Stage 6 Huarte to Pamplona 120.9km

Matthew Goss has claimed the points classification and led home the bunch to claim second in the sixth and final stage of the Vuelta Navarra in Spain.

The 120.9km stage from Huarte to Pamplona was won by Italian Davide Bragazzi (team Endeka) in a time of 2hr57min41sec with Goss crossing five seconds behind. 

The result caps of a very successful tour for the South Australia.com - AIS team which scored three stage wins, two to Matthew Goss and one to Simon Clarke, in the six day event. Clarke finished in seventh place overall, 1min36sec behind tour winner Jesus Tendero (Vina Magna - Cropu).

Stage 5 Santesteban to Huarte

The fifth stage of the Vuelta Navarra was another tough one with the first climb coming soon after the start. Matt Goss suffered from the effects of the previous days and lost some time. Simon Clarke and Jonny Clarke both finshed in the front group form which the winner escaped with ten kilometers to go. Matt retained the points jersey and Simon, his seventh position overall.

Stage 4 Alsasu to Santesteban 135km

Simon Clarke continued the South Australia.com AIS team's run of success today with a win in the fourth stage of the Vuelta Navarra.

Clarke outsprinted breakaway companion, Italian, Massimiliano Mausto, at the end of the 135 kilometre stage from Alsasua to Santesteban to finish in a time of 3hr28min22sec. The mountainous stage was considered the hardest of the tour.

Stage 4 winner Simon Clarke

Clarke moves to seventh on the overall classification, 1min36sec off leader Jesus Tendero and sits second on the Best Young Rider classification. Meanwhile dual stage winner Mathew Goss has dropped to sixteenth overall at 2min14sec but he still leads the points classification.

Stage 3 Viana - Alsasu 142km

The South Australia.com - AIS team's star sprinter, Mathew Goss, 19,  had notched up back-to-back stage victories in the Vuelta Navarra in Spain. Goss won a bunch sprint for Stage 3 honours at the end of the 142km from Viana to Alsasu ahead of Spanish riders, Joachim Sobrino (Supermercados Froiz) and Francesco Pacheco (Garcamps.com-Valenciana) in a time of 3hr23min39sec.

The win comes a day after he claimed victory on Stage 2 and moves the Tasmanian teenager into third place overall, 46 seconds off the pace of tour leader Jesus Tendero (Vina Magna - Cropu). But his latest victory moves him to the top of the points classification with 59 points, 15 points clear of Tendero. 

Matt Goss celebrates his Stage 2 win in the Vuelta Navarra in Spain.

Stage 2 Tudela-Viana 151km

Matt Goss scored his third individual win in Europe, finishing in front of his five breakaway companions in the second stage of the six day Vuelta Navarra in Spain.

Goss crossed the line in a time of 3hr41min33sec at the end of the 151km stage from Tudela-Viana to Las Cañas ahead of Spaniards Alejandro Magallanes (Supermercados Froiz) and Jesus Tendero (Viña Magna-Cropu).

Goss launched an attack on a climb 22 kilometres from the finish and was joined by other five riders. The sextet had a lead of just under a minute by the time they crossed the finishing line.

Goss is now sitting in 3rd overall, 46 seconds behind leader Tendero while team mate Simon Clarke is 11th overall at 1min47sec. Goss is sitting second on the points classification, trailing Tendero by two points but he leads the U23 Best Young Rider classification.

The Tour finishes in Pamplona on Sunday.

Stage 1 Pamplona - Tudela 141.5km

The first stage of the Vuelta Navarra was raced in windy conditions at a furious pace. Athough there were some solid climbs, the tough ones come later. The South Australia.com AIS team made a good start and although they missed the front group, had Matt Goss seventh at 47 seconds and Simon Clarke tenth at. 50 seconds from the winner Francisco Pacheco.

Results

1 Francisco Pachero (Esp) Garcamps Valenciana 2h58'34"
2 Jesus Tendero (Esp) Vina Magna Cropi @1"
3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff @st

7 Matthew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com AIS @47"
10 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com AIS @50"
59 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com AIS @1'42"
64 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com AIS @st
68 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com AIS @st

GC the same as stage.