59th Jayco Herald Sun Tour, 2.1 - 12th to 16th October 2011

[auscyclefan94]

59th Jayco Herald Sun Tour, 2.1 - 12th to 16th October 2011

Course Overview - from Official Site
The 59th Jayco Herald Sun Tour will navigate some of the most picturesque and at times challenging part of Victoria, visiting iconic tourist destinations such as the goldfields, Great Ocean Rd, Bellarine Peninsula, Mornington Peninsula and finishing in marvellous Melbourne.

Wednesday is the opening stage and a rolling course from Whittlesea to Ballarat will not only travel through the stunning central highlands and goldfields area but sap the legs with long rolling roads and likely strong winds at times. A fast finish into Ballarat will see the sprinters teams work hard to bring any breaks back for the dead flat sprinters finish at Lake Wendouree.

Thursday does not get any easier. The road from Ballarat to Geelong is full of surprises and the Brisbane ranges will test the riders before a long descent towards Geelong and the sea. The sprinters teams will again work hard but a technical run towards Geelong might favour the opportunist.


Friday sees the riders take on the stunning terrain of the Great Ocean Rd. An early climb and scorching descent to Lorne precedes a rolling and often windy ride back to Anglesea before heading into the Bellarine Peninsula and a gradual uphill run to the finish. We may see the strong man come to the fore today.


Saturday is the queen stage of the tour and the general classification will turn on its head today. A ferry ride from Queenscliff takes the riders to the start at Sorrento. A long flat ride along the beach to Dromana will warm up the riders before a first tough ascent of Arthurs Seat. 3k at 10% (actually 8%) makes a tough climb and with a yellow jersey to claim, the stakes are high. The riders will explore the stunning terrain of the Mornington Peninsula before 2 more times up the mountain with the 3rd time finishing on top. It is winner take all today and the climbers will come out to play.


Sunday brings the Tour home to Melbourne and Little Italy in Lygon St. A fast and furious circuit race may well decide the Tour as it did in 2006 when Simon Gerrans took the Tour on the final sprint of the final stage. A full day of support events and the bike expo are designed to make Lygon St a great cycling destination for the day.

Tour routes & course details


Wed 12 Oct Stage 1: Whittlesea to Ballarat, 174.6km

Thu 13 Oct Stage 2: Ballarat to Geelong, 140.6km

Fri 14 Oct Europcar Stage 3: Geelong to Drysdale, 172.6km

Sat 15 Oct Searoad Ferries Stage 4: Sorrento to Arthurs Seat, 131.6km

Sun 16 Oct Stage 5: Lygon St, Carlton, 1.5 hours long + 3laps (Circuit Race)

Startlist so far:

Skil Shimano
Koen DE KORT
Mitchell DOCKER
Alexandre GENIEZ
Simon GESCHKE
Marcel KITTEL
Tobias LUDVIGSSON

Saxo Bank Sungard
Jonas AAEN
JØRGENSEN
Baden COOKE
Kasper KLOSTERGAAR
Richie PORTE
Luke ROBERTS
David TANNER

Omega Pharma Lotto
Jens DEBUSSCHERE
Kenny DEHAES
Adam HANSEN
Olivier KAISEN
Maarten NEYENS
Vicente REYNÉS

Garmin Cervelo
Cameron MEYER
Jack BOBRIDGE
Travis MEYER
Brett LANCASTER
Matthew WILSON
Heinrich HAUSSLER

Genesys Wealth Advisers (no.1 Australian Domestic team)
Patrick SHAW
Steele VON HOFF
Nathan HAAS
Anthony GIACOPPO
Kyle MARWOOD
Nathan EARLE

TEAM TYPE 1
Fabio CALABRIA
Ben KING
Andrea GRENDENE
William DUGGAN
Alexey SCHMIDT
Scott STEWART

TEAM RUSSIA
Alexey MARKOV
Evgeny KOVALEV
Alexander SEROV
Alexander KHATUNTSEV
Valery VALYNIN
Victor MANAKOV

TEAM KATUSHA
Nikolay TRUSOV
Alexander PORSEV
Egor SILIN
Stijn VANDENBERGH
Artem OVECHKIN
Vladimir ISAYCHEV

PURE BLACK RACING
Tim GUDSELL
Glen CHADWICK
Roman VAN UDEN
Mike NORTHEY
James WILLIAMSON
Shem RODGER

Drapac Porsche
Lachlan NORRIS
Darren LAPTHORNE
Rhys POLLOCK
Adam PHELAN
Thomas PALMER
Stuart SHAW

Budget Forklifts
Chris JONGEWAARD
Luke DAVISON
Peter HERZIG
Michael CUPITT
Brian MCLEOD
Jason SPENCER

United Health Care
Jake KEOUGH
Jonny CLARKE
Hilton CLARKE
Morgan SCHMITT
Boy Van POPPEL
Adrian HEGYVARY

V AUSTRALIA
CANTWELL Jonathan
KEMPS Aaron
SULZBERGER Bernard
BROOKS Hayden
ROLFE Darren
FREIBERG Michael

 

[Ferminal]

Ludvigsson or Tanner FTW.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Arthurs Seat decides this.

If geniez wants it, he can probably take this.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Ludvigsson or Tanner FTW.

No love for Meyer or Porte?

 

[daveinzambia]

Finding it hard to get a full list of riders for this, even a list of teams invited. is that it for Pro Tour teams, the rest Australian domestic?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Katusha is riding. This is the most pro conti/wt teams they have ever had. Generally a national team is entered for riders whose teams aren't entered for the race but they still want to ride.

EDIT: BMC isn't riding

 

[daveinzambia]

Katusha is riding and possibly BMC. This is the most teams pro conti/wt teams they have ever had. Generally a national team is entered for riders whose teams aren't entered for the race but they still want to ride.

Ah OK, I had been surprised seeing some of the teams coming as in the back of my head had thought it was more of a domestic race but put that down to a lack of knowledge on my behalf.

 

[hoolaparara]

I was a little disappointed here. I was given a clipping of the council notices that said they were closing deviation road for the thursday stage with otherwise rolling closures. This had me thinking they might be finishing the at the top of that winding climby bit which not huge would make for interesting finish. But when I went to the website I saw they do another kilometre or two afterwards..

Shame really.

 

[Tuarts]

Ha this is great, 5 WorldTour teams (in 2012 ofc ) to this race, best turnout for it ever? Surprised no Rabobank either with their focus on the Aussie market.

Will be good to see how well van Hoff matches up against these guys in the sprints. Genesys wont get to control everything now.

 

[craig1985]

Will laugh hard if Kittel doesn't clean up in the sprints.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Will laugh hard if Kittel doesn't clean up in the sprints.

He will rape the opposition. Interested to see how Von Hoff with Genysys goes in this race after dominating the NRS.

 

[woodie]

He will rape the opposition. Interested to see how Von Hoff with Genysys goes in this race after dominating the NRS.

Yeah he might learn how to ride smooth through a corner before a sprint.

It will be interesting to see how Von Hoff will go, and it's great that we have so many WT teams coming and the Pro Conti and Conti teams get to go toe to toe with them.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Team Type 1 has announced their lineup.

Calabria riding for a cause in Jayco Herald Sun Tour

TEAM TYPE 1
Fabio CALABRIA
Ben KING
Andrea GRENDENE
William DUGGAN
Alexey SCHMIDT
Scott STEWART

 

[auscyclefan94]

Russians Ready to tackle Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Herald Sun

 

[rgmerk]

How will the local

The last couple of times this event ran Saxo Bank, then Sky, dragged the rest of the peloton (a couple of American teams, the rest Aussie continental) round Victoria.

Might be a very hard race for the local guns with half a dozen international teams here.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Supposably their will be 18 teams of 6 riders particpating. Many of the WT squads do have weaker lineups so hopefully the continental and domestic teams attack hard.

btw, I am updating the thread topic post with the team lineups when they come through.

 

[Tuarts]

Drapac and FlyV are riding as well but is the Jayco team sending a squad?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Drapac and FlyV are riding as well but is the Jayco team sending a squad?

Most likely considering that Jayco is the sponsor of the race.

 

[sublimit]

I'll have to study the course but I'm going for Porte. Cam Meyor and Vicente Reynes might do something also.. who knows.
Budget Forklifts for the team Competition.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Without a tt, I don't see Porte doing much in the GC. Vincente Reynes looks good outsider for some of the tougher stages. Meyer seems to be a good bet and maybe Geniez could do something at Arthurs Seat.

 

[unsheath]

Arthurs Seat decides this.

If geniez wants it, he can probably take this.

Will hopefully be down there on one of the hairpins on the day. Its a nice short punchy climb which should make a good explosive finish.

http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/mornington-peninsula/arthurs-seat/

Some info on the climb for some of our o/s friends.

 

[greenedge]

I think Cooke will be a big threat in the sprints. Kittel will probably win all of them though. I wwonder if Von Hoff could beat either of them. I shall bet he can win at least one stage against them. Whatever happens he should go to Europe within another 2 years.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Will hopefully be down there on one of the hairpins on the day. Its a nice short punchy climb which should make a good explosive finish.

http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/mornington-peninsula/arthurs-seat/

Some info on the climb for some of our o/s friends.

I would of liked to have gone down and watched but prior commitments have stopped me. Average Grade 8% is decent and they do the climb 3 times and finish on it. Should be a good stage and is televised live

 

[Dundee]

Some teams missing from the list

Jelly Belly Cycling Team - USA Continental
Utsunomiya Blitzen - Japan Continental
MTN Qhubeka - South Africa Continental
V Australia - Australian Continental
Team Jayco AIS - Australian Continental
Australian National Team

 

[Ruvu75]

V AUSTRALIA
CANTWELL Jonathan
KEMPS Aaron
SULZBERGER Bernard
BROOKS Hayden
ROLFE Darren
FREIBERG Michael