October 10, 2006 (Ottawa, ON) - Dominique Rollin (Boucherville, QC) placed 10th in the Herald Sun Tour road race in Australia Monday, and 22nd in today’s road race, third stage of the event, thus deserving the third place in the general classification.

Québec’s Dominique Rollin of the Canadian National Team was among the race favourites in the massive breakaway start Monday. As the group leaders approached the finish, Rollin made an aggressive attack but race favourite Australia’s Simon Gerrans counter attacked and finished one place ahead of Rollin.

Today Tuesday, the third stage of the Herald Sun Tour featured a 158.5 km road race between Bendigo and Nagambie. Ontario’s Mark Walters of the Navigators Team was top Canadian, in 7th.

Australia’s Karl Menzies won the stage, thus earning the event leader’s jersey.

The Herald Sun Tour will run until October 14, 2006. Tomorrow, the event will feature the Mitchelton Winery (Nagambie) to Benalla 178.4km road race.

Results October 9, 2006

1 Karl Menzies (Aus) HealthNet 4.16.40
2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.02
3 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing 0.07
4 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche
5 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Savings and Loans
6 Kirk O’Bee (USA) HealthNet
7 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing
8 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators
9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco Australia
10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canadian National Team all same time

General classification after stage 3

1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9.41.01
2 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.05
3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Canadian National Team 0.15
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 0.22
5 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.26

21 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28.07
32 Eric Wolhberg (Can) Canadian National Team 29.50
47 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canadian National Team 30.25
68 Brandon Crichton (Can) Canadian National Team 33.23
69 Derek Mcmaster (Can) Canadian National Team 33.23
76 Ryan Mackenzie (Can) Canadian National Team 33.58
78 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Canadian National Team 33.58

Source :

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Canadian Cycling Association - Association cycliste canadienne
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