Tour of the Murray River 2010: Stage 1 Results

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Stage one celebrations (l-r): Joel Pearson (2nd,Genesys Wealth Advisers), Stuart Shaw (1st,Drapac Porsche), and Harrif Saleh (3rd,Malaysian National Team). (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The leading bunch was holding on to a slender margin over the peloton with thirteen kilometres to the finish. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Daniel Furmston (Plan B Racing) in the chasing peloton with fifteen kilometres to the finish. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The chasing peloton around 33 seconds behind a leading group closing in on the finish in Rochester. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The peloton descend towards Rochester with riders beginning to attack nearing twenty kilometres to the finish. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The peloton remained together for the majority of the stage despite an early crash just after the start which brought down almost half the field. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The region around Echuca has received plenty of rain over the winter and conditons were cool for the first day of the tour. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans were on the front of the peloton and got the thumbs-up for their efforts. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Riders pass by a Nestle factory in Tongala but didn't have time to stop for some chocolate tasting early into the first stage. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Riders from the Malaysian National Team observe a vintage car pass by in Echuca before the start to stage one. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) isn't sure about the colour of the leader's jersey for the Tour of the Murray River which strays away from the traditional yellow one. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The 130 rider strong peloton make their way towards Rochester during stage one of the 2010 Elgas Tour of the Murray River. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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The peloton pass over a bridge near Colbinabbin during the 155km first stage of the tour from Echuca to Rochester. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Sign of a sprinter: They even name roads after Aussie Tour de France stars for the Tour of the Murray River with Robbie McEwen getting a mention. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Underway: The 2010 Elgas Tour of the Murray River begins in Echuca outside the Beechworth Bakery. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

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Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) takes out the first stage of the tour in Rochester. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

Canberra’s Stuart Shaw (Drapac) was a surprise leader of the Tour of the Murray River, after winning the bunch sprint over some favoured sprinters. Shaw triumph in a blistering sprint finish from the consistent Joel Pearson (Genesys Wealth Advisers), while speedy Malaysian Harrif Saleh finished in third place.

The opening 155km stage produced one of the biggest crashes witnessed in Australian road cycling, which fortunately left no riders with serious injury. More than 70 riders from the 131-man field tumbled to the bitumen only six kilometres after the start of the Echuca-Rochester stage.

Former Tour De France star Henk Vogels, back home from the United States as manager of the Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans line-up, had an up-front view of the carnage from his team vehicle and said it was the biggest pile-up he had seen in world cycling. “In terms of numbers, yes, but not with injuries,” Vogels said. “It was pretty mind-blowing, though.”

Ballarat’s Patrick Shaw, leader of the current Scody Cup series and a member of the Virgin Blue RBS Morgans team, was one of the fallen riders. Chief commissaire Peter Tomlinson, of NSW, was forced to neutralise the race for 25 minutes as team managers and crews scrambled to repair broken bikes and get their riders back into the event.

Shaw managed to miss most of the impact from the fall and rode a brilliant team race to triumph in front of a large crowd in Rochester, home of one of Australia’s original cycling greats, the late Sir Hubert Opperman.

The victory secured him tour leadership from Sydney’s Richard Lang, who accumulated 11 bonus seconds in intermediate sprints throughout the journey, with Pearson in third spot.

Shaw works about 30 hours a week as a part-time draftsman for a Canberra gas company and paid tribute to the Drapac philosophy of ensuring that all team members must undertake some form of tertiary education or employment.

“It was an aggressive stage with no wind but I managed to get my old legs going at the finish,” Shaw said.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	3:32:32
2	Joel Pearson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
3	Harrif Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team
4	Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team
5	Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
6	Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins
7	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
8	Scott Law (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
9	Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
10	Rico Rogers (NZl) Swan Hill Rural City Council
11	James Mowatt (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
12	Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
13	Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
14	Jason Rigg (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
15	Jackson Wardrop (Aus) GE Plumbing
16	Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
17	Jack Beckinsale (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:00:03
18	Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
19	Sean Joyce (Aus) Blackpeloton
20	Christopher D'Amelio (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
21	Amir Rusli (Mas) Malaysian National Team
22	Matthew Benson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
23	Dale Scarfe (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
24	Jason Allen (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
25	Benjamin Hill (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
26	James Williamson (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
27	Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
28	John Cornish (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
29	James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
30	Kane Walker (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
31	David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
32	Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
33	Sam Davis (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
34	Sam Rutherford (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
35	Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
36	Rene Kolbach (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
37	Clayton Fettell (Aus) GE Plumbing
38	Shahrul Amin (Mas) Malaysian National Team
39	Jeremey Stephens (Aus) Blackpeloton
40	Cameron Peterson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
41	Rick Sanders (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
42	Jackson Law (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
43	Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
44	Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush
45	James Herd (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
46	Mitchell Pearson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
47	Matthew Wheatcroft (Aus) Blackpeloton
48	Russell Gill (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council
49	Christoper Williams (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
50	Edward Bissaker (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
51	Aaron Donnelly (Aus) Jayco Skins
52	Akmal Amrum (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
53	Charles Howlett (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
54	James Mcdulling (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
55	Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
56	Will Tehan (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
57	Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
58	Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
59	Luis Trueba (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
60	Stuart Smith (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
61	Matthew Marshall (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
62	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
63	Damien Howson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
64	Andrew Roe (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
65	Alex Carver (Aus) Jayco Skins
66	Scot Cronly-Dillon (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
67	Brad Tilby (Aus) Blackpeloton
68	Patrick Lane (Aus) Jayco Skins
69	Patrick Drapac (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
70	Geoff Straub (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
71	Daniel Hopper (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council
72	Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
73	Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
74	Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
75	Alexander Smyth (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
76	Peter Spencer (Aus) GE Plumbing
77	Yusrizal Usoff (Mas) Malaysian National Team
78	Timothy Dalgliesh (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
79	Andy Mcnab (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
80	George Tansley (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
81	Timothy Decker (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
82	Jacob Sutherland (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
83	Mitchell Mulhern (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
84	Alexand Edmondson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
85	Fraser Northey (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
86	Brendan Brooks (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
87	Harry Rassie (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
88	Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
89	Chris Beeck (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
90	Ben Cutajar (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
91	Elliott Wells (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
92	Andrew Barlow (Aus) Blackpeloton
93	Ghazali Hamid (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
94	David Edwards (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
95	Scott Mcphee (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
96	Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jayco Skins
97	Liam Dove (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
98	Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysian National Team
99	Sean Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing
100	Jared Rowney (Aus) GE Plumbing
101	James Henry (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
102	David Melville (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
103	David Tozer (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
104	Angus Gale (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
105	Courtney Black (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
106	Fakhrullah Alias (Mas) Malaysian National Team
107	Michael Cupitt (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
108	Trevor Griffiths (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
109	David Treacy (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
110	Ethan Kimmince (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
111	Brett Tivers (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
112	Chris Steffanoni (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
113	Jared Triggs (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:00:24
114	Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
115	Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:00:27
116	Tristan Jones (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council	0:00:31
117	Logan Mort (Aus) Blackpeloton	0:02:36
118	Fergus Maclachlan (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council	0:03:34
119	Matthew Werrell (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team	0:03:38
120	Stephen Bomball (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:03:41
121	Trent Williams (Aus) Apollo Bicycles	0:04:36
122	Louis Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing	0:04:40
123	Clive Silcock (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council	0:13:04
124	Damian Harris (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
DNF	James Northey (Aus) Blackpeloton
DNF	Brendan Schultz (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
DNF	Alastair Loutit (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness

General classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	3:32:15
2	Joel Pearson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:00:05
3	Harrif Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team	0:00:09
4	Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team	0:00:10
5	Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:00:11
6	Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins	0:00:12
7	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans	0:00:13
8	Scott Law (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
9	Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:00:14
10	Rico Rogers (NZl) Swan Hill Rural City Council
11	James Mowatt (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
12	Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:00:15
13	Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
14	Jason Rigg (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:00:17
15	Jackson Wardrop (Aus) GE Plumbing
16	Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
17	Jack Beckinsale (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
18	Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
19	Sean Joyce (Aus) Blackpeloton	0:00:18
20	Christopher D'amelio (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
21	Amir Rusli (Mas) Malaysian National Team
22	Matthew Benson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
23	Dale Scarfe (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
24	Jason Allen (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
25	Benjamin Hill (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:00:19
26	James Williamson (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
27	Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
28	John Cornish (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
29	James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
30	Kane Walker (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
31	David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:00:20
32	Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers
33	Sam Davis (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
34	Sam Rutherford (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
35	Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
36	Rene Kolbach (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
37	Clayton Fettell (Aus) GE Plumbing
38	Shahrul Amin (Mas) Malaysian National Team
39	Jeremey Stephens (Aus) Blackpeloton
40	Cameron Peterson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
41	Rick Sanders (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
42	Jackson Law (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
43	Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
44	Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush
45	James Herd (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
46	Mitchell Pearson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
47	Matthew Wheatcroft (Aus) Blackpeloton
48	Russell Gill (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council
49	Christoper Williams (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
50	Edward Bissaker (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
51	Aaron Donnelly (Aus) Jayco Skins
52	Akmal Amrum (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
53	Charles Howlett (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
54	James McDulling (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
55	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
56	Will Tehan (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
57	Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
58	Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
59	Luis Trueba (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
60	Stuart Smith (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
61	Matthew Marshall (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
62	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
63	Damien Howson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
64	Andrew Roe (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans
65	Alex Carver (Aus) Jayco Skins
66	Scot Cronly-Dillon (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
67	Brad Tilby (Aus) Blackpeloton
68	Patrick Lane (Aus) Jayco Skins
69	Patrick Drapac (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
70	Geoff Straub (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness
71	Daniel Hopper (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council
72	Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
73	Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
74	Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
75	Alexander Smyth (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
76	Peter Spencer (Aus) GE Plumbing
77	Yusrizal Usoff (Mas) Malaysian National Team
78	Timothy Dalgliesh (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
79	Andy McNab (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
80	George Tansley (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
81	Timothy Decker (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
82	Jacob Sutherland (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush
83	Mitchell Mulhern (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
84	Alexand Edmondson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
85	Fraser Northey (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
86	Brendan Brooks (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
87	Harry Rassie (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
88	Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
89	Chris Beeck (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
90	Ben Cutajar (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team
91	Elliott Wells (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
92	Andrew Barlow (Aus) Blackpeloton
93	Ghazali Hamid (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
94	David Edwards (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS
95	Scott Mcphee (Aus) Team SASI Cycling
96	Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jayco Skins
97	Liam Dove (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council
98	Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysian National Team
99	Sean Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing
100	Jared Rowney (Aus) GE Plumbing
101	James Henry (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
102	David Melville (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
103	David Tozer (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
104	Angus Gale (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
105	Courtney Black (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
106	Fakhrullah Alias (Mas) Malaysian National Team
107	Michael Cupitt (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team
108	Trevor Griffiths (Aus) Apollo Bicycles
109	David Treacy (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carrol
110	Ethan Kimmince (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport
111	Brett Tivers (Aus) Plan B Racing Team
112	Chris Steffanoni (Aus) search2retain-myteam2
113	Jared Triggs (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:00:38
114	Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:00:41
115	Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:00:44
116	Tristan Jones (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council	0:00:48
117	Logan Mort (Aus) Blackpeloton	0:02:53
118	Fergus Maclachlan (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council	0:03:51
119	Matthew Werrell (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team	0:03:55
120	Stephen Bomball (Aus) New South Wales Instutite of Sport	0:03:58
121	Trent Williams (Aus) Apollo Bicycles	0:04:53
122	Louis Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing	0:04:57
123	Clive Silcock (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council	0:13:21
124	Damian Harris (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
DNF	James Northey (Aus) Blackpeloton
DNF	Brendan Schultz (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green
DNF	Alastair Loutit (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins	11	pts
2	Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	7
3	Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	4
4	Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness	4
5	Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	4
6	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans	3
7	Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	3
8	Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush	3
9	Fakhrullah Alias (Mas) Malaysian National Team	2
10	Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	2
11	Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team	2
12	Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	2
13	Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2	2
14	Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea	2
15	Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team	1
16	James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans	1
17	David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	1

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush	3	pts
2	Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness	3
3	Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	3
4	Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS	2
5	Jason Rigg (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	2
6	Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	2
7	Charles Howlett (Aus) search2retain-myteam2	1
8	Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS	1
9	Sam Davis (Aus) Plan B Racing Team	1