Stage 7, Terrigal Criterium, 30 km
Tuesday, November 7, 2000, 18:12 - 18:54
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Bruiser Brown
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By Jeff Jones
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Brown wins it
Photo: © Tom Balks
With the pain of
Bumble Hill in their legs, the 58 rider peloton faced their second stage
of the day, another 30 kilometre criterium. The Central Coast seaside
town of Terrigal played host to a fast, free flowing race around the
0.9 kilometre circuit. Despite the best efforts of several riders, the
stage came down to a bunch sprint won by NSWIS Graeme Brown with teammate
Ashley Hutchinson in second place. Brown powered down the straight in
53x12 at 70 km/h to take his second stage victory in Terrigal in two
years.
The race was punctuated
by several sprint primes, with money generously put up by the locals
to add to the excitement. The first of these was taken by Jeremy Hunt
(QANTAS), who was prominent near the front along with his teammate Dan
Smith. The next three were taken by Cameron Hughes, Glen Chadwick (Peugeot)
and local favourite Phil Thuaux (NSW Sport & Rec).
Race leader Grzegorz
Wajs was in some difficulty early in the race, but came back strongly
to mark danger man Julian Winn who attacked in the closing stages of
the race. The bunch came together for the final lap, with Brown's teammate
Josh Collingwood driving it to keep it together.
The last 200 metres
were downhill, and Brown led out on the right hand barricade, with Hunt,
Jans Koerts, Dirk Schumann and Ashley Hutchinson close behind. At the
end, Brown and Hutchinson were simply too fast and the two track specialists
upstaged their road counterparts.
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The final laps
Photo: © Tom Balks
"I wanted second
wheel coming round the corner. I had Josh Collingwood in front of me
but he was on the front for long time so he was going to be a bit tired."
Jans Koerts was
definitely a danger, but Brown had his measure today, "I know this from
two years ago, I wanted to be in front of him as I was then. I'm definitely
happy with two out of two. I've been in the race now for five stages
and now I've had the opportunity."
The last couple
of days has not been all plain sailing for Brown, with a fine for both
him and Thorsten Wilhelms after some "unseemly behaviour" at the end
of stage 3. "That's just cycling. The ups and downs. There was no problem
for me. The incident...whatever happened, then it was over. I just race
hard and some people don't like that but that's how I am. I've been
fined many times in my life and I'm not changing for anyone."
He may not the
smoothest rider in the world but he's certainly quick. "I only had the
12 cog because I knew that one worked."
Tomorrow, he has
the chance again to shine in the Coogee criterium, an evening race held
on Sydney's famous beachfront. Before that, there is a 100 kilometre
circuit race in Centennial Park, using portions of the Olympic road
course.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 40.18 (44.67 km/h)
2 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World
4 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch
5 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello
7 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot
8 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
9 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World
10 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz
11 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra
12 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz
13 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
14 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz
15 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont
16 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont
17 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
18 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot
19 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello
20 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes
21 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes
22 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World
23 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello
24 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot
25 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale
26 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest
27 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont
28 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello
29 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch
30 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World
31 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
32 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch
33 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra
34 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
35 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes
36 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot
37 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra
38 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
39 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz
40 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello
41 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes
42 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz
43 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont
44 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World
45 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
46 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch
47 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes
48 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS
49 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec
50 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS
51 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra
52 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont
53 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale
54 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra
55 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS
56 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale
57 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch 0.30
58 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale 0.49
Giant Sprint King:
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 5 pts
2 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS 3
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World 2
4 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 1
General classification after stage 7:
1 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 58.40
2 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz 0.05
3 Julian Winn (GBr) Dupont 0.17
4 Scott Suckling (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 1.14
5 Dan Smith (GBr) Qantas-One World 1.43
6 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 2.16
7 Baden Burke (Aus) Peugeot 2.58
8 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz 3.05
9 Chris White (Aus) Team Caravello 3.39
10 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 4.45
11 Phil Thuaux (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 5.18
12 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 5.32
13 Martin Lonie (GBr) Bates Bikes 6.08
14 Brent Dawson (Aus) Qantas-One World 7.08
15 Henk Vaassen (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 7.14
16 Steve Williams (Aus) Team Caravello 8.14
17 Giles Baudet (Aus) Team Caravello 8.45
18 Tino Haakman (Ned) Websdale 9.26
19 Yento Barker (GBr) Dupont 9.57
20 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Peugeot 10.04
21 Bart Duraj (Aus) Mroz 10.07
22 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Qantas-One World 10.07
23 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSWIS 10.23
24 Danny Clark (Aus) Qantas-One World 10.34
25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Casino Canberra 10.45
26 Jans Koerts (Ned) Websdale 11.06
27 Adam Cox (Aus) Bates Bikes 11.43
28 Scott Bradburn (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 12.18
29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Qantas-One World 12.53
30 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Bosch 13.25
31 Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Dupont 13.32
32 Ben Brooks (Aus) NSWIS 14.44
33 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Glen Parker Cycles-Fondriest 24.55
34 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) NSWIS 25.10
35 Andrew Payne (Aus) Team Caravello 25.20
36 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Peugeot 25.54
37 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Bates Bikes 26.05
38 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Websdale 26.31
39 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Caravello 26.37
40 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Websdale 26.39
41 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz 26.49
42 Timo Scholz (Ger) Bosch 26.56
43 Brent Millar (Aus) Casino Canberra 26.56
44 Ben Day (Aus) Bates Bikes 26.56
45 Danilo Klaar (Ger) Bosch 27.01
46 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Bates Bikes 27.11
47 Jono Davis (Aus) NSW Sport & Rec 27.24
48 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Peugeot 27.56
49 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Casino Canberra 27.56
50 Graeme Brown (Aus) NSWIS 27.57
51 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Bosch 28.06
52 Matt Illingworth (GBr) Dupont 28.17
53 Dennis Mungoven (Aus) Casino Canberra 28.56
54 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Dupont 29.17
55 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) NSWIS 29.38
56 Martijn Simons (Ned) Websdale 29.43
57 Alan Sieper (Aus) Casino Canberra 31.31
58 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Bosch 32.38
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