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57th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 2.1

Australia, October 12-18, 2008

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Stage 4 - October 16: Alexandra to Mt Buller, 115.4km

Jongewaard survives day-long breakaway

CSC continues to dominate GC, now with Bak

You beauty: Chris Jongewaard (Panasonic) takes out stage four
Photo ©: Shane Goss
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Chris Jongewaard from the Panasonic team won the stage as the only survivor of a breakaway group of nine that attacked as soon as racing got underway on the 115km journey from Alexandra.

CSC Saxo Bank continued their domination of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on stage four to the top of Mount Buller as Stuart O'Grady surrendered the leader's yellow to his teammate Lars Bak, albeit only by four seconds.

Jongewaard's breakaway companions were swallowed up by the main contenders in the tour on the slopes of the 15-kilometre Mount Buller climb but the South Australian held onto a 45-second advantage over Christopher Froome (Barloworld) in second place and Bak in third, a further 13 seconds behind.

The main peloton allowed the leading group a maximum advantage of four minutes until they hit the steep gradients of the final climb where Froome's teammate Marco Corti begun the hostilities in an effort to put O'Grady under pressure.

With the peloton splitting under the effort of the attacks in the final kilometres O'Grady gave his Danish teammate the all clear to chase glory. "With three or four kilometres to go he [O'Grady] said he was not feeling super-duper," Bak said. "He said if they go, you go with them. I put the hammer down in the last one and a half kilometre and it was enough to take the jersey."

Bak admitted O'Grady is still very much in contention for the overall classification. "He's still not that far behind. He's a good time triallist but I'm also a good time trialler so let's see.

Former yellow jersey wearer, Stuart O'Grady was content with his efforts. "I limited my loses pretty well today and Lars has got the jersey so it's worked out alright," O'Grady said. Once again CSC Saxo Bank's teamwork was a feature of the stage with Bak stating "I must say we had tremendous teamwork again. Bradley McGee, Lasse Bochmann and Matt Goss they were riding really, really good."

Another Chris: Christopher Froome (Barloworld)
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The Kenya-born Froome was one of the animators of the day in taking second place and has moved to fourth overall at just 17 seconds behind. Ben Day from Toyota-United conceded time to Bak but is still in contention for overall honours, heading into the time trial at 20 seconds behind in fifth place overall.

Bak will start the time trial with the advantage of being the last rider out of the start house but knows with such small time differences among the top 10 overall the race is a long way from being over. "Nothing is settled yet," the race leader said. "I have the advantage that I can get the split times. But Ben Day is a good time trialler, Stuart is a good time trialler. You can have a puncture, you can be unlucky, you can have a bad day. I'll just ride hard and then we'll see what happens. It's going to be a good day. I hope I stay in yellow."

The Dane will leave no stone unturned in his pursuit of yellow, saying he would ride the time trial course a couple of times in the morning and do at least a 35 to 40 minute warm-up for stage five's 16km race against the clock.

Matt Goss (CSC Saxo Bank) maintained his lead in the Budget Forklift sprint points classification. The Cyclismo Bendigo King of the Mountains jersey stayed with Matt Wilson (Team Type-1). The Make it Happen in Provincial Victoria U23 category leader's jersey was taken by Marco Corit (Barloworld) on a count back, as he is on equal time with Wes Sulzberger (South-Australia.com-AIS). Chris Jongewaard was awarded the Volvo most aggressive rider on the stage.

With 14 riders within one minute of the overall lead the stage is set for a fascinating individual time trial stage tomorrow through the Yarra Valley that looks set to determine this year's winner.

Photography

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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

Results

1 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                    3.03.25 (37.750 km/h)
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                   0.45
3 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                          0.58
4 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             1.04
5 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand         1.06
6 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                       
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                            1.08
8 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                         1.11
9 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                   
10 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                     1.18
11 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada             
12 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                      1.20
13 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                   1.22
14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS       1.24
15 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                             
16 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                  1.30
17 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                 1.40
18 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      1.51
19 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
20 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                        1.57
21 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             2.05
22 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                         2.12
23 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts               2.14
24 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                     2.24
25 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    2.27
26 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          2.33
27 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                              2.43
28 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             2.52
29 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                             3.04
30 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    3.09
31 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                   3.26
32 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       3.39
33 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche              3.43
34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada        3.48
35 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans                4.35
36 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                             5.25
37 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 5.38
38 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                         
39 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                             
40 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts                6.18
41 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                               
42 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               9.04
43 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                            
44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  
45 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                          9.14
46 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                        10.24
47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 
48 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                
49 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                             
50 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                         
51 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              
52 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                         
53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                               
54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                       11.19
55 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                            
56 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                             
57 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    13.25
58 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                        
59 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                     
60 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                    
61 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                           
62 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand            
63 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                         
64 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                          
65 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                         
66 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                              
67 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            
68 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                      
69 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                       
70 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                         
71 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                     
72 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                        
73 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   
74 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                               
75 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                       
76 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                          
77 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                       
78 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                           13.39
79 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                         13.53
80 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            14.02
81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                        
82 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada            
83 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                            15.22
84 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    17.09
85 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                        
86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada               
87 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        23.31
 
Points
 
Sprint 1
1 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 6 pts
2 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                            4
3 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                          2

Sprint 2
1 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                            6 pts
2 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 4
3 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  2
 
Mountains
 
1 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                         30 pts
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                     24
3 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                            18
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                      12.24.35
2 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    0.04
3 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          0.16
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                   0.17
5 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                      0.20
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                            0.36
7 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                       0.37
8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand         0.38
9 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               0.42
10 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                        0.43
12 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                         0.56
13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           
14 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                 0.59
15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      1.23
16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                         2.08
17 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                  2.43
18 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             2.51
19 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       3.11
20 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          3.34
21 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    3.40
22 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             4.05
23 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche              4.09
24 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    4.11
25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada        4.14
26 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                   4.22
27 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                             4.33
28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 6.04
29 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS            9.22
30 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                          9.40
31 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    10.27
32 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                        10.35
33 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                    10.50
34 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                             
35 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               13.07
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts             14.09
37 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts              14.57
38 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           16.29
39 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                       17.07
40 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans               17.16
41 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                     17.37
42 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         17.59
43 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                            18.08
44 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                    18.22
45 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  18.30
46 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          18.41
47 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                   18.53
48 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            20.44
49 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                       21.39
50 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                        23.07
51 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               24.02
52 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                            
53 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    24.39
54 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    25.38
55 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                           25.46
56 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                     26.08
57 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                           
58 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand            
59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand         
60 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                               
61 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                         26.36
62 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            26.47
63 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                          26.54
64 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          26.55
65 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                       27.11
66 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                            28.05
67 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                    28.29
68 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              29.05
69 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia       29.14
70 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                         31.26
71 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                  31.32
72 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                          
73 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                         
74 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                     
75 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       32.09
76 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                   32.29
77 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                        33.20
78 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                39.45
79 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                   43.26
80 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts              45.09
81 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                             46.23
82 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   47.00
83 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                    47.04
84 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                      
85 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        55.35
86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          58.17
87 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                1.00.41
 
Points classification
 
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                        22 pts
2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                    22
3 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      20
4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                            18
5 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                             12
6 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                12
7 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                10
8 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        10
9 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                           10
10 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                               8
11 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada            6
12 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               6
13 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           4
14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                            4
15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    4
16 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              4
17 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                        4
18 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 2
19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 2
20 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                         2
21 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                        2
22 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                      2
23 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                      -5
24 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                      -5
25 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                           40 pts
2 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                         30
3 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                            24
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                     24
5 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                     22
6 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                            18
7 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 16
8 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                          8
9 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                          4
10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada           4
11 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                        2
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                      12.25.31
2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS            
3 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              1.55
4 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                     2.44
5 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche               3.13
6 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                     3.15
7 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                  5.08
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             8.26
9 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS            15.33
10 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                       16.11
11 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                    17.26
12 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  17.34
13 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          17.45
14 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            19.48
15 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               23.06
16 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                         25.40
17 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            25.51
18 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          25.59
19 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                38.49
20 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts              44.13
21 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                             45.27
22 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                    46.08
23 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          57.21

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