Stage 2, Newcastle Circuit Race, 60 km
Sunday, November 5, 2000, 11:30 - 13:00
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Koerts doubles with style
By Jeff Jones
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Jans
Koerts
Photo: © Tom Balks
Dutchman Jans Koerts
(Websdale) added a second stage victory to his palmares in this year's
Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic, as he took out the 60 kilometre circuit
race in Newcastle. He was his usual self, timing his run to perfection
to beat German Dirk Schumann (Bosch) and Australian Ashley Hutchinson
(NSWIS). With nine wins in this race in total, Koerts is the only rider
who can threaten Max van Heeswijk's overall record of stage wins.
The circuit was
slightly longer than last year's Newcastle criterium, 1.8 kilometres
long with a tight turn at one end. Although the stage started under
gray skies and a hint of rain, the weather cleared for another warm,
humid day. There were plenty of spectators out to enjoy the action,
as the usual flurry of attacks livened up the race quite quickly. The
only non-starter was Brett Stapleton (Glen Parker), who had fractured
his wrist after a fall yesterday.
Aggressive riders
included the Poles, particularly Grzegorz Wajs, the British Dupont team
(Matt Illingworth, Julian Winn) and Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest(Jaarod Poad,
Scott Suckling). No rider could get more than five seconds though, as
the race was conducted at an extremely fast pace. Sprinters Jeremy Hunt,
Jans Koerts and Graeme Brown were not in evidence near the front of
the field until the end of the race.
With 10 laps to
go, a threatening break managed to gain some leeway, containing Josh
Collingwood (NSWIS), Julian Winn (DuPont), Stephan Gottschling (Bosch),
Pawel Niedzwiekci (Mroz) and several others. However, they were too
disorganised and it was Jans Koerts himself who did a lot of work to
bring them back.
After that, a bunch
sprint was inevitable as the peloton simply got faster and faster. NSW
Institute were trying to put Ashley Hutchinson or Graeme Brown in a
winning position, but Jans Koerts and Jeremy Hunt moved themselves up
effortlessly into 5th and 6th wheel with one lap to go.
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Dirk
Schumann
Photo: © Tom Balks
Bosch were also
prominent and managed to put Dirk Schumann in a good spot as the field
massed down Scott St for the final time. Jans Koerts however proved
that yesterday's win was a true sign of his form as he powered down
the right hand side to take the stage. Schumann, a former teammate of
Koerts' was annoyed with himself for coming so close, while Ash Hutchinson
rode well for third place. Hunt and Brown were just behind them, waiting
for their chance when "Koerts starts to get tired," as Brown put it
afterwards.
Koerts said afterwards
that the short stages suited him. "I don't think it cost me too much
power to bring back the breakaway - it was only 10 or 12 seconds. I
was a bit worried because there were too many riders and I think Jeremy
Hunt was up there and Graeme Brown. Of course I wasn't too concerned
about the yellow jersey but I wanted to be up there for the sprint."
He commented again
about his chances of holding the jersey after the stage to Bumble Hill
on Tuesday (stage 6): "Normally, I'm not in the yellow jersey so I just
won't try if I have no chance to win - why should I get 20th. But this
year it's different with it finishing at the top so there won't be very
many big time gaps."
Although he was
won far less races this year than last (7 so far compared with 18),
he said that "I think I rode bigger races this year - I did the Tour
of Spain, many Classics and the World's was one of my last races. I
haven't done anything for two weeks though, and I think it has helped
me."
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Ash
Hutchinson
Photo: © Tom Balks
Third place went
to a young Australian track rider, Ashley Hutchinson, who benefited
from the work of Ben Brooks and Josh Collingwood in particular in the
closing laps. A tall lad from Queensland, Hutchinson is using this race
as a build up to next year's track season. He said he was happy with
his podium finish, and hoped that either he or Brown could get up for
a stage win at some point in the race.
The lakeside town
of Warners Bay, on the outskirts of Newcastle, will host stage three
later today, another 30 kilometre criterium. Can Koerts get three in
a row?
Results
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 1.11.29 (50.36 km/h)
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) QANTAS
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS
6 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
8 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
9 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
10 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch
11 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
12 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
13 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
14 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
15 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
16 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
17 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
18 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
19 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
20 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
21 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
22 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
23 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
24 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont
25 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
26 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
27 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
28 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
29 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
30 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
31 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
32 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz
33 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World
34 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
35 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
36 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
37 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
38 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
39 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
40 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
41 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale
42 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
43 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
44 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
45 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
46 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
47 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
48 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
49 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
50 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
51 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
52 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
53 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
54 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
55 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
56 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS
57 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
58 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
59 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra 4.20
General classification after stage 2:
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 1.51.22
2 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 0.25
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS
4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) QANTAS
5 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 0.35
6 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 0.40
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 Eddie Hollands (Aus) Glen Partker Cycles
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 0.47
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 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS 0.52
43 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 1.02
44 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
45 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
46 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
47 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS
48 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale
49 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
51 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
52 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
53 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
54 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 1.47
55 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
56 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
57 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch 4.45
58 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
59 Brett Stapleton (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
Points classification:
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 10 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 3
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) QANTAS-One World 3
4 Dirk Schumann (Ger) BOSCH 3
5 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 2
6 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 1
Singapore
Trishaw - Race 2
1 Ben Kersten (NSW) DuPont 5 pts
2 Peter Fitzpatrick (NSW) Bohemia 4
3 Chris Sutton (NSW) Snap Printing 3
4 Jeff Hopkins (NSW) DuPont 2
5 Trent Wilson (NSW) Glenmore Meats 1
Overall standings after race 2:
1 Chris Sutton (NSW) Snap Printing 8
2 Ben Kersten (NSW) DuPont 7
3 Jeff Hopkins (NSW) DuPont 5
4 Peter Fitzpatrick (NSW) Bohemia 4
5 Jai Redman (NSW) Qantas 2
6 Steve Fitzpatrick (NSW) Giant 1
7 Trent Wilson (NSW) Glenmore Meats 1
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