Herald Sun Tour

Herald Sun Tour
Race details
Date	February
Region	Victoria, Australia
Local name(s)	Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Oceania Tour (2.1)
Type	Stage race
Race director	John Trevorrow
History
First edition	1952 (1952)
Editions	63 (as of 2016)
First winner	Keith Rowley (AUS)
Most wins	Barry Waddell (AUS) (5 wins)
Most recent	Chris Froome (GBR)

The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually over five days in February. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's only daily tabloid newspaper. It was originally known as the Sun Tour after The Sun News-Pictorial, and changed its name when The Sun News-Pictorial merged with The Herald in 1990.

History

In 1952 the first general classification winner was Keith Rowley, a Maffra sheep farmer, in a time of 42 hr 57 min 55 sec. The first King of the Mountain and Sprint champion was Jack (John) McDonough from Coburg.

Australian cyclists dominated the first 30 editions of the race, before its status rose and began attracting overseas stars. By the year 2000, the race had shifted to October and Australia's cyclists racing in Europe began to compete in the race. The resulting rise in the event's standard saw the race become rated by the UCI for the first time in 2005. Several notable Australian cyclists have won the General classification including Stuart O'Grady in 2008, Baden Cooke in 2002, Neil Stephens in 1986, and Russell Mockridge in 1957.

The 2004 race was conducted from 14 to 24 October 2004 and involved 85 cyclists in seventeen teams of five. Thirteen stages were completed with a total distance of 1110.7 km, 119 intermediate sprints and 37 hill climbs, including the two category one climbs of Mount Baw Baw and in the Otway Ranges. Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad won the General classification in the time of 26 hr 39 min 55 sec. Karl Menzies won the sprint classification and Phillip Thuaux won the Mountains classification.

After the 2009 race, the organisers of the Herald Sun Tour proposed moving the race from its traditional October date to February, with no edition in 2010. Cycling Australia approved the move,^[1] but in the face of opposition from the UCI,^[2] the plans never came to fruition. In the end, the 2010 race was "held over" due to the 2010 UCI Road World Championships being held in Geelong and Melbourne, and the race returned to the calendar in October 2011.^[3] The UCI accepted a change of date the following year, with a January 2013 date instead of October 2012, but downgraded the race from 2.1 to a National Event, preventing most professional teams from across the world from taking part.^[4]

2014

The next edition of the Tour was held from 5–9 February 2014, and regained a UCI 2.1 ranking, permitting top level trade teams to again compete.^[5] Due to numerous bushfires across Victoria the last stage of the race was cancelled, with Orica–GreenEDGE rider Simon Clarke declared the winner.^[6]

2016

The 63rd edition of the Tour got a huge profile boost when reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome of Team Sky confirmed he would be starting his 2016 season at the event, having previously participated in 2008 with the Barloworld team where he finished 4th overall. Froome won the overall title on the final stage on Arthurs Seat, making him the first defending Tour de France champion to win the race, with teammate Peter Kennaugh finishing second. He also took the mountains classification.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1952	AUS !	Rowley, KeithKeith Rowley (AUS)
1953	AUS !	Halsall, BasilBasil Halsall (AUS)
1954	AUS !	Sutherland, HectorHector Sutherland (AUS)
1955	AUS !	Geddes, AllanAllan Geddes (AUS)
1956	AUS !	Goodwin, GeorgeGeorge Goodwin (AUS)
1957	AUS !	Mockridge, RussellRussell Mockridge (AUS)
1958	AUS !	Young, JohnJohn Young (AUS)
1959	AUS !	Panton, PeterPeter Panton (AUS)
1960	AUS !	Panton, PeterPeter Panton (AUS)
1961	AUS !	Young, JohnJohn Young (AUS)
1962	AUS !	Knevitt, BillBill Knevitt (AUS)
1963	AUS !	Lawrie, BillBill Lawrie (AUS)
1964	AUS !	Waddell, BarryBarry Waddell (AUS)
1965	AUS !	Waddell, BarryBarry Waddell (AUS)
1966	AUS !	Waddell, BarryBarry Waddell (AUS)
1967	AUS !	Waddell, BarryBarry Waddell (AUS)
1968	AUS !	Waddell, BarryBarry Waddell (AUS)
1969	AUS !	Oliver, KeithKeith Oliver (AUS)
1970	AUS !	Williamson, TrevorTrevor Williamson (AUS)
1971	AUS !	McVilly, GrahamGraham McVilly (AUS)
1972	AUS !	Evans, KenKen Evans (AUS)
1973	AUS !	McVilly, GrahamGraham McVilly (AUS)
1974	AUS !	McVilly, GrahamGraham McVilly (AUS)
1975	AUS !	Trevorrow, JohnJohn Trevorrow (AUS)
1976	AUS !	Besanko, PeterPeter Besanko (AUS)
1977	AUS !	Trevorrow, JohnJohn Trevorrow (AUS)
1978	AUS !	Hammond, TerryTerry Hammond (AUS)
1979	AUS !	Trevorrow, JohnJohn Trevorrow (AUS)	Warracknabeal
1980	AUS !	Allan, DavidDavid Allan (AUS)	Pony Sport Holland
1981	AUS !	Sefton, ClydeClyde Sefton (AUS)	Mansfield
1982	AUS !	Hammond, TerryTerry Hammond (AUS)	Clemenso-Mavic
1983	AUS !	Sutton, ShaneShane Sutton (AUS)	Clemenso-Mavic
1984	AUS !	Sutton, GaryGary Sutton (AUS)	Clarence Street Cyclery
1985	GBR !	Elliott, MalcolmMalcolm Elliott (GBR)	Raleigh-Weinmann
1986	AUS !	Stephens, NeilNeil Stephens (AUS)	Repco
1987	ITA !	Tomasini, StefanoStefano Tomasini (ITA)	Remac-Fanini
1988	NED !	van der Poel, AdriAdri van der Poel (NED)	PDM-Ultima-Concorde
1989	NED !	Arntz, MarcelMarcel Arntz (NED)	Paternina
1990	GER !	Bölts, UdoUdo Bölts (GER)	Caltex
1991	USA !	Engleman, MichaelMichael Engleman (USA)	Coors Light
1992	USA !	Bowen, BartBart Bowen (USA)	Subaru-Montgomery
1993	GBR !	Mann, DavidDavid Mann (GBR)	Coors Light-Serotta
1994	GER !	Henn, ChristianChristian Henn (GER)	Team Telekom
1995	USA !	Bishop, AndyAndy Bishop (USA)	Echuca-Moama
1996	USA !	Moninger, ScottScott Moninger (USA)	Tattersall's
1997	USA !	Alvis, NormanNorman Alvis (USA)	Sweethearts Oranges
1998	ITA !	Pozzi, AlessandroAlessandro Pozzi (ITA)	Sweethearts Oranges
1999	DEN !	Blaudzun, MichaelMichael Blaudzun (DEN)	Team home–Jack & Jones
2000	KGZ !	Wacker, EugenEugen Wacker (KGZ)	Mróz-Supradyn Witaminy
2001	AUT !	Wrolich, PeterPeter Wrolich (AUT)	Gerolsteiner
2002	AUS !	Cooke, BadenBaden Cooke (AUS)	Française des Jeux
2003	USA !	Johnson, TimTim Johnson (USA)	Saturn Cycling Team
2004	SWE !	Ljungblad, JonasJonas Ljungblad (SWE)	Amore & Vita-Beretta
2005	AUS !	Gerrans, SimonSimon Gerrans (AUS)	AG2R Prévoyance
2006	AUS !	Gerrans, SimonSimon Gerrans (AUS)	AG2R Prévoyance
2007	AUS !	Wilson, MatthewMatthew Wilson (AUS)	Unibet.com
2008	AUS !	O'Grady, StuartStuart O'Grady (AUS)	CSC–Saxo Bank
2009	GBR !	Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins (GBR)	Garmin–Slipstream
2010	~ !No race
2011	AUS !	Haas, NathanNathan Haas (AUS)	Genesys Wealth Advisers
2012	~ !No race
2013	AUS !	Watson, CalvinCalvin Watson (AUS)	Jayco-VIS-Apollo
2014	AUS !	Clarke, SimonSimon Clarke (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE
2015	AUS !	Meyer, CameronCameron Meyer (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE
2016^[7]	GBR !	Froome, ChrisChris Froome (GBR)	Team Sky

References

↑ SBS Cycling Central, "Date change for Jayco Herald Sun Tour", 24 February 2010, , accessed 30 May 2011
↑ The Age, "Herald Sun Tour bid appears doomed", 23 January 2010, , accessed 30 May 2011
↑ Leo Schlink, "2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour back with a bang", The Herald Sun, 25 March 2011, , accessed 30 May 2011
↑ "Gerrans questions lack of UCI ranking for Jayco Herald Sun Tour", Velonation, , accessed 23 December 2012
↑ http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/road/news/51277/herald-sun-tour-to-regain-uci-status "Herald Sun Tour to regain UCI status", SBS Cycling Central, 16 September 2013, accessed 17 September 2013
↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sports/jayco-herald-sun-tour-last-stage-cancelled-clarke-declared-winner-with-fire-risk-too-great-and-police-needed-elsewhere/story-fnibbyyv-1226821752824
↑ "Chris Froome wins Jayco Herald Sun Tour". cyclingnews.com. 7 February 2016.

Herald Sun Tour 2004 Cycling results

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