Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2020 – Stage 2 [FULL RACE]

February 6, 2020

Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2020 – Stage 2 – Beechworth – Falls Creek : 117,6 km

The 2020 Jayco Herald Sun Tour makes a return to the real mountains, featuring the iconic Victorian climbs of Mount Buller and Falls Creek – both of which have featured in Australia’s oldest stage race before, but which will this week feature together in the same edition for the first time in the event’s 68-year history.

Team Sunweb’s Jai Hindley took the race leader’s jersey from teammate and stage 1 winner Alberto Dainese at the Herald Sun Tour on Thursday, winning stage 2 at the Falls Creek ski resort from Damien Howson (Mitchelton-Scott) and Sebastian Berwick (St George).

Berwick – of the domestic Australian team St George Continental – was the day’s surprise package, keeping pace with, and attacking, his WorldTour team colleagues, but the even bigger surprise was race favourite Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) getting dropped on the climb with more than five kilometres to go, and eventually coming home almost five minutes down on Hindley.

After Yates was dropped, Hindley’s Sunweb teammate Michael Storer continued to apply the pressure to an ever-reducing front group, and there were just four riders left with 2.5km of the final climb left to go – Hindley, Howson, Berwick and EF Pro Cycling’s Neilson Powless – after Hindley came to the front to take over.

Twenty-year-old Berwick attacked his more experienced rivals with 2km to go, and it was Hindley who reacted first to bring him back, with Howson and Powless taking longer to rejoin them. Five hundred metres later, Hindley tried his luck, but was marked by Howson and Berwick.

After going under the one-kilometre-to-go banner, it was Howson’s turn to try, with Hindley again covering the move, and followed by Berwick, with Powless again slower to get back on terms.

Berwick’s attack with just over 500 metres to race put an end to Powless’s chances, and it wasn’t long after the US rider was dropped that Berwick decided to open his sprint, although it was Hindley who packed the most powerful punch to the line, winning ahead of Howson and a highly impressive Berwick.

“Hats off to Damien and Seb,” said Hindley at the finish. “They were super strong and I couldn’t shake them. I saw 300 metres to go, and thought that was a bit early, so I held back a bit, and then Seb went, and I managed to follow him and then jump around him.

“I’m just stoked to finish off all the hard work the Sunweb boys did for me today. They were amazing,” he said.

Results :
1 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 3:06:29
2 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) St George Continental
4 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:13
5 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:37
6 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:49
7 James Whelan (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:01:01
8 Jay Vine (Aus) Nero Continental
9 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Kinan 0:01:05
10 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:09
11 Rudy Porter (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:01:29
12 James Oram (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:01:44
13 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:55
14 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:02:11
15 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Spa) Kinan
16 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:16
17 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Aevolo
18 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:38
19 Carter Turnbull (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:02:46
20 Hayden McCormick (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:02:50
21 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
22 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:03:47
23 Ari Scott (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:04:39
24 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:27
25 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling
26 Conor Schunk (USA) Aevolo 0:05:57
27 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:58
28 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:06:00
29 Samuel Hill (Aus) Team Bridgelane
30 Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo 0:08:15
31 Mark O’Brien (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:08:41
32 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Kinan 0:08:57
33 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
34 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:09
35 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling
36 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
37 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
38 Michael Freiberg (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
39 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
40 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
41 Ben Carman (Aus) Nero Continental 0:11:45
42 Calan White (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:12:36
43 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:45
44 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation
45 Ryan Thomas (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
46 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane
47 Christopher Miller (Aus) Nero Continental 0:16:14
48 Dylan McKenna (Aus) Nero Continental
49 Sebastian Barrett (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
50 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental
51 Ashley Mackay (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
52 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Pro Cycling
53 Michael Rice (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
54 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation
55 Michael Potter (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
56 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
57 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:17:41
58 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb 0:19:27
59 Bentley Niquet-Olden (Aus) Nero Continental
60 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
61 Riley Fleming (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
62 Alex Heaney (NZl) St George Continental
63 Thomas Bolton (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
64 Godfrey Slattery (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
65 Ben Metcalfe (Aus) Team Bridgelane
66 Joel Yates (NZl) St George Continental
67 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
68 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental
69 David Williams (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
70 Hiroshi Tsubaki (Jpn) Kinan
71 Ethan Batt (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:21:06
72 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan 0:21:08
73 Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Kinan 0:21:15
74 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:22:16
75 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo 0:22:30
76 Scott McGill (USA) Aevolo
77 Conor Leahy (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:23:53
78 Liam White (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
79 Yudai Arashiro (Jpn) Kinan 0:24:34
80 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:25:38
81 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Team Bridgelane
82 Myles Stewart (Aus) Nero Continental
83 Daniel di Domenico (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
84 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Nero Continental
85 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
86 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental 0:25:52
87 Alexander White (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:26:12
88 Sean McElroy (USA) Aevolo 0:27:18
89 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
DNF Kees Duyvesteyn (NZl) Team Bridgelane
DNF Aidan McNeil (USA) Aevolo
DNS Nicholas White (Aus) Team Bridgelane
OTL Roy Eefting (Ned) Team Sapura Cycling
OTL Muhammad Hakimi Ajis (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
OTL Daniel Gandy (Aus) St George Continental

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 5:43:01
2 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04
3 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) St George Continental 0:00:06
4 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:23
5 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:47
6 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:59
7 James Whelan (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:01:11
8 Jay Vine (Aus) Nero Continental
9 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Kinan 0:01:15
10 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:19
11 Rudy Porter (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:01:39
12 James Oram (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:01:54
13 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:05
14 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:02:21
15 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Spa) Kinan
16 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Aevolo 0:02:25
17 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:26
18 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:48
19 Carter Turnbull (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:02:56
20 Hayden McCormick (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:03:00
21 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
22 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:03:57
23 Ari Scott (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:04:49
24 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:37
25 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling
26 Conor Schunk (USA) Aevolo 0:06:07
27 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:06:08
28 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:06:10
29 Samuel Hill (Aus) Team Bridgelane
30 Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo 0:08:25
31 Mark O’Brien (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:08:51
32 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Kinan 0:09:07
33 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
34 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:11:17
35 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling 0:11:19
36 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
37 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
38 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
39 Michael Freiberg (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
40 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:11:37
41 Ben Carman (Aus) Nero Continental 0:11:55
42 Calan White (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:12:46
43 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:14:55
44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
45 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation
46 Ryan Thomas (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:15:11
47 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:16:20
48 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:16:24
49 Michael Rice (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
50 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental
51 Dylan McKenna (Aus) Nero Continental
52 Ashley Mackay (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
53 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
54 Christopher Miller (Aus) Nero Continental
55 Michael Potter (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
56 Sebastian Barrett (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
57 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:17:51
58 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb 0:19:27
59 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:31
60 Godfrey Slattery (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:19:37
61 Thomas Bolton (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
62 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
63 Bentley Niquet-Olden (Aus) Nero Continental
64 Ben Metcalfe (Aus) Team Bridgelane
65 Alex Heaney (NZl) St George Continental
66 Hiroshi Tsubaki (Jpn) Kinan
67 Riley Fleming (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
68 Joel Yates (NZl) St George Continental
69 David Williams (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team
70 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental 0:19:55
71 Ethan Batt (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:21:16
72 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan 0:21:18
73 Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Kinan 0:21:25
74 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:22:26
75 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo 0:22:37
76 Scott McGill (USA) Aevolo 0:22:40
77 Conor Leahy (Aus) Kordamentha Australian National Team 0:24:03
78 Liam White (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
79 Yudai Arashiro (Jpn) Kinan 0:24:44
80 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:25:41
81 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:25:45
82 Myles Stewart (Aus) Nero Continental 0:25:48
83 Daniel di Domenico (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
84 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental 0:26:01
85 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:06
86 Alexander White (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:26:22
87 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Nero Continental 0:27:01
88 Sean McElroy (USA) Aevolo 0:27:28
89 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:30:46