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Tasmania, Australia, January 31-February 3, 2004
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Stage 3 - February 1: Stirling Valley, 13 km
Jongewaard and Taberlay unstoppable
By Mikkeli Godfree, Freewheel magazine
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Although the skies had closed in a little and rain threatened, the riders were in for a good day in the saddle with two much anticipated stages on the program. With Sid Taberlay seemingly in full control of the race, all eyes were on the top contenders to see who could get up the road for a stage win.
It was Taberlay's other teammate, Chris Jongewaard (Avanti), who took off up the road while Sid was happy to sit back. Initially Chris was a bit concerned by the amount of climbing in this first stage but due to the technical nature of the climb, he managed to get to the top first just as Taberlay bridged across. They worked together for a while before Sid took a tumble and Jongewaard went on, hungry for a stage win.
"After I lost Sid, I put the pressure on a little bit. But, I kept a little bit in reserve because I was riding the course blind. I lost it though once and was a bit sketchy," Jongewaard explained, obviously happy with his win. "Your arms get pumped out and it is hard to keep control...you see another caution sign and it's like 'oh man...' It was SO tough. I was a bit scared of punctures but I was pretty keen to win the stage so I took a few risks, had a few crashes but still won."
Taberlay came in pretty soon after his teammate, and looked to still be in full control despite his little crash. "The day turned out just as we planned it last night. We've still got a few tricks up our sleeve!" remarked Sid at the lunch stop...and we wouldn't have to wait long to see more tricks from the two Avanti riders (who got gold and silver at the Oceania Championships the previous weekend).
Just behind these two, Trent Lowe (Spoke(n)-Yeti-SRAM) banded together with Nick Kiraly (SRAM-Rock Shox-Mongoose) at the top of the climb. "There was a fair bit of fast singletrack with blind corners - it was pretty fun. Kiraly and I worked together on the flats swapping off but by the end I was more busy pullin' leeches than pullin' turns." These two did well to hold off Paul Rowney (YETI) who was fighting hard to hold onto his second place on GC.
Rob Eva (SRAM-Rock Shox) continued his run of good form to post another top-ten finish but was not as close to the leaders (who are as much as twenty years his junior) as on the previous day.
Lisa Mathison (Ghost) enjoyed her morning and was finding our more and more about riding with the Group B guys, "They were dabbing a bit and taking some dodgy lines. I suppose because I had to go a little slower, the singletrack was more enjoyable...but it did make me lose some time to the front guys."
Photography
Images by Mikkeli Godfree
- Trent Lowe (Spoke(n)-SRAM-Rock Shox-Yeti) finished a strong 3rd.
- Pete Hatton (Trek) is Lowe's main competition for the U23 GC.
Results
Individual Men Under 23 1 Trent Lowe (VIC) 40.58 2 Peter Hatton (NSW) 0.54 3 Aiden Lefmann (NSW) 2.36 4 Mark Frendo (QLD) 4.06 5 Jai Crawford (TAS) 4.25 6 James Maebus (VIC) 5.25 7 Chris Winn (VIC) 5.41 8 Alistair Farley (VIC) 6.49 9 Luke Wisby (TAS) 7.21 10 Michael Skroblin (QLD) 8.19 11 Shaun Lewis (NSW) 9.16 12 Trevor McKenna (TAS) 15.59 13 Peter Herath (VIC) 20.14 14 Phillip Miller (TAS) 26.44 15 Milford McArthur (TAS) 28.07 16 Steve Flynn (TAS) 31.05 17 James Stevens (VIC) 32.34 18 William Brodribb (VIC) 35.05 19 Lloyd Hodge (TAS) 39.59 20 Duncan Handley (SA) 44.49 Individual Men Open 1 Chris Jongewaard (SA) 39.59 2 Sid Taberlay (TAS) 0.25 3 Nicholas Kiraly (VIC) 1.12 4 Paul Rowney (NSW) 1.38 5 Perren Delacour (NSW) 2.15 6 Brian Sing (VIC) 6.20 7 Ashley Wass (SA) 7.05 8 Luke Webster (TAS) 10.38 9 Stuart Keep (TAS) 12.28 10 Patrick Badger (TAS) 13.21 11 Richard Wilkinson (TAS) 14.18 12 Brad Harris (NSW) 14.37 13 Alexis Bull (TAS) 14.50 14 Andrew Paterson (VIC) 15.45 15 Cameron Daniel (TAS) 16.20 16 Bart Emerton (VIC) 16.43 17 Ashley Howlett (QLD) 16.51 18 Nic Reid (TAS) 16.57 19 Adrian Proietti (QLD) 17.38 20 James Sulzberger (NSW) 17.40 21 John Atkinson (TAS) 17.45 22 Jez Spackman (ACT) 18.10 23 Robert Symmons (NSW) 18.16 24 David Mason (TAS) 18.22 25 David Coward (NSW) 18.27 26 Dean Hunt (VIC) 18.56 27 Christopher Miller (ACT) 19.11 28 Jason Chalker (ACT) 19.24 29 Adam Fletcher (QLD) 19.56 30 Scott Peddle (NSW) 21.18 31 Nicholas Deane (VIC) 22.12 32 Jason Mennitz (TAS) 23.03 33 Simon Van der Aa (TAS) 24.18 34 Leigh Barratt (VIC) 24.23 35 Nikolas Preece (TAS) 24.32 36 Peter Kennedy (VIC) 24.35 37 Matthew Bacon (NSW) 24.36 38 Daniel Handley (SA) 24.42 39 Mark Rapley (TAS) 24.57 40 Damon Bennett (NSW) 25.06 41 Gavin Bowe (TAS) 25.07 42 Steven Brown (TAS) 25.13 43 Klaus Heil (NSW) 25.16 44 Stephen Neill (NSW) 25.28 45 Shane Kennedy (SA) 25.31 46 Jaison Hoernel (VIC) 25.35 47 Brett Stewart (TAS) 25.41 48 Cam Froomes (VIC) 25.42 49 Nigel McGinty (ACT) 26.31 50 Josh Hawkins (TAS) 26.46 51 Jonathan Elliot (TAS) 27.05 52 Matthew Spackman (ACT) 27.09 53 Cory Griffiths (TAS) 27.23 54 Nathaniel Vervaart (TAS) 27.29 55 Scott Williams (TAS) 28.15 56 Danny King (TAS) 28.23 57 David Cummins (NSW) 29.14 58 Bradley Quinn (TAS) 29.19 59 Marcus Morse (TAS) 29.46 60 Martyn Sweet (TAS) 29.55 61 Morgan Mellish (NSW) 30.04 62 Sam Thompson (TAS) 30.38 63 John Koslowski () 30.42 64 Paul Barry (NSW) 30.58 65 Steven Hanley (ACT) 31.43 66 Nathan Germaine (NSW) 31.55 67 Joseph Schifano (NSW) 32.50 68 Mark Dwyer (TAS) 32.53 69 Jason Briggs (SA) 32.57 70 Dion Lester (TAS) 32.58 71 Brendan Leihy (VIC) 33.05 72 Jacob Mitchell (NSW) 33.07 73 Cade Richardson (TAS) 33.16 74 Steven Lee (SA) 33.23 75 Jason Benton (QLD) 33.45 76 Joshua Charlesworth (VIC) 33.55 77 Martin Fox (TAS) 34.25 78 Brendan Scarborough (SA) 34.44 79 Andrew Ling (TAS) 34.46 80 Abe Moore (NZ) 34.50 81 Adam Shepard (NSW) 35.15 82 Tim Neal (NSW) 36.18 83 Robert Bradley (TAS) 84 Andrew Findlay (NSW) 36.20 85 Kim Wiggins (TAS) 36.49 86 Nigel Hardie (QLD) 36.59 87 Brook Teale (TAS) 37.06 88 Ben Strugnell (TAS) 37.24 89 Greg Beard (NSW) 37.25 90 Ross Morcombe (VIC) 37.49 91 Evan Hayes (SA) 38.20 92 Peter Effeney (TAS) 39.37 93 Justin Whelan (QLD) 40.24 94 Stefano Pittau (VIC) 40.29 95 Andrew Thomas (ACT) 40.36 96 Justin Matthews (VIC) 41.11 97 David Sutton (NSW) 43.05 98 Rahsn Witt (NSW) 43.06 99 Martin Quinn (TAS) 43.44 100 Glenn Woodfall (TAS) 44.28 101 Andrew Tracey (TAS) 44.31 102 Chris Evanson (VIC) 44.46 103 Eoin Ryan (TAS) 45.15 104 Hieu Nguyen (NSW) 45.16 105 Simon Milwright (QLD) 45.57 106 Grant Wise (TAS) 45.59 107 Craig Lawn (VIC) 46.21 108 Keith Ryan (TAS) 46.39 109 Adam Luttrell (TAS) 47.05 110 Curtis Smith (NSW) 47.17 111 Brendan Robinson (QLD) 47.21 112 Douglas Miller (TAS) 47.48 113 Darren Marks (ACT) 52.46 114 Troy Grundy (TAS) 55.39 115 Adam Hughes (TAS) 56.30 116 Lloyd Pardon (NT) 56.50 117 Simon Williams (TAS) 1.05.35 118 Grant Joyce (TAS) 1.17.20 DNF Matthew Wilson (TAS) DNS Tim Fenton (USA) DNS Iain Davidson (NSW) DNS Darren Stewart (ACT) DNS Mikkeli Godfree (VIC) DNS Ben Crabb (ACT) DNS Colin Ralph (TAS) Individual Women Open 1 Lisa Mathison (QLD) 54.18 2 Niki Gudex (NSW) 6.00 3 Maria Papadopoulos (NSW) 17.36 4 Heidi Flaxman (ACT) 17.39 5 Samantha Jesney (TAS) 17.53 6 Tracey Wilson (TAS) 22.30 7 Tanya Britton (QLD) 24.27 8 Victoria Grigor (NSW) 24.44 9 Sam Reinhardt (ACT) 26.21 10 Anna Sutton (NSW) 28.41 11 Kim Whitehouse (NSW) 30.05 12 Philippa Morse (TAS) 30.17 13 Robyn Holmes (TAS) 30.18 14 Jessica Rosevear (TAS) 32.24 15 Anna Crabb (TAS) 32.57 16 Jane Guiver (TAS) 34.31 17 Danielle McMillan (VIC) 37.19 18 Kelly Linaker (VIC) 38.12 19 Anne Pardon (NT) 38.39 20 Kate Miller (ACT) 39.28 21 Cheryl Hennessy (USA) 40.03 22 Alison Anderson (NSW) 40.43 23 Edwina Hughes (TAS) 42.55 24 Emily Fewster (NSW) 45.05 25 Moira O'Rourke (TAS) 57.05 26 Rebecca Botten (SA) 1.18.11 27 Natalie Martin (TAS) 1.31.18 Individual Men Veterans 1 Robert Eva (VIC) 44.04 2 John Gregory (TAS) 3.55 3 Saul Britton (NSW) 8.11 4 Hugh Stodart (NSW) 8.53 5 Christopher Cantor (VIC) 11.15 6 Ian Goodwin (QLD) 11.59 7 Andrew Rowe (ACT) 14.24 8 Bill Chilvers (TAS) 15.06 9 David Morgan (ACT) 15.33 10 David Adams (TAS) 16.39 11 Phil Grant (VIC) 16.42 12 Rodney Hart (NSW) 17.04 13 Mark Evans (QLD) 17.42 14 Rob Davis (VIC) 18.44 15 Mark Matthews (TAS) 19.08 16 Wayne Bradbury (ACT) 19.10 17 Dalen Court (VIC) 19.13 18 Christopher Edwards (NSW) 19.27 19 Michael Daish (NSW) 19.31 20 Darren Greentree (QLD) 19.34 21 Jan Bredenkamp (QLD) 19.35 22 Mark Wilkie (TAS) 20.01 23 Peter Beggs (NSW) 20.04 24 Dave Cummins (NSW) 21.44 25 Duncan McGlashan (TAS) 22.48 26 Adrian Marti (VIC) 23.17 27 David Willis (VIC) 23.20 28 Roger Hawley (QLD) 24.03 29 Keith Hannan (NSW) 24.39 30 Matthew Aldridge (VIC) 24.45 31 James Davies (SA) 25.00 32 Robert Mathews (TAS) 25.04 33 Matthew Coulter (NSW) 25.10 34 Brad Adams (NSW) 26.55 35 Warren Borlase (New Zealand) 27.08 36 Andrew Robertson (ACT) 27.10 37 Phillip Bishop (TAS) 27.29 38 Simon Foster (TAS) 27.30 39 Paul Angel (NSW) 27.41 40 Stephen Watchorn (TAS) 27.44 41 Tony Frazer (ACT) 27.50 42 Jody Dennison (TAS) 29.20 43 Allen Chong (WA) 29.43 44 Michael Symons (TAS) 29.46 45 Glenn Myler (TAS) 29.49 46 Jim Trail (ACT) 30.53 47 Marcus Langham (TAS) 32.20 48 Keith Murfet (TAS) 32.44 49 Jack Birrell (TAS) 33.01 50 Andrew Cassie (VIC) 33.12 51 Ian Blakey (TAS) 34.59 52 Michael Fenton (TAS) 35.21 53 Andrew Strugnell (TAS) 35.30 54 David Golby (VIC) 35.42 55 Dale Lisson (TAS) 36.06 56 John Borg (NSW) 36.27 57 James Down (TAS) 36.33 58 Dominic Sims (ACT) 36.51 59 Dean Robinson (VIC) 37.51 60 Andrew Cooke (TAS) 39.31 61 Mark Connelley (TAS) 39.40 62 Michael Chan (NSW) 39.48 63 Tim Tribe (NSW) 40.48 64 Ian Ferrier (TAS) 42.41 65 Gerard Ward (NSW) 45.19 66 Frank Clark (TAS) 47.41 67 Paul Strong (TAS) 48.12 68 Konrad Blackman (TAS) 48.16 69 Richard Green (NSW) 48.39 70 Geoffrey Fielding (NSW) 51.28 71 Jonathan Herron (NSW) 54.01 72 Andrew Hynes (ACT) 1.00.50 DNS Norbert Eisele-Hein (Germany) DNS David Benwell (USA) DNS Craig Bennett (TAS) Individual Women Veterans 1 Tracey Angove (ACT) 1.14.05 2 Carolyn Jackson (VIC) 1.19 3 Jane Rusden (VIC) 6.04 4 Rosemary Packer (VIC) 13.30 5 Wendy Peattie (NSW) 14.43 6 Katrina Roper (ACT) 58.25 DNS Katherine Costello (NSW) DNS Susan du Plessis (WA) Individual Men Masters 1 Hans Dielacher (VIC) 53.04 2 Brian Scarborough (SA) 4.26 3 Nick Tilbrook (SA) 5.54 4 Phillip Dent (TAS) 7.49 5 Finlay Luff (VIC) 8.59 6 Kerry Ryan (VIC) 10.03 7 Paul Verheijden (VIC) 10.22 8 Jeffrey Weymouth (VIC) 12.07 9 Bryan Wharton (QLD) 15.30 10 Philip Dunn (TAS) 17.08 11 Martin Baker (NSW) 17.21 12 John Fisher (TAS) 17.33 13 Peter McLean (QLD) 14 Dave Sutton (ACT) 18.10 15 Neill Grant (NSW) 19.04 16 Stephen Stinton (NSW) 19.16 17 Neil Cocks (NSW) 21.47 18 Paul Haynes (NSW) 22.52 19 Griff Weste (SA) 23.41 20 Ted van Geldermalsen (VIC) 23.51 21 Phil Mathewson (NSW) 25.33 22 James Sloan (NSW) 26.56 23 Richard Roffe (TAS) 27.47 24 Bruce Stewart (VIC) 28.07 25 Andrew van der Vliet (NSW) 28.41 26 Stephen Foster (TAS) 28.58 27 John Bonnett (NSW) 29.54 28 Kimberley Overington (WA) 31.35 29 John Dalco (TAS) 32.22 30 Raymond Hill (SA) 35.37 31 Brian Wallace (New Zealand) 36.16 32 Richard Pullinger (NSW) 36.54 33 Stephen Bence (TAS) 38.57 34 Ian Stanley (TAS) 40.23 35 Malcolm Burnett (VIC) 41.12 36 Peter Daniel (TAS) 42.04 37 Allan Westnidge (NSW) 45.48 38 Carey Wells (TAS) 50.33 39 Anthony Smith (NSW) 54.10 40 Terence Packman (NSW) 59.55 DNS Noel Allen (SA) DNS Stephen Spray (VIC) General classification after stage 3 Men 1 Sid Taberlay (TIS/Avanti/Cyclingnews.com) 2 Paul Rowney (YETI) Women 1 Lisa Mathison (Ghost)
