Sun Tour: Clancy Out of Yellow

After his win in the prologue, an action packed stage saw Ed Clancy lose time as Denmark’s Lasse Norman Hansen wins the stage and takes yellow – Tom Stewart 5th on stage and overall

Sun Tour: Clancy Out of Yellow and Stewart into 5th

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Denmark’s Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) has sprinted his way into the Jayco Herald Sun Tour leader’s jersey in Warrnambool on Thursday, after a hectic finale to the Honda Civic stage 1.

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A cross-tail wind inside the final 25 kilometres of the race caused chaos for the previously sedate peloton, leaving overnight race leader and three-time Olympic gold medallist Ed Clancy (JLT Condor) caught out. Norman Hansen leapt at the opportunity, joining a select group of riders for the final sprint.

“The cross-winds made it really hard – as you can see we only had nine guys in the final,” said Hansen, who won gold on the track at the 2012 London Olympics. “It was really good racing and all about race instinct in the end. I’m super stoked,” he continued. “The whole team did an amazing job today, they stayed together in the cross winds and when it finally split I had Larry with me the whole time, in the final it was just good racing, attacks left and right the whole time and it came down to a really good fast sprint.”

Steele von Hoff (Bennelong SwissWellness) played his cards right and made the front group, finishing second while former Jayco Herald Sun Tour winner Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-SCOTT) rounded out the podium on Flagstaff Hill.

“I knew I would have to hit out quite early coming into the bottom of the climb at 250 metres to go,” said von Hoff, who is enjoying a resurgence in form and finished seventh at the recent Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. “As soon as I stepped out, Lasse was already on my hip and just came with so much more momentum, I tried to match him but he was just too strong.”

Third placed Meyer suggested that his Mitchelton-SCOTT team have the most cards to play going forward in the race for the overall victory. “There’s a long way to go,” said Meyer. “Esteban [Chaves] is a quality climber, you don’t see him run podiums in a Grand Tour for nothing so personally I would love 10 minutes on him if I was racing against him but luckily I have got him on my team.”

“He’s always going to be within striking distance and with Damien and I now really close to the front we have still got cards to play which probably puts us in the box seat. There’s a long way to go in this Tour.”

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The day began in Colac with hundreds of local primary school children drawing messages of support in chalk on the road before lining the barricades to cheer on the riders as they set out for a 161 kilometre race along the Great Ocean Road and into Warrnambool.

Earlier in the day, a six man breakaway of Daniel Whitehouse (InterPro Stradalli), Brad Evans (Mobius Bridgelane), Liam Magennis (Drapac EF Cycling), Oliver Martin (Brisbane Continental Cycling Team), Kane Richards (Team McDonalds Downunder) and Mathew Ross (KordaMentha Real Estate – Australian National Team) gained a maximum advantage of 4 minutes and 10 seconds and picked up all of the intermediate points between them.
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The charging chase group eventually made contact with the breakaway inside the final 15 kilometres, and a few minutes later a determined Norman Hansen initiated another split leaving a group of nine riders to contest the finish. In the race for the minor classifications, Evans secured the IsoWhey Sports Polka Dot Jersey while Norman Hansen now leads the Gatorade sprint jersey competition. National team rider Ross takes over the lead in the Visit Victoria – Summer of Cycling young rider’s classification. Ross also picked up the Bicycle Beer most aggressive jersey for Thursday.

The Tour continues Friday with the Surfside Holiday Parks stage 2, a 198.6kilometre road race from Warrnambool to Ballarat.

RESULTS

STAGE 1
1 Lasse NORMAN HANSEN (ABS) 3h36:57 10
2 Steele VON HOFF (BSC) 0 6
3 Cameron MEYER (MTS) 0 4
4 Koen DE KORT (TFS) 0
5 Thomas Stewart (JLT) 0
6 Jeroen MEIJERS (RNL) 0
7 Damien HOWSON (MTS) 0
8 Cameron BAYLY (BSC) 0
9 Ruben GUERREIRO (TFS) 3
10 Mads PEDERSEN (TFS) 23
11 Tim ARIESEN (RNL) 23
12 Zakkari DEMPSTER (ICA) 23
13 Ryan THOMAS (BCT) 23
14 Patrick LANE (AUS) 23
15 Kane RICHARDS* (TMD) 23 5
16 Lawrence WARBASSE (ABS) 23
17 Chris HARPER (BSC) 23
18 Dylan SUNDERLAND* (BSC) 23
19 Robbert DE GREEF (RNL) 23
20 Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO (MTS) 23
21 Alex FRAME (TFS) 23
22 Michael HEPBURN (MTS) 23
23 Michael VINK (BCT) 23
24 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (IPC) 23
25 Mathew ROSS* (AUS) 23 5
26 Liam MAGENNIS* (DEC) 23 1
27 Brad EVANS (MBL) 23 1
28 Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN (RNL) 23
29 Oliver MARTIN (BCT) 32
30 Casper PEDERSEN* (ABS) +1:20
31 Ryan CHRISTENSEN* (OLI) +1:21
32 Martijn BUDDING (RNL) +1:21
33 Lionel MAWDITT (AUS) +1:21
34 Anthony GIACOPPO (BSC) +1:21
35 Sean WHITFIELD (OLI) +1:21
36 Krists NEILANDS (ICA) +1:21
37 Freddy OVETT (ACA) +1:21
38 Calvin WATSON (ABS) +1:21
39 Michael POTTER* (ACA) +1:21
40 Hamish SCHREURS (ICA) +1:21
41 Lucas HAMILTON* (MTS) +1:21
42 Sam CROME (BSC) +1:21
43 Robert POWER (MTS) +1:21
44 Peter LIVINGSTONE* (MBL) +1:21
45 Matthew GIBSON* (JLT) +1:21
46 Edward CLANCY (JLT) +1:21
47 Joseph COOPER (BSC) +1:21
48 Ashley MACKAY* (ACA) +1:21
49 Niklas EG (TFS) +1:21
50 Stuart SHAW (ACA) +1:21
51 Shane ARCHBOLD (ABS) +1:31
52 Theodore YATES (DEC) +1:34
53 James WHELAN* (AUS) +1:34
54 Ken-Levi EIKELAND (IPC) +1:34
55 Alistair DONOHOE (MBL) +1:34
56 Nathan EARLE (ICA) +1:34
57 Etienne VAN EMPEL (RNL) +1:34
58 Jesse COYLE (MBL) +1:34
59 Cyrus MONK* (DEC) +1:34
60 Thomas ROBINSON (BCT) +1:34
61 Calan WHITE* (BCT) +1:34
62 Jonathon NOBLE* (BCT) +1:34
63 Liam WHITE (DEC) +1:34
64 Nick MILLER (TMD) +1:34
65 August JENSEN (ICA) +1:34
66 Cameron LAYTON (TMD) +1:34
67 Alexander EVANS* (MBL) +1:34
68 Amarni DRAKE* (ACA) +1:34
69 Ian BIBBY (JLT) +1:34
70 Alexander EDMONDSON (MTS) +1:34
71 Nicholas WHITE* (OLI) +1:34
72 Ethan BERENDS* (MBL) +1:41
73 Toby ORCHARD* (ACA) +1:41
74 Oliver KENT-SPARK (DEC) +1:44
75 Alexander RAY (TMD) +1:48
76 Yuan Tang PENG (TMD) +1:48
77 Reece TUCKNOTT* (AUS) +1:49
78 Angus LYONS* (MBL) +1:51
79 Edmund BRADBURY (JLT) +1:51
80 Michael RICE* (AUS) +1:53
81 Peter KONING (ABS) +1:53
82 Tyler WILLIAMS (ICA) +2:03
83 Alistair SLATER (JLT) +2:18
84 Aidan KAMPERS* (ACA) +4:53
85 Roy GOLDSTEIN (ICA) +4:59
86 Nicholas REDDISH* (OLI) +8:56
87 Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +8:56
88 Rien SCHUURHUIS (OLI) +8:56
89 Benjamin ANDREWS* (OLI) +9:02
90 Jack SUTTON (OLI) +9:02
91 Joel STRACHAN (TMD) +9:45
92 Yukinori HISHINUMA (IPC) +9:45
93 Matthew BICKNEL (TMD) +12:01
94 Jokin ETXABE-LETURIA (IPC) +12:01
95 Laurent DIDIER (TFS) +15:15
96 Jesse FEATONBY (DEC) +24:08
97 Thomas KAESLER (DEC) +24:10
DNF Mitchell NEUMANN (BCT)
DNF Callum SCOTSON* (AUS)
DNF Jayson ROUSSEAU (IPC)
DNS Jonas HJORTH (IPC)

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OVERALL
1 Lasse NORMAN HANSEN (ABS) 3h38:42
2 Cameron MEYER (MTS) 9
3 Steele VON HOFF (BSC) 10
4 Cameron BAYLY (BSC) 14
5 Thomas Stewart (JLT) 15
6 Damien HOWSON (MTS) 16
7 Koen DE KORT (TFS) 16
8 Jeroen MEIJERS (RNL) 18
9 Ruben GUERREIRO (TFS) 22
10 Mads PEDERSEN (TFS) 33
11 Alex FRAME (TFS) 33
12 Michael HEPBURN (MTS) 36
13 Mathew ROSS* (AUS) 36
14 Tim ARIESEN (RNL) 37
15 Kane RICHARDS* (TMD) 37
16 Zakkari DEMPSTER (ICA) 38
17 Liam MAGENNIS* (DEC) 38
18 Ryan THOMAS (BCT) 39
19 Michael VINK (BCT) 39
20 Brad EVANS (MBL) 39
21 Chris HARPER (BSC) 40
22 Dylan SUNDERLAND* (BSC) 40
23 Patrick LANE (AUS) 41
24 Robbert DE GREEF (RNL) 42
25 Lawrence WARBASSE (ABS) 44
26 Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO (MTS) 46
27 Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN (RNL) 46
28 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (IPC) 51
29 Oliver MARTIN (BCT) 55
30 Edward CLANCY (JLT) +1:30
31 Anthony GIACOPPO (BSC) +1:32
32 Matthew GIBSON* (JLT) +1:34
33 Sam CROME (BSC) +1:35
34 Michael POTTER* (ACA) +1:36
35 Casper PEDERSEN* (ABS) +1:37
36 Lucas HAMILTON* (MTS) +1:38
37 Martijn BUDDING (RNL) +1:39
38 Sean WHITFIELD (OLI) +1:39
39 Krists NEILANDS (ICA) +1:39
40 Lionel MAWDITT (AUS) +1:39
41 Joseph COOPER (BSC) +1:40
42 Ryan CHRISTENSEN* (OLI) +1:40
43 Freddy OVETT (ACA) +1:41
44 Hamish SCHREURS (ICA) +1:41
45 Robert POWER (MTS) +1:41
46 Stuart SHAW (ACA) +1:43
47 Calvin WATSON (ABS) +1:43
48 Peter LIVINGSTONE* (MBL) +1:44
49 Ashley MACKAY* (ACA) +1:44
50 Alexander EDMONDSON (MTS) +1:45
51 Niklas EG (TFS) +1:45
52 Shane ARCHBOLD (ABS) +1:46
53 Ian BIBBY (JLT) +1:47
54 Theodore YATES (DEC) +1:50
55 August JENSEN (ICA) +1:51
56 Liam WHITE (DEC) +1:51
57 Cyrus MONK* (DEC) +1:52
58 James WHELAN* (AUS) +1:52
59 Nathan EARLE (ICA) +1:53
60 Etienne VAN EMPEL (RNL) +1:54
61 Thomas ROBINSON (BCT) +1:54
62 Jesse COYLE (MBL) +1:55
63 Ken-Levi EIKELAND (IPC) +1:55
64 Alistair DONOHOE (MBL) +1:55
65 Amarni DRAKE* (ACA) +1:55
66 Nick MILLER (TMD) +1:55
67 Toby ORCHARD* (ACA) +1:56
68 Nicholas WHITE* (OLI) +1:56
69 Jonathon NOBLE* (BCT) +1:56
70 Calan WHITE* (BCT) +1:58
71 Alexander EVANS* (MBL) +1:58
72 Cameron LAYTON (TMD) +2:00
73 Oliver KENT-SPARK (DEC) +2:05
74 Ethan BERENDS* (MBL) +2:06
75 Reece TUCKNOTT* (AUS) +2:07
76 Edmund BRADBURY (JLT) +2:08
77 Alexander RAY (TMD) +2:08
78 Michael RICE* (AUS) +2:09
79 Angus LYONS* (MBL) +2:09
80 Yuan Tang PENG (TMD) +2:09
81 Peter KONING (ABS) +2:13
82 Tyler WILLIAMS (ICA) +2:22
83 Alistair SLATER (JLT) +2:34
84 Aidan KAMPERS* (ACA) +5:15
85 Roy GOLDSTEIN (ICA) +5:23
86 Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +9:09
87 Rien SCHUURHUIS (OLI) +9:17
88 Nicholas REDDISH* (OLI) +9:18
89 Benjamin ANDREWS* (OLI) +9:21
90 Jack SUTTON (OLI) +9:22
91 Joel STRACHAN (TMD) +10:10
92 Yukinori HISHINUMA (IPC) +10:17
93 Matthew BICKNEL (TMD) +12:26
94 Jokin ETXABE-LETURIA (IPC) +12:29
95 Laurent DIDIER (TFS) +15:40
96 Thomas KAESLER (DEC) +24:29
97 Jesse FEATONBY (DEC) +24:29

YOUNG RIDER
1 Mathew ROSS* (AUS) 3h39:18
2 Kane RICHARDS* (TMD) 1
3 Liam MAGENNIS* (DEC) 2
4 Dylan SUNDERLAND* (BSC) 4
5 Matthew GIBSON* (JLT) 58
6 Michael POTTER* (ACA) +1:00
7 Casper PEDERSEN* (ABS) +1:01
8 Lucas HAMILTON* (MTS) +1:02
9 Ryan CHRISTENSEN* (OLI) +1:04
10 Peter LIVINGSTONE* (MBL) +1:08