Stage 5, Nelson Bay Criterium, 30 km
Monday, November 6, 2000, 12:40 - 13:26
|
Main
Page Results Previous
stage Stage
map
Mroz again but Koerts
close
By Jeff Jones
 |
Niedzwiecki
takes it
Photo: © Tom Balks
26 year old Pawel
Niedzwiecki riding for the Polish Mroz team won today's second stage,
a 30 kilometre criterium along the seafront of Nelson Bay. It was the
team's second stage win of the day after Grzegorz Wajs powered in the
morning, and they have begun to stamp their authority on the bike race.
The race was decided
by the first break of the day, which went on lap one. Apart from Niedzwiecki,
there was New Zealander Jaarod Poad (Glen Parker Cycles) and Brit Dan
Smith (QANTAS) who took second and third respectively. The trio worked
evenly from the outset, and were helped by some handy blocking work
from their teammates in the bunch. Their gap was at most 25 seconds
but gradually came down inside the final five laps.
With three laps
to go it was 14 seconds, which came down to 11 seconds on the bell lap.
It wasn't enough for the NSW Institute or the Casino Canberra riders
to close it down, although they tried. Niedzwiecki led from a long way
out to pip Poad, while Smith was nearly mown down by Jans Koerts who
took fourth.
 |
Koerts
corners
Photo: © Tom Balks
Koerts had fallen
midway through the race when he slipped out around one of the corners
after puncturing his front wheel. However, he rallied strongly to win
the bunch sprint. "Thank God I didn't bring anyone else down," he said,
bleeding profusely afterwards. It was his second puncture of the day,
but he still ended in second overall.
Koerts hasn't written
off his chances overall, and will "see how he goes" in tomorrow's stage
to Bumble Hill. However, he will await the results of an x-ray to his
left hand, the same one that he broke earlier this season in the Tour
of Flanders.
26 year old Pawel
Niedzwiecki, who raced to 16th overall in the Herald Sun Tour, was a
little surprised at today's win, saying that he "just wanted to have
a play and didn't think that it would work out that way ". At one point
he was threatening the yellow jersey, but finished with a 20 second
bonus to move up to sixth overall.
He modestly describes
his hill climbing as "average" but he is clearly a threat to the overall
lead, and tomorrow's stage will be interesting. Both he and Wajs will
be closely watched by the rest and will surely put the pressure on up
the steep final climb.
Results
1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 39.55 (45.09 km/h)
2 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
3 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
4 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 0.03
5 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS
7 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
8 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
10 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World
11 Dennis Mungovern (Aus) Casino Canberra
12 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
13 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
14 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
15 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
16 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
17 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
18 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
19 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
20 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale
21 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
22 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
23 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
24 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
25 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
26 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World
28 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
29 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
30 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
31 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra
32 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
33 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
34 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz
35 Yento Bartker (GBr) Dupont
36 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
37 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
38 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
39 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
40 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
41 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
42 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
43 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
44 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
45 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
46 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
47 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
48 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
49 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
50 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
51 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
52 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
53 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
54 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
55 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
56 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont
57 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
58 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
59 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS 2.35
General classification after stage 5:
1 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 4.22.38
2 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 0.06
3 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World 0.32
4 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker-Fondriest 0.33
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 0.34
6 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 0.35
7 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 0.36
8 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 0.45
9 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
10 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 0.51
11 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
12 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
13 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
14 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
15 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker-Fondriest 0.58
16 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS 1.03
17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello 1.13
18 Dennis Mungovern (Aus) Casino Canberra
19 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
20 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale 1.20
21 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker-Fondriest 2.05
22 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World 2.12
23 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale 2.17
24 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 2.20
25 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 2.27
26 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
27 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
28 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
29 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World 2.34
30 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
31 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
32 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
33 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
34 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
35 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
36 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
37 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
38 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
39 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
40 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
41 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
42 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
45 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
46 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
47 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 2.49
48 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
49 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
50 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
51 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
52 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
53 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 3.34
54 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
55 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
56 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS 5.21
57 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch 6.32
58 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 6.14
59 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra 7.09
Points classification:
1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 11 pts
2 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 8
3 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 5
4 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 5
5 Dirk Schumann (Ger) BOSCH 3
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 3
7 Jaarod Poad (NZl) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 3
8 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale 3
9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) QANTAS-One World 3
10 Brent Dawson (Aus) QANTAS-One World 3
11 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 2
12 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 2
13 Dan Smith (GBr) QANTAS-One World 2
14 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Recreation 1
15 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 1
Teams classification:
1 Mroz 12.30.08
2 Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 1.49
3 QANTAS 1.55
4 Peugeot 2.01
5 DuPont 2.02
6 NSW Institute of Sport 2.07
7 Websdale Printing 2.14
8 Casino Canberra 2.38
9 NSW Sport & Recreation 3.36
10 Bosch 3.38
11 Caravello 3.45
12 Bates Bikes 5.11
|
Back
Home
|