All’australiano Howson l’Herald Sun Tour e a Stannard la tappa finale

La quinta e ultima tappa dell’Herald Sun Tour è del britannico Ian Stannard del Team Sky battendo in una volata ristretta Aaron Gate (Aqua Blue Sport) e Taco Van der Hoorn (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij).
L’inglese porta a casa in questo modo il terzo successo parziale il TeamSky, mentre l’australiano Damien Howson della Orica Scott ha conquistato il successo finale nella prova australiana. Sul podio finale finiscono Jai Hindley (Korda Mentha Real Estate Australia) e Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky)

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 2:52:44
2 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:00
3 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:00
4 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:00
5 Robbie Hucker (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:00:00
6 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:00:00
7 Jason Christie (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:00:00
8 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:00:00
9 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:00:00
10 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
11 Cameron Bayly (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:00:17
12 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:17
13 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:00:17
14 Jai Hindley (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:17
15 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:17
16 James Oram (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:00:08
17 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Team 0:00:17
18 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:00:17
19 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:08
20 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:00:17
21 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:17
22 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 0:00:13
23 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St. George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:17
24 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:00:17
25 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:17
26 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:00:12
27 Michael Storer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:17
28 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:31
29 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica – Scott 0:00:17
30 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:0

CLASSIFICA FINALE

1 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 15:25:13
2 Jai Hindley (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:38
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:53
4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:08
5 Michael Storer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:10
6 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:12
7 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:13
8 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:15
9 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica – Scott 0:01:15
10 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:17
11 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:01:21
12 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Team 0:01:28
13 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 0:01:39
14 Cameron Bayly (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:45
15 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:01:56
16 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St. George Cycling Team 0:02:30
17 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:02:44
18 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:03:08
19 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:03:43
20 Jason Christie (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:04:33
21 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:04:44
22 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:05:16
23 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:06:17
24 Robbie Hucker (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:06:50
25 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:06:55
26 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:08:17
27 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:10:12
28 James Oram (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:11:31
29 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:12:00
30 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:12:34
31 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:13:59
32 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 0:14:56
33 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:16:33
34 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:17:17
35 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:17:22
36 Sam Dobbs (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:17:24
37 Mario Vogt (Ger) Attaque Team Gusto 0:17:48
38 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:17:50
39 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:19:53
40 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:20:46
41 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:21:01
42 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:21:04
43 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:21:41
44 Nicholas Katsonis (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:22:16
45 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:22:51
46 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:23:19
47 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Attaque Team Gusto 0:23:20
48 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:23:26
49 James Gullen (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:23:49
50 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:23:58
51 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:24:46
52 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:25:18
53 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:25:27
54 Drew Morey (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:25:38
55 Gregory Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare g Team 0:26:54
56 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:27:11
57 Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:27:15
58 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:27:18
59 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:27:38
60 Jacob Kauffmann (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:29:23
61 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:30:37
62 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:30:45
63 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:31:07
64 Brodie Talbot (Aus) St. George Continental Cycling Team 0:31:47
65 Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:32:24
66 Joseph Cooper (NZl) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:32:41
67 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:32:58
68 Rustom Lim (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:33:30
69 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:34:01
70 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Esp) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:34:12
71 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT – Condor 0:34:30
72 Mathew Ross (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Team 0:34:34
73 James Fouche (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:36:26
74 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:36:44
75 Guy Kalma (NZl) Attaque Team Gusto 0:37:27
76 Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT – Condor 0:37:42
77 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike 0:38:05
78 Angus Lyons (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:38:48
79 Taylor Karl Gunman (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:39:47
80 Ayden Toovey (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:39:49
81 Jesse Kerrison (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:41:29
82 Rob Power (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:42:52
83 Josh Berry (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:43:06
84 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:44:37
85 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:46:24
86 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) Nazionale Nuova Zelanda 0:48:18
87 Kaden Groves (Aus) St. George Continental Cycling Team 0:48:21
88 Joshua Taylor (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:48:31
89 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica – Scott 0:50:24
90 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:53:02
91 Alder Martz (USA) Attaque Team Gusto 0:54:22
92 Darcy Ellerm-Norton (NZl) St. George Cycling Team 0:56:47
93 Alex Wohler (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 1:00:39
94 Jay Dutton (Aus) St. George Continental Cycling Team 1:03:27
95 Thomas Hubbard (NZl) St. George Cycling Team 1:05:03
96 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 1:05:57

La prima da prò per Howson all’Herald Sun Tour

Damien Howson ha vinto la prima tappa in linea dell’Herald Sun Tour vincendo in solitario l’arrivo salita a Falls Creek. Per l’australiano prima vittoria tra i professionisti. Il ventiquattrenne della Orica Scott ha attaccato insieme a Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky a metà della salita, hanno due hanno fatto il poi nel finale Howson è riuscito a staccare il francese si è dovuto accontentare del terzo posto, dopo essere stato superato anche giovane australiano Jai Hindley.
Michael Storer ha chiuso quarto a 1’03” mentre Esteban Chaves e Chris Froome hanno chiuso rispettivamente quinto a 1’10’’ e sesto a 1’11”. In classifica generale Howson guida con 38″ su Hindley e 53″ su Elissonde.
Damian Howson ha conquistato anche la maglia di leader della classifica generale.

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 4:33:54
2 Jai Hindley (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:32
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:47
4 Michael Storer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:03
5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica – Scott 0:01:10
6 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:11
7 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:11
8 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:11
9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:13
10 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:15

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 4:36:32
2 Jai Hindley (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:38
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:53
4 Michael Storer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:10
5 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:12
6 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:13
7 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:13
8 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:01:15
9 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica – Scott 0:01:15
10 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:17