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51st Herald Sun Tour - 2.3
Australia, October 18-27, 2002
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Stage 8 - October 24: Harrietville - Omeo, 85 km
Kannemeyer takes his first stage, Cooke regains lead
By Rod Morris in Bairnsdale
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The famous Mt Hotham and Alpine Ranges of Victoria claimed another victim in today's VicRoads Herald Sun Tour cycling classic. Overnight leader Henk Vogels, riding for the Bicycle Superstore/Vic State Home Loans team forfeited his grip on the yellow tour leader's jersey after finishing 19 minutes behind today's stage winner. The famed yellow top is now back in the hands of Aussie Tour de France star Baden Cooke, riding for Jayco, while the tour is effectively over for Vogels, as he now trails by 18.11 minutes and in 24th position.
The stage was an exciting one featuring four hill climbs and took riders to 1900 metres above sea level and into snow capped mountains with the temperature at just 2 degrees. That didn't deter young South African Tiaan Kannemeyer (Maffra Community Sports Club) and Sweden's Tomas Gronqvist (Malaysia Airlines) from producing a giant double act.
That pair along with the luckless Trent Wilson (Active For Life) made their intentions known as soon as the field left Harrietville. At the 21 km mark and with the first hill climb out of the way, the intrepid trio lifted the tempo and forged clear of the chasing pack, establishing a lead of around 90 seconds. Luck ran out for Wilson at the 47 km mark when he punctured his front tyre.
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Kannemeyer and Gronqvist weren't about to sit and wait for Wilson to get a new wheel, they seized the opportunity to kick further ahead.
"That shows cruel cycling can be," Wilson said after the stage. "That's the end of the tour for me now, I won't pick up that time."
The South African and the Swede then swapped turns and bonus points for the next 33 km before Kannemeyer found something extra and put the hammer down. Gronqvist clung on for dear life, but it was obvious he didn't have many bikkies left in the barrell. A chasing group of five riders, including Cooke were bearing down on Kannemeyer and Gronqvist, but misjudged their attack by just a handful of seconds. Kannemeyer, a 24-year-old member of South Africa's national road team said he didn't plan to attack so much in this stage.
"No, in fact I was going to really try and win Saturday's stage over Mt Baw Baw," he said. "But the opportunity was there early after we left Harrietville, so I thought why not have a go at it."
Kannemeyer has just returned from the World Road Championships in Belgium where he was leading a chase bunch before being caught up in a major fall on the penultimate lap, effectively ending his title hopes. Today's stage win was the first of Kannemeyer's international career.
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With Cooke moving back in the yellow top that he wore after stages 2, 3 and 4, he is now confident he can hold onto it till the finish in Geelong on Sunday. With four stages and 265 km remaining, Cooke carries a handy lead of 1.10 minutes over Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad (Malaysia Airlines) and 1.19 mins ahead of David McKenzie (Active For Life).
"Our team had to work pretty hard today to stay in contention, particularly now that we are one rider down, it made things more difficult," Cooke said. "But we are in a position where we can defend our lead and that's exactly what we plan to do."
The original field of 80 riders is now down to just 67 following the withdrawals of Bradley Wiggins (Jayco) through a back injury and Jonathon Davis (FRF Couriers) because of fatigue. Commissaires also eliminated Italian rider Luca Belluomini (Morey & Hurford) for receiving towing assistance.
The Morey & Hurford team were also fined and relegated to last position in the team convoy for the remainder of the tour, whilst their manager Jacques Jolidon, a former top cyclist, has been shifted from the drivers seat to the passenger side after an official warning.
Tomorrow, riders will face dual stages, a 36 km criterium in Sale, starting at 10 a.m. and then a 99.8 km road race from Sale to Moe, starting at 12.30 p.m. and expecting to finish at 2.50 p.m.
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Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com
- Thomas Grönqvist and Tiaan Kannemeyer with 1:30 up on the peloton
- Thomas Grönqvist and Tiaan Kannemeyer keep the lead
- Heiko Szonn, Tiaan Kannemeyer and Thomas Grönqvist on the podium
- Baden Cooke regained the lead on stage 8 with over one minute to Jonas Ljungblad, who is in second place on GC
- Eric Wohlberg (Ballarat*Eureka) hits 90 km/h during stage 8
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Maffra) and Thomas Grönqvist (Malaysia Airlines) lead the peloton by 1'30
- Thomas Grönqvist (Malaysia Airlines) works hard in the breakaway
- Thomas Grönqvist (Malaysia Airlines) goes for it at 90 km/h
- Henk Vogels (Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans) ascends Mt Hotham, ultimately losing 19 minutes to the leaders
- The Carlton Midstrength Team warm up before they hit Mount Hotham
- Maffra Community - Malaysia Airlines Riders at Smoko
- Matthew Wilson and Baden Cooke (Jayco) down a hot coffee before their cold ride up Mt Hotham with temperatures at -2 before the start
- Henk Vogels (Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans) gets a pre race rub
- Trent Wilson (Active For Life) ascends Mt Hotham during stage 8
- David McKenzie and Peter Rogers ascending Mt Hotham
- Baden Cooke (Jayco) in the second group at the top of Mt Hotham
- David McKenzie (Active for Life) at the top of Mt Hotham
- Bart Heirewegh (Carlton Midstrength) at the top of Mt Hotham
- Luca Belluomini (Morey & Hurford) at the top of Mt Hotham, now out of the race for holding onto his team car
- Belgians Danny In't Ven and Bart Heirewegh at the top of Mt Hotham with temperatures around 0 degrees
Results
1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 2.20.13 (36.37 km/h) 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 0.42 4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 0.46 5 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 7 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 8 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 9 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 10 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 11 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 12 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 14 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 15 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 16 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 17 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 18 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 19 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 21 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 22 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 1.02 23 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 1.03 24 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 3.41 25 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 3.42 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 27 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 3.44 28 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 6.01 29 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 8.20 30 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 31 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 32 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 13.07 33 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 18.56 34 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 35 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 36 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 37 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 38 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 39 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 40 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 41 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 42 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 43 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 44 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 45 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 46 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 47 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 48 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 49 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 19.05 50 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 30.35 51 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 52 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 33.57 53 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 54 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 34.33 55 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 35.56 56 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 38.02 57 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 40.25 58 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 59 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 60 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 62 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 63 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 64 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 65 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 66 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 67 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans DNF Jonathan Davis (Aus) Frf Couriers DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Jayco DNF Luca Belluomini (Ita) Morey & Hurford Sprints Sprint 1 - Dinner Plain Alpine Resort 1 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 1 Sprint 2 - Hotham Airport 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3 pts 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 1 Hill Climbs Climb 1 - Cat.1 Left to Mt Hotham at 0.7km 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 10 pts 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 6 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4 Climb 2 - Cat.1 Mt St Bernard 1 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 10 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 6 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4 Climb 3 - Cat.4 Toland Rd 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3 pts 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 2 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 1 Climb 4 - Cat.3 Jim & Jack Creek 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 5 pts 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3 3 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 2 General classification after stage 8 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 18.53.00 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 1.10 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 1.19 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 2.09 5 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 2.13 6 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 2.19 7 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 2.35 8 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 2.37 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 10 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 3.42 11 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3.52 12 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 4.02 13 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 5.35 14 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 5.44 15 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 9.31 16 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 10.14 17 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 12.39 18 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 16.31 19 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 16.46 20 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 17.26 21 Jindlich Vana (Cze) Latrobe City 17.52 22 Luis Fernando Pinheiro (Por) Ballarat*Eureka 18.00 23 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 18.07 24 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 18.11 25 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 18.51 26 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 19.29 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 21.36 28 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 23.37 29 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 25.30 30 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 25.38 31 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 28.34 32 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 28.40 33 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 29.21 34 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 32.12 35 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 34.42 36 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 35.32 37 Ben Johnson (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 36.25 38 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 38.39 39 Juha Paajanen (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 40.07 40 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 40.09 41 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 42.19 42 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 42.34 43 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 44.03 44 Simone Mori (Ita) Morey & Hurford 45.31 45 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 47.15 46 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 48.00 47 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 53.55 48 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 55.45 49 Rodney Green (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 56.01 50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Jayco 56.53 51 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 57.10 52 Caleb Manion (Aus) City Of Melbourne 57.18 53 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 58.04 54 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 59.03 55 Francesco Cipolletta (Ita) Morey & Hurford 59.15 56 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 1.02.20 57 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 1.04.06 58 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 1.04.35 59 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.06.52 60 Robin Reid (NZl) Pelaco 1.08.19 61 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.11.00 62 Tom Leaper (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 1.14.14 63 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 64 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1.16.34 65 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.24.25 66 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 1.32.09 67 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2.14.51 Shimano Sprint Championship 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 74 pts 2 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 32 3 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 23 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 21 5 David McPartland (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 19 6 Kevin Monahan (USA) Ballarat*Eureka 13 7 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 13 8 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 13 9 Christian Lademann (Ger) Latrobe City 10 10 David Betts (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 10 11 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 9 12 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 8 13 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 7 14 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 7 15 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 7 16 Ryan Russell (NZl) Pelaco 6 17 James Perry (RSA) Malaysia Airlines 6 18 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 6 19 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 6 20 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6 21 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 6 22 Steve Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee 6 23 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 5 24 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 5 25 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Latrobe City 5 26 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 4 27 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 4 28 Peter Rogers (Aus) Rio Coffee 4 29 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 4 30 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 3 31 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 3 32 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 3 33 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 3 34 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee 2 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 2 36 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Pelaco 2 37 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Latrobe City 2 38 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 2 39 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 2 40 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ballarat*Eureka 1 41 Petr Bencik (Cze) Latrobe City 1 42 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Coates Shorco Sykes 1 43 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Jayco 1 East Gippsland Shire King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 36 pts 2 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 26 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 24 4 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 20 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 17 6 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Frf Couriers 11 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 8 8 Ryan Cox (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 8 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Active For Life 6 10 Heiko Szonn (Ger) City Of Melbourne 6 11 Klayten Smith (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 4 12 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Malaysia Airlines 4 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Active For Life 3 14 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2 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 19 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Active For Life 1 Active For Life - Criterium Championship 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Jayco 24 pts 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 19.02.31 2 Garry Parsons (Aus) Morey & Hurford 15.59 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) City Of Melbourne 16.07 4 Glenn Stojanow (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 19.50 5 Christopher Carr (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 22.41 6 Jonothan Cantwell (Aus) Vicroads 25.11 7 Rodney McGee (Aus) Jayco 29.08 8 Andrew Torney (Aus) Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 32.48 9 Joel Pearson (Aus) City Of Melbourne 33.03 10 Nathan Russell (Aus) Coates Shorco Sykes 34.32 11 James Hannam (Aus) Rio Coffee 48.33 12 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Vicroads 49.32 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Vicroads 52.49 14 Bruce McIntosh (Aus) Carlton Midstrength 1.14.54 15 Andrew Graham (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 1.22.38 16 Simon Walker (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2.05.20 Don Porter Regional Challenge 1 Ballarat*Eureka 57.09.14 2 City Of Melbourne 33.39 3 Latrobe City 38.10 Victorian Transport Association Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 6 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Active For Life 6 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Carlton Midstrength 5 4 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Rio Coffee 4 5 Henk Vogels (Aus) Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 3 6 Thomas Grönqvist (Swe) Malaysia Airlines 3 7 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Maffra Community Sports Club 3 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Ballarat*Eureka 2 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) Pelaco 2 10 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Pelaco 2 Team Classification 1 Active For Life 56.41.03 2 Malaysia Airlines 4.52 3 Maffra Community Sports Club 8.28 4 Jayco 23.44 5 Ballarat*Eureka 28.11 6 Coates Shorco Sykes 43.22 7 City Of Melbourne 1.01.50 8 Fitzroy Cycles-Aust Abalone Exports 1.02.23 9 Pelaco 1.02.50 10 Latrobe City 1.06.21 11 Morey & Hurford 1.26.48 12 Carlton Midstrength 1.28.01 13 Rio Coffee 1.59.14 14 Vicroads 2.34.02 15 Bicycle S/Store-Vic State Home Loans 2.54.35
