David McCann today held on to his excellent third place overall in the Herald Sun Tour, finishing on the podium at the end of the 2.1 ranked Australian event.
He placed a fine tenth on the final stage, taking what was his fourth top-ten stage placing of the race.
The 2.1 ranked tour ended with a criterium held on the streets of Melbourne, McCann coming home seven seconds after Australians Hilton Clarke Junior (VIS Jayco) and Matthew Goss (Australia) sprinted it out for the stage win.
Chris Jonegewaard (Savings and Loans), who had been clear for much of the stage with Clarke and Goss, just held on for third place.
Ireland riders Paul Healion, Eugene Moriarty, Andrew Roche and Tommy Evans all finished the race. They, along with Conor Murphy and Andrew McQuaid, went into the final stage intent on protecting McCann's third place overall. He had jumped up to that position on the back of his excellent time trial win yesterday.
McCann's high finish in the race comes towards the end of what has been a fine season racing with the Giant Asia professional team. Most recently, he won the prologue and the overall classification of the 2.2 ranked Milad du Noor race in Iran.
He will continue to compete for a few more weeks. A strong finish to the season could see McCann win the overall classification in the Asian continental Tour.
Giant Asia - with whom Irishman Paul Griffin also competes - have already made sure of the team title.
