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First McEwen to Fly V now Tasmanian Wurf to Liquigas. Hope you are all keeping track.

Former rower Cameron Wurf has signed with Liquigas, a definite step up in his career. On the other side of the ladder of life we have Robbie McEwen climbing down to hopeful ProTour starters Fly V. What with Contador moving to Saxo Bank, Cervelo dissolving and the Schlecks starting up under their own banner 2011 will have a new flavour indeed.

Australia's Wurf Joins Liquigas-Doimo | Cyclingnews.com

Australia's Cameron Wurf will leave Androni Giocattoli-Diquigiovanni for the Liquigas-Doimo team in 2011, Cyclingnews learned today. The 27-year-old signed a one-year contract with the ProTour squad today.

At the Vuelta a España, team director Mario Scirea confirmed the signing of Wurf, a former rower who represented Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and switched to cycling in 2006.

David Tanner leaves Fly V for Saxo Bank, joins Porte and Contador but will miss Schlecks, Stuart 'All-nighter' O'Grady

Those revolving doors are doing the job again... and once again Riis will have a formidable squad - and perhaps just a bit younger and more developmental at that.

Fly V loses David Tanner to Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank/Sungard team

While Saxo Bank will be losing a small army of its best riders to Team Luxembourg in 2011, it continues to have a strong hold on the young talent from Australia. 25 year old David Tanner will make the jump from the Continental ranks to the ProTour next season. A solid year with Fly V Australia, which has included stage wins at two of North America's hardest stage races, the Tour de Beauce and the Tour of Utah, has caught the eye of the ever watchful Bjarne Riis.

Fly V loses David Tanner to Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank/Sungard team

Tanner has had a circuitous rise to the top level of the sport. The Australian spent his U23 years putting together solid results in Europe with such great French development teams as VC Roubaix and VC La Pomme Marseille to such an extent that a stagiaire ride with the South African Barloworld team was his just reward at the end of 2008. The testing time was a short one and didn't amount to a contract, though he did manage a stellar 5th place result at the 1.1 GP Citta Camaiore. Instead of a hoped for debut season in Europe in 2009, he headed to America to race with a squad with a lot of hype and hope but only the tiniest amount of follow through: Rock Racing. After spending a quiet year with Rock, Tanner finally got a decent opportunity when he signed a contract with the rapidly upward moving Fly V Australia team. A solid season later, and he's now headed back to Europe to pick up where he left off in 2008.

Fly V team loses Tanner to Saxo Bank | Latest News | Cycling Weekly

Fly V Australia suffered a setback in its bid for a first division, ProTour licence today. Bjarne Riis announced his Saxo Bank team agreed to a two-year contract with Fly V's Australian, David Tanner.

"Saxo Bank-SunGard is basically a good fit for him," said Riis in a press release, "and I'm looking forward to taking part in developing his big talent."

Riis and Sports Director Brad McGee helped developed Australian Richie Porte's talent this year. Porte won the Tour of Romandy time trial in April, which led way to his breakthrough at the Giro d'Italia. In Italy, first-year professional Porte held the leader's pink jersey for three days, won the young riders classification and finished seventh overall behind Ivan Basso.

Matthews edges closer to shoe-pulling Phinney in Tour De L'Avenir. New cleats please!

Used to be quite easy to pull a shoe off the pedal, especially if you didn't tighten the straps just before the sprint. And then the early Look system made it even easier, boasting neither straps nor a metal clip or 'cage' to restrain sideways movement. But tighter springs and other design changes have made inadvertant foot removal hard again - until Taylor Phinney proved otherwise. New cleats needed?

Tour De L'Avenir: Stage 1, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

The 144km stage from Vierzon - Saint-Amand-Montrond in central France was won by John Degenkolb (Germany) ahead of Michael Matthews (Australia), who finished third in Sunday’s prologue, and Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland).

Matthews is just seven seconds behind Phinney overall, with Alex Dowsett (Great Britain), still second at six seconds.

Tour De L'Avenir: Stage 1, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Taylor Phinney (USA) kept the race leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de l’Avenir but the talented American was disappointed to finish fifth on the stage after pulling his foot out of the pedal during the sprint, just three hundred metres from the finish.

Team UniSA-Australia 2010 - Michael Matthews

A talented young gun of Australian cycling, Michael Matthews burst onto the nation's cycling scene in 2006 when he won the U17 Road Championships after just six months' training. In 2008 he took out the title of Australian Junior Male Cyclist of the Year. His good form continues, with Matthews recently finishing third in the U23-men's time trial race at the Australian Open Road Cycling Championships held on January 6 2010.

Cycling star Michael Matthews chases riches - Local News - Geelong, VIC, Australia

MICHAEL Matthews has been tipped to join the lucrative ProTour and further live-up to his nickname 'Bling' as early as next year.

The 19-year-old road cyclist has also been touted as Australia's leading medal chance in the under-23 road race and particularly the time trial at the 2010 world championships in Geelong.

Cam Meyer on breaking away during the 2010 Giro. Includes power peaks and averages

Nothing really new here - if you've ever ridden in a bike race and gone with a break then you'll know what it feels like to sprint for that escape before it gets away and then settle into constantly doing turns whilst 'on the rivet'. Being in a Grand Tour just ramps up every aspect of the achievement. By a long way, too.

Feature: Making Their Escape | Cyclingnews.com

Garmin-Transitions' fancied young Australian rider Cameron Meyer found himself in that position during stage 13 of this year's Giro d'Italia and with his team publishing the 22-year-old's ride data for that day on the Garmin website, it makes the task of analysing the demands of a big break much easier.

The day in question took riders on a 223km journey from Porto Recanti to Marco Pantani's home town of Cesenatico, on Italy's eastern coastline. Local hero Manuel Belletti of the Colnago-CSF team won the day but before he could celebrate an emotional victory there was about 170km of breakaway riding to be done.

Cameron Meyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988 in West Preston, Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, riding for UCI ProTour team Garmin-Transitions. He started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first represented his country at the World Junior Track Championships in 2005. Meyer won his first senior World Championship in the Points Race in Pruszków, Poland. In 2009 he was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia. He won the time-trial event at the 2010 Australian National Road Race Championships.

» Cameron’s Profile

Personal Statistics
Height: 181cm
Weight: 69kg
Max Heart Rate: 183
Resting Heart Rate: 40 bpm
Highest Avg. Power output for 5 min : 460 watts
Vo2Max: 74 ml/kg

Cantwell takes last spint, Fly V Australia the 2010 US NRC team prize. Achievement ignored in Oz of course

It doesn't matter who wins what or where, cycling remains almost invisible in the pages and on the screens of Australia's old media. It gets a run in the Olympics, at the Commonwealth Games and during le Tour, sure, but most of the time the old media are focused on "footy", cricket or a small number of athletes swimming backward and forward in a pool. Whilst the Aussie junior cyclists were recently winning big on the world stage we were instead "treated" to some local fish winning in a small pond. No offence to the swimmers themselves but the media miss the bigger stories time and again - be it netball or cycling, if it doesn't register with the old guard then it gets ignored. OK, rant over.

Instead let's hope that the Fly V team can leverage their local and US success into a big - and well reported - 2011 season.

Fly V Australia Captures 2010 NRC Team Title | Cyclingnews.com

Fly V Australia sprinter Jonathan Cantwell put a stamp on his team's overall victory of the National Racing Calendar (NRC) series by winning the last round at the Chris Thater Memorial held on Sunday in Binghamton, New York.

"To win the NRC team title is a huge honour and it is very prestigious to be ranked the number one team in America," said Cantwell. "It's a huge feat and we were so consistent from the start to the end. This was very important to the team and very important to the sponsors."

Goss has the goods on Farrar in sprint after 248km. I can barely stand after 248km.

Tasmanian (aren't they all?) Matt Goss has won the sprint for 1st place at the GP Ouest in Plouay, won last year by Victorian Simon Gerrans (see, they aren't all Taswegians). A lot of big names were behind Goss, including Farrar and Ballan. It certainly send s a clear message to Aussie selectors, doesn't it?

GP Ouest France - Plouay: Results, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Interestingly, only two pro races are held in the province of Morbihan in Brittany, and Goss won in Plouay after fellow Australian Wesley Sulzberger claimed the GP Plumelec in May. “We have the province wrapped up,” Sulzberger quipped afterwards.

Matthew Goss Wins 2010 Grand Prix Ouest France-Plouay - Cycling News - Roadcycling.com

Team HTC-Columbia's Matt Goss won the 2010 edition of the prestigious classic GP Ouest France - Plouay in Brittany with a perfectly timed sprint earlier today. The 23 year-old Australian beat American Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Transitions) and Yoann Offredo (Team Francaise des Jeux) of France, confirming his ever-improving ability in testing one-day races.

It was Goss's fourth win this season after stage victories in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Denmark and at the Philadelphia International in the USA.

Crawford takes final Utah stage for Fly V, Bobridge grabs first pro stage win in Holland

Nice stage win for Jai Crawford against some top climbers. However Leipheimer winning overall despite not having a team in support speaks volumes as well.

Meanwhile at the Eneco tour Jack Bobridge slipped clear of his breakaway companions to win alone.  Prior to this stage he looked like he was struggling at times, but perhaps he just needed to get into the right break at the right time. He and the breakaway were aided by a lacklustre chase by the main bunch which seemingly mistimed the catch. OTOH Bobridge made the right move with 2km to go and refused to be caught. It must be a confidence booster.

Tour Of Utah: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

While two riders finished the Tour of Utah’s final stage together, both shared the glory with Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) taking the stage victory while Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) sealed the overall victory.

201 Tour of Utah results, final stage and final overall - VeloNews

Stage results

* 1. Jai CRAWFORD , (AUS) V Australia , in 04:27:10
* 2. Levi LEIPHEIMER , (USA) Mellow Johnny’s , at at 00:00:00
* 3. Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ , (ESP) Canyon Bicycles , at at 00:01:00

201 Tour of Utah results, final stage and final overall - VeloNews

# 6. Benjamin KING , (AUS) Trek-Livestrong , at at 00:01:21
# 7. Lachlan MORTON , (AUS) Team Holowesko Partners , at at …

Eneco Tour: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Jack Bobridge (Garmin-Transitions) took his first win as a professional with a clever attack in the finale of stage five of the Eneco Tour in Sittard. The 21-year-old Australian slipped clear of his breakaway companions just under 2km from the finish to win ahead of Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Thomas De Gendt (Topsport Vlaanderen).

Eneco Tour: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

After the stage, the young Bobridge was ecstatic at his day’s work. “I’m still in my apprenticeship phase,” he said. “I don’t really know the Belgian and Dutch races so much and I’ve suffered a lot since the start of the race. I could hardly have hoped of winning here. It’s the best win of the start of my career.”

Neil Stephens on that stage into Spa and Schleck's "mechanical"

It's worth a read - the whole interview, I mean - but Neil's response on 'grinta' and mechanicals (especially when it was something like Schleck's ham-fisted gear change) puts some perspective into things. (Which really means that I agree with him, that's all.) 

PezCycling News - What's Cool In Pro Cycling

PEZ: 'Grinta' - are the riders of today as tough as they were 25 years ago?
Neil Stephens: I tend to think that maybe they're not - I was disappointed with that stage to Spa in the Tour. If there was a crash on oil, ok, let the guys get back on but don't go on strike, don't annul the stage - what about the fans ? what about the stage town ? It just makes cycling look stupid.

And Schleck's chain coming off; that's racing - get on with it! Contador mixed the truth on that You Tube video, he didn't see that something had happened to Schleck but he didn't need to say anything. Any DS would have sent their man on the attack and left Schleck to it. Miguel Indurain would simply have said, 'bad luck' and that would have been that. What's refreshing is that not one DS criticized Contador - no DS would have said, 'wait.'

Jay McCarthy 2nd to Le Gac at Junior Worlds. Watson 6th, Howson 22nd

Some interesting performances at the World Junior Road champs...

UCI Junior Road World Championships: Junior Men's Road Race, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

"I still can’t believe what I did," said Le Gac after winning. "When I started the last climb, I gave it everything I had, but I was still afraid that they would overtake me. But I am a stubborn Breton and in the end I did it."

Australian Jay McCarthy came in behind Le Gac, while the bronze medal went to Jasper Stuyven, defending World Champion.

UCI Junior Road World Championships: Junior Men's Time Trial, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

4 Dale Parker (Australia) 0:00:33.53

UCI Junior Road World Championships: Junior Women's Road Race, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

15 Jessica Allen (Australia)

Cantwell and Fly V go for the doctor in Hospital crit

Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium : Elite Men, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

The hot streak continued for Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) who uncorked a blazing burst of speed to claim the seventh Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium under the lights in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 28-year-old Australian won his eighth event in recent weeks, outsprinting Jacob Keough (UnitedHeathCare p/b Maxxis) and Patrick Bevin (Bissell Pro Cycling) from a 22-rider strong escape which formed late in the 50 mile criterium.

"I just came off the back of winning Superweek and Elk Grove. I'm on fire at the moment and I feel great," said Cantwell. "This is the eighth time I've won in the last two or three weeks, so I feel good. It's been an exciting year for Fly V Australia, we love racing here in America."

Renshaw happy to re-sign, hopes for more individual opportunities

A regular paycheck in a job he does very well, supporting a highly regarded road sprinter. Could be worse.  It does tie him up until the end of 2012, by which time either he will remain in thrall with Cavendish or perhaps seek his independence. Let's hope it's the latter - the more sprinters in with a chance the better.

Renshaw Signs New Deal With HTC-Columbia | Cyclingnews.com

Mark Renshaw has signed a two-year contract extension with HTC-Columbia, committing himself to the team until the end of 2012. The Australian has been a hugely important element of sprinter Mark Cavendish's lead-out train over the past two seasons and it comes as no surprise that the team has rushed to secure his services for the foreseeable future.

"I'm happy to extend with the team," said Renshaw. "I know my role and I'm happy to commit to that and be part of a successful team."

Nice to see Renshaw and Goss sharing the spoils. Now if Cavendish didn't exist, who would be the pre-eminent sprinter, post-Greipel?

It's nice to share, isn't it?

Post Danmark Rundt - Tour Of Denmark: Stage 4, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Mark Renshaw (HTC-Columbia) won the bunch sprint at the end of the short and fast fourth stage of the Tour of Denmark. The Australian took victory ahead of teammate Matt Goss to give HTC their second stage win of the tour, after Goss was victorious on the opening day. It was Renshaw's first victory of 2010.

Post Danmark Rundt - Tour Of Denmark: Stage 1, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Matt Goss (Team HTC-Columbia) won the opening stage of the Tour of Denmark on Wednesday, besting Michael Van Stayen (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and teammate Mark Renshaw for the victory in a 59-rider field sprint.

Matt Goss holds onto 2nd place in Tour of Denmark, Renshaw in the hunt

Another race to follow, before the Vuelta rolls around... 

Post Danmark Rundt - Tour Of Denmark: Stage 2, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

In addition to earning the stage win, Van Stayen took over the race lead from stage one winner Matt Goss (Team HTC-Columbia) based on time bonuses at the finish. Goss holds second overall, five seconds back, while Breschel moves into third on general classification, 10 seconds behind.

Post Danmark Rundt - Tour Of Denmark: Stage 1, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Matt Goss (Team HTC-Columbia) won the opening stage of the Tour of Denmark on Wednesday, besting Michael Van Stayen (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and teammate Mark Renshaw for the victory in a 59-rider field sprint.

The 23-year-old Australian, taking his third win of the season, also leads both the general classification and points classification.

Aussie Jnr Worlds rider Dale Parker, Wes Sulzberger on his first TdF

Junior Worlds are on, should be worth following... as always. And interesting to read what Tasmanian Sulzberger thought of his first ride in Le Tour...

Parker Primed For Final Junior Worlds | Cyclingnews.com

Australian youngster Dale Parker wants to go out on top at his final UCI Junior Road World Championships this week. Parker, the current U19 Australian time trial champion, will contest today's 28.5km time trial event in Offida, Italy, alongside Jay McCarthy, David Edwards and Calvin Watson.

"I have been up in Ascoli for two days, riding the course and adjusting to the heat. I'm feeling strong," he told Cyclingnews on the eve of the time trial.

"I had a hit-out this morning on the time trial course; it's a hard course with some solid climbs and fast sections that I am hoping my track preparation will help with - I am getting use to the heat," he said.

PezCycling News - What's Cool In Pro Cycling

Francaise des Jeux's Wesley Sulzberger recently finished his first ever Tour de France. The Aussie took time to talk with Ed Hood on the eve of the crucial Bordeaux time trial and took a look back at his first three-week trip around France. Read on!

Allan Davis maintains lead in Tour of Poland

It's been a sprinters' race so far (with 4 stages to go) and Allan Davis has been consistently placing. In the past the Tour of Poland has been won by the likes of Ballan, Voigt and Van Summeren - whilst not necessarily mountain goats (with the possible exception of Johan VS) they aren't traditional sprinters, either. And whilst Davis is certainly a sprinter he's not built like Greipel and can get over the climbs a bit easier. We shall see.

Tour De Pologne: Stage 3, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Davis, the third place finisher, maintained his overall lead and the time bonus provided a slight cushion on general classification. The Australian leads Hutarovich by four seconds and Aitor Galdos Alonso (Euskaltel - Euskadi) by eight seconds.

SBS: Cycling Central : Aussie Davis leads Tour of Poland

Time bonuses at the finish line allowed Astana sprinter Davis to take over the race lead from Italian Jacopo Guarnieri, the Liquigas sprinter who won the opening stage.

"I've had a great start in Tour of Poland, I am very satisfied. Today was a hard day, it was the longest stage of this Tour and the whole team has done a good work, Bazayev was impressive. The result is a reward for myself, but also for all the efforts of the team," said Davis.

"And I'm ready to fight to keep it, I feel in really good condition, it is the result of three weeks of intensive training in July, I worked hard and I feel good. I know the team is also ready to defend my position."

Nice win for Coastie Dale Scarfe (over Richard Lang, who has rels on the CC too) in ToG

Good to see the Central Coast scoring in the Tour of Gippsland. Dale Scarfe of course is Kincumber-bred but Richard Lang, who took 2nd place in the sprint, has an aunt and uncle up on the coast as well. In fact my 4 year old son is off to Richard's cousin's birthday party today. Not to mention that 20 odd years ago I raced against his father in Sydney, too. Which is all to prove the "small world" theory I guess.  

Tour Of Gippsland: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

July 30, Stage 5: Morwell - Maffra 85km
Scarfe scores in Maffra

Morton elaborates on Tour de l'Abitibi win: an ITT that started underground - in a mine?

I've never heard of an ITT starting underground before and suspect it's unique - or at the very least unusual. Only in Canada I guess...

Morton Wants To Continue Form In Utah | Cyclingnews.com

“It was a crazy tour, being so flat and with everyone so motivated there were a lot of crashes,” he added. “So I kept out of trouble the first few days and then took the lead in the tough time trial, which started underground in a mine. From there the team did an awesome job, helping me defend the lead until the end.”

Aussie bike racing: the penultimate guide

McCarthy takes Tre Giorni Orobica win; Morton takes Tour de l'Abitibi; Taylor a stage win in France
A few good wins - indeed some excellent results that just don't seem to make the local Aussie media.

It's especially worth noting that previous winners of the Tour de l'Abitibi (that's in Canada, by the way) include Taylor Phinney (2007) and Tyler Farrar (2002). So a nice result indeed by Lachlan Morton.

McCarthy takes Tre Giorni Orobica win; Morton takes Tour de l'Abitibi; Taylor a stage win in France

A few good wins - indeed some excellent results that just don't seem to make the local Aussie media.

It's especially worth noting that previous winners of the Tour de l'Abitibi (that's in Canada, by the way) include Taylor Phinney (2007) and Tyler Farrar (2002). So a nice result indeed by Lachlan Morton.

Equally impressive is that Carlee Tayor took a clear ('emphatic' is the cliche) stage win at the Tour du Limousin. And Ruth Corset appears to have retained 2nd overall after the final stage. In rough translation: "The race was very nervous, there were several attacks.C'est Amanda SPRATT (Equipe Nationale d'Australie) qui lance la première attaque, elle se fait rattraper et l'Australienne TAYLOR Carlee contre. It's Amanda SPRATT (Australian National Team) who launched the first attack, it is catch and Australian Carlee Taylor cons." 

Australian Junior Team Enjoying Success In Europe | Cyclingnews.com

Australia’s junior national team has enjoyed a successful week abroad, with the squad winning Italian junior race Tre Giorni Orobica. While quick to express his teammate’s contribution, the overall victory went to Australian junior road champion Jay McCarthy.

Australian Junior Team Enjoying Success In Europe | Cyclingnews.com

In Canada Port Macquarie’s Lachlan Morton, who rides for Team Holowesko Partners, won the Tour de l'Abitibi after time trialing his way into the race’s lead before claiming a second stage victory with a solo effort.

Australian Junior Team Enjoying Success In Europe | Cyclingnews.com

The Australian National Women’s team also had reason to celebrate at the weekend with 21-year-old Carlee Taylor taking a stage victory at the Tour Féminin en Limousin. Taylor claimed the stage victory with a solo move that saw her finish 38 seconds ahead of the peloton in Roussac, France.

Tour de l'Abitibi

The outcome of the 42nd Tour de l’Abitibi and it’s winner, Lachlan Morton from Team Holowesko Partners, concluded with a surprising step.

Morton, along with 21 other cyclists, took advantage of the strong side winds that forced the peleton to spread out causing an escape. Everything was decided fifteen kilometers after the start of the race in Senneterre. Of a total of 21 racers, 11 were part of the 12 best on the general classification, which left the main field no chance to catch up.

Tour de l’Abitibi Daily Report by Dean Warren: Stage 1 – Florida Racing Magazine

...racing at the Tour de l’Abitibi in the Quebec, Canada. The seven stage six day race is based in Val-d’Or, a gold mining town of 32,000. Val-d’Or is located 325 miles north-west of Montreal, and is surrounded by forests and lakes. The Tour de l’Abitibi is in its 42nd year and attracts top 17-18 year old junior teams from around the globe.

Florida Racing Magazine

The final stage of the world’s longest junior stage race challenged the riders on a blustery afternoon from Senneterre to Val-d’0r, covering a total of 71.2 miles. Early into the concluding stage, attacks broke up the peloton with a strong group of 22 riders emerging to form the day’s decisive break. All five New Zealand juniors were represented as well as three from the race leader’s Team Holowesko Parnters, and four members of Team USA.

The break entered Val-d’Or with over an eight minute advantage and had started their second lap of the nine final 3.1 mile circuits before the next group of riders entered the course. A group of four riders were followed by a chase group which included Florida Velo Junior Development’s Jos Chalmers. Team Quebec’s Phillip Nadon took the sprint for the stage win, while Holowesko’s Lachlan Morton secured the overall victory.

Google Translate (of http://www.3giorniorobica.it/)

Fara Gera d'Adda (BG) - shines the rainbow world champion Jasper Stuyven (National Belgium) at the finish line last stage of the LVF 3GIORNIOROBICA GP-2010. Al termine di un sprint mozzafiato il belga precede i bresciani Massimiliano Coccoli (Team Giorgi) e Davide Martinelli (Gc Feralpi). After a breathtaking sprint Belgian precedes Brescia Maximilian Mimos (Giorgi Team) and David Martinelli (James Feralpi). Conclude in gruppo il campione australiano Jay McCarthy che vince la classifica finale della corsa organizzata dal Team 2003, vestendo in via definitiva la maglia oro che aveva indossato il primo giorno dopo la vittoria al Colle Gallo. Group concluded that the Australian champion Jay McCarthy wins the final standings of the race organized by the Team 2003, finally wearing the gold jersey he had worn the first day after winning the Colle Gallo.

Former Euro Pro Sutherland cleans up Cascade Classic overall, Top 10 for Crawford

Nice to see Rory Sutherland powering along in the US... as is the Fly V Australia team.

Cascade Cycling Classic: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) was crowned the winner of the Cascade Classic after taking over the race lead during stage one’s McKenzie Pass Road Race and held his position through the final day. He thanked his teammates Marc de Maar, Andrew Pinfold, Max Jenkins, Chris Baldwin, Matt Crane, Brad White and Morgan Schmitt for their efforts during the week-long race.

“We held the jersey for four of five days now and we worked really hard all week,” Sutherland said. “The guys did a phenomenal job and that is why I am proud to be on this team and proud that they are all my teammates. They died 10 times during the race. I felt very good today and every time your teammates do a turn on the front, you see their faces and ride a little bit better as well.”

Cascade Cycling Classic: Stage 5, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Fly V Australia enjoyed strong performances from second placed overall Ben Day and Darren Lill who finished third. The eight-man squad won the event’s team classification along with the King of the Mountain, won by Lill and the best sprinter won by Jay Thomson.