Simon Gerrans won the first road race of 2009 on Friday, taking the first criterium in the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic five-day series in Williamstown near Melbourne.
Gerrans won the mountain stage to Cuneo at the Tour de France in 2008 but showed his excellent criterium skills by getting in the key break and then winning the sprint ahead of Dean Windsor, Joel Pearson and new Australian criterium champion Bernie Sulzberger.
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