Herald Sun Tour: Win for Dylan van Baale

Show of strength by team Sky with three stage wins, the Jayco Herald SunTour yellow jersey for Dylan van Baale, the KOM Jersey, the young rider category, the overall Teams classification and the cheery on top, the final stage victory

Herald Sun Tour: Win for Dylan van Baale

It was a show of strength and tactics by the UK outfit that saw them claim 3 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.

Photo: Con Chronis

The final stage saw a small breakaway of six riders go clear, that soon became eight and they 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.”

Photo: Con Chronis

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.”
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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.”

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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.”

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Final Stage
1 Kristoffer HALVORSEN (SKY) NOR 1h55:56
2 Dion SMITH (MTS) NZL 0
3 Brenton JONES (AUS) AUS 0
4 Alex FRAME (TFS) NZL 0
5 Thomas SCULLY (EF1) NZL 0
6 Nicholas SCHULTZ (MTS) AUS 0
7 Wouter WIPPERT (EVO) NED 0
8 Michael WOODS (EF1) CAN 0
9 Dylan VAN BAARLE (SKY) NED 0
10 Theodore YATES (DCC) AUS 0
11 Nicholas WHITE (BLN) AUS 0
12 Chris HARPER (BLN) AUS 0
13 Owain DOULL (SKY) GBR 0
14 Dylan SUNDERLAND (BLN) AUS 4
15 Samuel JENNER (AUS) AUS 4
16 Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ (TFS) COL 4
17 Hayden MCCORMICK (BLN) NZL 4
18 Richie PORTE (TFS) AUS 4
19 Ayden TOOVEY (BLN) AUS 4
20 Lucas HAMILTON (MTS) AUS 4
21 Muhammad Zawawi AZMAN (TSC) MAS 8
22 Michael POTTER (ACA) AUS 8
23 Alistair DONOHOE (ACA) AUS 11
24 Peter STETINA (TFS) USA 11
25 Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF (TSC) MAS 11
26 Jesse FEATONBY (OLI) AUS 11
27 Benjamin ANDREWS (OLI) AUS 11
28 Corbin STRONG (STG) NZL 11
29 Pavel SIVAKOV (SKY) RUS 11
30 Kenny ELISSONDE (SKY) FRA 11
31 Damien HOWSON (MTS) AUS 11
32 Benjamin DYBALL (TSC) AUS 11
33 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (EVO) GBR 11
34 Marcus CULEY (TSC) AUS 16
35 Sebastian PRESLEY (OLI) AUS 16
36 Thomas HUBBARD (STG) NZL 16
37 Freddy OVETT (ACA) AUS 22
38 Jesse EWART (TSC) AUS 24
39 Luke MUDGWAY (EVO) NZL 26
40 Christian KNEES (SKY) GER 47
41 Cyrus MONK (EVO) AUS 51
42 Shane ARCHBOLD (EVO) NZL 51
43 Robert STANNARD (MTS) AUS +1:00
44 Daniel MCLAY (EF1) GBR +1:05
45 Koen DE KORT (TFS) NED +1:12
46 Jason LEA (BLN) AUS +1:46
47 Nathan ELLIOTT (AUS) AUS +1:56
48 Jonathon NOBLE (ACA) AUS +2:01
49 Sam BEWLEY (MTS) NZL +2:13
50 William CLARKE (TFS) AUS +2:13
51 James WHELAN (EF1) AUS +2:17
52 Harrison SWEENY (EVO) AUS +2:32
53 Liam WHITE (DCC) AUS +2:39
54 Mitchell DOCKER (EF1) AUS +2:39
55 Timothy CAMERON (STG) AUS +2:39
56 Muhsin Al Redha MISBAH (TSC) MAS +2:39
57 Aaron GATE (EVO) NZL +3:07
58 Dylan NEWBERY (FMP) AUS +3:07
59 Angus LYONS (OLI) AUS +3:07
60 Zachary JOHNSON (DCC) AUS +3:09
61 Callum SCOTSON (MTS) AUS +3:17
62 Luke ROWE (SKY) GBR +4:19
63 Ryan MULLEN (TFS) IRL +4:19
64 Ryan CAVANAGH (STG) AUS +4:19
65 Craig WIGGINS (STG) AUS +4:19
66 David WILLIAMS (AUS) AUS +5:42
67 Thomas MCFARLANE (AUS) AUS +5:42
68 Patrick BURT (DCC) AUS +7:06
69 Neil VAN DER PLOEG (BLN) AUS +7:06

Final Overall
1 Dylan VAN BAARLE (SKY) NED
2 Nicholas SCHULTZ (MTS) AUS
3 Michael WOODS (EF1) CAN
4 Chris HARPER (BLN) AUS
5 Richie PORTE (TFS) AUS
6 Lucas HAMILTON (MTS) AUS
7 Kenny ELISSONDE (SKY) FRA
8 Pavel SIVAKOV (SKY) RUS
9 Dylan SUNDERLAND (BLN) AUS
10 Damien HOWSON (MTS) AUS
11 Samuel JENNER (AUS) AUS
12 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (EVO) GBR
13 Benjamin DYBALL (TSC) AUS
14 Nicholas WHITE (BLN) AUS
15 Alistair DONOHOE (ACA) AUS
16 Peter STETINA (TFS) USA
17 Dion SMITH (MTS) NZL
18 Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ (TFS) COL
19 Marcus CULEY (TSC) AUS
20 Christian KNEES (SKY) GER
21 Hayden MCCORMICK (BLN) NZL
22 Jesse FEATONBY (OLI) AUS
23 Jason LEA (BLN) AUS
24 Jesse EWART (TSC) AUS
25 Owain DOULL (SKY) GBR
26 Robert STANNARD (MTS) AUS
27 Freddy OVETT (ACA) AUS
28 Sebastian PRESLEY (OLI) AUS
29 James WHELAN (EF1) AUS
30 Cyrus MONK (EVO) AUS
31 Brenton JONES (AUS) AUS
32 Kristoffer HALVORSEN (SKY) NOR
33 Nathan ELLIOTT (AUS) AUS
34 Ayden TOOVEY (BLN) AUS
35 Muhammad Zawawi AZMAN (TSC) MAS
36 Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF (TSC) MAS
37 Benjamin ANDREWS (OLI) AUS
38 Koen DE KORT (TFS) NED
39 Liam WHITE (DCC) AUS
40 Theodore YATES (DCC) AUS
41 Thomas HUBBARD (STG) NZL
42 William CLARKE (TFS) AUS
43 Luke ROWE (SKY) GBR
44 Michael POTTER (ACA) AUS
45 Callum SCOTSON (MTS) AUS
46 Luke MUDGWAY (EVO) NZL
47 Mitchell DOCKER (EF1) AUS
48 Ryan MULLEN (TFS) IRL
49 Thomas SCULLY (EF1) NZL
50 Dylan NEWBERY (FMP) AUS
51 Harrison SWEENY (EVO) AUS
52 Jonathon NOBLE (ACA) AUS
53 Corbin STRONG (STG) NZL
54 Aaron GATE (EVO) NZL
55 Ryan CAVANAGH (STG) AUS
56 Muhsin Al Redha MISBAH (TSC) MAS
57 Neil VAN DER PLOEG (BLN) AUS
58 Sam BEWLEY (MTS) NZL
59 Craig WIGGINS (STG) AUS
60 Daniel MCLAY (EF1) GBR
61 Angus LYONS (OLI) AUS
62 Thomas MCFARLANE (AUS) AUS
63 Patrick BURT (DCC) AUS
64 David WILLIAMS (AUS) AUS
65 Alex FRAME (TFS) NZL
66 Wouter WIPPERT (EVO) NED
67 Timothy CAMERON (STG) AUS
68 Zachary JOHNSON (DCC) AUS
69 Shane ARCHBOLD (EVO) NZL