Nick White is within striking distance of the biggest win of his professional cycling career.
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White goes into the fifth and last stage of the Tour of Taiwan on Thursday in second position - two seconds behind leader Ryan Cavanagh (Australia).
The Ballarat rider moved up from third overall with a third in stage four on Wednesday.
White has been gradually building in the UCI 2.1 event, finishing seventh in stage one, 10th in stage two, winning stage three and then third over 174.3km from Pintung City to Dapeng Bay.
He finished behind two-time stage winner Eric Youn (United States) and Youcef Reguigui (Algeria) in a bunch sprint which had 67 riders in the lead groupStage five is over 128.47km loops starting and finishing in Kaosiung City.
