Cycling Tour of Tasmania Australia 2009

The Underground Tour of Tasmania NE (National Event) is a cycling classic that started last Tuesday and will end on Sunday October 4th. So far, there have been 4 stages because 2 of them were raced on Tuesday.
It began with 145 riders and at the end of today's stage there are only 128 left, many reasons for quitting, heavy rain being the main one today, but fortunately, Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia Cycling Team) remains the leader and ended safely in the middle of a peloton of 40 riders.

Photo credit ©Shane Goss

The break away sensation of today's stage were  Rohan Dennin and Nathan Hass. It's too bad there's no video available to share this moment with you, but you can imagine how hard they worked in the middle of heavy rain and steep climbs. They didn't win, but kudos to you both for the great effort and the excitment!

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION after stage 4

1. Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) 1 hour 58.41 minutes,
2. Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco AIS), .06 sec,
3. Phillip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) .10 sec,
4. Ben Day (Fly V Australia) .16 sec,
5. Gene Bates (Caterpillar Underground Mining) same time,
6. Jai Crawford (Savings & Loans) .18 sec,
7. David Tanner (Jayco VIS) .21sec,
8. Rohan Dennis (Team Jayco AIS) same time,
9. Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) same time,
10. Kristian House (GHD) .22sec.