Dennis wins Tour of Geelong
Pearson wins final stage
South Australia’s Rohan Dennis (Team Jayco Skins) secured victory at the GMHBA Tour of Geelong, surviving in the rain on the final 45km criterium stage to beat Patrick Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) by 1:33 with Cameron Jennings (Team Budget Forklifts) 42 seconds further back in third place.
The criterium, over 25 laps of a 1.8km slippery circuit, doubled as the Victorian Open championship and was won by the Joel Pearson (Genesys) from Dale Scarfe (McDonagh Blake – Witness), with Malaysia’s Harrif Saleh third. Dennis finished 40th, safely in the pack.
Dennis was named in the Australian U23 national squad for the world road championships next month and is considered a rising star of Australian cycling.
“It’s the first tour win of my career and hopefully there’s many more to come. This Geelong Tour was good and tough. The course was excellent but really challenging,” he said.
Dennis, who won the national Under 23 time trial championship at Buninyong in January, won two of the tour’s six stages – the opening 48km criterium at North Shore on Wednesday and the 20km time trial at Portarlington on Friday. The time he gained against the clock was decisive.
He fought an intense battle with Rhys Pollock (Drapac) over the first four days but was stronger than his more senior rival over the tough, twisting climbs in the 143km road race at Anakie on Saturday.
The 111-man field was confronted by extreme weather throughout the event, with rain, wind and slippery roads creating hazardous conditions for the competitors.
Jenny McPherson notched her second straight Victorian criterium championship in the 36km women’s event.
1 | Joel Pearson (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | 1:04:17 |
2 | Dale Scarfe (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Harrif Saleh (Malaysian National Team) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Alexander Ray (Lakes Oil) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | George Tansley (Team SASI Cycling) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Joseph Lewis (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Thomas Robinson (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Michael Bulters (City of Greater Geelong) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Mitchell Pearson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Scott Liston (Dirt Riders) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Michael Smith (Lawson Homes) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Peter Thompson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Chris Steffanoni (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Kyle Marwood (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Richard Lang (Team Jayco Skins) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Patrick Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Patrick Drapac (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Cameron Jennings (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Nicholas Mitchell (GMHBA) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Dominik Dudkiewicz (Footscray Cycling Club) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Michael Freiberg (GMHBA) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Shahrul Amin (Malaysian National Team) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Amir Rusli (Malaysian National Team) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Almal Amrum (Jayco VIS) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Steele Von Hoff (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Team mount Beauty) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | John Cornish (GMHBA) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Adiq Othman (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | David Abraham (Launceston City CC) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Alex Carver (Team Jayco Skins) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Phillip Mundy (Team SASI Cycling) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Samuel Rutherford (Bike Bug North Sydney/Car) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Daniel Hopper (Di Giorgio Wines) | 0:00:06 |
37 | James Mowatt (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Charles Howlett (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Samuel Witmitz (Lakes Oil) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Rohan Dennis (Team Jayco Skins) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Shannon O'Brien (Lakes Oil) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Scott Mcphee (Team SASI Cycling) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Yusrizal Usoff (Malaysian National Team) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Brodie Talbot (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Aaron Donnelly (Team Jayco Skins) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | David Pell (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:00:10 |
50 | Fallane Ali (Malaysian National Team) | 0:00:14 |
51 | Joshua Prete (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Andrew Smith (Lawson Homes) | 0:00:16 |
53 | Patrick Lane (Team Jayco Skins) | 0:00:17 |
54 | Jason Rigg (Northern Districts WA) | 0:00:19 |
55 | Paul Richards (Latrobe City CC) | 0:00:21 |
56 | Michael Crosbie (Hyster - Total Rush) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Andrew Christie (Lawson Homes) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Eric Sheppard (Jayco VIS) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Jeremy Hills (Di Giorgio Wines) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Matthew Benson (Team SASI Cycling) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Alexander Edmondson (Team SASI Cycling) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Lachlan Ambrose (Di Giorgio Wines) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:00:31 |
64 | Fakhrullah Alias (Malaysian National Team) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Blair Windsor (Team Budget Forklifts) | 0:00:53 |
66 | Andrew Roe (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | 0:00:57 |
67 | Scott Cronly-Dillon (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:01:03 |
68 | Guillaume Patritti (New Caledonia Cycling Tea) | 0:01:05 |
69 | Daniel Braunsteins (Hawthorn Citizens Youth C) | 0:01:27 |
70 | Timothy Walker (West Tamar CC) | 0:01:31 |
71 | Kane Walker (Apollo Bicycles) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Matthew Wood (Team Budget Forklifts) | 0:01:34 |
73 | Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:01:37 |
74 | Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:01:39 |
75 | Merlin Spranz (Di Giorgio Wines) | 0:02:35 |
76 | Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:03:32 |
77 | Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jason Spencer (Apollo Bicycles) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Andrew Arundel (Lawson Homes) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
1 | Rohan Dennis (Tea Jayco Skins) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
2 | Patrick Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | 0:01:33 |
3 | Cameron Jennings (Team Budget Forklifts) | 0:02:15 |
4 | Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:02:23 |
5 | Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | 0:02:47 |
6 | Michael Freiberg (GMHBA) | 0:04:07 |
7 | Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:04:12 |
8 | Thomas Robinson (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | 0:04:59 |
9 | Brodie Talbot (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | 0:05:26 |
10 | David Pell (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:06:07 |
11 | Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | 0:06:32 |
12 | Richard Lang (Team Jayco Skins) | 0:06:56 |
13 | Alex Carver (Team Jayco Skins) | 0:07:40 |
14 | Patrick Lane (Team Jayco Skins) | 0:08:27 |
15 | Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:10:43 |
16 | Alexander Ray (Lakes Oil) | 0:11:38 |
17 | Aaron Donnelly (Team Jayco Skins) | 0:13:29 |
18 | Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts) | 0:13:43 |
19 | Andrew Roe (Virgin Blue RBS Morgan) | 0:17:06 |
20 | Samuel Rutherford (Bike Bug North Sydney/Car) | 0:17:24 |
21 | Eric Sheppard (Jayco VIS) | 0:18:31 |
22 | Matthew Benson (Team SASI Cycling) | 0:19:50 |
23 | Joseph Lewis (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:23:55 |
24 | Scott Cronly-Dillon (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:25:29 |
25 | Steele Von Hoff (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | 0:25:42 |
26 | Nicholas Mitchell (GMHBA) | 0:27:34 |
27 | Jason Spencer (Apollo Bicycles) | 0:27:42 |
28 | Adiq Othman (Drapac Professional Cyclin) | 0:27:46 |
29 | Michael Smith (Lawson Homes) | 0:28:18 |
30 | George Tansley (Team SASI Cycling) | 0:28:54 |
31 | Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes) | 0:29:24 |
32 | Joshua Prete (Team Budget Forklifts) | 0:29:54 |
33 | Amir Rusli (Malaysian National Team) | 0:32:18 |
34 | Phillip Mundy (Team SASI Cycling) | 0:32:29 |
35 | John Cornish (GMHBA) | 0:35:55 |
36 | Chris Steffanoni (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | 0:37:00 |
37 | Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers) | 0:38:58 |
38 | Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake - Witness) | 0:39:44 |
39 | Michael Crosbie (Hyster - Total Rush) | 0:41:22 |
40 | Charles Howlett (Search2Retain - MyTeam2 ) | 0:42:30 |
41 | Guillaume Patritti (New Caledonia Cycling Tea) | 0:43:09 |
42 | Merlin Spranz (Di Giorgio Wines) | 0:48:07 |
43 | Andrew Arundel (Lawson Homes) | 0:57:43 |
44 | Shannon O'Brien (Lakes Oil) | 1:09:31 |
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