Simon Clarke has been crowned 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour champion, continuing local WorldTour team GreenEdge's dominance of the Australian summer of cycling.

The final stage of the 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was cancelled due to bushfires and strong winds; Simon Clarke handed the overall victory.

Unheralded 19-year-old sprinter Robert-John McCarthy upset a cast of sprint aces when he won the frantic bunch sprint of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour’s 156 kilometer third stage from Mitchelton Winery to Nagambie; Simon Clarke keeps the overall race lead.

Robert-John McCarthy surprise winner of third stage of Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2014; Simon Clarke maintains overall race lead before tomorrow's final stage.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Clarke has won stage 2 of the 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour and thereby took the overall race lead from Garmin-Sharp-POC's Nathan Haas after a hot day in the breakaway.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Clarke wins stage 2 of the 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour and takes overall race lead from Garmin-Sharp-POC's Nathan Haas after a hot day in the breakaway.

Garmin-Sharp-POC continued to show its strength and determinism on the roads of Victoria, as former Herald Sun Tour champion Nathan Haas held off all-comers in a long, uphill bunch sprint to claim stage 1 of the 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Ballarat.

Team Garmin-Sharp-POC's Nathan Haas sprints to victory and overall lead in Herald Sun Tour 2014.

New Zealand's Jack Bauer powered to victory in the prologue of the 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour taking the overall lead for Team Garmin-Sharp-POC.

Jack Bauer powers to victory in prologue of Herald Sun Tour 2014 for Team Garmin-Sharp-POC and takes overall race lead.