps over his handlebars after finishing the climb up One Tree hill
- Dominique Perras (Active for Life) after his win at the top of one tree hill on stage ten
- The spray on the podium: Lubor Tesar (Team Warrnambool, 2nd) Dominique Perras (Active for Life, 1st) and Chris Newton (Bendigo Building Industry, 3rd)
- From left Lubor Tesar (Team Warrnambool) Dominique Perras (Active for Life) and Chris Newton (Bendigo Building Industry) after the finish to stage ten
- Are you ready for some champers with the traditional spray?
- Race Coordinator Jacqui Pinge on the Herald Sun Tour of 2003
Results
1 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1.17.02 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 0.04 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 0.10 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.23 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 0.28 6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 0.37 7 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 0.43 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 0.46 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 0.47 10 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 11 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 0.55 12 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 0.56 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1.06 14 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1.13 15 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 16 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 17 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 18 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 1.25 19 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 20 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 21 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1.33 22 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 1.37 23 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 24 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 25 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 1.43 26 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 1.48 27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 28 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 29 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 30 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 1.52 31 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 1.55 32 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 2.04 33 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 2.07 34 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 2.17 35 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2.20 36 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 37 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 38 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 2.26 39 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 2.30 40 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 41 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 2.33 42 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 2.36 43 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2.38 44 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 2.43 45 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 46 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3.03 47 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 48 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 3.11 49 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 3.28 50 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 51 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 52 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3.35 53 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 54 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.46 55 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 3.54 56 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 4.08 57 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 4.11 58 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 4.35 59 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 4.59 60 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 5.17 61 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 5.35 62 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 63 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 6.17 64 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 6.20 65 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 66 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 6.59 67 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 68 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 69 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 7.33 70 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 8.04 71 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 72 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 12.06 73 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 13.20 74 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 14.30 Sprints Pomonal Primary School (15) 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 Moyston Primary School (22) 1 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 3 pts 2 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 3 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1 Hill Climbs Mocka No. 23 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 5 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 3 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 Mocka No. 26 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 5 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 3 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 Mocka No. 42 1 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 7 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 5 3 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 3 General Classification after stage 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 22.36.10 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 0.34 3 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 1.07 4 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1.15 5 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.20 6 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1.24 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 1.32 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 1.39 9 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2.08 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 2.15 11 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.16 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.18 13 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 4.18 14 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 4.32 15 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 4.55 16 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 4.58 17 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5.21 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 5.41 19 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 20 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 5.56 21 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 7.31 22 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 8.17 23 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Vicroads 9.15 24 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 11.19 25 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 11.34 26 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 11.40 27 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 15.54 28 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 18.36 29 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 18.57 30 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 19.19 31 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 19.59 32 Peter Milostic (Aus) FRF Couriers 20.07 33 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 24.16 34 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 25.33 35 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 26.10 36 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 27.45 37 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 28.03 38 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 28.04 39 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 29.41 40 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 30.04 41 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 32.10 42 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 35.06 43 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 37.07 44 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 37.23 45 Joel Pearson (Aus) Subaru 38.34 46 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 41.25 47 George Vallins (Aus) Vicroads 41.47 48 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 44.16 49 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 49.12 50 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 49.25 51 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) FRF Couriers 50.41 52 Gerado Castro (Uru) Echuca-Moama 50.49 53 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 51.22 54 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 53.17 55 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 56.36 56 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 57.07 57 Brian Steel (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 57.28 58 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1.02.20 59 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 1.04.05 60 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1.04.17 61 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 1.06.28 62 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 1.07.35 63 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Pelaco 1.07.57 64 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 1.08.38 65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Vicroads 1.11.14 66 Colin Thornton (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1.14.00 67 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Team Warrnambool 1.16.54 68 Luke Weir (Aus) City Of Melbourne 1.17.11 69 Alvaro Tardaguila (Uru) Echuca-Moama 1.20.33 70 Ashley Baines (Aus) Subaru 1.22.06 71 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 1.27.40 72 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.29.28 73 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 1.36.42 74 Tim Decker (Aus) Subaru 1.46.56 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $500 2 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello $300 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco $300 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines $200 5 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee $200 6 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco $200 7 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco $200 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry $200 9 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry $200 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld $200 11 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld $200 Team Classification 1 Malaysia Airlines 67.51.31 2 Emu Spirit / Apsco 2.52 3 Active For Life 3.21 4 Jayco 17.51 5 Europcar / Pelaco 23.18 6 Barloworld 26.56 7 Ballarat Eureka 39.01 8 Bendigo Building Industry 45.31 9 Caravello 46.40 10 Rio Coffee 1.02.43 11 Vic Roads 1.04.56 12 Team Warrnambool 1.07.25 13 City Of Melbourne 1.22.00 14 Subaru 1.22.49 15 FRF Couriers 1.39.53 16 Echuca - Moama 1.58.36 17 Carlton Midstrength 2.11.07 Sprint classification 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 50 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 32 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 31 4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 28 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 22 6 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 22 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 22 8 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 18 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 17 10 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 11 12 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 11 13 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 10 14 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 10 15 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 9 16 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 9 17 Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) City Of Melbourne 9 18 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 9 19 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 20 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 21 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 8 22 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 8 23 Scott Moninger (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 8 24 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 8 25 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 7 26 Troy Glennan (Aus) FRF Couriers 7 27 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 6 28 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Active For Life 6 29 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 6 30 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 6 31 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 5 32 Adrian Laidler (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 33 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 4 34 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 4 35 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 36 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 37 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Pelaco 3 38 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) Caravello 3 39 Jose Medina (Chi) City Of Melbourne 3 40 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 2 41 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 2 42 Andrew Graham (Aus) FRF Couriers 2 43 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 2 44 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Echuca-Moama 2 45 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 46 Alex Candelario (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 47 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 1 48 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 1 49 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 1 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 51 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Emu Spirit-Apsco 23 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 19 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 15 5 Scott Guyton (NZl) Jayco 14 6 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 13 7 Chris Newton (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 13 8 Dominique Perras (Can) Active For Life 13 9 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 12 10 Anthony Challinor (Aus) FRF Couriers 10 11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 8 12 Jaco de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 7 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 6 14 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 5 15 Kristian House (GBr) Emu Spirit-Apsco 5 16 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 5 17 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 18 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 19 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Pelaco 4 20 Chris Bradford (Aus) Subaru 4 21 Domenic Gatto (Aus) Subaru 3 22 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 23 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 3 24 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 25 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Caravello 2 26 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 2 27 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 28 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 1 29 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Emu Spirit-Apsco 1 Criterium Championship 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Rio Coffee 12 pts 2 Kieran Page (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 10 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Ballarat*Eureka! 10 5 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 6 Matthew Goold (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 9 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Malaysia Airlines 9 8 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 9 9 Hector Morales (Uru) Active For Life 9 10 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Pelaco 9 11 Paul Manning (GBr) Bendigo Building Industry 8 12 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 7 14 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Pelaco 6 15 Milton Wynants (Uru) Echuca-Moama 6 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 6 17 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Warrnambool 4 18 Tim Johnson (USA) Active For Life 4 19 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Active For Life 3 20 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) City Of Melbourne 3 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Team Warrnambool 2 22 Matt Wilson (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 23 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Caravello 1
