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Sunday, February 3: 5th & Final Stage, Melbourne Circuit, 22 x 4.05 km = 89.1 km

Sky's Kristoffer Halverson wins the final stage. Con Chronis photo

The race: Here's the organizer's final stage summary.

It was a show of strength and tactics by the UK outfit that saw them claim 2 stage wins, the Jayco Herald Sun yellow jersey, the Crema Construction Polka Dot KOM Jersey, the Summer of Cycling Victoria young rider category and the overall Visit Victoria Teams classification.

Ayden TOOVEY (Bridgelane) took the Gatorade Sprint Green jersey, as the only outlier in a Sky dominated final stage.

A small breakaway of six riders, that soon became eight, held sway for much of the 22 laps of the Botanic Gardens, before the big teams started firing. The WorldTour line-ups closed it down in the final few kilometres and the race became a bunch sprint to the line.

Norwegian sprinter Kristoffer HALVERSON (Team Sky) prevailed over Dion SMITH (Mitchelton-SCOTT) with national criterium champion Brenton JONES (KordaMentha Australian Team) rounding out the podium

But the yellow remained with Dylan VAN BAARLE who sailed across the line in the peloton, claiming the 2019 title and the third Dutchman to win the famous race. “The boys did an amazing job today actually all week they rode really well I am happy that I could finish it off. It was pretty hard still and also the guys said they suffered a bit, but we wanted to win the stage as well and Kristoffer delivered as well.”

The winner has recovered from an horrific accident that saw him sidelined for months last year. “We worked pretty hard back home to recover from the crash (Broken pelvis at La Vuelta, Spain) and it was a tough month, but I am happy that I come back stronger than in the Vuelta maybe.”

“We don’t change anything we keep on the same rules as we did last year and the year before and we tried to do an even better season this year than last year.”

And his thoughts on taking this form into the European season “It’s still far away of course but this has given me a confidence boost and also for the team I think we work really well. The guys are already in a good shape, we are on a good level, let’s think the Classics will be nice to race.”

Gumbuya World Stage 5 winner Kristoffer Halvorsen:
“The team was working really good all day and I think, it was three laps to go and I had 40 seconds or something, so I was thinking we will have to go fast the two next laps but the team was doing a really good job and in the end we had pretty good control because the last 2Ks we saw them just ten seconds in front of us and the climb was just going full guts from the bottom, and for me it was just to stay on the wheel of Owain and he will do the … take me in a good position and he did a really good job in the end when it was 150m to go it was… just tried to be the first man over the line and I’m really happy that I could do that.”

“Last year when I started the year it was really bad… was crashing in the first … the tour Down Under. Completely different start this year. Really good to get through these two races also with a win is really nice for our confidence.”

And his goals for the year: “To be up there in the sprints, in the World Tour, sure it’s like one or two steps up, but to start the year with a win it’s given me good confidence and hopefully I will also take some wins in Europe that’s the goal.”

Jayco Herald Sun Tour Race Director Scott McGRORY “The final stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour is over, what a cracker it was. Team Sky they came here and they completely dominated the tour for all the stages that we’ve had which have just been fantastic. We’re very proud of the courses that we built that created the racing that we saw throughout this week, so very happy to see the way the racing played out and very happy to see Team Sky, the big one from the World Tour come away with so many of the jerseys. The one jersey they didn’t win was the Gatorade sprint jersey, that went to Ayden Toovey, a local boy, they took everything else. Dylan van Baarle takes the overall tour this year, another international name to watch as he climbs the ladder once he goes back over to Europe.”

“And The Lexus of Blackburn Women’s Tour let’s go back to that, that was the first two days. Chloe Hosking the Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist won the first day and then a new name on the world scene, she’s been there for a couple of years, but she certainly is on her way up, Lucy Kennedy won the hardest stage, took out the overall tour in front of her teammate Amanda Spratt. So Spratty we know, she’s been on great form, but Lucy Kennedy, that’s the new name from Mitchelton Scott that’s on her way up. It’s been a fantastic week of racing and congratulations to Dylan Van baarle and to Lucy Kennedy for their overall victories.”

Complete Results:

89.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.113 km/hr

1	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	1hr 55min 56sec
2	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	Jones, Brenton	Australia	s.t.
4	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
6	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
7	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
8	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
9	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	s.t.
10	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
11	White, Nick	Bridgelane	s.t.
12	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	s.t.
13	Doull, Owain	Sky	s.t.
14	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	@ 4sec
15	Jenner, Samuel	Australia	s.t.
16	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
18	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
20	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	08''
22	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
23	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	11''
24	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
26	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
27	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
28	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	s.t.
29	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	s.t.
30	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	s.t.
31	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
32	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
33	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
34	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	16''
35	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
36	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	s.t.
37	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	22''
38	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	24''
39	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	26''
40	Knees, Christian	Sky	47''
41	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	51''
42	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
43	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1' 00''
44	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	1' 05''
45	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	1' 12''
46	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	1' 46''
47	Elliott, Nathan	Australia	1' 56''
48	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	2' 01''
49	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 13''
50	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Whelan, James	EF Education First	2' 17''
52	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	2' 32''
53	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	2' 39''
54	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
55	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	s.t.
56	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
57	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	3' 07''
58	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	s.t.
59	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
60	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	3' 09''
61	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	3' 17''
62	Rowe, Luke	Sky	4' 19''
63	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
65	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	s.t.
66	Williams, David	Australia	5' 42''
67	McFarlane, Tom	Australia	s.t.
68	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	7' 06''
69	Ploeg, Neil van Der	Bridgelane	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Dylan Baarle
• Mountains classification winner: Christian Knees
• Sprint Classification winner: Ayden Toovey
• Best young rider: Pavel Sivakov
• Team GC winner: Sky

588.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.883 km/hr

1	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	13hr 24min 38sec
2	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 24sec
3	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	@ 1min 52sec
4	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	2' 13''
5	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 25''
7	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	2' 30''
8	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	3' 21''
9	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	4' 29''
10	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 55''
11	Jenner, Samuel	Australia	5' 11''
12	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	5' 27''
13	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	5' 33''
14	White, Nick	Bridgelane	5' 49''
15	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	6' 12''
16	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	7' 22''
17	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	8' 55''
18	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	9' 17''
19	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	14' 05''
20	Knees, Christian	Sky	14' 11''
21	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	14' 13''
22	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	14' 22''
23	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	15' 47''
24	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	16' 30''
25	Doull, Owain	Sky	17' 06''
26	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	17' 58''
27	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	19' 08''
28	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	19' 49''
29	Whelan, James	EF Education First	19' 58''
30	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	20' 44''
31	Jones, Brenton	Australia	22' 26''
32	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	22' 31''
33	Elliott, Nathan	Australia	22' 35''
34	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	22' 43''
35	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	22' 49''
36	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	22' 52''
37	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	23' 48''
38	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	24' 11''
39	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	24' 40''
40	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	24' 41''
41	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	25' 02''
42	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	25' 05''
43	Rowe, Luke	Sky	25' 27''
44	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	25' 40''
45	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	25' 56''
46	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	27' 30''
47	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	27' 31''
48	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	27' 35''
49	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	27' 48''
50	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	28' 24''
51	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	29' 44''
52	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	30' 03''
53	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	30' 09''
54	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	30' 40''
55	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	31' 22''
56	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	32' 35''
57	Ploeg, Neil van Der	Bridgelane	34' 11''
58	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	36' 00''
59	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	37' 18''
60	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	37' 46''
61	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	38' 06''
62	McFarlane, Tom	Australia	38' 57''
63	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	40' 01''
64	Williams, David	Australia	40' 08''
65	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	42' 14''
66	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	42' 39''
67	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	45' 09''
68	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	55' 21''
69	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	56' 49''

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Saturday, February 2: Stage 4, Cape Schanck - Arthurs Seat, 112.9 km

Nicholas Schultz takes stage four ahead of breakaway companion Dylan van Baarle

The race: Here's the organizer's stage 4 summary.

The penultimate stage of the 2019 Jayco Herald Sun Tour has seen the might of Team SKY and Mitchelton-SCOTT dominate, as riders battled the heat and 4 climbs of the famous Arthurs Seat.

Surviving from the day’s early breakaway, Australian Nicholas SCHULTZ (Mitchelton-SCOTT) claimed his first professional victory.

“A lot of it is down to right time right place, the whole team was strong, we put the GC teams under the pump right from kilometre zero. I was the lucky one to sneak into the right moves that were sort of given a bit of leeway, it was a perfect scenario. Sky had numbers they also had Van Baarl up there who was ahead of me on GC, so they just drilled it until Dylan and I went with two laps to go from there it was all out… I just had to go as deep as I could to the line to get the stage win.”

“I think at the bottom of the climb we were both at our limit, he pulled harder than me on the flat part of the circuit or the descent, I had an inkling that we were both at our limit and I think also with his GC ambitions in mind it suited him for me to ride as hard as I could up the climb as well, so it just all worked out well.”

And on the 24 year old’s breakthrough pro win.

“It means the world, I’ve been kicking around for two years on a smaller pro-conti outfit, great experience but I can’t thank Gerry and the team at Mitchelton-SCOTT enough for the opportunity to be here first of all. Until you’re part of a structure that allows a win like that it’s a bit harder in the smaller teams.”

Dutch national time trial champion Dylan VAN BAARLE crossed the line just behind breakaway companion Schultz to claim second place as well as the Jayco Herald Sun leader’s jersey, pushing himself to the limit and collapsing to the ground after the line in sheer exhaustion. He will ride in yellow tomorrow.

Van Baarle, who has fought back from breaking his pelvis in a crash at Vuelta a España last year, heads into the final stage of the Tour with a 24-second advantage to Shultz.

“That was not really the plan that I was in the break. The plan was that myself, Christian (Knees) and Luke (Rowe) were there but then I saw that EF was really suffering to close the gap on the big group then I saw Christian and Luke going and then I thought, this is the right moment.”

“Nick did an amazing last climb, he went from the bottom to the finish, at 150 to go I thought he was dying but then he kept going … at the end I was totally empty.”

“This morning there were still two stages left so you never know what’s going to happen, if you don’t try, even if Michael (Woods) and Richie (Porte) are the best climbers in the world, you have to try and that’s what we did.”

Australian Chris Harper (Team Bridgelane) came in for third place on the stage, 1 minute 45 seconds in arrears.

The Jayco Herald Sun Tour will finish tomorrow at The Botanic Gardens, with the Gumbuya World Stage 5 – 22 laps of a 4.05km course around the gardens and Anderson St hill. Our Tour winner will be crowned at post-race presentation.

Complete results:

112.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.881 km/hr

1	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	2hr 45min 42sec
2	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	s.t.
3	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	@ 1min 45sec
4	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	2' 14''
5	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	s.t.
6	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
7	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	2' 27''
9	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	2' 39''
10	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	s.t.
11	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	3' 00''
12	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	3' 02''
13	Jenner, Samuel	Australia	3' 21''
14	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	3' 35''
15	White, Nick	Bridgelane	s.t.
16	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 09''
17	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 46''
18	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	5' 25''
19	Knees, Christian	Sky	5' 57''
20	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	6' 36''
21	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	7' 27''
22	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	8' 15''
23	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	8' 24''
24	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	8' 25''
25	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	8' 26''
26	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	8' 28''
27	Martin, Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	9' 14''
28	Whelan, James	EF Education First	9' 48''
29	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	9' 54''
30	Elliott, Nathan	Australia	10' 42''
31	Doull, Owain	Sky	11' 04''
32	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	12' 58''
33	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	14' 07''
35	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	s.t.
36	Jones, Brenton	Australia	14' 55''
37	Vink, Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
38	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
39	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
40	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	s.t.
41	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	14' 58''
42	Murtagh, Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
43	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
44	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
45	Rowe, Luke	Sky	s.t.
46	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
47	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
48	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	15' 16''
49	Williams, David	Australia	s.t.
50	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
51	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
52	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
55	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
56	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
57	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
59	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
60	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
61	Magennis, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
62	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	15' 53''
63	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	16' 27''
64	Ploeg, Neil van Der	Bridgelane	17' 14''
65	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	17' 15''
66	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	17' 37''
67	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	17' 56''
68	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	21' 13''
69	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	22' 05''
70	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
72	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	22' 33''
73	McFarlane, Tom	Australia	22' 49''

GC after stage 4:

499.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.508 km/hr

1	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	11hr 28min 42sec
2	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 24sec
3	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	1' 52''
4	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	2' 09''
5	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	2' 13''
6	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	2' 19''
7	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 21''
8	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	3' 10''
9	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	4' 25''
10	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 44''
11	Jenner, Samuel	Australia	5' 07''
12	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	5' 16''
13	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	5' 22''
14	White, Nick	Bridgelane	5' 49''
15	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	6' 02''
16	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	7' 11''
17	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	9' 01''
18	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	9' 13''
19	Knees, Christian	Sky	13' 24''
20	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	13' 49''
21	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	14' 01''
22	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	14' 09''
23	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	14' 11''
24	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	16' 08''
25	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	16' 58''
26	Doull, Owain	Sky	17' 06''
27	Whelan, James	EF Education First	17' 43''
28	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	18' 46''
29	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	19' 33''
30	Martin, Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	19' 48''
31	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	19' 53''
32	Elliott, Nathan	Australia	20' 39''
33	Rowe, Luke	Sky	21' 08''
34	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	22' 01''
35	Jones, Brenton	Australia	22' 30''
36	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	22' 39''
37	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	22' 41''
39	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
40	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
41	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	22' 52''
42	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	22' 59''
43	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	23' 17''
44	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	23' 37''
45	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	24' 41''
46	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	24' 46''
47	Murtagh, Conor	Oliver's Real Food	24' 48''
48	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	24' 55''
49	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	25' 17''
50	Vink, Michael	St George Continental	25' 21''
51	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	25' 32''
52	Magennis, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	26' 18''
53	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	27' 04''
54	Ploeg, Neil van Der	Bridgelane	27' 05''
55	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	27' 06''
56	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	27' 12''
57	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	27' 33''
58	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	27' 48''
59	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	28' 02''
60	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	29' 56''
61	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	29' 58''
62	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	32' 55''
63	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	32' 59''
64	McFarlane, Tom	Australia	33' 15''
65	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	33' 47''
66	Williams, David	Australia	34' 26''
67	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	34' 59''
68	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	36' 41''
69	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	42' 14''
70	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	42' 30''
71	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	42' 39''
72	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	52' 12''
73	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	55' 58''

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Friday, February 1: Stage 3, Sale - Warragul, 161.6 km

Owain Doull and Luke Rowe leave the rest of the peloton behind. Con Chronis photo

The race: Here's the organizer's stage three summary.

Team Sky Welsh duo Owain Doull and Luke Rowe put on a WorldTour master class on day three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

As the peloton failed to get organised, the pair attacked their breakaway companions with 10 kilometres remaining on the 161km GoFish Nagambie Stage 3 from Sale to Warragul.

“Buzzing actually, yes first professional win, it’s been a little while since I’ve had a win on the road so to do it at the start of the year in a nice race in good weather, couldn’t be happier,” said Doull who is a Team Pursuit Olympic Champion.

“We’d earmarked today’s stage as a potential day for the break to go. We were both pretty keen, myself and Luke [Rowe] made sure we lost time yesterday so the break could get a bit of rope out on the road … it came around perfectly for us with the two of us being away with five kilometres to go and then Luke the gentlemen said to me you know, you can have it, so I was more than happy to take it so I had a great day.

“This is my first professional win on the road, obviously I’ve won bigger stuff before like the Olympics but that’s on the track, it’s almost like a different sport in a way, the road, it’s been a little while since I’ve won stuff one the road so it’s nice to get the hands in the air at last for the first pro win.”

It was a fast start to the race, taking over 40 kilometres before the day’s breakaway finally established.

Nine riders including Doull and Rowe, Luke Mudgway (Evo Pro Racing), Neil van der Ploeg (Bridgelane) Connor Murtagh (Olivers Real Foods), Ryan Cavanagh (St George), William Clarke (Trek-Segafredo), Nathan Elliott (KordaMentha) and Liam White (Drapac) gained a five minute lead.

A crash on the outskirts of Sale brought down several riders and resulted in newly crowned Australian Road Race Champion Michael Freiberg (Sunshine Coast ACA) being forced out of the race with grazing and bruising to his face. 18-year-old Carter Turnball (KordaMentha) also required medical attention and was forced to abandon the Tour.

Within sight of the finish line, the two Sky riders in the breakaway exerted their WorldTour muscle and stormed clear. The British team-mates completed the 1-2, with regular workhorse Doull taking the honours in front of an applauding team-mate Rowe.

Ballarat’s Liam White (Drapac-Cannondale) was 29 seconds behind the pair to claim third.

Canadian Michael Woods (EF Education First) remains in the leaders Jayco Herald Sun yellow jersey, with Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) unable to take any time off the leader, still four seconds back with two stages remaining.

“Definitely a stressful day, we had some crashes at the beginning almost got caught behind one, but my team was fantastic all day. Rode in control, smart, and I could really lean on them they kept me calm,” said Woods.

“We did a great job of controlling that everybody who was up the road was eight minutes or more down on the GC and we just made sure we kept the gap down around four or five minutes and brought it down to three, then Mitchelton-SCOTT took over but they weren’t able to bring it back totally, which worked great in our favour that it wasn’t very stressful for the finish and I could roll in and feel good for tomorrow.”

A Tour de France style ‘battle royale’ looms for the Arthurs Seat Eagle stage 4 tomorrow with the pair set to go head-to-head up Arthurs Seat.

Complete results:

161.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.441 km/hr

1	Doull, Owain	Sky	3hr 28min 47sec
2	Rowe, Luke	Sky	s.t.
3	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	@ 29sec
4	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	36''
5	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
6	Murtagh, Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
7	Ploeg, Neil van der	Bridgelane	39''
8	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Elliott, Nathan	KordaMentha Australia	42''
10	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	1' 19''
11	Jones, Brenton	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
12	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
14	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	s.t.
15	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	s.t.
16	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	s.t.
17	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Jenner, Samuel	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
19	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
20	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
21	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	Knees, Christian	Sky	s.t.
25	White, Nick	Bridgelane	s.t.
26	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	s.t.
27	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
29	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	s.t.
30	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	s.t.
31	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
33	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
35	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	s.t.
36	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
37	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
38	Morton, Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
39	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
40	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
41	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
42	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
43	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
44	Martin, Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
45	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
46	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
47	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
48	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
49	Vink, Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
50	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	s.t.
51	McFarlane, Tom	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
52	Whelan, James	EF Education First	1' 32''
53	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	1' 34''
54	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	1' 37''
55	Magennis, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	1' 47''
56	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	1' 50''
57	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
58	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
59	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 08''
60	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	2' 35''
61	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	2' 50''
62	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	3' 15''
63	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
64	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	3' 31''
65	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
66	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	3' 38''
67	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	5' 43''
68	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	5' 48''
69	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	6' 36''
70	Williams, David	KordaMentha Australia	8' 53''
71	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	9' 53''
72	Mackay, Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
73	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	s.t.
74	Kaesler, Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
75	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	11' 08''
76	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	12' 27''
77	Michelin-Beard, Karl	Oliver's Real Food	18' 22''

GC after stage 3:

386.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.371 km/hr

1	Woods, Michael	EF Education First	8hr 42min 38sec
2	Porte, Richie	Trek-Segafredo	@ 4sec
3	Elissonde, Kenny	Sky	27''
4	Hamilton, Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	29''
5	Baarle, Dylan van	Sky	31''
6	Sivakov, Pavel	Sky	53''
7	Harper, Chris	Bridgelane	54''
8	Howson, Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	57''
9	Schultz, Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 04''
11	Sunderland, Dylan	Bridgelane	2' 08''
12	Jenner, Samuel	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
13	Pantano, Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Stetina, Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Morton, Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
16	White, Nick	Bridgelane	2' 36''
17	Whitehouse, Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
18	Dyball, Ben	Sapura Cycling	2' 44''
19	Donohoe, Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	4' 10''
20	Ovett, Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
21	Smith, Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 37''
22	Monk, Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	4' 59''
23	Culey, Marcus	Sapura Cycling	5' 45''
24	Featonby, Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	6' 18''
25	Doull, Owain	Sky	6' 24''
26	Rowe, Luke	Sky	6' 32''
27	White, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	7' 07''
28	Toovey, Ayden	Bridgelane	7' 45''
29	Halvorsen, Kristoffer	Sky	7' 47''
30	Knees, Christian	Sky	7' 49''
31	Jones, Brenton	KordaMentha Australia	7' 57''
32	McCormick, Hayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
33	Ewart, Jesse	Sapura Cycling	8' 05''
34	Kort, Koen de	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Azman, Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
36	Mohd Zariff, Nur	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
37	Whelan, James	EF Education First	8' 17''
38	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	8' 23''
39	Andrews, Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	8' 43''
40	Misbah, Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	9' 05''
41	Yates, Theo	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	9' 47''
42	Docker, Mitchell	EF Education First	10' 01''
43	Murtagh, Conor	Oliver's Real Food	10' 12''
44	Ploeg, Neil van der	Bridgelane	10' 13''
45	Cavanagh, Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
46	Clarke, Will	Trek-Segafredo	10' 16''
47	Elliott, Nathan	KordaMentha Australia	10' 19''
48	Wiggins, Graig	St George Continental	10' 48''
49	Lea, Jason	Bridgelane	s.t.
50	McFarlane, Tom	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
51	Vink, Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
52	Potter, Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	10' 56''
53	Martin, Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
54	Magennis, Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	11' 24''
55	Presley, Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	11' 27''
56	Newbery, Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	11' 32''
57	Mudgway, Luke	EvoPro Racing	11' 33''
58	Scully, Tom	EF Education First	11' 43''
59	Sweeny, Harry	EvoPro Racing	12' 18''
60	Gate, Aaron	EvoPro Racing	13' 00''
61	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	13' 07''
62	Noble, Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	13' 26''
63	McLay, Daniel	EF Education First	14' 58''
64	Strong, Corbin	St George Continental	15' 25''
65	Bewley, Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	16' 13''
66	Hubbard, Thomas	St George Continental	16' 44''
67	Burt, Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	18' 01''
68	Mackay, Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	19' 30''
69	Williams, David	KordaMentha Australia	19' 32''
70	Frame, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	20' 31''
71	Wippert, Wouter	EvoPro Racing	20' 56''
72	Lyons, Angus	Oliver's Real Food	22' 23''
73	Cameron, Tim	St George Continental	28' 45''
74	Kaesler, Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	29' 59''
75	Michelin-Beard, Karl	Oliver's Real Food	37' 11''
76	Johnson, Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	37' 39''
77	Archbold, Shane	EvoPro Racing	38' 43''

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Thursday, January 31: Stage 2, Wonthaggi - Churchill, 127 km

Michael Woods takes the second stage and the GC leadership. Second-place Richie Porte is just behind him. Con Chronis photo

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

In windy, blustery conditions Michael WOODS (EF Education First) secured a narrow 4 second advantage over fellow WorldTour pro Richie PORTE (Trek-Segafredo).

The pair went head to head on the final climb and descended like demons into the finish at Churchill. The slender lead comes via time bonuses received on the line in Thule Stage 2, taking the Jayco Herald Sun leaders jersey from team mate and Appselec Stage 1 winner Dan McLAY.

Frenchman Kenny Ellisonde (Team Sky) was third on the day.

The final ascent included nearly 2 kilometres of gravel and was always going to be a wild-card for the riders.

Woods: “I felt really great putting my hand up in the air and celebrating that win especially after all the hard work my team mates did today, we’ve been riding really well, and it was nice to already have yellow within McLay leading from yesterday… now we get to keep it for another day.”

“I knew that I had to launch on the last section of the pavement before the gravel started because once you get in the gravel it’s pretty tough to come around a guy and when you dictate pace on the gravel you can have a lot more control so that’s what I needed to do and it worked great.”

Porte: “Obviously we’ve done it before in the Giro and things like that, I think it’s something different, obviously in road racing you don’t want to do too much but I think John Trevorrow has done a fantastic job with the course today, it was a great finish, no one knew about the climb, he’s probably grown up around this area and that was his old training ground.”

“When you’re climbing it was quite steep there actually, it was probably around 12% or something like that, so it’s different climbing on that you kind of have to pick a bigger gear and try and sit in the saddle, which I was doing, but Woodsy was dancing out of the saddle, so he is obviously done a bit more on the gravel than I have I think it’s nice in races, it wasn’t, it wasn’t dangerous, I think it was a great day.”

The race was split early with six riders establishing a breakaway and soaking up sprint points, before the peloton chased them down. Luke ROWE (SKY) led his team to the front and split the group again. With 30 kilometres to go a crash brought down the rear of the bunch, and a number of riders may be doubtful to start tomorrow.

The Tour continues tomorrow with an undulating stage from Sale to Warragul.

Complete results:

127 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.361 km/hr

1	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	2hr 55min 44sec
2	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	@ 17sec
4	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	0:19
5	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	0:43
7	HARPER Chris	BridgeLane	s.t.
8	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:54
11	SUNDERLAND Dylan	BridgeLane	s.t.
12	JENNER Samuel	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
13	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
15	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	WHITEHOUSE Daniel	EvoPro Racing	2:22
17	WHITE Nicholas	BridgeLane	s.t.
18	DYBALL Benjamin	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
19	MONK Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	3:56
20	OVETT Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
21	FREIBERG Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
22	DONOHOE Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
23	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	CULEY Marcus	Sapura Cycling	5:23
25	FEATONBY Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	6:04
26	TURNBULL Carter	KordaMentha Australia	7:19
27	KNEES Christian	Sky	7:37
28	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	7:43
29	JONES Brenton	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
30	WHITE Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
31	EWART Jesse	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
32	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
33	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
34	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
36	AZMAN Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
37	MCCORMICK Hayden	BridgeLane	s.t.
38	MOHD ZARIFF Muhammad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
39	NEWBERY Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	s.t.
40	TOOVEY Ayden	BridgeLane	s.t.
41	BURT Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
42	WHELAN James	EF Education First	s.t.
43	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
44	ANDREWS Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
45	MISBAH Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	8:31
46	YATES Theodore	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	9:37
47	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
48	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	BridgeLane	10:34
49	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	PRESLEY Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
51	MCFARLANE Thomas	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
52	STRONG Corbin	St George Continental	s.t.
53	HUBBARD Thomas	St George Continental	s.t.
54	WILLIAMS David	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
55	MAGENNIS Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
56	LEA Jason	BridgeLane	s.t.
57	WIGGINS Craig	St George Continental	s.t.
58	GATE Aaron	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
59	MURTAGH Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
60	POTTER Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
61	CAVANAGH Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
62	JONES Taj	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
63	NOBLE Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
64	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
65	ELLIOTT Nathan	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
66	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
67	SWEENY Harry	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
68	MACKAY Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
69	MUDGWAY Luke	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
70	VINK Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
71	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
72	MARTIN Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
73	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	19:02
74	COATES Thomas	Futuro-Maxxis	s.t.
75	WIPPERT Wouter	EvoPro Racing	19:19
76	MICHELIN-BEARD Karl	Oliver's Real Food	19:42
77	KAESLER Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
78	CAMERON Timothy	St George Continental	s.t.
79	LYONS Angus	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
80	JOHNSON Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	21:09
81	ARCHBOLD Shane	EvoPro Racing	24:44
82	LAYTON Cameron	Futuro-Maxxis	25:24
83	DEVER Rowan	Oliver's Real Food	26:21
84	WILLIAMS Christopher	Futuro-Maxxis	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

224.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.176 km/hr

1	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	5hr 12min 32sec
2	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	@ 4sec
3	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	0:27
4	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
5	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	0:33
6	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	0:53
7	HARPER Chris	BridgeLane	0:57
8	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2:04
11	SUNDERLAND Dylan	BridgeLane	2:08
12	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	JENNER Samuel	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
15	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
16	WHITE Nicholas	BridgeLane	2:36
17	WHITEHOUSE Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
18	DYBALL Benjamin	Sapura Cycling	2:44
19	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	4:06
20	DONOHOE Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	4:10
21	OVETT Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
22	FREIBERG Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
23	MONK Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	4:59
24	CULEY Marcus	Sapura Cycling	5:45
25	FEATONBY Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	6:18
26	TURNBULL Carter	KordaMentha Australia	7:41
27	TOOVEY Ayden	BridgeLane	7:45
28	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	7:47
29	KNEES Christian	Sky	7:49
30	DOULL Owain	Sky	7:53
31	JONES Brenton	KordaMentha Australia	7:57
32	MCCORMICK Hayden	BridgeLane	s.t.
33	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
34	WHITE Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	8:01
35	WHELAN James	EF Education First	8:04
36	EWART Jesse	Sapura Cycling	8:05
37	AZMAN Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
38	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	MOHD ZARIFF Muhammad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
40	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
42	BURT Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	8:12
43	ANDREWS Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
44	MISBAH Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	9:05
45	YATES Theodore	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	9:47
46	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
47	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	10:34
48	MCFARLANE Thomas	KordaMentha Australia	10:48
49	WIGGINS Craig	St George Continental	s.t.
50	LEA Jason	BridgeLane	s.t.
51	GATE Aaron	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
52	VINK Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
53	STRONG Corbin	St George Continental	10:56
54	MAGENNIS Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
55	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	PRESLEY Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
57	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	BridgeLane	s.t.
58	MACKAY Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
59	MURTAGH Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
60	POTTER Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
61	CAVANAGH Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
62	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	ELLIOTT Nathan	KordaMentha Australia	s.t.
64	MARTIN Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
65	JONES Taj	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	11:14
66	NOBLE Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
67	NEWBERY Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis	11:17
68	WILLIAMS David	KordaMentha Australia	11:58
69	SWEENY Harry	EvoPro Racing	12:18
70	MUDGWAY Luke	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
71	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
72	HUBBARD Thomas	St George Continental	16:44
73	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	19:16
74	WIPPERT Wouter	EvoPro Racing	19:25
75	LYONS Angus	Oliver's Real Food	20:04
76	MICHELIN-BEARD Karl	Oliver's Real Food	20:08
77	CAMERON Timothy	St George Continental	20:11
78	KAESLER Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	21:25
79	ARCHBOLD Shane	EvoPro Racing	25:35
80	WILLIAMS Christopher	Futuro-Maxxis	26:50
81	DEVER Rowan	Oliver's Real Food	26:52
82	JOHNSON Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	29:05
83	LAYTON Cameron	Futuro-Maxxis	31:34
84	COATES Thomas	Futuro-Maxxis	31:38

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Wednesday, January 30: Stage 1, Phillip Island Circuit, 4.45 km x 22 laps = 97.9 km

Dan McLay wins the first stage.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

The Phillip Island Grand Prix track turned on superb sunny conditions for the opening stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

British rider Dan MCLAY (EF Education First) took the opening honours, winning the Jayco Herald Sun yellow jersey via a bunch sprint after 22 laps of the famous circuit. Norwegian Kristoffer HALVERSON (SKY) was second, with Dutchman Wouter WIPPERT (Evo Pro Racing) rounding out the podium.

“I’ve been coming up against a brick wall for the last week in Down Under, but I think … having a bit of form and I have to thank the boys for their excellent job Mitch Docker and Tom Scully held the wind around the last corner at speed I just had to hang on for the line. Just really happy to get the season off the ground.”

“I didn’t get the ball rolling on stage one in Down Under, GC was the focus, I still got my chances but things didn’t come off, it’s a little bit lower level but at the same time I think I’ve soaked up the racing so I’m ready to go.”

“I still feel like I’ve got a lot to give and I’m pretty quick I think I need to get the head in the right place, which I think it is now and maybe my biggest problem  is not really finishing speed, you know that being in the red five or 10 minutes before and how much legs I’ve got left and some of that’s a mental thing as well believing you can sprint when you’re a bit cooked so… I think the win helps and you just hope it gets the ball rolling.”

“This season is obviously pretty important I’m not a spring chicken anymore it’s time to get things rolling and it’s not for lack of trying or lack of motivation but, it’s not easy to win bike races anymore, oh it was never in the start in the first place but you look out and reel off a list of sprinters now there’s’ like 15 sprinters who are bloody quick.”

It wasn’t much of a 34th birthday celebration for Trek-Segafredo superstar Richie PORTE who finished 11th on the sheet, and will be looking to make his mark later in the week.

Earlier in the day, three young riders spent most of the afternoon up to 3 minutes off the front of the peloton. Ayden TOOVEY (Team Bridgelane) won Bicycle Beer most aggressive for his part in the breakaway trio, with Karl MICHELIN-BEARD (Olivers Real Food) and Dylan NEWBERY (Maxxis Pro) part of the triple act.

Complete results:

97.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.9 km/hr

1	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	2hr 16min 58sec
2	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
3	WIPPERT Wouter	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
4	YATES Theodore	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
5	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
7	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
9	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
11	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
13	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	@ 4sec
14	JONES Brenton	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
15	WHITE Nicholas	Bridgelane	s.t.
16	HARPER Chris	Bridgelane	s.t.
17	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
18	WIGGINS Craig	St George Continental	s.t.
19	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	MCFARLANE Thomas	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
21	SUNDERLAND Dylan	Bridgelane	s.t.
22	DONOHOE Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
23	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	MCCORMICK Hayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
25	LEA Jason	Bridgelane	s.t.
26	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	TOOVEY Ayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
28	WHITEHOUSE Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
29	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
30	GATE Aaron	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
31	VINK Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
32	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	KNEES Christian	Sky	s.t.
34	FEATONBY Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
35	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
36	JENNER Samuel	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
37	OVETT Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
38	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	FREIBERG Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
40	MAGENNIS Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	0:12
41	LYONS Angus	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
42	TURNBULL Carter	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
43	STRONG Corbin	St George Continental	s.t.
44	MACKAY Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
45	AZMAN Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
46	EWART Jesse	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
47	DYBALL Benjamin	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
48	PORTER Rudy	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
49	PRESLEY Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
50	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	MOHD ZARIFF Muhammad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
52	MILLER Nick	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	POTTER Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
54	MURTAGH Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
55	CAVANAGH Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
56	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	WHELAN James	EF Education First	s.t.
58	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
59	MARTIN Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
60	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	CULEY Marcus	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
62	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	Bridgelane	s.t.
63	WHITE Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
64	ELLIOTT Nathan	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
65	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
66	BURT Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	0:19
67	MICHELIN-BEARD Karl	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
68	CAMERON Timothy	St George Continental	s.t.
69	WILLIAMS Christopher	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	ANDREWS Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
71	ROBOTHAM Rhys	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	0:21
72	DEVER Rowan	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
73	MISBAH Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	0:24
74	JONES Taj	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	0:30
75	NOBLE Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
76	ARCHBOLD Shane	EvoPro Racing	0:41
77	MONK Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	0:54
78	WILLIAMS David	KordaMentha-Australia	1:14
79	KAESLER Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	1:33
80	SWEENY Harry	EvoPro Racing	1:34
81	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	MUDGWAY Luke	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	NEWBERY Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	3:25
84	BETTLES Carter	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	6:00
85	HUBBARD Thomas	St George Continental	s.t.
86	LAYTON Cameron	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	JOHNSON Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	7:46
88	COATES Thomas	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	12:26

GC after stage 1:

1	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	2hr 16min 48sec
2	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	@ 4sec
3	WIPPERT Wouter	EvoPro Racing	0:06
4	TOOVEY Ayden	Bridgelane	0:08
5	YATES Theodore	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	0:10
6	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
7	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
8	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
10	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
12	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
14	KNEES Christian	Sky	0:12
15	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	0:14
16	JONES Brenton	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
17	WHITE Nicholas	Bridgelane	s.t.
18	HARPER Chris	Bridgelane	s.t.
19	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
20	WIGGINS Craig	St George Continental	s.t.
21	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	MCFARLANE Thomas	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
23	SUNDERLAND Dylan	Bridgelane	s.t.
24	DONOHOE Alistair	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
25	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	MCCORMICK Hayden	Bridgelane	s.t.
27	LEA Jason	Bridgelane	s.t.
28	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	WHITEHOUSE Daniel	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
30	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
31	GATE Aaron	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
32	VINK Michael	St George Continental	s.t.
33	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	FEATONBY Jesse	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
35	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	s.t.
36	JENNER Samuel	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
37	OVETT Freddy	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
38	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	FREIBERG Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
40	WHELAN James	EF Education First	0:21
41	MAGENNIS Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	0:22
42	LYONS Angus	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
43	TURNBULL Carter	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
44	STRONG Corbin	St George Continental	s.t.
45	MACKAY Ashley	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
46	AZMAN Muhamad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
47	EWART Jesse	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
48	DYBALL Benjamin	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
49	PORTER Rudy	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
50	PRESLEY Sebastian	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
51	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	MOHD ZARIFF Muhammad	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
53	MILLER Nick	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	POTTER Michael	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
55	MURTAGH Conor	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
56	CAVANAGH Ryan	St George Continental	s.t.
57	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
59	MARTIN Oliver	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
60	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	CULEY Marcus	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
62	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	Bridgelane	s.t.
63	WHITE Liam	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	s.t.
64	ELLIOTT Nathan	KordaMentha-Australia	s.t.
65	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
66	MICHELIN-BEARD Karl	Oliver's Real Food	0:27
67	BURT Patrick	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	0:29
68	CAMERON Timothy	St George Continental	s.t.
69	WILLIAMS Christopher	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	ANDREWS Benjamin	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
71	ROBOTHAM Rhys	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	0:31
72	DEVER Rowan	Oliver's Real Food	s.t.
73	MISBAH Muhsin	Sapura Cycling	0:34
74	JONES Taj	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	0:40
75	NOBLE Jonathon	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	s.t.
76	ARCHBOLD Shane	EvoPro Racing	0:51
77	MONK Cyrus	EvoPro Racing	1:04
78	WILLIAMS David	KordaMentha-Australia	1:24
79	KAESLER Tom	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	1:43
80	SWEENY Harry	EvoPro Racing	1:44
81	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	MUDGWAY Luke	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	NEWBERY Dylan	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	3:34
84	BETTLES Carter	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	6:10
85	HUBBARD Thomas	St George Continental	s.t.
86	LAYTON Cameron	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	JOHNSON Zachary	Drapac Cannondale Holistic	7:56
88	COATES Thomas	Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling	12:36