Swiss rider in commanding position with three stages to come
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Today's race was a marathon in the Irvinebank mining region with views of the spectacular Outback - Urs Huber left, Soren Nissen right.(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
It's important for riders to replenish with plenty of fluids at the feedzones; an additional depot was installed today to assist riders - here Jiri Krivanek (CZE) tries to cool down.(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
Dusty and hot conditions are demanding today. Here the lead group with Urs Huber at the front.(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
The lead group with Nissen, Huber and Johnston on a wide and open Outback road.(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
Sarah White, the strong elite women draws from here ultra-marathon running experience in the tough conditions. Here with A3 rider Dirk Carpentier (BEL).(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
Start line-up at Irvinebank (l-r): Brendan Johnston (AUS), Urs Huber (SUI), Sarah White (AUS), Milton Ramos (ESP) and Jiri Krivanek (CZE).(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
Bad luck for Nicholas Pettina with a flat tyre seeing him loose time and drops from second to fourth position overall(Image credit: Regina Stanger / Crocodile Trophy)
Urs Huber continued his near clean sweep of the Crocodile Trophy, taking out his fifth stage in a row after a somewhat subpar opening day Finishing the 115km stage from Atherton to Irvinebank with a two-minute margin over second-placed Soren Nissen, Huber now leads by 16 minutes over the Dane.
Nicholas Pettina, who previously held second place, succumbed to a mechanical and dropped to fourth overall.
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