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Australia, August 17-21, 2005

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Stage 5 - August 19: Deloraine - Sheffield, 54.9 km

McLachlan: surprised to win?

By Rod Morris in Sheffield

Robert McLachlan
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Big Canberra rider Rob McLachlan won his fifth stage of this year's Tattersall's Cup series in the morning, when he outgunned sprint ace Peter McDonald (NSW) and Tasmanian Matthew Goss in Stage 5, a 54.9 km journey from Deloraine to Sheffield, which included the climb over the infamous Heartbreak Hill.

McLachlan leads the Tattersall's Cup series, which will reward the leading 10 riders after the final event, the Tour of the Murray River, with automatic starts, airfares and accommodation to the Tour of Queensland in late October.

His win in today's morning stage was a surprise according to the former Barcelona Olympian. "I was purely staying out the front to try and protect our team's hold on the yellow jersey," he said. "But when we came down a few of those descents, the field had scattered and I was in with a chance to win the stage.

"I hope Shaun (Higgerson) and Stuart (Shaw) don't feel too badly towards me for not staying back with them, but if you get a chance to win, you've got to take it," he said.

Peter McDonald
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Peter McDonald, who will almost certainly win the Sprint Championship, when it is finalised in Launceston tomorrow, set the scene and tempo in Stage 5, winning all four sprints and the Category 1 hill climb before McLachlan caught his wheel and decided the stage was going to be his. McDonald has been one of the most impressive riders in this week's tour, even if he won't win overall honours. He is in ninth position at 3.17 minutes behind Higgerson.

Matthew Goss, who has only just returned to his home state from an extensive overseas racing campaign, is the best placed Tasmanian at fifth, but more than 2 minutes behind the tour leader. The field in the Deloraine to Sheffield stage was strung over many kilometres and it was more than 12 minutes from first to last. After riders had dissected Heartbreak Hill, they were hit with a Category 2 climb and then a more milder Category 3 climb before the descent into Sheffield.

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Results

1 Robert McLachlan                1.22.36
2 Peter McDonald                     0.04
3 Matthew Goss                       0.19
4 Chris Jongewaard                       
5 Wesley Sulzberger                      
6 Simon Clarke                           
7 Peter Herzig                           
8 Luke Weir                              
9 Darren Lapthorne                       
10 Shaun Higgerson                   0.21
11 Joshua Collingwood                0.23
12 Richard Moffatt                       
13 Caleb Manion                      0.41
14 Sid Taberlay                      0.57
15 Johhny Walker                     1.13
16 Jarrod Harman                         
17 Robert Tighello                       
18 Jason Hegert                          
19 Stuart Shaw                           
20 Gordon McCauley                       
21 Matthew Rice                          
22 David McKenzie                        
23 Bernard Sulzberger                    
24 Peter Milostic                        
25 Luke Dale                         1.23
26 Andrew Naylor                     1.33
27 Patrick Shaw                      2.10
28 Robert Hodgson                    2.56
29 Scott Peoples                     3.05
30 Matthew Gilbert                   3.09
31 Andrew Ward                       3.15
32 Andrew Hanigan                        
33 Michael Ford                      3.57
34 James Maebus                          
35 David Kemp                            
36 Mathew Rex                            
37 Casey Munro                           
38 Luke Bettany                      4.32
39 John Rayner                           
40 Peter Ladd                            
41 David Hiley                           
42 Joshua Marden                     4.34
43 Steven Robb                           
44 Peter Dawson                          
45 Steven Pilson                     4.41
46 Timothy Walker                    4.43
47 Nash Kent                             
48 Sean Finning                      7.34
49 Brendan Washington                7.40
50 Andrew Cochrane                   7.42
51 Samuel Rix                            
52 Matt Haydock                          
53 William Robinson                      
54 Aaron Salisbury                       
55 David Oliver                          
56 Jason Johnson                         
57 Heath Keenan                          
58 Phil Gough                            
59 Cameron Wise                          
60 William Murray                        
61 Matthew Sydes                         
62 Daniel Burtt                          
63 Trent Stevenson                       
64 Corey Roberts                         
65 Robert Cater                          
66 Michael Hardy                         
67 Simon Van Der Aa                      
68 Nathan Wise                           
69 Russell Gill                     11.41
70 Joshua Wall                           
71 Glenn Myler                      12.13
72 Kirk Eddy                             
 
Sprints
 
Mocka 19 - Honey Farm
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Robert Tighello                       1
 
Mocka 23 - Trowanna Wild Life Park
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Robert Tighello                       2
3 Matthew Rice                          1
 
Mocka 29 - Mole Creek Hotel
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Robert Cater                          2
3 Jarrod Harman                         1
 
Mocka 47 - Paradise Town Sign
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Joshua Collingwood                    1
 
Hill Climbs
 
Cat.1 Mocka 36
1 Peter McDonald                       10 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      6
3 Sid Taberlay                          4
 
Cat.2 Mocka 43
1 Robert McLachlan                      7 pts
2 Peter McDonald                        5 
3 Sid Taberlay                          3
 
Cat.3 Mocka 53
1 Robert McLachlan                      5 pts
2 Peter McDonald                        3
3 Joshua Collingwood                    2
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Shaun Higgerson                 6.45.11
2 Simon Clarke                       0.33
3 Gordon McCauley                    1.04
4 Richard Moffatt                    1.26
5 Matthew Goss                       2.04
6 David McKenzie                     2.10
7 Stuart Shaw                        2.37
8 Robert McLachlan                   3.16
9 Peter McDonald                     3.17
10 Patrick Shaw                      5.00
11 Matthew Rice                      5.09
12 Peter Herzig                      5.33
13 Joshua Collingwood                5.55
14 Peter Milostic                        
15 Bernard Sulzberger                5.59
16 Wesley Sulzberger                 6.05
17 Darren Lapthorne                  6.14
18 Johhny Walker                     6.48
19 Chris Jongewaard                  7.27
20 Andrew Naylor                     7.50
21 David Kemp                        8.35
22 Jarrod Harman                     8.44
23 Jason Hegert                      8.58
24 Mathew Rex                       10.44
25 Joshua Marden                    11.25
26 Michael Ford                     11.57
27 Casey Munro                      12.26
28 Nash Kent                        12.43
29 Peter Dawson                     12.53
30 David Hiley                      13.00
31 Sean Finning                     14.28
32 Luke Bettany                     15.02
33 Matt Haydock                     15.33
34 Daniel Burtt                     16.18
35 Matthew Gilbert                  16.54
36 Aaron Salisbury                  17.02
37 Robert Hodgson                   17.36
38 James Maebus                     17.39
39 Luke Dale                        17.42
40 Andrew Hanigan                   18.25
41 Joshua Wall                      18.33
42 Phil Gough                       18.38
43 Luke Weir                        19.17
44 Timothy Walker                   19.21
45 Peter Ladd                       20.05
46 Steven Pilson                    21.12
47 Caleb Manion                     21.21
48 Sid Taberlay                     22.33
49 Trent Stevenson                  23.36
50 Robert Tighello                  23.46
51 Heath Keenan                     24.43
52 Matthew Sydes                    26.04
53 William Robinson                 26.27
54 Robert Cater                     26.41
55 Corey Roberts                    26.47
56 Nathan Wise                      29.47
57 Cameron Wise                     31.15
58 Russell Gill                     32.18
59 Simon Van Der Aa                 34.11
60 Andrew Ward                      34.32
61 Samuel Rix                       35.15
62 John Rayner                      42.07
63 Brendan Washington               45.58
64 Michael Hardy                    48.40
65 Steven Robb                      49.59
66 David Oliver                     50.21
67 William Murray                   50.30
68 Kirk Eddy                        51.16
69 Jason Johnson                  1.06.05
70 Glenn Myler                    1.07.58
71 Scott Peoples                  1.11.10
72 Andrew Cochrane                1.31.33
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Peter McDonald                       46 pts
2 Johhny Walker                        20
3 David Kemp                           10
4 Patrick Shaw                          8
5 David McKenzie                        7
6 Simon Clarke                          6
7 Gordon McCauley                       5
8 Robert McLachlan                      4
9 Robert Tighello                       4
10 Peter Milostic                       4
11 Peter Herzig                         3
12 Heath Keenan                         3
13 Richard Moffatt                      3
14 Joshua Collingwood                   3
15 Shaun Higgerson                      3
16 Sid Taberlay                         2
17 Bernard Sulzberger                   2
18 Andrew Naylor                        2
19 Chris Jongewaard                     2
20 Robert Cater                         2
21 Samuel Rix                           1
22 Wesley Sulzberger                    1
23 Matthew Goss                         1
24 Jarrod Harman                        1
25 Matthew Rice                         1
 
King of the Mountain championship
 
1 Sid Taberlay                         25 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                     20
3 Peter McDonald                       18
4 Gordon McCauley                      14
5 Shaun Higgerson                       8
6 Matthew Goss                          8
7 Peter Herzig                          7
8 David Kemp                            4
9 Robert Tighello                       4
10 Darren Lapthorne                     3
11 Stuart Shaw                          3
12 Joshua Collingwood                   2
13 Luke Dale                            2
14 Bernard Sulzberger                   1
15 Nathan Wise                          1
16 Richard Moffatt                      1
 
Criterium championship 
 
1 Peter McDonald                       10 pts
2 Johhny Walker                         9
3 Chris Jongewaard                      8
4 Simon Clarke                          7
5 Robert McLachlan                      6
6 Matthew Gilbert                       5
7 Stuart Shaw                           4
8 Matthew Goss                          3
9 Mathew Rex                            2
10 Patrick Shaw                         1
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Gordon McCauley                       2
3 David McKenzie                        2
4 Sid Taberlay                          2
5 Johhny Walker                         2