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Herald Sun Tour
Race details
Date	February
Region	Victoria, Australia
Local name(s)	Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Oceania Tour (2.1)
Type	Stage race
Race director	Scott McGrory
Web site	www.heraldsuntour.com.au
History
First edition	1952
Editions	67 (as of 2020)
First winner	Keith Rowley (AUS)
Most wins	Barry Waddell (AUS) (5 wins)
Most recent	Jai Hindley (AUS)

The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually over five days in February, though as of 2024 the most recent edition was in 2020. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's only daily tabloid newspaper. It was originally known as the Sun Tour after The Sun News-Pictorial, and changed its name when The Sun News-Pictorial merged with The Herald in 1990.

History

In 1952 the first general classification winner was Keith Rowley, a Maffra sheep farmer, in a time of 42 h 57 min 55 s. The first King of the Mountain and Sprint champion was Jack (John) McDonough from Coburg.

Australian cyclists dominated the first 30 editions of the race, before its status rose and began attracting overseas stars. By the year 2000, the race had shifted to October and Australia's cyclists racing in Europe began to compete in the race. The resulting rise in the event's standard saw the race become rated by the UCI for the first time in 2005. Several notable Australian cyclists have won the General classification including Stuart O'Grady in 2008, Baden Cooke in 2002, Neil Stephens in 1986, and Russell Mockridge in 1957.

The 2004 race was conducted from 14 to 24 October 2004 and involved 85 cyclists in seventeen teams of five. Thirteen stages were completed with a total distance of 1110.7 km, 119 intermediate sprints and 37 hill climbs, including the two category one climbs of Mount Baw Baw and in the Otway Ranges. Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad won the General classification in the time of 26 h 39 min 55 s. Karl Menzies won the sprint classification and Phillip Thuaux won the Mountains classification.

After the 2009 race, the organisers of the Herald Sun Tour proposed moving the race from its traditional October date to February, with no edition in 2010. Cycling Australia approved the move,^[1] but in the face of opposition from the UCI,^[2] the plans never came to fruition. In the end, the 2010 race was "held over" due to the 2010 UCI Road World Championships being held in Geelong and Melbourne, and the race returned to the calendar in October 2011.^[3] The UCI accepted a change of date the following year, with a January 2013 date instead of October 2012, but downgraded the race from 2.1 to a National Event, preventing most professional teams from across the world from taking part.^[4]

2014

The next edition of the Tour was held from 5–9 February 2014, and regained a UCI 2.1 ranking, permitting top level trade teams to again compete.^[5] Due to numerous bushfires across Victoria the last stage of the race was cancelled, with Orica–GreenEDGE rider Simon Clarke declared the winner.^[6]

2016

The 63rd edition of the Tour got a huge profile boost when reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome of Team Sky confirmed he would be starting his 2016 season at the event, having previously participated in 2008 with the Barloworld team where he finished 4th overall. Froome won the overall title on the final stage on Arthurs Seat, making him the first defending Tour de France champion to win the race, with teammate Peter Kennaugh finishing second and Damien Howson of Orica-GreenEdge placing third. He also took the mountains classification.^[7]

2017

The 64th edition of the race was won by Damien Howson of Orica–Scott.^[8]

2018

The 65th edition of the Herald Sun Tour was won by Esteban Chaves of the World Tour ranked Mitchelton–Scott team. Michelton Scott dominated the general classification of the 2018 edition with teammates Cameron Meyer (2nd) and previous winner Damien Howson (3rd) rounding out the final podium.^[9]

2019

The 66th edition of the race was won by Dylan van Baarle of Team Sky. Rounding out the podium were Nick Schultz of Mitchelton–Scott and Michael Woods of EF Education First.^[10]

2021 and beyond

In August 2020, the 2021 edition was cancelled due to the uncertainty and unpredictability caused by the impact of COVID-19. The event was rescheduled to February 2022,^[11] but was cancelled due to continuing uncertainty around the pandemic.^[12]

In October 2022, the 2023 race was cancelled due to "ongoing logistical, planning, timing, and workforce challenges" but the race planned to return for 2024.^[13]^[14] However it failed to return for the 2024 season.^[15]

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1952	Australia	Keith Rowley
1953	Australia	Basil Halsall
1954	Australia	Hector Sutherland
1955	Australia	Allan Geddes
1956	Australia	George Goodwin
1957	Australia	Russell Mockridge
1958	Australia	John Young
1959	Australia	Peter Panton
1960	Australia	Peter Panton
1961	Australia	John Young
1962	Australia	Bill Knevitt
1963	Australia	Bill Lawrie
1964	Australia	Barry Waddell
1965	Australia	Barry Waddell
1966	Australia	Barry Waddell
1967	Australia	Barry Waddell
1968	Australia	Barry Waddell
1969	Australia	Keith Oliver
1970	Australia	Trevor Williamson
1971	Australia	Graham McVilly
1972	Australia	Ken Evans
1973	Australia	Graham McVilly
1974	Australia	Graham McVilly
1975	Australia	John Trevorrow
1976	Australia	Peter Besanko
1977	Australia	John Trevorrow
1978	Australia	Terry Hammond
1979	Australia	John Trevorrow	Warracknabeal
1980	Australia	David Allan	Pony Sport Holland
1981	Australia	Clyde Sefton	Mansfield
1982	Australia	Terry Hammond	Clemenso–Mavic
1983	Australia	Shane Sutton	Clemenso–Mavic
1984	Australia	Gary Sutton	Clarence Street Cyclery
1985	Great Britain	Malcolm Elliott	Raleigh–Weinmann
1986	Australia	Neil Stephens	Repco
1987	Italy	Stefano Tomasini	Remac–Fanini
1988	Netherlands	Adri van der Poel	PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1989	Netherlands	Marcel Arntz	Paternina
1990	Germany	Udo Bölts	Caltex
1991	United States	Michael Engleman	Coors Light
1992	United States	Bart Bowen	Subaru–Montgomery
1993	Great Britain	David Mann	Coors Light–Serotta
1994	Germany	Christian Henn	Team Telekom
1995	United States	Andy Bishop	Echuca-Moama
1996	United States	Scott Moninger	Tattersall's
1997	United States	Norman Alvis	Sweethearts Oranges
1998	Italy	Alessandro Pozzi	Sweethearts Oranges
1999	Denmark	Michael Blaudzun	home–Jack & Jones
2000	Kyrgyzstan	Eugen Wacker	Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
2001	Austria	Peter Wrolich	Gerolsteiner
2002	Australia	Baden Cooke	Française des Jeux
2003	United States	Tim Johnson	Saturn Cycling Team
2004	Sweden	Jonas Ljungblad	Amore & Vita–Beretta
2005	Australia	Simon Gerrans	AG2R Prévoyance
2006	Australia	Simon Gerrans	AG2R Prévoyance
2007	Australia	Matthew Wilson	Unibet.com
2008	Australia	Stuart O'Grady	CSC–Saxo Bank
2009	Great Britain	Bradley Wiggins	Garmin–Slipstream
2010	No race
2011	Australia	Nathan Haas	Genesys Wealth Advisers
2012	No race
2013	Australia	Calvin Watson	Jayco-VIS-Apollo
2014	Australia	Simon Clarke	Orica–GreenEDGE
2015^[6]	Australia	Cameron Meyer	Orica–GreenEDGE
2016^[7]	Great Britain	Chris Froome	Team Sky
2017^[8]	Australia	Damien Howson	Orica–Scott
2018^[9]	Colombia	Esteban Chaves	Mitchelton–Scott
2019^[10]	Netherlands	Dylan van Baarle	Team Sky
2020	Australia	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb
2021	No race
2022	No race
2023	No race
2024	No race

References

^ SBS Cycling Central, "Date change for Jayco Herald Sun Tour", 24 February 2010, [1] Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 May 2011
^ The Age, "Herald Sun Tour bid appears doomed", 23 January 2010, [2], accessed 30 May 2011
^ Leo Schlink, "2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour back with a bang", The Herald Sun, 25 March 2011, [3], accessed 30 May 2011
^ "Gerrans questions lack of UCI ranking for Jayco Herald Sun Tour", Velonation, [4], accessed 23 December 2012
^ "Herald Sun Tour to regain UCI status". SBS Cycling Central. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Schlink, Leo (9 February 2014). "Fire risk too great as Tour cut short". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Chris Froome wins Jayco Herald Sun Tour". cyclingnews.com. 7 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Howson wins 2017 Herald Sun Tour". cyclingnews.com. 5 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Herald Sun Tour 2018". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Van Baarle wins Jayco Herald Sun Tour". cyclingnews.com. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "2021 Jayco Herald Sun Tour and Women's Herald Sun Tour called off amid COVID-19 uncertainty". Herald Sun Tour. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "Herald Sun Tour cancelled for 2022". Cycling News. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Giuliani, Simone (24 October 2022). "2023 Jayco Herald Sun Tour cancelled but set to return in 2024". Cycling News. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Jayco Herald Sun Tour on hold, to return in 2024". Herald Sun. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Giuliani, Simone (30 December 2023). "The 2024 WorldTour starts here – A guide to Australia's pro cycling festival". Cycling News. Retrieved 14 May 2024.