Pollock grabs snowy stage win, race lead

Part-time bike rider Rhys Pollock (Drapac) displayed his liking for brutal conditions by claiming the Tour of Tasmania’s lead after the gruelling opening two stages today. The 127-man field was pummelled by wind, rain, hail and snow in the 89km road stage from Strahan to Rosebery.

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)2:20:15
2Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)0:00:01
3Cam Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:00:13
4Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:01:01
5Luke Cridland (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Richard Lang (Jayco Skins)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Pat Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Luke Ockerby (Pure Tasmania/TIS)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Michael Phelan (Drapac Professional Cycling)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Darren Rolfe (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Nathan Elliott (West Coast Council)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Daniel Brickell (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Jeffrey Mcdowell (Black Peloton)Row 12 - Cell 2
14James Williamson (BikeNZ Ridestrong)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Louis Crosby (Black Peloton)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Bradley Tilby (Black Peloton)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Danny Pulbrook (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Cameron Jennings (Team Budget Forklifts)0:01:01
20David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Gordon Mccauley (Total Rush - Hyster)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Professional Cycling)Row 21 - Cell 2
23Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Darcy Rosenlund (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Reuben Donati (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Matthew Marshall (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Eliot Crowther (Strahan Village)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Brendan Brooks (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Patrick Lane (Jayco Skins)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Ben Grieve (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:01:07
32Andrew Margison (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:02:29
33Lachlan Ambrose (Central Coast Council)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Brodie Talbot (Search2retain-myteam2)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Callum Fagg (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Damien Howson (Team SASI Cycling)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Shem Rodger (BikeNZ Ridestrong)0:02:32
39Eric Sheppard (Search2retain-myteam2)0:02:34
40Samuel Minehan (West Coast Council)0:02:40
41Andrew Arundel (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:02:55
42John Cornish (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:02:57
43Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Rowan Dever (Total Rush - Hyster)Row 44 - Cell 2
46George Bennett (BikeNZ Ridestrong)Row 45 - Cell 2
47Alexander Ray (Total Rush - Hyster)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Jason Rigg (West Coast Council)Row 47 - Cell 2
49Aidan Mckenzie (Central Coast Council)Row 48 - Cell 2
50Steve Furminger (Black Peloton)Row 49 - Cell 2
51Fraser Northey (Team SASI Cycling)0:04:05
52Alex Carver (Jayco Skins)0:04:06
53Fabio Calabria (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:04:25
54Jake Magee (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:04:39
55Nick Dougall (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:04:55
56Ghazali Hamid (Malaysian National Team)Row 55 - Cell 2
57Kristian Juel (Central Coast Council)Row 56 - Cell 2
58Daniel Furmston (Plan B Racing Team)0:05:28
59Anthony Giacoppo (Plan B Racing Team)Row 58 - Cell 2
60Ruan Benson (Strahan Village)0:05:34
61Phillip Mundy (Team SASI Cycling)0:06:08
62Josh Aldridge (Black Peloton)0:08:08
63Liam Dove (West Coast Council)0:09:07
64Andrew Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:09:41
65Amir Mustafarusli (Search2retain-myteam2)0:09:42
66Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:11:28
67Harry Rassie (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Adiq Othman (Drapac Professional Cycling)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Timothy Walker (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:11:36
70Charles Howlett (Search2retain-myteam2)0:11:48
71Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:15:58
72Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Aaron Donnelly (Jayco Skins)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Jeremy Stephens (Black Peloton)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Nick Morgan (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Joshua Prete (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 76 - Cell 2
78David Abraham (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Geoff Straub (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Julian Hamill (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Matthew Rice (Pure Tasmania/TIS)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Scott Mcphee (Team SASI Cycling)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Campbell Flakemore (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:20:02
84Luke Padgett (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:26:14
85Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Jason Christie (BikeNZ Ridestrong)Row 85 - Cell 2
87Jack Matthews (Pure Tasmania/TIS)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Aaron Jones (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:30:37
89Jake Sutherland (Total Rush - Hyster)0:30:52
90Andrew Christie (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 89 - Cell 2
91Michael Crosbie (Total Rush - Hyster)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Zamri Saleh (Malaysian National Team)0:31:00
93Alex Clements (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:33:58
94Adam Hartley (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:34:13
95Henry West (Pure Tasmania/TIS)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Courtney Black (Strahan Village)0:34:20
97Michael Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:34:21
98Merlin Spranz (Central Coast Council)0:34:22
99Jason Allen (Total Rush - Hyster)0:34:24
100Jay Bourke (Search2retain-myteam2)0:34:26
101Fallanie Ali (Malaysian National Team)0:34:28
102Akmal Amrun (Strahan Village)Row 101 - Cell 2
103Joshua Apolony (Central Coast Council)0:35:26
104Taylor Gunman (BikeNZ Ridestrong)0:35:51
105Fakhrullah Alias (Malaysian National Team)0:39:11
106Alexander Smyth (Search2retain-myteam2)0:43:30
107Rhys Gillett (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)Row 106 - Cell 2
108Ben Cutajar (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)0:45:43
DNFAndrew Roe (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFBradley Robinson (Plan B Racing Team)Row 109 - Cell 2
DNF(FITZGERALD, Michael Plan B Racing Team)Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFJames Mowatt (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFHarrif Saleh (Malaysian National Team)Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFShahrul Amin (Malaysian National Team)Row 113 - Cell 2
DNFYusrizal Usoff (Malaysian National Team)Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFYong Li (Strahan Village)Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFElliott Wells (Plan B Racing Team)Row 116 - Cell 2
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Sprint - Mount Dundas Regional Reser
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)3pts
2Geoff Straub (McDonagh Blake-Witness)2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Sprint - Faffell Riveulet
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)3pts
2Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Sprint - Bluestone - Renison Bell Proje
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)3pts
2Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Cam Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Climb - Cat 3 West Coast Forests Si
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)5pts
2Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Tea)3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Jay Bourke (Search2retain-myteam2)2Row 2 - Cell 3
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Climb - Cat 4 Clearing on Left
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Tea)3pts
2Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Climb - Cat 3 White Gravel Siding
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Tea)5pts
2Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)2Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountains classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Te)11pts
2Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cyclin)5Row 1 - Cell 3
3Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)5Row 2 - Cell 3
4Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)3Row 3 - Cell 3
5Jay Bourke (Search2retain-myteam2)2Row 4 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Drapac Professional Cycling7:02:47
2Shortis.Com.Au Cycling Team0:00:01
3Black Peloton0:01:01
4Team Budget ForkliftsRow 3 - Cell 2
5Genesys Wealth Advisers0:01:07
6Recab-Burnie Ghd0:01:28
7Mcdonagh Blake-Witness0:02:29
8Jayco Skins0:04:06
9Morgans Virgin Blue Rbs0:04:07
10Ridestrong Bikenz0:04:28
11West Coast Council0:04:36
12Total Rush - Hyster0:04:53
13Central Coast Council0:08:19
14Cycling Team Sasi0:10:40
15Search2Retain-Myteam20:12:43
16Pure Tasmania/Tis0:19:22
17Plan B Racing Team0:24:52
18Lawson Homes Cycling0:26:32
19Strahan Village0:38:53
20Malaysian National Team1:08:21
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General Classification after Stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)3:23:12
2Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)0:00:29
3Gordon Mccauley (Total Rush - Hyster)0:01:07
4David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:01:19
5Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:01:50
6Reuben Donati (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:01:53
7Pat Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:01:54
8Darren Rolfe (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Richard Lang (Jayco Skins)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:01:55
12Louis Crosby (Black Peloton)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Cameron Jennings (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 12 - Cell 2
14James Williamson (BikeNZ Ridestrong)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Patrick Lane (Jayco Skins)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Matthew Marshall (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Brendan Brooks (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Eliot Crowther (Strahan Village)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Brodie Talbot (Search2retain-myteam2)0:02:50
20Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:03:07
21Damien Howson (Team SASI Cycling)0:03:23
22Shem Rodger (BikeNZ Ridestrong)0:03:26
23Alexander Ray (Total Rush - Hyster)0:03:43
24John Cornish (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:03:51
25George Bennett (BikeNZ Ridestrong)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake-Witness)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:03:54
28Daniel Brickell (Team Budget Forklifts)0:04:34
29Bradley Tilby (Black Peloton)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Fabio Calabria (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:05:19
31Anthony Giacoppo (Plan B Racing Team)0:05:31
32Nick Dougall (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:05:49
33Eric Sheppard (Search2retain-myteam2)0:06:07
34Cam Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:06:49
35Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:07:40
36Michael Phelan (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:07:44
37Nathan Elliott (West Coast Council)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Nathan Haas (Genesys Wealth Advisers)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Daniel Furmston (Plan B Racing Team)0:08:00
40Jason Rigg (West Coast Council)0:09:40
41Danny Pulbrook (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:09:53
42Amir Mustafarusli (Search2retain-myteam2)0:10:36
43Alex Carver (Jayco Skins)0:10:49
44Luke Ockerby (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:10:54
45Ruan Benson (Strahan Village)0:12:17
46Adiq Othman (Drapac Professional Cycling)0:12:18
47Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Andrew Margison (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:12:22
49Timothy Walker (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:12:30
50Samuel Minehan (West Coast Council)0:12:33
51Andrew Arundel (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:12:48
52Rowan Dever (Total Rush - Hyster)0:12:50
53Steve Furminger (Black Peloton)Row 52 - Cell 2
54Phillip Mundy (Team SASI Cycling)0:12:51
55Fraser Northey (Team SASI Cycling)0:13:58
56Luke Cridland (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)0:14:02
57Darcy Rosenlund (Team Budget Forklifts)0:14:04
58Jeffrey Mcdowell (Black Peloton)Row 57 - Cell 2
59Ben Grieve (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:14:10
60Jake Magee (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:14:32
61Ghazali Hamid (Malaysian National Team)0:14:48
62Kristian Juel (Central Coast Council)Row 61 - Cell 2
63Lachlan Ambrose (Central Coast Council)0:15:32
64Callum Fagg (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Aidan Mckenzie (Central Coast Council)0:16:00
66Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:16:23
67Matthew Rice (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:16:52
68Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Scott Mcphee (Team SASI Cycling)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Peter Herzig (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Joshua Prete (Team Budget Forklifts)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Liam Dove (West Coast Council)0:19:00
73Julian Hamill (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:19:31
74Campbell Flakemore (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:20:56
75Josh Aldridge (Black Peloton)0:21:11
76Harry Rassie (Team Budget Forklifts)0:21:21
77Aaron Donnelly (Jayco Skins)0:22:41
78Andrew Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:22:44
79Charles Howlett (Search2retain-myteam2)0:24:51
80Geoff Straub (McDonagh Blake-Witness)0:25:49
81Nick Morgan (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:25:51
82David Abraham (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Jeremy Stephens (Black Peloton)Row 82 - Cell 2
84Jason Christie (BikeNZ Ridestrong)0:32:57
85Zamri Saleh (Malaysian National Team)0:34:33
86Alex Clements (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:34:52
87Jack Matthews (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:36:07
88Luke Padgett (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 87 - Cell 2
89Taylor Gunman (BikeNZ Ridestrong)0:36:45
90Fallanie Ali (Malaysian National Team)0:37:00
91Michael Crosbie (Total Rush - Hyster)0:37:35
92Akmal Amrun (Strahan Village)0:38:01
93Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:39:17
94Aaron Jones (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:40:30
95Jake Sutherland (Total Rush - Hyster)0:43:55
96Andrew Christie (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 95 - Cell 2
97Henry West (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:44:06
98Adam Hartley (Recab-Burnie GHD)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Courtney Black (Strahan Village)0:44:13
100Michael Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:44:14
101Merlin Spranz (Central Coast Council)0:44:15
102Fakhrullah Alias (Malaysian National Team)0:45:54
103Jay Bourke (Search2retain-myteam2)0:47:27
104Jason Allen (Total Rush - Hyster)Row 103 - Cell 2
105Joshua Apolony (Central Coast Council)0:48:29
106Ben Cutajar (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)0:55:36
107Rhys Gillett (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)0:56:33
108Alexander Smyth (Search2retain-myteam2)Row 107 - Cell 2
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Sprint classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Anthony Giacoppo (Plan B Racing Team)14pts
2Gordon Mccauley (Total Rush - Hyster)9Row 1 - Cell 3
3Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)8Row 2 - Cell 3
4Alexander Ray (Total Rush - Hyster)8Row 3 - Cell 3
5Chris Jory (shortis.com.au Cycling Team)7Row 4 - Cell 3
6Adiq Othman (Drapac Professional Cycling)4Row 5 - Cell 3
7Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers)3Row 6 - Cell 3
8Geoff Straub (McDonagh Blake-Witness)2Row 7 - Cell 3
9Reuben Donati (McDonagh Blake-Witness)2Row 8 - Cell 3
10Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers)2Row 9 - Cell 3
11Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness)1Row 10 - Cell 3
12Darren Rolfe (Recab-Burnie GHD)1Row 11 - Cell 3
13Pat Shaw (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 12 - Cell 3
14Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 13 - Cell 3
15Andrew Roe (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 14 - Cell 3
16Cam Peterson (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans)1Row 15 - Cell 3
17David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling)1Row 16 - Cell 3
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Best Tasmania rider
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)3:25:02
2Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:01:17
3Daniel Furmston (Plan B Racing Team)0:06:10
4Danny Pulbrook (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:08:03
5Luke Ockerby (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:09:04
6Andrew Margison (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:10:32
7Timothy Walker (Genesys Wealth Advisers)0:10:40
8Samuel Minehan (West Coast Council)0:10:43
9Callum Fagg (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:13:42
10Matthew Rice (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:15:02
11Campbell Flakemore (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:19:06
12Andrew Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:20:54
13Nick Morgan (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:24:01
14David Abraham (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Alex Clements (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:33:02
16Jack Matthews (Pure Tasmania/TIS)0:34:17
17Luke Padgett (Lawson Homes Cycling)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:37:27
19Aaron Jones (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:38:40
20Adam Hartley (Recab-Burnie GHD)0:42:16
21Henry West (Pure Tasmania/TIS)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Michael Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling)0:42:24
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Teams classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Drapac Professional Cycling10:13:49
2shortis.com.au Cycling Team0:00:32
3Genesys Wealth Advisers0:00:41
4Team Budget Forklifts0:01:32
5McDonagh Blake-Witness0:03:00
6Virgin Blue RBS Morgans0:04:38
7BikeNZ Ridestrong0:04:59
8Jayco Skins0:10:26
9Total Rush - Hyster0:10:42
10Black Peloton0:13:10
11Search2retain-myteam20:15:22
12Team SASI Cycling0:17:00
13Pure Tasmania/TIS0:19:53
14Recab-Burnie GHD0:19:57
15West Coast Council0:25:44
16Plan B Racing Team0:26:30
17Central Coast Council0:38:57
18Strahan Village0:47:52
19Lawson Homes Cycling0:54:00
20Malaysian National Team1:13:09

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