Stage Header

Stage 13, Batemans Bay Criterium, 30 km

Friday, November 10, 2000, 17:42 - 18:24


Main Page    Results    Previous stage    Stage map

Schumann takes another as sprinters crash

By Jeff Jones
Click for larger image
Dirk Schumann
Photo: © Tom Balks

German Dirk Schumann (Bosch) took his second criterium victory in a row in this evening's 30 kilometre race in Batemans Bay. The German speedster benefited from being near the top of the field on the final lap, as a crash took out sprinters Jans Koerts, Graeme Brown and Ashley Hutchinson. Second and third places went to Dupont riders Matthew Illingworth and Yento Barker, however there will be some sore bodies tonight.

The race was of a similar format to last night - a square, 850 metre circuit with no tight corners. After the bunch got going, the main aggressors seemed to be Brent Dawson (QANTAS) and Matt Illingworth (DuPont) who attacked repeatedly. However, no breaks got more than a few seconds as everyone seemed to be on the alert tonight.

Towards the end of the race, the leader Grzegorz Wajs could be seen near the front, trying to set himself up for a possible sprint bonus as a cushion to Julian Winn. The latter, in his polka dot King of the Mountains jersey was not far behind, and was well supported by his teammates.
Click for larger image
Action in the bunch
Photo: © Tom Balks

Matthew Illingworth led the race with a lap to go, with the German Schumann on his wheel. Sprint King Jans Koerts was about fourth or fifth wheel on the second last corner when he somehow slipped and fell hard. Also coming down in the crash were NSWIS riders Ashley Hutchinson and Graeme Brown, and Dirk Schumann was left to take the easiest of wins.

"I'm very happy," said the German afterwards for the second time in two nights.

Koerts was actually knocked unconscious for a short time, and when he got up to ride across the line he had half a pair of shorts on and massive bruises and cuts down his left hand side. It was bad luck for the big sprinter, who had only last night spoken with Graeme Brown and manager Gary Sutton about Brown's 'immaturity' in bunch sprints. Although the three had seen eye to eye then, it could have backfired completely if Brown had caused Koerts to crash. However, the Dutchman admitted that it was his fault although he didn't quite know what happened, and it was unfortunate that he took out the others.

There are two days and three stages left in the Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic, and the race is still wide open. Tomorrow there will be just one stage, a 102 kilometre circuit race using the Women's World Cup circuit in Canberra. On Sunday morning there will be possibly the decisive stage of the race, a 13 km time trial in Canberra, with a 36 km criterium to conclude the race.

Results

1 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch                          35.27 (50.78 km/h)
2 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
3 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
4 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
5 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
6 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
7 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
8 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
9 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
11 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
12 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
13 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
14 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
15 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
16 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
17 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Puegeot
18 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
19 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Puegeot
20 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Puegeot
21 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
22 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
23 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
24 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
25 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
26 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
27 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz
28 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
29 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
30 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
31 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra
32 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
33 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World
34 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
35 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
36 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
37 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
38 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
39 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
40 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
41 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
42 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont
43 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
44 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale
45 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS
46 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
47 Baden Burke (Aus) Puegeot
48 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
49 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec                 1.01

General classification after stage 13:

1 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz                        19.19.08
2 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont                            0.02
3 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz                    0.05
4 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec                1.16
5 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest   1.18
6 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Puegeot                         1.49
7 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz                        5.17
8 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec                   6.00
9 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Puegeot                      9.19
10 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World                  11.53
11 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello                 11.57
12 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec              15.39
13 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS                            15.46
14 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello                  16.23
15 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 16.38
16 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World                19.18
17 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello               19.30
18 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World               19.52
19 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale                       22.19
20 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz                             22.51
21 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes                        24.36
22 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS                          24.36
23 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch                   25.44
24 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale                        27.08
25 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello                 27.20
26 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont                         28.20
27 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont                    29.24
28 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale                       30.12
29 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec                36.02
30 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Puegeot                      39.15
31 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes                 39.16
32 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch                           39.40
33 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra                40.28
34 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World                40.53
35 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes                  41.01
36 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra             41.40
37 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest41.45
38 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont                     43.41
39 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec                  45.55
40 Baden Burke (Aus) Puegeot                         47.43
41 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra                 48.12
42 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes                         51.51
43 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz                      52.40
44 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont                        53.50
45 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS                     54.27
46 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello                 56.47
47 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS                          57.29
48 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra            58.16
49 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch                         58.49

Giant Sprint King:

1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale                            16 pts
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) BOSCH                             15
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport             13
4 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz                              10
5 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport        10
6 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest      9
7 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport                8
8 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz                           6
9 Matt Illingworth (GBr) DuPont                          6
10 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale                           6
11 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Puegeot                           6
12 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz                          5
13 Huw Pritchard (GBr) DuPont                            5
14 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz                      5
15 Julian Winn (GBr) DuPont                              4
16 Dan Smith (GBr) QANTAS-One World                      4
17 Brent Dawson (Aus) QANTAS-One World                   3
18 Steve Williams (Aus) Caravello                        3
19 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation           2
20 Yento Barker (GBr) DuPont                             2
21 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest    2
22 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Puegeot                          2
23 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation             1
24 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation              1
25 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest     1
26 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes                             1

Coca Cola King of the Mountain:

1 Julian Winn (GBr) DuPont                               28 pts
2 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz                       16
3 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz                               14
4 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot                            12
5 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport                10
6 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation             8
7 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest       7
8 Heiko Szonn (Ger) QANTAS-One World                      6
9 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale                             2
10 Dan Smith (GBr) QANTAS-One World                       2

Teams:

1 Mroz                                            57.23.26
2 NSW Sport & Recreation                             10.59
3 Peugeot                                            20.21
4 Caravello                                          29.43
5 QANTAS                                             40.38
6 DuPont                                             43.25
7 Glen Parker Cycles                                 54.38
8 Websdale Printing                                1.13.29
9 Bates Bikes                                      1.15.14
10 NSW Institute of Sport                          1.24.05
11 Casino Canberra                                 1.37.31
12 Bosch                                           1.53.02
Back Home