Kemps, who represents Fly V Australia, will wear the jersey while competing in the US this year.

“I am very happy with this win and very thankful for Fly V, a new team for me this year, and very happy for the first race of the year and to get a win for them,” Kemps told cyclingnews.com.

 ”It is a team for Australians and I’m proud to be in an Australian team and now I am proud to take this jersey overseas and represent Australia.

“If it came down to a bunch kick then obviously Jonathan Cantwell and Ben Kersten were the key, but they said to try and be as aggressive as possible,” he added. “My legs felt good today. Bernie Sulzberger did a great job leading me out, I can’t thank him enough since he was last year’s Australian criterium champion.”

Kemps won the 44km event in Ballarat ahead of Dean Windsor and Adam Clarke.

Tasmanian Ben Grenda was second and New South Wales rider Mitchell Bulleen finished third in Monday night’s race.

Van Velthooven, 21, told the ABC he was surprised of the win by the slimmest of margins.

“This morning I was really flat and thought this was going to be a long day but a few races out there, nice indoor velodrome and it’s nice and warm and a good crowd,” Velthooven said.

“The crowd always gets it so much better, gets the nerves running and it’s really great here, love the crowd, love the racing, love the riders.”

Van Velthooven scooped the pool winning the lightning handicap final earlier in the night.

“I don’t know if anyone else has done the double but its great to actually get the double here, I would never have thought that,” he said.

Tasmanian rider Emma Lawson has won the final of the women’s wheel race at the Launceston Cycling Carnival.

She beat Rebecca Werner of South Australia while fellow Tasmanian Georgia Baker finished third in last night’s race.

The British world champion showed he is all class by winning the six-day event in Melbourne over the weekend, and confirming his status as one of the worlds best riders.

After building a five second lead over Garmin-Slipstream teammate Chris Sutton, in the penultimate stage, Wiggins pushed the pedals even harder, adding another six seconds to the margin to win by 11 seconds to his nearest rival.

That rival was Sutton, who finished in second place, while Australian sprinter Jonathon Cantwell took the third spot on the podium.

Despite winning six world crowns and three Olympic gold medals in the sport of raod cycling, 29 year-old Wiggins had never won a stage race victory in his professional career, until now.

There was, however, debate over who the Garmin – Slipstream team would choose as the cyclist they want to win.

Many thought Sutton would be the sentimental choice, but, the decision to go with Wiggins has been far from criticized, even by Australians.

The cyclist who finished fourth in this year’s Tour de France will sure to be a major contender when he returns to Paris next year and may still return to our shores for a shot at back-to-back Herald Sun Tour titles.

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The Garmin Slipstream rider, who finished fourth in this years Tour de France, started off the tour in mediocre form, sitting on the edge of the top five for the first few stages.

But, with the end of the  Victorian race nearing an end, Wiggins stepped up a gear, taking out the past two days of competition.

As expected, the British rider dominated the field in yesterday’s 10km time trial through the states mountain region of Geelong.

Wiggins covered the undulating journey in 13 minutes, 7.5 seconds, 14.35 seconds faster than his nearest rival, Garmin teammate Svein Tuft from Canada.

He now holds an overall lead of five seconds to his nearest rival, teammate Chris Sutton, and 32 seconds over third placed Jonathan Cantwell.

It seems destined the yellow jersey will end up on the back of one of the two Slipstream Garmin riders, but the question remains, who?

According to Wiggins, the battle for the overall win will not hinder the relationship of the two friends.

“I haven’t been in this position before, so I don’t know how we will work it out. But if he (Sutton) wants to win, he can win. We always ride together, we get on really well and we are close both on and off the bike. I might let him have it,” Wiggins said.

The final stage will take place today in Melbourne.

The forty year-old out-powered his younger competitors throughout the 149km, to claim the win ahead of Jonathan Cantwell and Chris Sutton, who rounded out the podium on day one.

The cycling veteran is no stranger to the world scene, having won four stages of the Tour de France during his career and said his that despite his age, he has always continued to ride.

“I never retired. For the last two years I have been mostly at home in Estonia but I never stopped riding. Now I am riding around the world in places I did not ride so much before,” Kirsipuu said.

“If I have a number on my back, I am a rider. I don’t want to feel ridiculous.”

Former world champion and Tour favourite, Bradley Wiggins, finished in fourth spot, leading home the main peloton in a time of 3 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds.

The Briton looked comfortable all day and is expected to be right up in the mix of things for the reminder of the week.

Matthew Wilson was the best placed Australian, finishing in seventh spot, while Nick Aitken finished 14th.

Stage two will begin tomorrow 10:30am local time, and see riders cycle over 143 kilometres from Colac to Warrnambool.

The event will wrap up this Saturday 17 Oct, with the final stage in the states capital city, Melbourne.

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The LPR Brakes riders have been provisionally suspended which means Bosisio and De Bonis will be banned from cycling until their cases are heard by the Italian cycling federation and a penalty handed down.

The results for Bosisio come from a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of Recombinant EPO in a urine sample collected from him at an out-of-competition test on September 2, 2009.

De Bonis, on the other hand, tested positive for the new-generation EPO called Cera during the first stage of the Tour of Italy on May 7.

The 27 year-old De Bonis and 29 year-old Bosisio, who this year came runners up in the Italian national time trial championship, both have the right to appeal by requesting further analysis of his B sample.

Under the World Anti-Doping Code and the UCI Anti-Doping Rules no further details can be given at this stage.

The findings once again put the sport of cycling in turmoil and will once again have damaging consequences for those involved in the industry.

It has been an uphill battle since the drug findings that clouded the 2007-08 Tour de France’s and it appears there will be more mountains to climb before this issue is finally put to rest.