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51st Herald Sun Tour - 2.3
Australia, October 18-27, 2002
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Stage 6 - October 22: Nagambie - Violet Town, 124.3 km
Macca takes his tenth stage
By Rod Morris in Violet Town
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Popular Victorian rider David McKenzie etched his name into the history books of the VicRoads Herald Sun Tour today when he claimed his 10th career stage win in the event. McKenzie (28) riding for the Active For Life team this week, is the regular team captain for Australia's national road unit, iTeamnova.com, a young team breaking into the extremely competitive European circuit.
McKenzie won the 124 km stage from Nagambie to Violet Town in Victoria's high country and in doing so, strengthened his position in the top 10. McKenzie's 10th career win places him in elite company, as the legendary Barry Waddell is credited with an amazing 45 wins and Belgium great Jan Bogaert scored 25 wins throughout the 1990s.
Waddell won an astonishing five successive victories in the Herald Sun Tour from 1964-68, although overall honours eluded Bogaert, who is with this year's tour as team mechanic for Carlton Midstrength.
McKenzie first rode in the Herald Sun Tour in 1995 and apart from 1999 and 2000 (when he didn't ride) has won at least one stage every year. "Personally it's very nice to move into double figure wins in this race, as I love the event," McKenzie said.
The affable Victorian won in a bunch sprint from Queensland rider, Jonathon Cantwell (VicRoads) and early tour leader, Baden Cooke (Jayco). That trio - along with the main bunch - missed an early break of riders - 11 in total - who spent some 85 km away. The breakaway started to disintegrate after going through Euroa and starting the first of two hill climbs for the day.
Lanky Belgian Danny In't Ven (Carlton Midstrength) was part of the original break and he kicked again in the Cat. 3 climb, to score his first points in the East Gippsland Shire King of the Mountain Championship. By now, Trent Wilson (Active For Life) had bridged the gap between peloton and breakaways and along with South African Ryan Cox (Maffra Community Sports Club) and Finland's Kjell Carlstrom (Malaysia Airlines) attempted another brave - but ultimately unsuccessful - break. The bunch had lifted their collective workrate and just two kilometres outside of the destination point - Violet Town - swallowed up the leading quartet.
McKenzie was like a hawk, staying close to the wheel of Cooke, admitting "He was the one I had to watch, I wanted to stick with him and then try and outsprint him at the finish. It all worked perfectly."
Overnight tour leader Henk Vogels had his fair share of problems early to mid stage, at one point dropping more than 150 metres off the back of the peloton. But Vogels fought his way back and by day's end had scored seventh in the bunch sprint and held onto the leader's jersey.
Vogels' lead has been narrowed to just two seconds, with Baden Cooke (Jayco) improving his status after his third in the stage. Cooke's Jayco teammate Matt Wilson, slipped from eight seconds behind in second place to third position and 28 seconds in arrears. There are still 17 riders within 5.34 minutes of the leaders and it is expected the tour winner is in that group.<
That group includes seven Australians, who in fact fill seven of the top nine positions. Not since Canberra's Neil Stephens in 1986 has there been an Australian winner of the Herald Sun Tour, however, that looks almost certain to change this Sunday when the tour finishes in Geelong.
New Zealand rider Scott Guyton (Pelaco) cemented his hold on the Shimano Sprint Championship. Guyton (26), a dual Kiwi Olympian, won the first four of five intermediate sprints on offer yesterday and now leads by 24 points from Canadian Eric Wohlberg (Ballarat*eureka). Trent Wilson (Active For Life) entered yesterday's stage clinging to a 1-point lead in the East Gippsland Shire King of the Mountain Championship - by day's end that lead had been stretched to 4-points from Baden Cooke.
The day was not without drama, with the race commissaire's earning the UCI some petty cash by handing out cash penalties to riders for failing to wear helmets prior to the stage and then issuing 20-second penalties - and cash fines - to Klayten Smith (Coates Shorco Sykes) and Rodney Green (Maffra Community Sports Club) for riding in the slipstream of a vehicle - a similar crime that Vogels committed in Monday's fifth stage.
The Jayco and Maffra Community Sports Club teams were also fined $240 AUD for pacing riders, while the Maffra South African unit was hit with a further $240 fine for failing to follow commissaire's orders.
There has been much talk throughout the tour entourage over the pacing issue and Chief Commissaire Russell Miller from West Australia has called a team manager's meeting prior to the start of tomorrow's stage. The seventh stage will be the longest of the tour, a 186.3 km trek from Mansfield to Bright, including 15 intermediate sprints and 3 hill climbs (one at Cat. 3 and two at Cat. 4).
Photos
Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com
- Henk Vogels leads overall by 2 seconds from Baden Cooke
- Rodney McGee in the Jayco train
- David McKenzie winner of Stage 6
- David McKenzies tenth stage win in the Vicroad Herald sun Tour over all
- Danny In't Ven & Rick Martin This is Rick 26th Tour for VicRoads Herald Sun Tour
- Jonathan Cantwell 3rd Place in stage 6
- Danny In't Ven, Most Aggressive rider
- The pelton in the bush
- A bad railway crossing for the ride to cross
- Kevin Monahan having some work done
- The breakaway, 1.30 up on the pelton
- The breakaway crests a rise
- Ryan Cox, at the start of the hill climb
- Henk Vogels enjoying the Victorian bushland
- Simon Gerrans helping the pelton to close the time
- Violet Town Fans cheer on the riders
- The first breakaway of the day with a 30 sec lead
- Bart Heirewegh heads out alone
- It was Mark Renshaw's birthday today
- The peloton rounds a corner
- Kids from the St. Joseph's School who won a competition
Results
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 3.04.11 (40.49km/h) 2 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 4 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 5 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 6 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 8 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 10 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 11 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 12 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 13 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 14 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 15 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 16 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 17 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 18 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 19 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 20 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 21 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 22 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 23 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 24 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 25 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 26 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 27 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 28 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 29 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 30 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 31 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 32 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 33 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 34 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 35 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 36 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 37 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 38 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 40 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 41 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 42 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 43 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 44 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 45 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 46 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 47 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 48 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 49 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 50 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 51 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 0.15 52 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 0.23 53 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 0.28 54 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 0.53 55 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 2.22 56 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 2.22 57 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 13.23 58 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 13.23 59 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 60 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 61 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 62 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 63 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 15.06 64 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 15.06 65 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 66 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 67 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 26.04 68 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 26.04 69 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 70 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 71 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 72 David Pell (Aus) Morey & Hurford 73 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee Sprints 1 Avenel Golf Club 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 2 Nagambie Turn Off 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 2 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 3 White Hart Hotel 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 2 3 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 4 St John's School 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 3 2 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 2 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 1 5 Peranbin Primary School 1 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 3 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 2 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 1 Hill Climbs 1 Cat.2 Faris Rd 1 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 3 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 2 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 1 2 Cat.4 Plank Bridge at 93.4km 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 3 2 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 2 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 1 Aggressive Rider Award 1 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 2 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 4 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 3 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 3 5 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 3 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 2 General Classification after stage 6 1 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 11.54.27 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 0.02 3 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.28 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1.09 5 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 1.18 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 1.18 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 2.08 8 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 2.12 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 2.43 10 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 2.51 11 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3.33 12 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 3.47 13 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3.51 14 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3.53 15 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4.01 16 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 5.31 17 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 5.34 18 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 12.38 19 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 12.48 20 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 13.38 21 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 13.49 22 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 14.01 23 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 14.10 24 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 15.01 25 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 16.31 26 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 17.24 27 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 17.25 28 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 17.30 29 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 17.34 30 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 17.38 31 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 17.38 32 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 17.55 33 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 18.03 34 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 18.06 35 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 18.14 36 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 18.27 37 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 18.39 38 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 18.54 39 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 19.23 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 19.33 41 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 19.44 42 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 20.19 43 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 21.46 44 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 21.56 45 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 21.57 46 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 21.58 47 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 23.36 48 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 24.08 49 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 24.23 50 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 25.39 51 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 25.52 52 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 26.11 53 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 26.49 54 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 26.57 55 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 28.22 56 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 28.39 57 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 30.45 58 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 31.20 59 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 31.26 60 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 32.30 61 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 36.53 62 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 36.54 63 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 39.53 64 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 40.45 65 David Pell (Aus) Morey & Hurford 43.47 66 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 43.59 67 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 44.45 68 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 45.06 69 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 47.48 70 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 50.24 71 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 56.03 72 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 58.24 73 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 1.11.58 Team Classification 1 Active For Life 35.45.28 2 Jayco 2.26 3 Malaysia Airlines 6.06 4 Maffra Community Sports Club 9.40 5 Ballarat*Eureka 22.10 6 City Of Melbourne 36.14 7 Coates Shorco Sykes 37.05 8 Morey & Hurford 38.36 9 Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 41.10 10 Latrobe City 47.54 11 Pelaco 52.16 12 Carlton Midstrength 54.54 13 Vicroads 1.06.17 14 Rio Coffee 1.08.28 15 Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 1.17.26 16 Frf Couriers 1.46.54 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Ballarat*Eureka 36.07.38 2 City Of Melbourne 14.04 3 Latrobe City 25.44 Shimano Sprint Championship 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 47 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 23 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 21 4 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 19 5 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 13 6 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 13 7 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 10 8 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 10 9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 7 10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 7 11 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 7 12 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 7 13 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 6 14 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 6 15 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 6 16 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 6 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 6 18 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 5 19 David Harrigan (Aus) Frf Couriers 5 20 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 5 21 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 4 22 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 23 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 4 24 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 3 25 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 3 26 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 3 27 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 28 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 2 29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco 2 30 Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford 2 31 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 2 32 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 2 33 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 2 34 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 2 35 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 2 36 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 2 37 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 1 38 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 39 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 1 40 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 41 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 1 East Gippsland Shire King Of The Mountain classification 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 20 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 16 3 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 9 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 8 5 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 8 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 6 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 6 8 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 6 9 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 5 10 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 4 11 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 4 12 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 3 13 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2 14 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 1 15 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 1 17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1 18 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 Active For Life Criterium Championship 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 24 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 22 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 16 4 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 14 5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 11 6 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 9 7 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 9 8 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 8 9 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 7 10 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 7 11 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 6 12 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 5 13 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 5 14 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 4 15 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 4 16 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 17 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 3 18 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 3 19 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 2 20 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 1 21 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 23 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 1 Herald Sun Australian Based Rider Award 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 12.00.01 2 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 1.13 3 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 3.43 4 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 5.07 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 5.15 6 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 6.35 7 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 7.31 8 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 8.58 9 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 11.20 10 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 11.35 11 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 13.04 12 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 18.38 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 19.42 14 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 27.05 15 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Vicroads 31.11 16 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 31.57 17 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers 37.36 18 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 45.36
