Centrebet.com.au – 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Classic
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www.centrebet.com.au – Stuart O’Grady has taken out the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Classic.
The 35 year-old rider crossed the line in a time of 14:20:48 to claim his first ever victory in the event and cap off what has already been a fantastic season.
O’Grady finished nearly seventeen seconds clear of CSC Saxo Bank team mate Lars Bak and nearly 24 seconds ahead of the third placed Toyota United rider Benjamin Day.
The hard working veteran stunned everyone in the second stage when he rode away from the main group and held on to win with a magnificent solo effort.
Despite surrendering the leader’s yellow jersey to team mate Bak after the fourth stage, O’Grady caused another boil over by taking at the individual time trial over a field full of more fancied opponents.
O’Grady, who is not a renowned time trialist turned in a career best performance to win by over three seconds and all but guarantee victory with only the criterion race around Lygon Street in Melbourne to go.
Praised for his unshakeable support for teammates in this year’s Tour de France in which more often than not he could be seen doing the hard work at the front, O’Grady has earned a well-deserved individual accolade that has eluded him for some time.
On a sadder note, team CSC Saxo Bank teammate and Olympian Brad McGee called it quits after a long and successful career at the top.
McGee was elated to see teammate O’Grady get up in Australia’s oldest tour event.
All riders will now be gearing up for Australia’s richest cycling event – the Tour Down Under which takes place in Adelaide and South Australia from the 18th to the 25th of January next year.
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