Peter Kennaugh conceded his Jayco Herald Sun Tour leader's jersey to teammate Chris Froome on the final and queen stage of the 2016 race but it was a verbal altercation with Avanti Isowhey's Pat Shaw that left the British national champion dissatisfied after what had been a successful week of racing.
Kennaugh won last Sunday's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with a late solo attack and proved he was in good form, winning stage 1 of the Sun Tour alongside Froome. At the start of the Arthurs Seat stage, Kennaugh enjoyed a 13-second advantage over his Team Sky teammate and when the two-time Tour de France champion rode off the front of the peloton with Avanti Isowhey's Joe Cooper on the second of three ascents, Kennaugh sat in the peloton riding a defensive final lap of the Mornington Peninsula course to ensure second place on GC.
When asked whether he was disappointed to have lost the race on the final day, Kennaugh said: “A little bit yeah, obviously personally but it’s one of those things.
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"From a team’s perspective, it worked out perfect. Once he [Froome] went and got the king of the mountains, which was our aim for him to win that as well, and then he just sat on the guy [Cooper] and we just sat behind. We kept it at 40 seconds to make sure the guy he was with at 55 seconds with me didn’t take over my second GC and then I just protected my position all the way to the finish.
"Coming into the race, we always said it was possible to get a one-two. It would be really good to do with Froomey as leader and I was the back up GC. Although those roles changed a bit in the early part of the race, it finished in a perfect way."
Kennaugh then proceeded to explain, with clarifications asked for by the present media, his verbal altercation with Pat Shaw before the final ascent of the climb.
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