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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1

Australia, October 12-18, 2008

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Stage 1 - October 13: Traralgon to Inverloch, 130.4km

Goss doubles up

Matt Goss (CSC-Saxo Bank) holds out Baden Cooke (Barloworld) to win his second stage in two days
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For the second day in a row Matt Goss, of the CSC Saxo Bank team, relegated Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke to the minor placings by winning the opening stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

And just like yesterday Goss attributed a large portion of his win in the 130km trek from Traralgon to Inverloch to the work of his teammates, particularly Stuart O'Grady, who broke away from the peloton with 65km remaining only to be caught 15km from the finish.

"It was pretty windy all day but we always had someone in front and Stuey [O'Grady] made it easy because we didn't have to do anything for the last 50 to 60km because everyone was just chasing him," said a jubilant Goss. "It was a hard day and it was good to finish off well. It's nice to get a win here, even though yesterday was good, this is even better."

With CSC Saxo Bank having only five riders in the race the experienced O'Grady decided the best option for them was to go on the attack and force the others to chase. He broke away to get a maximum lead of almost four minutes. At one stage it looked like the 35-year-old would pull off a stunning win, only to ride into the teeth of a ferocious head wind 20km from the finish that almost instantaneously halted his dash to the line.

"It was the head more than anything telling me to attack and it was a moment when everyone looked pretty hammered," O'Grady said. "In the end I probably bit off a bit more than I could chew. But you've got to give it a crack. The conditions were just too tough for me. It was just a massive headwind the whole way and it was just too much in the end."

Once O'Grady was caught by the chase - led by the Toyota-United and Barloworld teams - there was still plenty of team support for the 21-year-old Tasmanian Goss in the hectic run to the line. "There was a stack in the finish but I'm not really sure what happened because it was just behind me," Goss said. "I was just trying to keep near the front. The Toyota boys hit out at around 600m to go and [teammate] Brad McGee followed those guys and I jumped on the wheel.

Hard work: it was heavy going for Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) in his solo break
Photo ©: Shane Goss
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"Then Leigh Howard (Virgin Blue Australian national team) hit out at about 300m to go and he hit out well but Cookie [Baden Cooke, Barloworld] chased and I just come over the top of them."

The crash in the sprint finish involved three riders, with the worst affected South Australia.com-AIS rider Travis Meyer, who was taken to hospital for X-rays with a suspected broken shoulder. Virgin Blues' David Kemp and Chris Jongewaard of the Panasonic team were also involved in the crash but managed to finish the stage.

The tough conditions also contributed to Henk Vogels (Toyota-United), Greg Henderson (Yes Optus Shpt New Zealand), Carlo Scognamiglio (Barloworld) and Matt Rice (Jelly Belly) abandoning the race.

The third place finisher on the stage, Leigh Howard has moved into the lead of the Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 category.

The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey was taken by Bernard Van Ulden, an American on the Jelly Belly team who claimed the points on the first climb of the tour.

For Goss the stage win also delivered the overall race lead and the Budget Forklift sprint points classification.

Stage Two – Inverloch to Warragul – 118.1km

Tuesday 14 October

Start – Wyeth-McNamara Park, Ramsey Rd, Inverloch, 10.30am

Finish – Albert Rd, Warragul – ETA 1.30pm

Via Wonthaggi, Kongwak, Jumbunna, Korumburra, Poowong, Athlone, Drouin South, Ellin Bank, Nilma

Stage two of the Tour from Inverloch to Warragul offers the first real climbing challenges of 2008 with some tough climbs through the stunning Strezlecki Ranges before the run in to the finish at Warragul.

Photography

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Results

1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                 3.14.02 (40.323 km/h)
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                            
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                
4 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    
5 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                      
6 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                             
7 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                    
8 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                             
9 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                        
10 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                         
11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                      
12 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Praties                            
13 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                     
14 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                
15 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
16 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                       
17 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                          
18 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                        
19 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                           
20 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                        
21 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
22 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
23 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada           
24 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans                  
25 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                               
26 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                           
27 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                          
28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                     
29 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               
31 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            
32 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                           
33 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                           
34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                   
35 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                
36 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               
37 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                    
38 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
39 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS         
40 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   
41 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                        
42 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                             
43 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
44 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                               
45 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         
46 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    
47 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                       
48 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
49 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  
50 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                            
51 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                       
52 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                
53 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                  
54 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
56 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                     
57 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
58 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                          
59 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada            
60 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
61 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
62 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                   
63 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                          
64 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                       
65 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                    
66 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                              
67 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
68 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                               
69 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
70 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
71 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                             
72 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             
73 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
74 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
75 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia          
76 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                           
77 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                        
78 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 
79 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                15.32
80 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                          
81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                      
82 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                           
83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                    
84 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                       
85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                
86 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                       
87 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                             
88 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
89 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                             
90 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
DNF Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       23.01
DNF Russell Gill (Aus) Savings & Loans               27.47
DNF Peter Milostic (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
DNF Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly                  30.20
DNF Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                   
DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United                       
DNF Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                        
DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                 3.13.52
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                        0.04
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            0.06
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
5 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                         0.07
6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                    
7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    0.08
8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                0.10
9 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                      
10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                            
11 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                   
12 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                       
13 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                         
14 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                      
15 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Praties                            
16 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                     
17 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                
18 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
19 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                       
20 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                          
21 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                        
22 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                           
23 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                        
24 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
25 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
26 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada           
27 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans                  
28 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                               
29 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                           
30 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                          
31 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
32 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               
33 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            
34 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                           
35 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                           
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                
37 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               
38 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                    
39 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
40 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS         
41 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   
42 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                        
43 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                             
44 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
45 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                               
46 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         
47 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    
48 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                       
49 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
50 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  
51 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                            
52 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                       
53 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                
54 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                  
55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
56 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                     
57 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
58 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                          
59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
60 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                   
61 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                          
62 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                       
63 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                    
64 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                              
65 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
66 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                               
67 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
68 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
69 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                             
70 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             
71 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
72 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia          
73 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                           
74 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                        
75 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 
76 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
77 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           0.30
78 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada            
79 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
80 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                15.42
81 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                          
82 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                      
83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                    
84 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                       
85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                
86 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                       
87 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                             
88 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
89 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                             
90 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                      16.02
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      10 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                     8
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                           8
4 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                            6
5 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               6
6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                   6
7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       4
8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   4
9 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                     2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                   12 pts
2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                           8
3 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                          6
4 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                        4
5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          4
6 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                       2
 
Best U23 rider classification
 
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia        13.58.00
2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                0.04
3 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  
4 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                            
5 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                
6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          
7 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                    
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
9 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                             
10 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                
11 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                  
12 Bryson Bowers (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
13 Darren Shea (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
14 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
15 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             
16 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
17 Travis Meyer (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
18 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           0.24
19 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                     15.36
20 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                       
21 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                
22 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                       
23 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
24 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                             

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