Jack Haig (Huon-Genesys) has been crowned the 2013 Tour of Tasmania winner with his efforts earning him the Subaru National Road Series lead with just three one-day races remaining on the calendar.
Haig, 19, joins the likes of Cadel Evans (BMC), Richie Porte (Sky), Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEDGE) and Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) on the Tour’s honour roll.
“It’s great to be able to finish the tour with the yellow jersey and be on that long list of people that have won this race, I’m very honored,” Haig said.
Haig, part of the Tasmanian based Huon-Genesys team, clinched the leader’s jersey on day three of the eight day tour and finished one minute, 43 seconds ahead of Robbie Hucker (Drapac) and over three minutes to Brodie Talbot (Caterpillar).
The win has propelled Haig back into the NRS lead after he lost the jersey to teammate Nathan Earle in August.
“It’s great having Nathan on the team and to have him present me with the NRS leader’s jersey,” Haig said. “He’s a good friend, someone who’s going to be riding with Team Sky next year, and I definitely look up to him.”
Line honors in the Tours final stage, a criterium in Devonport, went to Launceston’s Ben Grenda (Team Polygon).
There was never more than a few seconds between the riders over 30 rapid laps, with Grenda clinching the stage, and the Cycling Australia Insurance green sprinters jersey, ahead of stage two winner Alex Edmondson (Euride Racing) and Patrick Shaw (Huon-Genesys).
“I couldn’t have asked for a better race,” Grenda exclaimed. “I really wanted to win a stage during this tour, so I’m pretty happy. All my family have come to watch, so it’s nice to race in front of them and win a stage in my home state.”
“We got the first sprint and then the boys just rode the front and kept the tempo high. They really gave me a perfect lead out with 150 meters to go, I was set,” Grenda concluded.
Top 25 Finishers
1 Ben Grenda (Tas) Team Polygon Australia 1:05:10 2 Alex Edmondson (SA) Euride Racing 3 Patrick Shaw (Vic) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 4 Malcolm Rudolph (Qld) Drapac Cycling 5 William Walker (Vic) Drapac Cycling 6 Alexander Ray (NZl) Target Trek Racing Team 7 Caleb Jones (NSW) Gpm Data#3 8 Bernard Sulzberger (Tas) Drapac Cycling 9 Luke Parker (Vic) Jayco/Apollo Vis Men’s Road Team 10 Oliver Kent-Spark (Vic) Search2Retain P/B Health.Com.Au 11 Daniel Nelson (Vic) African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team 12 Jason Spencer (Vic) Chartermason Drapac Development Team 13 Ben Carman (Qld) Downer Edi Mining National Cycling Team 14 Alistair Donohoe (Vic) Search2Retain P/B Health.Com.Au 15 Nathan Earle (Tas) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 16 Robbie Hucker (Vic) Drapac Cycling 17 Jack Haig (Vic) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 18 Jeremy Scott (NSW) St George Skoda Hp Team 19 Brodie Talbot (NSW) Caterpillar 20 Jai Crawford (Tas) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 21 Ben Dyball (NSW) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 22 Jeremy Cameron (Vic) African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team 23 James Szollosi (Qld) Caterpillar 24 Jonathan Bolton (WA) Satalyst Giant Racing Team 25 Jayden Copp (Qld) Caterpillar
Final general classification
1 Jack Haig (Vic) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 15:20:10 2 Robbie Hucker (Vic) Drapac Cycling 0:01:43 3 Brodie Talbot (NSW) Caterpillar 0:03:02 4 Darren Lapthorne (Vic) Drapac Cycling 0:03:18 5 Nathan Earle (Tas) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 0:04:13 6 William Walker (Vic) Drapac Cycling 0:04:43 7 Jai Crawford (Tas) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 0:06:06 8 Jason Spencer (Vic) Chartermason Drapac Development Team 0:06:12 9 Peter Herzig (Qld) Budget Forklifts 0:06:17 10 Oscar Stevenson (Vic) Jayco/Apollo Vis Men’s Road Team 0:07:13 11 Eric Sheppard (Vic) Search2Retain P/B Health.Com.Au 12 Justin Gassner (SA) Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team 0:07:20 13 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac Cycling 0:07:59 14 Harry Carpenter (SA) Euride Racing 0:09:12 15 Josh Aldridge (NZl) Downer Edi Mining National Cycling Team 0:09:16 16 Karl Evans (SA) Budget Forklifts 0:09:47 17 Mark O’Brien (Vic) Euride Racing 0:10:15 18 Nathan Elliott (Vic) Caterpillar 0:11:08 19 James Szollosi (Qld) Caterpillar 0:11:32 20 Jordan Davies (NSW) St George Skoda Hp Team 0:17:03 21 Bernard Sulzberger (Tas) Drapac Cycling 0:18:39 22 Joshua Prete (Qld) Budget Forklifts 0:18:55 23 Oliver Martin (Tas) Team Polygon Australia 0:19:14 24 Ben Dyball (NSW) Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team 0:20:21 25 Mitchell Cooper (Vic) Satalyst Giant Racing Team 0:22:09
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