Lars Bak kørte sig i gult

nullTeam CSC Saxo Bank bliver ved med at vælte sig i succes i etapeløbet Herald Sun Tour. I nat blev 4. etape af løbet kørt fra Alexandra til Mt Buller over 115.4km.

Danske Lars Bak blev nummer tre på kongeetapen til Mount Buller, der sluttede med en 16 kilometer stigning. Lars Bak kom ind på 3. pladsen og er nu fire sekunder foran Stuart O'Grady samlet i klassementet. 

Etapen blev vundet af Chris Jongeward (Panasonic), men det var ikke nok til at overtaget førertrøjen.

I morgen køres en 16,2 kilometer lang enkeltstartsetape i Yarra Valley, som bliver afgørende for etapeløbet.

Resultat af 4. etape
1 Chris Jongeward - Panasonic 3.03.25 (37.750 km/t)
2 Christopher Froome - Barloworld 0.45
3 Lars Bak - CSC-Saxo Bank 0.58
4 William Ford - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.04
5 Jeremy Yates - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 1.06
6 Peter McDonald - Drapac Porsche
7 Richie Porte - Praties 1.08
8 Matt Wilson - Team Type 1 1.11
9 Will Walker - Virgin Blue Australia
10 Benjamin Day - Toyota-United 1.18
11 Will Routley - Bicycle Superstore Canada
12 Glen Chadwick - Team Type 1 1.20
13 Stuart O’Grady - CSC-Saxo Bank 1.22
14 Wesley Sulzberger - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.24
15 Marco Corti - Barloworld
16 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly 1.30
17 Dominique Rollin - Toyota-United 1.40
18 Gene Bates - Drapac Porsche 1.51
19 Jack Bobridge - SouthAustralia.com-AIS
20 Tim Roe - Savings & Loans 1.57
21 Adam Semple - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.05
22 Hugo Sabido - Barloworld 2.12
23 Michael England - Budget Forklifts 2.14
24 Ben Grieve-Johnson - Praties 2.24
25 Angus Morton - Drapac Porsche 2.27
26 Rob Britton - Bicycle Superstore Canada 2.33
27 Tim Guy - Panasonic 2.43
28 Cameron Wurf - Virgin Blue Australia 2.52
29 Takumi Beppu - Aisan 3.04
30 Mark O'brien - Drapac Porsche 3.09
31 Chris Luxton - Savings & Loans 3.26
32 Andrew Randell - Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.39
33 Daniel Braunsteins - Drapac Porsche 3.43
34 Eric Wohlberg - Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.48
35 Craig McCartney - Savings & Loans 4.35
36 Ben Mather - Praties 5.25
37 Mitchell Docker - Drapac Porsche 5.38
38 Matthew Goss - CSC-Saxo Bank
39 Peter Herzig - Panasonic
40 Cameron Hughes - Budget Forklifts 6.18
41 Chris Jory - Panasonic
42 David Kemp - Virgin Blue Australia 9.04
43 Daniel Furmston - Praties
44 Cameron Jennings - Budget Forklifts
45 Taiji Nishitani - Aisan 9.14
46 Daryl Impey - Barloworld 10.24
47 Patrick Shaw - Virgin Blue Australia
48 Simon Clarke - SouthAustralia.com-AIS
49 Jason Hegert - Panasonic
50 David Pell - Savings & Loans
51 Richard England - Virgin Blue Australia
52 Jonny Clarke - Toyota-United
53 Kenichi Suzuki - Aisan
54 Daniel Holt - Team Type 1 11.19
55 Shawn Milne - Team Type 1
56 Baden Cooke - Barloworld
57 Anthony Chapman - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 13.25
58 Peter Ladd - Budget Forklifts
59 Jack Anderson - Budget Forklifts
60 Ben King - SouthAustralia.com-AIS
61 Masahiro Shinagawa - Aisan
62 Scott Lyttle - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand
63 Fabio Calabria - Team Type 1
64 Nic Sanderson - Jelly Belly
65 Stuart Shaw - Drapac Porsche
66 Brad Huff - Jelly Belly
67 Jonathon Lovelock - Virgin Blue Australia
68 Will Dickeson - Savings & Loans
69 Joel Pearson - Savings & Loans
70 Caleb Manion - Toyota-United
71 Heath Blackgrove - Toyota-United
72 Lasse Bøchman - CSC-Saxo Bank
73 Malcolm Rudolph - Budget Forklifts
74 Dylan Newell - Praties
75 Bernard Sulzberger - Panasonic
76 Emile Abraham - Team Type 1
77 Nicholas Reistad - Jelly Belly
78 Kazuhiro Mori - Aisan 13.39
79 Dale Scarfe - Panasonic 13.53
80 Leigh Howard - Virgin Blue Australia 14.02
81 Hilton Clarke - Toyota-United
82 Bruno Langois - Bicycle Superstore Canada
83 Jason Rigg - Praties 15.22
84 Gordon McCauley - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 17.09
85 Bradley McGee - CSC-Saxo Bank
86 Eric Boily - Bicycle Superstore Canada
87 Jason Allen - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 23.31

Samlet stilling
1 Lars Bak - CSC-Saxo Bank 12.24.35
2 Stuart O’Grady - CSC-Saxo Bank 0.04
3 Will Routley - Bicycle Superstore Canada 0.16
4 Christopher Froome - Barloworld 0.17
5 Benjamin Day - Toyota-United 0.20
6 Richie Porte - Praties 0.36
7 Glen Chadwick - Team Type 1 0.37
8 Jeremy Yates - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 0.38
9 Will Walker - Virgin Blue Australia 0.42
10 Peter McDonald - Drapac Porsche
11 Matt Wilson - Team Type 1 0.43
12 Marco Corti - Barloworld 0.56
13 Wesley Sulzberger - SouthAustralia.com-AIS
14 Dominique Rollin - Toyota-United 0.59
15 Gene Bates - Drapac Porsche 1.23
16 Hugo Sabido - Barloworld 2.08
17 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly 2.43
18 Adam Semple - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 2.51
19 Andrew Randell - Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.11
20 Rob Britton - Bicycle Superstore Canada 3.34
21 Angus Morton - Drapac Porsche 3.40
22 Cameron Wurf - Virgin Blue Australia 4.05
23 Daniel Braunsteins - Drapac Porsche 4.09
24 Mark O'brien - Drapac Porsche 4.11
25 Eric Wohlberg - Bicycle Superstore Canada 4.14
26 Chris Luxton - Savings & Loans 4.22
27 Takumi Beppu - Aisan 4.33
28 Mitchell Docker - Drapac Porsche 6.04
29 Simon Clarke - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9.22
30 Taiji Nishitani - Aisan 9.40
31 Matthew Goss - CSC-Saxo Bank 10.27
32 Baden Cooke - Barloworld 10.35
33 David Pell - Savings & Loans 10.50
34 Daryl Impey - Barloworld
35 Cameron Hughes - Budget Forklifts 13.07
36 Cameron Jennings - Budget Forklifts 14.09
37 Michael England - Budget Forklifts 14.57
38 William Ford - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 16.29
39 Tim Roe - Savings & Loans 17.07
40 Craig McCartney - Savings & Loans 17.16
41 Chris Jongeward - Panasonic 17.37
42 Richard England - Virgin Blue Australia 17.59
43 Ben Mather - Praties 18.08
44 Ben Grieve-Johnson - Praties 18.22
45 Bernard Sulzberger - Panasonic 18.30
46 Jack Bobridge - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 18.41
47 Lasse Bøchman - CSC-Saxo Bank 18.53
48 Patrick Shaw - Virgin Blue Australia 20.44
49 Shawn Milne - Team Type 1 21.39
50 Jason Hegert - Panasonic 23.07
51 Ben King - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 24.02
52 Daniel Holt - Team Type 1
53 Gordon McCauley - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 24.39
54 Stuart Shaw - Drapac Porsche 25.38
55 Kazuhiro Mori - Aisan 25.46
56 Nic Sanderson - Jelly Belly 26.08
57 Masahiro Shinagawa - Aisan
58 Scott Lyttle - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand
59 Anthony Chapman - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand
60 Dylan Newell - Praties
61 Dale Scarfe - Panasonic 26.36
62 Leigh Howard - Virgin Blue Australia 26.47
63 Kenichi Suzuki - Aisan 26.54
64 Chris Jory - Panasonic 26.55
65 Daniel Furmston - Praties 27.11
66 Jason Rigg - Praties 28.05
67 Jonny Clarke - Toyota-United 28.29
68 David Kemp - Virgin Blue Australia 29.05
69 Jonathon Lovelock - Virgin Blue Australia 29.14
70 Brad Huff - Jelly Belly 31.26
71 Joel Pearson - Savings & Loans 31.32
72 Emile Abraham - Team Type 1
73 Caleb Manion - Toyota-United
74 Heath Blackgrove - Toyota-United
75 Bruno Langois - Bicycle Superstore Canada 32.09
76 Hilton Clarke - Toyota-United 32.29
77 Peter Herzig - Panasonic 33.20
78 Jack Anderson - Budget Forklifts 39.45
79 Bradley McGee - CSC-Saxo Bank 43.26
80 Malcolm Rudolph - Budget Forklifts 45.09
81 Tim Guy - Panasonic 46.23
82 Peter Ladd - Budget Forklifts 47.00
83 Fabio Calabria - Team Type 1 47.04
84 Will Dickeson - Savings & Loans
85 Jason Allen - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 55.35
86 Eric Boily - Bicycle Superstore Canada 58.17
87 Nicholas Reistad - Jelly Belly 1.00.41

Pointkonkurrencen
1 Matthew Goss - CSC-Saxo Bank 22 pts
2 Dominique Rollin - Toyota-United 22
3 Stuart O’Grady - CSC-Saxo Bank 20
4 Baden Cooke - Barloworld 18
5 Brad Huff - Jelly Belly 12
6 Leigh Howard - Virgin Blue Australia 12
7 Patrick Shaw - Virgin Blue Australia 10
8 Gordon McCauley - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 10
9 Daniel Furmston - Praties 10
10 Kazuhiro Mori - Aisan 8
11 Will Routley - Bicycle Superstore Canada 6
12 Simon Clarke - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 6
13 Jeremy Yates - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand 4
14 Hugo Sabido - Barloworld 4
15 Mitchell Docker - Drapac Porsche 4
16 Jack Bobridge - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4
17 Jonny Clarke - Toyota-United 4
18 Will Walker - Virgin Blue Australia 2
19 Cameron Jennings - Budget Forklifts 2
20 Chris Jongeward - Panasonic 2
21 Stuart Shaw - Drapac Porsche 2
22 Joel Pearson - Savings & Loans 2
23 Lasse Bøchman - CSC-Saxo Bank -5
24 Hilton Clarke - Toyota-United -5
25 Jason Allen - Yes Optus Shop New Zealand -5

Bjergkonkurrencen
1 Matt Wilson - Team Type 1 40 pts
2 Chris Jongeward - Panasonic 30
3 Hugo Sabido - Barloworld 24
4 Christopher Froome - Barloworld 24
5 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly 22
6 Lars Bak - CSC-Saxo Bank 18
7 Will Walker - Virgin Blue Australia 16
8 Glen Chadwick - Team Type 1 8
9 Gene Bates - Drapac Porsche 4
10 Eric Wohlberg - Bicycle Superstore Canada 4
11 David Pell - Savings & Loans 2

Ungdomskonkurrencen
1 Marco Corti - Barloworld 12.25.31
2 Wesley Sulzberger - SouthAustralia.com-AIS
3 Adam Semple - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 1.55
4 Angus Morton - Drapac Porsche 2.44
5 Daniel Braunsteins - Drapac Porsche 3.13
6 Mark O'brien - Drapac Porsche 3.15
7 Mitchell Docker - Drapac Porsche 5.08
8 Simon Clarke - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8.26
9 William Ford - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 15.33
10 Tim Roe - Savings & Loans 16.11
11 Ben Grieve-Johnson - Praties 17.26
12 Bernard Sulzberger - Panasonic 17.34
13 Jack Bobridge - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 17.45
14 Patrick Shaw - Virgin Blue Australia 19.48
15 Ben King - SouthAustralia.com-AIS 23.06
16 Dale Scarfe - Panasonic 25.40
17 Leigh Howard - Virgin Blue Australia 25.51
18 Chris Jory - Panasonic 25.59
19 Jack Anderson - Budget Forklifts 38.49
20 Malcolm Rudolph - Budget Forklifts 44.13
21 Tim Guy - Panasonic 45.27
22 Fabio Calabria - Team Type 1 46.08
23 Eric Boily - Bicycle Superstore Canada 57.21