In a thrilling finish to the 2013 Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland in Traralgon on Sunday, Queensland's Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) clinched the crown by the narrowest possible margin. Anderson, 26,  finished just one second ahead of Tasmania's Nathan Earle (Huon-Genesys) after the five-day eight-stage Tour which covered over 500 kilometres, with Earle's podium finish catapulting him into the Subaru NRS individual standings lead.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Anderson said. “It’s been a great win. I haven’t raced in the NRS since 2009 so it’s nice to come back and get a win,” said Anderson, who has raced in Europe for a number of years. Anderson clinched the yellow jersey on a wet and gusty day three in Licola on Friday where he edged Earle in a three man sprint to the line.

“Nathan [Earle] is a quality bike rider and credit to him. He’s a fantastic talent and he’ll go along way and maybe this will be my claim to fame to say that I beat him,” Anderson said of the newly signed Team Sky rider.

London Olympian Alex Edmondson (Euride Racing) has taken out a thrilling third stage at the Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland, the sixth event in the Subaru National Road Series. Edmondson, a reigning track world champion, took out the 90 kilometre road race from Leongatha to Yinnar ahead of Budget Forklifts teammates Jack Anderson and Sam Horgan. “I’m pretty ecstatic, it’s a pretty cool feeling to finally get a stage win,” Edmondson said. “This is huge for me; it’s been all about the track for the last two years since I came out of the juniors, so to finally get a result on the road is great.

“I hope this can be the start of something big and it’s great to be able to continue the winning for Euride,” Edmondson said of teammate Russell Gill’s victory on Phillip Island yesterday. The South Australian found himself in a break of 11 riders with 30 kilometres to race and out-sprinted the group which included Alex Morgan (VIS). The win puts the 19-year-old into the tour lead, five seconds ahead of Anderson and a further seven seconds in front of Horgan.

Queensland's Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) has clinched the lead in the Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland - the sixth event in the Subaru National Road Series - after he was victorious in Licola on a wet and wild afternoon. Anderson took out the 97 kilometre fifth stage ahead of reigning track world champion Alex Morgan (VIS) and Nathan Earle (Huon-Salmon) in a three man sprint. “I’m very happy,” exclaimed Anderson. “I came into this tour with a really bad cold and I said to the guys ‘every day I will get better’ and I think the best is yet to come.

“I got the yellow jersey after stage one in Perth but lost it the next day,” Anderson said of the series’ opening round. “Hopefully this time with a bit more luck and better legs we can defend the jersey until Sunday.” Anderson was able to reel in a solo Earle moments before the line after the Tasmanian broke away with 15 kilometres remaining in the stage.

Ben Grenda (Team Polygon) has sprinted his way into yellow after day one of the Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland, the sixth event in the Subaru National Road Series.

Grenda and stage one victor Anthony Giacoppo (Huon-Genesys) ended the day equal on time, however, thanks to a countback the Tasmanian finds himself in the overall tour lead after the initial two stages.