Stage 1, Hurstville Criterium, 30 km
Saturday, November 4, 2000, 14:42 - 15:23
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King Koerts takes stage
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By Jeff Jones
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Jans
Koerts
Photo: © Tom Balks
Every year for
the past three years, he has said that he doesn't want to take the yellow
jersey too early. Every year since 1998, Dutchman Jans Koerts has done
just that by winning the first stage in Kempt Field, Sydney. The beefy
sprinter riding for the Websdale team made it look ridiculously easy
as he powered up the final hill and around the corner to lead Australian
Graeme Brown home by several lengths. In third place was the irrepressible
Brit, Jeremy Hunt, who will surely finish a few more times on the podium
in this Cycle Classic.
The race was held
under fairly typical Sydney weather for this time of year: humid, windy,
and warm with the threat of rain. There was to be no gradual easing
into the race, as Peugeot rider Baden Burke attacked from the gun. A
former stage winner but more renowned for his sprinting, Burke stayed
out in front for 5 laps of the 53 lap race before rejoining the pack.
From then on, the
attacks were constant, keeping the pace very high throughout the race.
Polish strongman, Grzegorz Wajs was doing more than his share of work
up front, keeping things under control and getting in a few breaks from
time to time. However, the fast circuit was not conducive to a successful
break, although there was a notable effort from promising young Phillip
Thuaux (NSW Sport & Rec) who combined with Glen Parker Cycles' Jaarod
Poad for several laps. They managed a steady 9 second gap by just over
halfway, before Jeremy Hunt, Jans Koerts and Dirk Schumann (Bosch) bridged
up.
Koerts did so with
ease, cruising on the handlebar tops as he caught them, but was content
for the five man group to drop back to the bunch. Graeme Brown (NSW
Institute) was also looking strong, and didn't want to let Koerts get
too far away. However, with 17 to go it was essentially a complete field,
apart from a few stragglers that had been caught in a crash.
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Thuaux
and Poad
Photo: © Tom Balks
With 10 laps to
go, a group of four managed to steal away from the peloton: Steve Williams
(Caravello), Edmund Hollands (Glen Parker), Grzegorz Wajs (Mroz) and
Phil Thuaux. At that point there was a more serious fall in the peloton,
with German Thorsten Wilhelms (BOSCH) seriously injuring his hand. The
four held off the pack until just half a lap to go, as NSWIS led the
chase for Graeme Brown, with Josh Collingwood and Ashley Hutchinson
doing a lot of work.
In the end, this
suited Koerts, who was sitting in about sixth wheel with a few hundred
metres to go, before attacking up the hill to gap the rest. From there,
it was a regulation win as he has done so often in this race.
Koerts, who has
ridden the Classic eight or nine times and has an Australian wife, described
the circuit as "A bit different [to races in Europe] - it's a short
track. Three years in a row I say I don't want to win the yellow jersey
on the first stage, but when I'm up there I want to go for it.
"With three or
four laps to go, you have to use some power to stay up there, so I had
to come back."
When asked about
his chances of holding onto the jersey as the race goes into the hills,
he replied, "I think you asked me this question three years in a row,
and I think I will say the same thing - I will do what I can but probably
lose it in the mountains."
Second placed Graeme
Brown was desperate to take the win from Koerts, but he was the victim
of the Dutch rider's huge horsepower. "After last year [when he didn't
compete] I wanted to have a chance to take the yellow jersey. I didn't
want Jans to get three in a row.
"I don't like losing
either so when I came second it was a bit of a shame but good still.
There's still 15 more stages to go, and there's a lot of crits and circuit
races that should suit me down to the ground.
Third placed Jeremy
Hunt was disappointed, but realistic. "I tried to catch them, and I
blew halfway like usual, so I had to sit up and wait for the bunch sprint,
which didn't go according to plan," he said.
Tomorrow is the
first of many split stages, with a 60 kilometre circuit race in Newcastle's
CBD at 11:30 am, followed by a 30 kilometre evening criterium in Warners
Bay.
Results
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 40.33 (44.39 km/h)
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World
4 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
5 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
6 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
7 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
8 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
9 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
10 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
11 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
12 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
13 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
14 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
15 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
16 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
17 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
18 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot 0.07
19 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
20 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
21 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
22 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
23 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
24 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
25 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
26 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
27 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
28 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
29 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
30 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
31 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
32 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
33 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
34 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
35 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
36 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
37 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
38 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
39 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
40 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
41 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello 0.22
43 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
44 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz
45 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra
46 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
47 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
48 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
49 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS
50 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
51 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
52 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale
53 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
54 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
55 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 1.07
56 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
57 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
58 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 4.05
59 Brett Stapleton (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
60 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch
General classification after stage 1:
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 40.13
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 0.05
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World 0.10
4 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 0.15
5 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 0.20
6 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
7 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
8 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
9 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
10 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
11 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
12 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
13 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
14 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
15 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
16 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
17 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
18 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World 0.27
19 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
20 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
21 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
22 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
23 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
24 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
25 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
26 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
27 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
28 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
29 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
30 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
31 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
32 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
33 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
34 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
35 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
36 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
37 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
38 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
39 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
40 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
41 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
42 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 0.42
43 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
44 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
45 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
46 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS
47 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
48 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale
49 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
51 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra
52 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
53 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
54 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
55 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 1.27
56 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
57 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
58 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch 4.25
59 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
60 Brett Stapleton (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
Points classification:
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 5 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 3
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World 2
4 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 1
Singapore
Trishaw Series - Race 1
1 Chris Sutton (NSW) Snap Printing 5 pts
2 Ben Kersten (NSW) DuPont 4
3 Jeff Hopkins (NSW) DuPont 3
4 Jai Redman (NSW) Qantas 2
5 Steve Fitzpatrick (NSW) Giant 1
6 Peter Fitzpatrick (NSW) Bohemia
7 Gavin Bates (NSW) Bates Bikes
8 Trent Wilson (NSW) Glenmore Meats
DNF Phil Hutt (NSW) Hill Street Tavern
DNF Brett Waygood (NSW) Diamond Delta Tools
Overall standings after race 1:
1 Chris Sutton (NSW) Snap Printing 5 pts
2 Ben Kersten (NSW) DuPont 4
3 Jeff Hopkins (NSW) DuPont 3
4 Jai Redman (NSW) Qantas 2
5 Steve Fitzpatrick (NSW) Giant 1
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