Friday's 16.2 kilometer time trial in the 2008 Jayco Herald Sun Tour gave Team CSC-Saxo Bank exactly what they wanted, as the team kept the two top positions in the general classifications. Though Stuart O'Grady took back the yellow jersey by a margin of 21 seconds on Lars Bak.

O'Grady got his second victory in the race so far and thereby showed that he still possesses great time trial abilities. The Aussie veteran won the stage three seconds ahead of Benjamin Day (Toyota-United) with Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly) in third spot.

"I got into a good rhytm from the start and I managed to keep it going although the parcours were actually quite hilly. It's a great feeling to prove to myself, that I have still got what it takes, and if I can hold on to the jersey on the final stage it will be a fantastic moral boost for me going into the winter break," O'Grady told Roadcycling.com after the stage.

O'Grady added that "We only have five riders down here, but everyone has worked really hard to make this a success, so I'm sure we will do our best again tomorrow. Perhaps we can get some help in the efforts because the last stage probably will animate the sprinter teams to go for it as well."

October 17, 2008: Herald Sun Tour: Yarra Valley (16.4 km ITT):
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank      00:24:16:5
2 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                     0.03.2
3 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                  0.06.9
4 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                         0.21.0
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                           0.21.8
6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                      0.22.1
7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                 0.22.6
8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        0.26.5
9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                         0.39.1
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                 0.39.3
11 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          0.40.1
12 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             0.56.2
13 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada      0.58.4
14 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                     0.59.0
15 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                       0.59.5
16 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            1.05.8
17 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada         1.06.6
18 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada        1.07.3
19 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 1.10.8
20 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche             1.11.5
21 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                          1.15.5
22 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                        1.17.1
23 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                   1.22.7
24 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   1.24.3
25 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                   1.25.4
26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                1.26.4
27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS      1.26.5
28 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                           1.27.8
29 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                       1.27.9
30 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           1.36.5
31 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                     1.38.2
32 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    1.40.4
33 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia       1.43.7
34 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                         1.45.5
35 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS            1.52.9
36 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                1.55.1
37 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                       1.55.8
38 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                  2.00.2
38 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                             
40 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               2.00.6
41 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                 2.01.4
42 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                   2.03.7
43 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       2.04.4
44 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                2.04.8
45 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts             2.06.8
46 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                    2.08.2
47 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            2.08.3
48 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                    2.08.7
49 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts              2.09.2
50 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    2.10.2
51 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         2.10.6
52 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                  2.11.5
53 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          2.14.2
54 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       2.18.8
55 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans               2.24.8
56 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                            2.27.3
57 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                    2.31.5
58 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                      2.33.8
59 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts              2.35.9
60 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            2.36.7
61 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                        2.39.2
62 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                         2.40.3
63 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                        2.40.5
64 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   2.42.2
65 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                    2.45.0
66 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              2.45.1
67 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                     2.49.1
68 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           2.52.7
69 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                       3.09.0
70 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                        3.14.2
71 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    3.16.9
72 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    3.17.6
73 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                   3.18.0
74 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                            3.19.2
75 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                            3.23.3
76 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        3.26.0
77 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                             3.26.3
78 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                  3.29.0
79 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  3.30.0
80 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                       3.43.7
81 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                     3.43.8
82 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       3.50.7
83 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                          3.55.0
84 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                    4.10.1
85 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                         4.52.8
86 Eric Boily (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          6.19.5
DNS Ben King (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS

Overall rankings after stage 5:
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank      12:48:56
2 Lars Bak (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                          0.17
3 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United                      0.19
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                   0.52
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Praties                            0.53
6 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1                       0.55
7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand         1.00
8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United                  1.17
9 Will Routley (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          1.19
10 Will Walker (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              1.34
11 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                        1.38
12 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche                  1.48
13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS       2.18
14 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly                  2.45
15 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche                      2.57
16 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                         3.31
17 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                         4.04
18 Andrew Randell (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       4.05
19 Rob Britton (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada          4.36
20 Adam Semple (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS             4.39
21 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    5.00
22 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia             5.06
23 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche              5.16
24 Mark O'brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    6.10
25 Chris Luxton (Aus) Savings & Loans                   6.18
26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada        6.28
27 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan                             6.56
28 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche                 7.26
29 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan                         11.21
30 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                        11.25
31 Simon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           12.10
32 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loans                    13.31
33 Matthew Goss (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                    13.39
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                        13.45
35 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Budget Forklifts               15.03
36 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Budget Forklifts             16.11
37 Michael England (Aus) Budget Forklifts              17.02
38 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS           18.01
39 Chris Jongeward (Aus) Panasonic                     18.32
40 Tim Roe (Aus) Savings & Loans                       18.58
41 Jack Bobridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS          19.17
42 Craig McCartney (Aus) Savings & Loans               19.36
43 Richard England (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia         20.05
44 Lasse Bochman (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                   20.14
45 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties                    20.26
46 Ben Mather (Aus) Praties                            21.27
47 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Panasonic                  21.56
48 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                       23.02
49 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            23.16
50 Jason Hegert (Aus) Panasonic                        25.43
51 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    26.15
52 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan                           27.09
53 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties                          27.19
54 Daniel Holt (USA) Team Type 1                       27.41
55 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche                    27.44
56 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand       28.08
57 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan                      28.37
58 Leigh Howard (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia            28.51
59 Nic Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly                     28.53
60 Chris Jory (Aus) Panasonic                          29.05
61 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand    29.21
62 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties                       30.16
63 Jonny Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                    30.33
64 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan                          30.44
65 Jonathon Lovelock (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia       30.53
66 Jason Rigg (Aus) Praties                            31.20
67 Dale Scarfe (Aus) Panasonic                         31.24
68 David Kemp (Aus) Virgin Blue Australia              31.46
69 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United                33.32
70 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United                    33.59
71 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly                         34.02
72 Peter Herzig (Aus) Panasonic                        34.33
73 Joel Pearson (Aus) Savings & Loans                  34.57
74 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                     35.11
75 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United                   35.43
76 Bruno Langois (Can) Bicycle Superstore Canada       35.55
77 Jack Anderson (Aus) Budget Forklifts                41.36
78 Bradley McGee (Aus) CSC-Saxo Bank                   44.44
79 Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Budget Forklifts              47.40
80 Will Dickeson (Aus) Savings & Loans                 49.01
81 Peter Ladd (Aus) Budget Forklifts                   49.38
82 Tim Guy (Aus) Panasonic                             49.45
83 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                    51.10
84 Jason Allen (NZl) Yes Optus Shop New Zealand        58.57
85 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                1.02.48