Australian Road Race Darren Lapthorne took the final stage of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. The 25 year old
rider won after a solo attack with 13 minutes remaining. Lapthorne will race with German Continental Team Sparkasse this year
and was very happy with his stage win after his nasty crash in the second stage of the Australian stage race.
Only 21 riders finished the tough second stage and Aussie Mark Renshaw was the smiling overall winner. Renshaw came in
second at the final stage and that was enough to defend his 2007 title. Allan Davis came in third and is second overall. Renshaw
and Davis both have 40 points in the overall, but Renshaw2 had better results in the stages and intermediate sprints.
Women Elite
Olympic champion Sara Carrigan won the final stage of the women's race. Carrigan repeated her 2006 stage win at the
same circuit. Mega Dunn finished fourth in the final stage and that was enough to defend her overall lead. Sixteen year old
Dunn is the youngest overall winner ever of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.
Stage 5 Elite men
1 Darren Lapthorne (A&I Helicopters) 12 points
2 Mark Renshaw (Geelong Mazda)
10
3 Allan Davis (FRF Couriers NSWIS) 8
4 Baden Cooke (detour-themovie.com)
7
5 Richard England (Jayco Bianchi VIS) 6
6 Graeme Brown (FRF Couriers NSWIS)
5
7 Leigh Howard (Jayco Bianchi VIS) 4
8 Chris Luxton (Savings and Loans)
3
9 Trent Wilson (Skilled)
2
10 Russell Gill (Savings and Loans) 1
Final General Classification
1 Mark Renshaw (Geelong Mazda) 40 points
2 Allan Davis
(FRF Couriers NSWIS) 40
3 Baden Cooke (detour-themovie.com)
37
4 Hilton Clarke (Portfolio Partners) 27
5 Darren Lapthorne (A&I Helicopters)
17
6 Matt Wilson (detour-themovie.com) 12
7 Richard England (Jayco Bianchi VIS)
12
8 Stuart O’Grady (Skilled)
12
9 Rory Sutherland (Geelong Mazda) 11
10 Zac Dempster (A&I Helicopters)
10
10 Brett Aitken (Savings and Loans) 10
Sprints
1 Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) 14 points
2
Matt Wilson (detour-themovie.com) 9
3 Mark Renshaw (Geelong Mazda)
6
Team Classification
1 Geelong Mazda
51 points
2 detour-themovie.com
49
3 FRF Couriers/NSWIS
45
Stage 5 Elite women
1 Sara Carrigan (Rapido Cycles) 12 points
2 Kate Bates (Pitcher
Partners) 10
3 Belinda Goss (Volvo)
8
4 Megan Dunn (CBD/NSWIS)
7
5 Amanda Spratt (Pitcher Partners) 6
6 Helen Kelly (Jayco VIS)
5
7 Oenone Wood (Geelong Mazda) 4
8 Chloe Hosking
(Geelong Mazda) 3
9 Jenny Macpherson (Rapido Cycles)
2
10 Kirsty Broun (Volvo)
1
Final General Classification
1 Megan Dunn (CBD/NSWIS)
39 points
2 Belinda Goss (Volvo)
38
3 Kate Bates (Pitcher Partners) 36
4 Alexis Rhodes (Pitcher
Partners) 22
5 Emma Rickard (Jayco VIS)
16
6 Oenone Wood (Geelong Mazda) 15
7 Teressa Cliff-Ryan
(Geelong Mazda) 15
8 Sara Carrigan (Rapido Cycles)
13
9 Lauren Kitchen (NSWIS Degani Café) 12
10 Leonie Burford (NSWIS Degani Café)
11
Sprints
1 Lauren Kitchen (NSWIS Degani Café) 17 points
2 Sara Carrigan (Rapido Cycles)
9
3 Olivia Gollan (NSWIS/Degani Café) 9
Team Classification
1 Pitcher Partners
56 points
2 Volvo
37
3 CBD/NSWIS
32
