Kittel sprints to victory in final Jayco Herald Sun Tour stage
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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Kittel sprints to victory in final Jayco Herald Sun Tour stage

by Bjorn Haake at 3:52 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
 
Haas holds on to overall lead, takes big stage race win

marcel kittelKittel capped a near-perfect year, especially considering that he is a neo-pro. His 17 season wins are only one short of that of Philippe Gilbert. Even when considering that Gilbert took more high-profile races, Kittel's balance is positive. "To win two stages at the end of the year is very nice but I thank my team for that," Kittel said.

He has been gracious all season long for any chance when Skil-Shimano believed in him. "I think I always had a good race program with good breaks. The year was perfect for me and it will be difficult to repeat it in the future."

The Dutch squad kept Kittel out of trouble in the final stage. "Today, our tactic was to keep the bunch together and mostly that happened. The boys worked amazingly hard. The course today was not easy."

Kittel started his winning season in Langkawi, conquered mainland Europe and now finished it off in Australia. "The Herald Sun Tour was a really nice adventure for me and I have had a lot of fun here. I really like Australia and for me it was a very nice finish to the season," Kittel said.

Haas had some expectations going into the race, aiming for a top five overall and the white jersey in the U23 competition. In addition to white he walked away with yellow (overall winner), green (best sprinter) and blue (best team). "It was a dream, I never dreamt of," Haas said. "I even went to bed last night trying to convince myself that there was nothing on today. I never thought I would be in this position – it's a really beautiful feeling."

The race was not held last year and Bobridge had the honor of wearing number one. On the final day he still had a chance to overall victory, sitting ten seconds behind Haas. Bonus seconds in the intermediate sprints and the finish could have toppled Haas, but he was ready. "I didn't have time to think about emotions along the way. I just tried to stay as cool as possible."

The others weren't just sitting back, but Haas showed his worth. "We did everything we could to put him under pressure, but he just put pressure back on us," Bobridge said.

In the fast and furious final there was also a split in the peloton. Haas was sitting in the top 20 and reached the finish in the same time as Kittel. Bobridge was caught in the second group and dropped another seven seconds.

There was still a battle for third place overall.  Debusschere and Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (MTN Qhubeka) challenged Jonas Jorgensen (SaxoBank Sungard)  throughout the stage.
 
All three picked up time bonuses along the way, most notably Janse Van Rensburg who won both of the intermediate sprints.  In the end the South African lacked one single second to get onto the podium. Van Rensburg was at least compensated for being named the Tour's most aggressive rider and received an orange jersey for that.


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Jayco Herald Sun Tour (2.1) Stage 5 Results: Melboure street race:

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Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
aus AUS 2 Anthony Giacoppo (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
bel BEL 3 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
aus AUS 4 Thomas Palmer (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) s.t.
rsa RSA 5 Reinert Janse Van Rensburg (Team MTN Qhubeka) s.t.
rus RUS 6 Alexander Porsev (Katusha) s.t.
rus RUS 7 Alexander Serov () s.t.
aus AUS 8 David Tanner (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
aus AUS 9 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
usa USA 10 Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t.
aus AUS 11 Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
aus AUS 12 Steele Von Hoff (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
aus AUS 13 Joe Lewis (Trek - Livestrong Presented By Radiosh...) s.t.
nzl NZL 14 Michael James Northey (Pureblack Racing) s.t.
den DEN 15 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
aus AUS 16 Luke Roberts (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
aus AUS 17 Jonathan Cantwell (V Australia ) s.t.
bel BEL 18 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
aus AUS 19 Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
nzl NZL 20 Timothy Gudsell (Pureblack Racing) s.t.
rus RUS 21 Artem Ovechkin (Katusha) 00:00:07
nzl NZL 22 Shem Rodger (Pureblack Racing) s.t.
rus RUS 23 Nikolay Trusov (Katusha) s.t.
aus AUS 24 Patrick Lane (Team Jayco Skins) s.t.
aus AUS 25 Lachlan Norris (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
aus AUS 26 Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t.
aus AUS 27 Darren Lapthorne (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) s.t.
jpn JPN 28 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
aus AUS 29 Jack Bobridge (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 30 Rhys Pollock (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) s.t.
rsa RSA 31 Arran Brown (Team MTN Qhubeka) s.t.
aus AUS 32 Darren Rolfe (V Australia ) s.t.
rsa RSA 33 Dennis Van Niekerk (Team MTN Qhubeka) s.t.
rus RUS 34 Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) s.t.
aus AUS 35 Adam Phelan (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) s.t.
jpn JPN 36 Sho Hatsuyama (Utsunomiya Blitzen) 00:00:01
aus AUS 37 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
can CAN 38 Nic Hamilton (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) s.t.
aus AUS 39 John Jack Anderson (Endura Racing) s.t.
aus AUS 40 Kyle Marwood (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
usa USA 41 Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) s.t.
aus AUS 42 Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts) s.t.
bel BEL 43 Maarten Neyens (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
aus AUS 44 Matthew Lloyd () s.t.
usa USA 45 Charles Bradley Huff (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) s.t.
nzl NZL 46 Michael Cupitt (Team Budget Forklifts) s.t.
aus AUS 47 Bernard Sulzberger (V Australia ) s.t.
aus AUS 48 Patrick Shaw (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 00:00:07
rsa RSA 49 Dylon Girdlestone (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:00:09
aus AUS 50 Benjamin Hill () s.t.
aus AUS 51 Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 52 Chris Jongerwaard () s.t.
aus AUS 53 Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:05
bel BEL 54 Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:06
aus AUS 55 Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:00:05
ned NED 56 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:04
rsa RSA 57 Bradley Potgieter (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:00:07
aus AUS 58 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 59 Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:06
aus AUS 60 Cameron Peterson () s.t.
jpn JPN 61 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Utsunomiya Blitzen) s.t.
aus AUS 62 Wesley Sulzberger (Française Des Jeux) 00:00:04
aus AUS 63 Brett Lancaster (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 64 Travis Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:09
usa USA 65 Adrian Hegyvari (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:00:02
usa USA 66 William Dugan (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) s.t.
aus AUS 67 Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
aus AUS DNF Aaron Donnelly (Team Jayco Skins)  
aus AUS DNF Alastair Loutit (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda)  
rus RUS DNF Alexander Khatuntsev ()  
rus RUS DNF Alexei Markov ()  
aus AUS DNF Benjamin King (Team Type 1 - SANOFI)  
rus RUS DNF Egor Silin (Katusha)  
aus AUS DNF Luke Davison ()  
aus AUS DNF Malcom Rudolph (Team Jayco Skins)  
aus AUS DNF Nick Aitken (Team Jayco Skins)  
NAM DNF Petrus Lotto (Team MTN Qhubeka)  
bel BEL DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Katusha)  
rus RUS DNF Valery Valynin ()  
aus AUS DNF William Dickeson (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda)  

Final general classification:

Country Result Name Team Time
aus AUS 1 Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers) s.t.
aus AUS 2 Jack Bobridge (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:02:10
den DEN 3 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:03:00
rsa RSA 4 Reinert Janse Van Rensburg (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:03:10
bel BEL 5 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:03:30
aus AUS 6 Rhys Pollock (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) 00:12:10
aus AUS 7 Joe Lewis (Trek - Livestrong Presented By Radiosh...) 00:33:30
aus AUS 8 Bernard Sulzberger (V Australia ) 00:36:00
nzl NZL 9 Timothy Gudsell (Pureblack Racing) 00:36:30
ned NED 10 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 00:51:20
rus RUS 11 Artem Ovechkin (Katusha) 00:04:10
aus AUS 12 Lachlan Norris (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
jpn JPN 13 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) 00:04:40
rus RUS 14 Alexander Serov () 00:05:10
bel BEL 15 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:05:00
aus AUS 16 Adam Phelan (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) 00:05:40
rsa RSA 17 Dennis Van Niekerk (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:06:10
aus AUS 18 Darren Rolfe (V Australia ) s.t.
aus AUS 19 Luke Roberts (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:06:20
aus AUS 20 Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:10:00
aus AUS 21 Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:11:50
nzl NZL 22 Michael Cupitt (Team Budget Forklifts) 00:12:20
aus AUS 23 Patrick Lane (Team Jayco Skins) 00:13:20
aus AUS 24 Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:13:30
aus AUS 25 Anthony Giacoppo (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 00:13:20
aus AUS 26 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 00:14:20
aus AUS 27 Matthew Lloyd () 00:14:50
aus AUS 28 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:15:40
aus AUS 29 Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:21:10
bel BEL 30 Maarten Neyens (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:24:00
nzl NZL 31 Shem Rodger (Pureblack Racing) 00:24:10
aus AUS 32 David Tanner (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:24:30
jpn JPN 33 Sho Hatsuyama (Utsunomiya Blitzen) 00:30:10
aus AUS 34 Wesley Sulzberger (Française Des Jeux) 00:30:30
rsa RSA 35 Dylon Girdlestone (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:30:40
usa USA 36 William Dugan (Team Type 1 - SANOFI) 00:43:10
aus AUS 37 Patrick Shaw (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 00:43:30
aus AUS 38 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:43:40
aus AUS 39 Darren Lapthorne (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) 00:53:00
aus AUS 40 Kyle Marwood (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 01:01:20
aus AUS 41 Cameron Peterson () 01:04:30
aus AUS 42 John Jack Anderson (Endura Racing) 01:12:10
aus AUS 43 Steele Von Hoff (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 01:12:20
rus RUS 44 Alexander Porsev (Katusha) 00:01:00
nzl NZL 45 Michael James Northey (Pureblack Racing) s.t.
can CAN 46 Nic Hamilton (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) 00:04:00
aus AUS 47 Jonathan Cantwell (V Australia ) 00:04:10
usa USA 48 Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t.
aus AUS 49 Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:05:20
rsa RSA 50 Arran Brown (Team MTN Qhubeka) s.t.
aus AUS 51 Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts) s.t.
aus AUS 52 Benjamin Hill () 00:10:00
usa USA 53 Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) 00:11:30
bel BEL 54 Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:11:50
aus AUS 55 Thomas Palmer (Drapac - Porsche Cycling) 00:12:50
rus RUS 56 Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) 00:13:20
aus AUS 57 Chris Jongerwaard () 00:15:10
usa USA 58 Charles Bradley Huff (Jelly Belly Presented By Kenda) 00:20:10
ger GER 59 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 00:20:20
rsa RSA 60 Bradley Potgieter (Team MTN Qhubeka) 00:20:30
aus AUS 61 Brett Lancaster (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:25:10
rus RUS 62 Nikolay Trusov (Katusha) 00:25:30
jpn JPN 63 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Utsunomiya Blitzen) 00:31:00
aus AUS 64 Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano) 00:43:30
usa USA 65 Adrian Hegyvari (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:50:00
fra FRA 66 Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) 00:51:10
aus AUS 67 Travis Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo) 01:13:30

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