Australian cyclist Damien Howson has completed an unlikely Herald Sun Tour win, with no serious threats to his overall lead on the final stage.
Chris Froome's Sky teammate Ian Stannard won the 121km fourth and final stage on Sunday at Kinglake, north of Melbourne.
It looked for a moment that Stannard was celebrating too early after his solo charge near the finish.
But New Zealander Aaron Gate just failed to catch Stannard on the line.
There was no such scare for Howson after his Orica-Scott teammates covered any threats to his overall lead.
Froome, the three-time Tour de France champion, was Howson's most serious threat.
He attacked on the last of four 30km Kinglake circuits, but Howson covered him and they finished the stage together in the reduced peloton, a few seconds behind Stannard.
Howson started the Tour as the main climbing domestique for Colombian teammate Esteban Chaves.
But the servant became master after Howson won the opening road stage on Thursday at Falls Creek and took the race lead, with Orica-Scott throwing their weight behind him.
'It's a big sigh of relief now, it's been an amazing week and to finish it off the way we did, I couldn't be happier,' Howson said.
'I definitely was nervous - every lap that went by, I became more calm.'
'Every time we had the full team coming through the finish line ... I knew as long as I had Esteban with me on that final climb, that it was going to be pretty simple to control.'
'Everyone just went further than they needed to and made my day as easy as possible.'
Howson admitted he expected more fireworks during the stage.
'I was probably expecting them to light it up one lap earlier than they did, to really make or break the race,' he said.
'But once again, my team had it covered and it was pretty simple in the finish.'
The overall standings were unchanged - Howson beat Australian national team rider Jai Hindley by 38 seconds.
Froome, the defending champion, remained sixth at a minute 12 seconds and Chaves was ninth at 1:15.
AAP