24/04/1994
The second of the major road races to be held in Warragul commenced on Sunday with an excellent turnout for all grades.
The A grade race was simply blown apart by the climbing ability of a wiry little man named Geoff Stuart.
Amongst Australia’s best, this rider leapt from the bunch taking with him Luke Weir, Murray Fenwick and Geoff Thomson.
However the two Warragul boys were unable to match his pace as he powered across to a breakaway bunch contained four Carnegie riders as well as locals Aaron Nobelius and Phil Gallagher.
When the bunch regained Thomson and Fenwick there were three of them left.
Twenty riders had simply been blown out of contention.
The riders at the front of the race were now in control with the Carnegie riders being joined by Stuart (yet another Carnegie boy) and Weir. These riders continually attacked the determined leading Warragul riders until they eventually lost contact over Ellinbank hill.
Stuart finished the 90km race in first with the Carnegie riders taking the rest of the placings.
Gallagher finished in sixth with Thomson seventh and Fenwick eighth.
Nobelius rolled through in tenth with over five minutes separating him from the next rider on the road.
The junior handicap event was part of the development camp being held over the weekend and was hotly contested.
Warragul’s Stephen Fenwick claimed third in a great sprint with Daniel Dilger taking third fastest time.
Ross Henry, Tim Plozza and Peter Bailey also rode well in their various grades.
