Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) a remporté ce jeudi la 1ère étape de l'Herald Sun Tour (2.1), courue sur 146,2 kilomètres entre Mount Macedon et Bendigo. Il précède les coureurs d'Avanti Racing Team, Joseph Cooper et Patrick Bevin. Nick Schultz (KordaMentha Australian Team), licencié au CR4C Roanne, se classe 76e.
Cameron Meyer s'empare du même coup du maillot jaune et bleu de leader de l'épreuve australienne.

Classement de la 1ère étape :
1. Cameron MEYER (OGE) les 146,2 km en 3h29'47'' (moy. 41,8 km/h) (b : 10'')
2. Joseph COOPER (ART) +0 (b : 6'')
3. Patrick BEVIN (ART) +10 (b : 4'')
4. Simon CLARKE (OGE) +10
5. Daniel SUMMERHILL (UHC) +10
6. Franco PELLIZOTTI (AND) +10
7. Serge PAUWELS (MTN) +10
8. Grant FERGUSON (GBR) +10
9. Damien HOWSON (OGE) +10
10. Brendan CANTY (BFL) +10
11. Lachlan MORTON (AUS) +10
12. Lucas EUSER (UHC) +10
13. Robert POWER (JUA) +10
14. Scott DAVIES (GBR) +10
15. Michael TORCKLER (BFL) +10
16. Chris HAMILTON (AUS) +10
17. Mitchell COOPER (NSR) +10
18. Mark O'BRIEN (ART) +10
19. Christopher JONES (UHC) +10
20. Lachlan NORRIS (DPC) +10
21. Patrick SHAW (ART) +10
22. Gabreil CULLAIGH (GBR) +21:06
23. Joshua EDMONDSON (GBR) +21:06
24. Alexander CLEMENTS (JUA) +25:38
25. Harry CARPENTER (JUA) +25:38
26. Samuel WITMITZ (BFL) +25:38
27. Brenton JONES (DPC) +25:38
28. Thomas MOSES (JLT) +25:38
29. Alistair DONOHOE (STR) +25:38
30. James MOWATT (DSR) +25:38
31. Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +25:38
32. Adrian HEGYVARY (UHC) +25:38
33. Alberto NARDIN (AND) +25:38
34. John MURPHY (UHC) +25:38
35. Adam PHELAN (DPC) +25:38
36. Paul VAN DER PLOEG (CMR) +25:38
37. Michael RICE (STR) +25:38
38. Benjamin HILL (CMR) +25:38
39. Caleb EWAN (OGE) +25:38
40. Joel STRACHAN (NSR) +25:38
41. Tyler FARRAR (MTN) +25:38
42. Matthew Harley GOSS (MTN) +25:38
43. Kristian HOUSE (JLT) +25:38
44. Patrick LANE (AWS) +25:38
45. Cameron WURF (AUS) +25:38
46. Jeremy CAMERON (AWS) +25:38
47. Sean LAKE (AWS) +25:38
48. Stuart SHAW (STR) +25:38
49. Grayson NAPIER (NSR) +25:38
50. Jackson MAWBY (NSR) +25:38
51. David EDWARDS (CMR) +25:38
52. Jacob KAUFFMANN (BFL) +25:38
53. Brodie TALBOT (BFL) +25:38
54. Felix ENGLISH (JLT) +25:38
55. Robbie HUCKER (DPC) +25:38
56. Michael CUMING (JLT) +25:38
57. Jake KELLY (GBR) +25:38
58. Tommy NANKERVIS (BFL) +25:38
59. Tanner PUTT (UHC) +25:38
60. Nicholas KATSONIS (CMR) +25:38
61. Richard HANDLEY (JLT) +25:38
62. Jayden COPP (CMR) +25:38
63. Alexander SMYTH (AWS) +25:38
64. Scott THOMAS (DSR) +25:38
65. Massimo GRAZIATO (AWS) +25:38
66. Christopher LAWLESS (GBR) +25:38
67. David MELVILLE (DSR) +25:38
68. Ryan THOMAS (DSR) +25:38
69. Marco FRAPPORTI (AND) +25:38
70. Tiziano DALL'ANTONIA (AND) +25:38
71. Craig EVERS (DSR) +25:38
72. Neil VAN DER PLOEG (ART) +25:38
73. Michael HEPBURN (OGE) +25:38
74. Jack BECKINSALE (JUA) +25:38
75. Sam BEWLEY (OGE) +25:38
76. Nicholas SCHULTZ (AUS) +25:38
77. Cameron BAYLY (STR) +25:38
78. Nick DOUGALL (MTN) +25:38
79. Mitchell LOVELOCK-FAY (ART) +25:38
80. Matt BRAMMEIER (MTN) +25:38
81. Ryan CAVANAGH (JUA) +25:38
82. Songezo JIM (MTN) +25:38
83. Angus LYONS (JUA) +25:38
84. Samuel SPOKES (DPC) +25:38
85. Tyler SPURRELL (DSR) +25:38
86. William CLARKE (DPC) +25:38
87. Steele VON HOFF (AUS) +25:38
88. Kane WALKER (NSR) +25:38
89. Angus MORTON (AUS) +25:38

Abandons :  
Alder MARTZ (STR)  
Oliver KENT-SPARK (STR)  
Tom ROBINSON (CMR)  
Rico Dene Thomas ROGERS (AWS)  

Classement général :  
1. Cameron MEYER (OGE) en 3h32'15''
2. Joseph COOPER (ART) +4
3. Patrick BEVIN (ART) +15
4. Simon CLARKE (OGE) +19
5. Lachlan NORRIS (DPC) +23
6. Damien HOWSON (OGE) +23
7. Daniel SUMMERHILL (UHC) +24
8. Lachlan MORTON (AUS) +27
9. Scott DAVIES (GBR) +28
10. Mitchell COOPER (NSR) +28
11. Serge PAUWELS (MTN) +29
12. Robert POWER (JUA) +29
13. Chris HAMILTON (AUS) +29
14. Michael TORCKLER (BFL) +30
15. Grant FERGUSON (GBR) +30
16. Franco PELLIZOTTI (AND) +30
17. Patrick SHAW (ART) +30
18. Christopher JONES (UHC) +31
19. Brendan CANTY (BFL) +31
20. Lucas EUSER (UHC) +32
21. Mark O'BRIEN (ART) +34
22. Gabreil CULLAIGH (GBR) +21:23
23. Joshua EDMONDSON (GBR) +21:31
24. William CLARKE (DPC) +25:45
25. Caleb EWAN (OGE) +25:46
26. Brenton JONES (DPC) +25:46
27. Sam BEWLEY (OGE) +25:47
28. Neil VAN DER PLOEG (ART) +25:47
29. Michael HEPBURN (OGE) +25:47
30. Paul VAN DER PLOEG (CMR) +25:47
31. Steele VON HOFF (AUS) +25:48
32. Samuel WITMITZ (BFL) +25:49
33. Felix ENGLISH (JLT) +25:50
34. Tyler FARRAR (MTN) +25:50
35. Adam PHELAN (DPC) +25:50
36. Kristian HOUSE (JLT) +25:51
37. Jack BECKINSALE (JUA) +25:51
38. Tyler SPURRELL (DSR) +25:52
39. Tommy NANKERVIS (BFL) +25:52
40. Christopher LAWLESS (GBR) +25:52
41. John MURPHY (UHC) +25:52
42. David EDWARDS (CMR) +25:52
43. Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +25:52
44. James MOWATT (DSR) +25:52
45. Harry CARPENTER (JUA) +25:53
46. Matthew Harley GOSS (MTN) +25:53
47. Ryan THOMAS (DSR) +25:53
48. Cameron BAYLY (STR) +25:53
49. Angus LYONS (JUA) +25:53
50. Nick DOUGALL (MTN) +25:53
51. Mitchell LOVELOCK-FAY (ART) +25:54
52. Alistair DONOHOE (STR) +25:54
53. Matt BRAMMEIER (MTN) +25:54
54. Tiziano DALL'ANTONIA (AND) +25:54
55. Jackson MAWBY (NSR) +25:54
56. Michael CUMING (JLT) +25:54
57. Cameron WURF (AUS) +25:55
58. Ryan CAVANAGH (JUA) +25:55
59. Jayden COPP (CMR) +25:55
60. Tanner PUTT (UHC) +25:55
61. Samuel SPOKES (DPC) +25:55
62. Scott THOMAS (DSR) +25:55
63. Richard HANDLEY (JLT) +25:55
64. Craig EVERS (DSR) +25:55
65. Benjamin HILL (CMR) +25:55
66. Thomas MOSES (JLT) +25:55
67. Kane WALKER (NSR) +25:55
68. Alexander SMYTH (AWS) +25:56
69. Adrian HEGYVARY (UHC) +25:56
70. Jake KELLY (GBR) +25:56
71. Jacob KAUFFMANN (BFL) +25:56
72. Massimo GRAZIATO (AWS) +25:56
73. Michael RICE (STR) +25:56
74. Joel STRACHAN (NSR) +25:56
75. Robbie HUCKER (DPC) +25:57
76. Sean LAKE (AWS) +25:57
77. Patrick LANE (AWS) +25:57
78. Grayson NAPIER (NSR) +25:58
79. Stuart SHAW (STR) +25:58
80. Angus MORTON (AUS) +25:58
81. Brodie TALBOT (BFL) +25:59
82. Jeremy CAMERON (AWS) +25:59
83. Nicholas SCHULTZ (AUS) +26:00
84. Songezo JIM (MTN) +26:02
85. David MELVILLE (DSR) +26:02
86. Nicholas KATSONIS (CMR) +26:03
87. Alberto NARDIN (AND) +26:03
88. Alexander CLEMENTS (JUA) +26:04
89. Marco FRAPPORTI (AND) +26:06
           
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