Stage 16, Canberra Criterium, 30 km
Sunday, November 12, 2000, 15:10 - 15:54
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Brown redeems himself
in final sprint
By Jeff Jones
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Brown
and Schumann
Photo: © Tom Balks
NSW sprinter Graeme
Brown came from the depths of embarrassment to the heights of success
as he won the Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic's last ever stage, a 36
kilometre criterium in Canberra. Brown overcame German Dirk Schumann
(Bosch) on the line to claim the win, at the same time netting the Giant
Sprint King jersey after a countback. In third place was Caravello's
Mark Renshaw who is also renowned for his track cycling skills.
The weather for
the final stage was significantly better, a blessing for the competitors
who certainly did not want to crash so close to home. An excellent crowd
turned out as well, lining the 1 km course virtually the whole way round.
In terms of the general classification, the only real possibility was
that Grzegorz Wajs could overtake Scott Suckling for second place. However,
the Australian was more than up to the task, marking Wajs every time
the Pole attacked.
There were attacks
during the race, but no-one gained more than 5 seconds. Matt Illingworth
and the Dupont team were particularly aggressive but Julian Winn was
not allowed any freedom. There was a promising attack by Bates Bikes'
Russel van Hout with three laps to go, and he held a slender advantage
as the bell rung for the final time on the Bank Classic.
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Brown
and Koerts
Photo: © Tom Balks
The sprinters Graeme
Brown and Dirk Schumann were prominent near the front, but not the purple
clad Jans Koerts who dropped back as the field swarmed around the second
last bend. Obviously, Koerts didn't want to risk losing any more skin
(or worse) effectively conceding the points jersey.
The final sprint
was led out by Dirk Schumann a long way from home, and he looked to
have the power to hold off Brown. However, with 50 metres to go, Brown
found something extra and with a triumphant throw, pipped Schumann by
a quarter of a wheel. The win was an impressive comeback after team
manager Gary Sutton's comments yesterday, and Brown was of course happy.
"Yeah definitely.
It was the last time the race was on, the last stage and I wanted to
go out on a big note. I had a few problems on the last corner - I came
in about second wheel and I came out about fifth or sixth."
"I was really keen
to get the sprint jersey today, and because I won I think I sealed it.
Jans was watching me a lot.
Were you motivated
by anger after yesterday? "You can't really have anger over a stupid
thing on my part. I think I was a little but hard done by, but that's
the rules. I don't need anger to spur me on to win one of the biggest
bike races in Australia. Just the thrill of it is enough. I always wanted
to win the last stage."
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The
winners
Photo: © Tom Balks
For the Polish Mroz
team: Dariusz Wojciechowski, Grzegorz Wajs, Dariusz Skoczylas, Pawel
Niedzwiecki and Bart Duraj, the final Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic
was an outstanding success. They won the team's competition, placed
first, third and seventh in the individual general classification, won
five stages and placed in many others. In the end, it did not matter
which one of them won overall, but 32 year old Dariusz Wojciechowski
will certainly see his value in the team increase next year.
Finally for the
Bank Race, it is the end of an 19 year era. Race promoter Phill Bates
already has plans for a new and bigger event, but it is highly unlikely
next year. 2002 could see a revamped Cycle Classic with an as yet unknown
sponsor, but Phill Bates has already indicated that there is enough
sponsorship interest out there.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 44.18
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
4 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
5 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
6 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
7 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
8 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
9 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
10 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
11 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
12 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
13 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
14 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
15 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
16 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
17 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
18 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
19 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra 0.08
20 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot 0.10
21 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
22 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
23 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
24 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
25 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
26 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
27 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
28 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
29 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
30 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
31 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
32 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
33 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
34 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
35 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
36 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 0.19
37 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 0.27
38 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
39 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
40 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes 1.00
41 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale
42 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
43 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
44 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra 2.25
45 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
46 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra 3.50
47 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
48 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS 6.40
49 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World 9.29
Points:
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 5 pts
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 3
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello 2
4 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot 1
Final general classification:
1 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz 22.47.45 42.38 km/h)
2 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 1.24
3 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 1.54
4 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont 2.40
5 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 4.05
6 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 4.43
7 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 9.00
8 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 9.30
9 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot 9.56
10 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello 16.01
11 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World 16.30
12 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS 16.36
13 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 19.46
14 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 20.10
15 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World 20.21
16 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello 22.44
17 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World 24.03
18 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 25.26
19 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 27.21
20 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale 28.03
21 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes 29.14
22 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch 30.41
23 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello 32.40
24 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont 35.04
25 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale 37.04
26 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont 37.08
27 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS 39.27
28 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 39.45
29 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes 42.15
30 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot 43.35
31 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch 44.52
32 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 47.23
33 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes 47.58
34 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra 48.06
35 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 48.22
36 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes 52.01
37 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont 53.47
38 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot 55.43
39 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 56.14
40 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra 56.59
41 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 58.02
42 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World 1.02.48
43 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra 1.03.05
44 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 1.03.21
45 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 1.04.10
46 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 1.07.59
47 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello 1.08.00
48 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS 1.11.56
49 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra 1.18.19
Giant Sprint King:
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 18 pts
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) BOSCH 18
3 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 16
4 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 10
5 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 10
6 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 9
7 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 8
8 Brent Dawson (Aus) QANTAS-One World 8
9 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz 8
10 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 7
11 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 6
12 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale 6
13 Matt Illingworth (GBr) DuPont 6
14 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 6
15 Huw Pritchard (GBr) DuPont 5
16 Dan Smith (GBr) QANTAS-One World 4
17 Julian Winn (GBr) DuPont 4
18 Steve Williams (Aus) Caravello 3
19 Yento Barker (GBr) DuPont 2
20 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 2
21 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot 2
22 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation 2
23 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Caravello 2
24 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot 1
25 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes 1
26 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot 1
27 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 1
28 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation 1
29 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation 1
Coca Cola King of the Mountains:
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
Best U23 rider:
1 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 22.49.10
Best Australian rider:
1 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 22.49.10
Teams classification:
1 Mroz 67.52.12
2 NSW Sport & Recreation 17.18
3 Peugeot 24.52
4 Caravello 41.15
5 QANTAS 47.36
6 Glen Parker Cycles 1.01.39
7 DuPont 1.13.03
8 Bates Bikes 1.19.46
9 NSW Institute of Sport 1.34.52
10 Websdale Printing 1.50.08
11 Bosch 2.05.32
12 Casino Canberra 2.23.23
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