Leigh Achterberg and Greg Fitzgerald have hit the lead for the first time, for late classic honours. Achterberg now leads Garwood by 31 seconds, John Ireland is currently in third 42 seconds behind the leaders.

In early classic, Peter and Sari Ullrich have gone miles past the rest of the field with the closest rivals Andrew White and Ashley Yelds now 5 minutes and 36 seconds behind the pace.