Melbourne to Warrnambool 2014: Results

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Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au/search2retain) wins (Image credit: Con Chronis)

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The 2014 Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic podium (Image credit: Con Chronis)

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Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au/search2retain) (Image credit: Con Chronis)

Geelong's Oliver Kent-Spark notched up the biggest win of his career, taking out the 99th Melbourne to Warrnambool, outpacing Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alex Edmondson (SASI) in the 273km event. Defending champion Sam Horgan (Budget Forklifts) finished third.

"I can't believe this has happened, it's absolutely incredible," Kent-Spark said. "This is 100 per cent the highlight in my career.

"I had 'always believe in yourself' in my head which is actually what my mum said to me this morning - the power of the mind is amazing."

Kent-Spark was part of a late 12-man breakaway that formed with 40 kilometres remaining and gained a one minute advantage on the peloton.

The group included Horgan, Edmondson, Jacob Kauffman (Budget Forklifts), Wesley Sulzberger (Drapac), Mark O'Brien (Avanti Racing) and Jeremy Cameron (African Wildlife Safaris) and began to splinter on the run into Warrnambool, with Horgan and Kent Spark caught out following an aggressive attack from O'Brien.

With five kilometres remaining, Edmondson, Kauffman, Cameron and O'Brien looked set to contest the finish between them, before Horgan and Kent-Spark dug deep and rejoined the group with three kilometres left to race.

"I was yo-yoing off the back of the break, we kind of came back together on a little downhill and it was Alex Edmondson who led the sprint out half-heartedly.

"I thought I was racing for second at best, the uphill sprint is better for me than a flat one but even that's not great for me, but everything changes at the end of 273 kilometres, it's a big day," Spark said.

Two-time track world champion and Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist, Edmondson, was disappointed to have come so close to victory.

"It's pretty hard to race almost 280 kilometres and be rolled on the line, but I gave it all I had and I guess I got beaten by a better bike rider on the day," said Edmondson.

"I take my hat off to the search2retain guys and Ollie Kent-Spark. He's such a nice guy and did a lot of the work when we got into that small breakaway at the end."

Kent-Spark's victory is the third on the trot for his health.com.au/search2retain team following Patrick Bevin taking out the National Capital Tour and Tour of Tasmania.

The Subaru National Road Series concludes on October 25 with the Grafton to Inverell.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)	7:00:21
2	Alexander Edmondson (SASI Cycling Team)
3	Samuel Horgan (Team Budget Forklifts)	0:00:01
4	Jacob Kauffmann (Team Budget Forklifts)
5	Mark O'brien (Avanti Racing Team)
6	Jeremy Cameron (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)	0:00:02
7	Jesse Kerrison (Team Budget Forklifts)	0:00:05
8	Jonathan Cantwell (Drapac Professional Cycling)
9	Angus Tobin (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
10	Brenton Jones (Avanti Racing Team)
11	Tommy Nankervis (Team Budget Forklifts)
12	Sean Whitfield (Team Scody Downunder)
13	Alexander Smyth (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)
14	Stuart Shaw (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
15	Jason Lowndes (Team Seight)	0:00:06
16	Liam White (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)
17	James Mowatt (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
18	George Tansley (SASI Cycling Team)
19	Dylan Pierre-Humbert (Wormall Civil CCS)
20	Daniel Nelson (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
21	Anthony Collins
22	Lee Burchell (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)	0:00:06
23	Hamish Schreurs (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team)
24	Luke Parker (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
25	Christopher Luxton
26	Tom Leaper (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)	0:00:06
27	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing Team)
28	Kyle Thompson
29	Lachlan Glasspool
30	Scott Sunderland (Team Scody Downunder)	0:00:06
31	Daniel Bonello (GPM Stulz)
32	Nick Miller (Team Scody Downunder)
33	Russell Gill (Wormall Civil CCS)
34	Tom Sacre
35	Dylan Hately (Team Seight)	0:00:06
36	David Rugendyke
37	Daniel Strauss (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)	0:00:06
38	Tyler Spurrell (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
39	Christopher Fuller (St Kilda)
40	Malcolm Rudolph (Drapac Professional Cycling)
41	Tyson Chambers (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)
42	Julian Paynter (St Kilda)
43	James Rendall (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
44	Jake Magee (CharterMason Giant Racing)
45	Darcy Woolley (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
46	Sean Lake (African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team)
47	Chris Jory (GPM Stulz)
48	Ryan Cottrell
49	Timothy Roe (Team Budget Forklifts)	0:00:06
50	Joshua Taylor (CharterMason Giant Racing)
51	Vaughan Bowman (Team Seight)
52	Bernard Sulzberger (Drapac Professional Cycling)
53	Benjamin Johnson (Footscray)
54	Kris Johnston (Cellarbrations Racing Team)
55	Nicholas Graham-Dawson (Wormall Civil CCS)
56	Joel Walsh
57	Russell Van Hout
58	Zane Hunter (Team Seight)	0:00:06
59	Daniel Herrewyn
60	Andreas Nielson (Cellarbrations Racing Team)	0:00:06
61	Todd Buschkuehl (Team Scody Downunder)
62	Samuel Witmitz (Team Budget Forklifts)
63	Mason Austen (Hawthorn)
64	Ryan Thomas (GPM Stulz)
65	Chris Harper
66	Darryn Benn (Blackburn)	0:00:06
67	Thomas Patton (GPM Stulz)
68	Tom Robinson (Avanti Racing Team)
69	Nicholas Bien (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)
70	Nicholas Wood
71	Jack Anderson (Drapac Professional Cycling)	0:00:06
72	Darrin Jones (Port Fairy *)
73	Ricky Smedts (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)
74	Daniel Barry (Team Budget Forklifts)
75	Keegan Aitchison (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team)
76	Michael Vink (Team Budget Forklifts)
77	Mark Crawford (GPM Stulz)
78	Cameron Mcdonald (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)
79	Tom Paton
80	Jordan Payne
81	Josh Berry (Cellarbrations Racing Team)	0:00:06
82	Michael Troy (GPM Stulz)
83	Fergus Sully (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)
84	Jake Klajnblat
85	Mitchell Barry (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)	0:00:06
86	Josh Aldridge (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team)
87	Aaron Watts (Cellarbrations Racing Team)
88	Edward White (GPM Stulz)
89	Lauchlan Stewart
90	Mitchell Mulhern (Team Scody Downunder)	0:00:06
91	Travis Meyer (Drapac Professional Cycling)
92	Joseph Cooper (Avanti Racing Team)
93	Justin Gassner
94	Todd Satchell (Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team)	0:00:06
95	Glenn O'shea (SASI Cycling Team)
96	Tom Kaesler (SASI Cycling Team)
97	David Kelly (TRH)
98	Cameron Bayly (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
99	Miles Scotson (SASI Cycling Team)
100	Matt Boys (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)
101	Thomas Donald (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
102	Harry Carpenter (SASI Cycling Team)	0:00:12
103	Mitchell Dedman
104	Jacob Langham
105	Kane Walker (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)	0:00:12
106	David Mclean (Team Seight)	0:00:15
107	Joel Strachan (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)
108	Christopher Lee (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)
109	Stuart Smith (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
110	Patrick Shaw (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)	0:00:17
111	Mitchell Cooper (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)
112	Angus Morton (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)	0:00:19
113	Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Professional Cycling)	0:00:20
114	Lachlan Norris (Drapac Professional Cycling)
115	Wesley Sulzberger (Drapac Professional Cycling)
116	Jayden Copp (Wormall Civil CCS)
117	Guy Kalma (Wormall Civil CCS)
118	Jack Beckinsale (Avanti Racing Team)	0:01:39
119	Stephen Fairless (Shepparton)
120	Aaron Donnelly (Avanti Racing Team)	0:01:55
121	Benjamin Hill (CharterMason Giant Racing)	0:02:58
122	Mitchell Lovelock-Fay (Avanti Racing Team)
123	Sam Crome (CharterMason Giant Racing)	0:03:51
124	Ian Johnston (Rockhampton)	0:08:13
125	Jay Phillpotts (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)	0:09:46
126	Daniel Molyneux (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team)	0:12:17
127	Dylan Lindsey (Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team)	0:17:52
128	Ryan Vecht (St Kilda)	0:21:10
129	Samuel Hill
130	Michael Mcgee (Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team)	0:21:10
131	Samuel Rix
132	Allan Satchell (Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team)	0:21:12
133	Gary Mclennan (Sunshine Coast)	0:26:30
134	Steve Duggan (Brunswick)
135	David Bingley (Launceston City)
136	Christopher Harney (St Kilda)
137	Chris Smith (Southern Masters)
138	Dean Heathcote (TRH)
139	Steven Payne (Preston)
140	William Murray (Footscray)
141	Ashley Dawson
142	Matthew Sydes (Northern Vets)	0:26:30
143	Thomas Mcdonough (Coburg)
144	Daniel Hamblin (ADF Cycling)
145	Chris Mason (St Kilda)
146	Andrew Ward
147	David Hill (Alpine)	0:26:30
148	Christopher Joustra (Latrobe City)
149	Colin Aitken (Latrobe City)
150	Mark Scouller (Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team)
151	Glenn Landers (St Kilda)
152	Andrew Kaye (Albury-Wodonga)
153	Adam Mulford (Carnegie Caulfield)
154	Gordon Kenneway (Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn)
155	Chris Hellman (St Kilda)	0:26:38
156	Angus Thomson (St Kilda)
157	Tim Mcgrath (St Kilda)	0:26:45
158	Michael Walsh (Launceston City)	0:26:48
159	Dane Frey (Wormall Civil CCS)	0:26:51
160	Simon Frost (Carnegie Caulfield)	0:27:21
161	Conor Murtagh (CharterMason Giant Racing)	0:28:11
162	Kip Gabriel (Melbourne University)	0:49:50
163	Justin Leske (Bendigo & District)	0:49:52
164	Richard Hale (Mildura-Coomealla)
165	David Foster (Southern Masters)	0:50:01
166	Lee Lindsay (Southern Masters)	1:16:01
167	David De Pedro (Dirt Riders)
168	Kris Gill (Bendigo & District)
DNF	Jacob Restall (CharterMason Giant Racing)
DNF	Rowan Dever (CharterMason Giant Racing)
DNF	Julian Hamill (GPM Stulz)
DNF	Stuart Grimsey (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)
DNF	Ben De Groot (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team)
DNF	Jacob Sutherland (TRH)
DNF	Ben Marshall
DNF	Mick Millar (Southern Masters)
DNF	Costa Chronis (St Kilda)
DNF	Patrick Mcintyre (Italo Australian)
DNF	Robert Cater (Randwick Botany)
DNF	Justin Vincent (Warrnambool *)
DNF	Gavin Buechler (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)
DNF	Russell Church (Carnegie Caulfield)
DNF	Daryl Stewart (Bendigo & District)
DNF	Scott Wells (Carnegie Caulfield)
DNF	Mark Mclaren (Hamilton)
DNF	Todd Baxter (Camperdown)
DNF	Leigh Stott (Dirt Riders)
DNF	Ash Flint (Northern Vets)
DNF	Sydney Anstee (Bendigo & District)
DNS	Morgan Smith (CharterMason Giant Racing)
DNS	Alexander Malone (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)
DNS	Samuel Volkers (Team Scody Downunder)
DNS	Alistair Crameri (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)
DNS	Nicholas Squillari (TRH)
DNS	Luigi Vecchio (TRH)
DNS	Jason Rigg
DNS	Michael Smith
DNS	Connor Hughes
DNS	Craig Porter (Carnegie Caulfield)

Sprint 1 - Teesdale
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Hill	3	pts
2	Patrick Shaw (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)	2
3	Angus Morton (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)	1

Sprint 2 - Cobden
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Hill	3	pts
2	Glenn O'shea (SASI Cycling Team)	2
3	Tyson Chambers (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)	1

Mountain 1 - Camperdown
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Samuel Hill
2	Stuart Smith (health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team)
3	Patrick Shaw (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)
4	Angus Morton (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)

Sprint classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Hill	6	pts
2	Glenn O'shea (SASI Cycling Team)	2
3	Patrick Shaw (Satalyst Giant Racing Team)	2
4	Tyson Chambers (Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part)	1
5	Angus Morton (Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team)	1

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Team Budget Forklifts	21:01:10
2	health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team	0:00:03
3	Avanti Racing Team	0:00:05
4	SASI Cycling Team
5	African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team	0:00:07
6	Team Scody Downunder	0:00:10
7	Drapac Professional Cycling
8	Team Seight	0:00:11
9	Wormall Civil CCS
10	Bike Gallery - Lexus Blackburn
11	GPM Stulz
12	Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part
13	Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team
14	Subaru Albion NRS Development Team
15	Cellarbrations Racing Team
16	Satalyst Giant Racing Team	0:00:25
17	CharterMason Giant Racing	0:03:03
18	Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team	0:39:01