After two second places, Australian rider Baden Cooke brought Team Barloworld a great victory in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour's fourth stage (Warragul-Marysville of 137 km). Cooke outdid Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) and Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com) after a 15 man close sprint.

The first part of the race was pretty smooth but in the last 35 km the peloton had to face the first long mountain of the 2008 Herald Sun Tour, soon followed by a very fast and technical descent just before the arrival in Marysville. And it was during the last ascent that a 15 men escape formed ahead of the pelotonWith less than 2km to go, the sprint was inevitable and Baden Cooke didn't miss the target.

"I was in a perfect position with 200m to go," stated a jubilant Baden Cooke at the finish "In spite of a very difficult sprint. I'm so happy because of my form growing up day by day. And racing on my home soil gave me a special boost. I was disappointed with my two second places, but I didn't lose the determination. I want to thanks my team mates: I think today we proved we are a big team!"

Tomorrow's queen stage of the 2008 Herald Sun Tour will take the riders from Alexandra to Mt. Buller - a distance of of 115.4 km. It will be a mountainous race with the finish set up to the hors category Mt. Bullet, after a 16 km climb. The overall contenders will have to do their best in the finale.

October 15, 2008: Herald Sun Tour: Warragul - Marysville (137 km):
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld      03:27:42
2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                    
3 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
4 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                      
6 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 
7 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                           
8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          
9 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                         
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                    
11 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                           
12 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                           
13 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada           
14 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                       
15 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         
16 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                        
17 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 0.04
18 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                       0.06
19 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                          0.21
20 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              
21 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                    0.54
22 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   
23 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
24 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                           
25 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                            
26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
27 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                           
28 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                       
29 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                
30 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         1.09
31 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                  1.24
32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                          1.26
33 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   1.30
34 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                 1.41
35 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia               
36 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
37 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                            1.57
38 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          5.33
39 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                
40 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                     
41 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                       
42 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                   5.36
43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               7.17
44 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         8.03
45 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
46 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                      10.48
47 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia           11.05
48 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS                  
49 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                       12.18
50 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                    13.11
51 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                       
52 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                           
53 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
54 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                               
55 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   
56 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             
57 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                               
58 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                          
59 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
60 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                         
61 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia          
62 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
63 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                            
64 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                              
65 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                                
66 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                             
67 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia           13.20
68 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans              13.26
69 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  18.31
70 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                    18.35
71 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                            
72 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia                 
73 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                     
74 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts                 
75 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                       
76 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                     
77 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand           
78 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                   
79 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                       
80 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                      
81 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada             
82 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                        
83 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                          
84 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
85 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                    
86 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                       
87 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                  22.36

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank      09:19:52
2 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         0.16
3 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS               
4 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                         0.20
5 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                        
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                         0.34
7 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                      0.35
8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                 0.37
9 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                           0.46
10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             0.49
11 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                     0.50
12 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
13 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                          
14 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                           
15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS         
16 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         
17 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                    
18 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 0.54
19 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                        1.14
20 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                1.44
21 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                       
22 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                           
23 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                            
24 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche                
25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
26 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS            2.04
27 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                  2.14
28 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         2.19
29 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   2.20
30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            2.31
31 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                    
32 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      
33 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                            2.47
34 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    6.07
35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  6.23
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts                
37 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                   6.26
38 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               8.07
39 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    8.48
40 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         8.53
41 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia           11.38
42 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                          
43 Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS              11.55
44 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                          13.25
45 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   13.31
46 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans              13.59
47 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts             14.01
48 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                        
49 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                               
50 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                         
51 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand          
52 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                               
53 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                            
54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                          
55 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       
56 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                             
57 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                           
58 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia           14.03
59 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                      16.28
60 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          16.43
61 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia      17.07
62 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                   17.16
63 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                         17.48
64 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS         18.08
65 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                    18.55
66 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                        19.19
67 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                   19.23
68 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                 19.25
69 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                        
70 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                      
71 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                          
72 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                       
73 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          
74 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                   
75 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             21.19
76 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                         21.55
77 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts               27.38
78 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                       29.00
79 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts             33.02
80 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       33.22
81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                  34.53
82 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                   34.57
83 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                    
84 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         42.26
85 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                            44.58
86 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                 48.34