The Tour heads along undulating roads during the 86.5 kilometre stage eleven from Ouyen to Patchewollock and return to Ouyen.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Riders escape the peloton on the Ouyen Patchewollock road during stage eleven of the tour.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Eighty-four riders began the eleventh stage from Ouyen to Patchewollock and return to Ouyen.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Nick Aitken (left) of 2XU-ACR and NSWIS's Alex Carver working on the front of a breakaway group during stage eleven.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
The peloton pass through the tiny township of Patchewollock in North-West Victoria.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Charles Howlett (Cycle City) leads Aaron Donnelly (NSWIS) and Michael Freiberg (Jayco/AIS) in their attempt to pinch the stage from the peloton.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
(l-r): Michael Freiberg (Jayco/AIS), Aaron Donnelly (NSWIS), and Charles Howlett (Cycle City) had opened up a gap over the peloton on the return to Ouyen from Patchewollock.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Four riders set out after the leading trio in the final 25 kilometres of the stage.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
The peloton had reformed by the time they hit Ouyen and the charge for the finish was on.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Jonathan Cantwell (2nd from right) celebrates as his happy Fly V Australia teammate Michael Hepburn takes out the eleventh stage.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Great stuff mate: Fellow Queenslanders and Fly V Australia teammates Chris Pryor (left) and Jonathan Cantwell are ecstatic with Michael Hepburn's stage win.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Gee his only young, and so talented: Michael Hepburn (Fly V Australia) awaits his call up to the podium in Ouyen.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
The stage eleven podium (l-r): Jonathan Cantwell (2nd,Fly V Australia), Michael Hepburn (1st,Fly V Australia), and Richard Lang (3rd,Budget Forklifts).(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Joel Pearson (Credit Collect-Prime Estate) accepts his Tasco Sprint Points leader's green jersey in Ouyen.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
2XU-ACR's Nick Aitken remains in the Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains Championship jersey after eleven stages.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
NSWIS's Aaron Donnelly was awarded the MADEC Most Aggressive rider's jersey on stage eleven.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Richard Lang (Budget Forklifts) holds on to the lead in the Budget Forklifts Rising Star of the Tour award and now leads the Scody Cup Cycling Series overall by eight points from Fly V Australia's Jonathan Cantwell.(Image credit: Shane Goss)
Fly V Australia's Jonathan Cantwell holds a 29 second lead in the Tour over Credit Collect-Prime Estate's Joel Pearson with three stages remaining.(Image credit: Shane Goss)