Jayco Herald Sun Tour
The Jayco Herald Sun Tour is Australia s oldest stage race, now in its 57th year. It is one of Australia s heritage sporting events, supported and revered by generations of Victorians and created by Australia s largest daily newspaper, the Herald Sun.
The Tour is a rolling festival of community events reaching across Victoria and is a superb showcase for our beautiful State, creating a travelogue highlighting the historical towns, vineyards, forests, fields and mountains.
For more than 50 years, the Sun Tour has captured the attention of sports fans throughout Victoria. The Tour is ranked on the world calendar, and is sanctioned by the world governing body for cycling, the Union Cycliste International (UCI). Riders from around the world compete in the Tour, with past winners including Tour de France sprint champion Baden Cooke, Tour de France stage winner Neil Stephens and many international riders who dominated the event in the 1990 s.
Last year, Hodgkin s disease survivor Matthew Wilson won the greatest prize of his career in front of an adoring home crowd. The 30-year-old Victorian, who now rides for the US-based Team Type 1, produced seven outstanding rides in seven days to take out the 56th edition of the prestigious race.
The 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour is scheduled for October 12 - 18, 2008.
The 2008 tour will start in Traralgon and travelling to Inverloch, Warragul, Marysville, Alexandra, Mt Buller and the Yarra Valley before returning to Melbourne for the final stage celebrations.
Fourteen international and domestic professional cycling teams, each composed of seven riders, will be invited to compete in the 2008 Tour.
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