The last time the Herald Sun Tour visited Falls Creek was back in 2007 when now Orica-Scott director sportif Matt Wilson was wearing the leader's jersey. On that October afternoon it was Steve Morabito taking the victory with Wilson narrowly losing his race lead to Joost van Leien.
Wilson retook the jersey the next day and held on for a famous win but ten years on from his triumph, he doesn't see a change in the general classification lead eventuating.
On Thursday, Wilson is aiming to mastermind a stage win, and with it the yellow jersey, via the diminutive Colombian climber Esteban Chaves. The 27-year-old sits 64th overall following the opening night prologue but Wilson is confident his GC rider can better express himself on the long climb in his bid for victory after finishing second overall at last month's Tour Down Under.
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Everyone is in really good condition," Wilson told Cyclingnews on the morning of stage 1. "Obviously, we've had a really good summer sop far. Guys, a lot of them here, have been racing since January 1 so we definitely have the condition. We are up against some pretty tough condition in Chris Froome but Esteban is going well so the best man will win today."
Not only is Wilson familiar with the climb, his seven-man squad is well acquainted with the col due it being a popular training location for Australian professionals and finish location of the Sun Tour in years gone by.
"Every person in our team has done this climb before," he explained. "So they all know it. It is a special sort of climb. Ok, it is 30km long but it is not normal. There is lots of up and down with recovery and you can quite often have a big group going into the final three of four kay."
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