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Tasmania, Australia, January 31-February 3, 2004
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Stage 4 - February 1: Montezuma Falls, 27 km
Jongewaard doubles up; Mathison in total control
By Mikkeli Godfree, Freewheel magazine
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With a chopper on hand to give us a bird's-eye view of the start, we were given a box seat to some great racing early on. The lads must have been inspired by the chopper because the attacks started from the gun with the morning's stage winner, Jongewaard (Avanti), going up the road immediately.
Perren Delacour (Yeti) was quick to follow as were Cannondale riders Aidan Leffman and James Maebus. As none of these riders were a threat to the top of GC, a few others tried to skip away, namely Nick Kiraly (SRAM-Rock Shox-Mongoose) and Brian Sing (Yeti), but they never bridged and were reeled in by the top.
The next major obstacle was the swinging bridge across Montezuma falls, where Rob Eva infamously managed to ride 3/4 of the way across before losing his front wheel down the gap. This year it would prove difficult for another reason as from the front of the break, Perren Delacour caught his pedal in the netting and the race all came back together as he grappled to get it loose with riders piling up behind him.
Being the gentlemen they are, the guys agreed to let the break go with the same time-gap they had coming into the bridge. Jongewaard took advantage of this and put the pressure on whilst his three breakaway companions blew up and went right back through the chasing bunch. Jongewaard just managed to hang on to win his second stage of the day by less than half a minute over his Avanti teammate and race leader, Taberlay who flew the coup about 6km from home to take a few more seconds out of his main rivals.
Chris was really happy with his win again, saying that he took some big risks again on the course, hitting blind corners with two wheel drifts and wheelie-ing through big puddles with no idea of how deep they were. Not too far behind the Avanti pair was the group of Hatton (Trek) and two of the Yeti boys (Rowney and Lowe) who had flown past all of the early break apart from Jongewaard and shed the rest of the main bunch in the process.
Not too far back was Lisa Mathison who had a pretty fast stage and also picked up 'cleanest rider' award on a day where most people were coated in a thin film of silty-mud. Her tactic was that she hit each river crossing flat out and despite it being a little chilly, she managed to get most of the dirt off both herself and the bike.
Photography
Images by Mikkeli Godfree & Forestry Tasmania
- The gaps open up on the road ascent up toward Montezuma falls
- Peter Hatton (Trek) nice and dirty
- Lisa Mathison (Ghost) too clean!!
Results
Individual Men Under 23 1 Peter Hatton (NSW) 1.01.18 2 Trent Lowe (VIC) 0.04 3 Jai Crawford (TAS) 1.03 4 Chris Winn (VIC) 1.53 5 Aiden Lefmann (NSW) 2.36 6 James Maebus (VIC) 3.48 7 Alistair Farley (VIC) 3.54 8 Mark Frendo (QLD) 4.32 9 Michael Skroblin (QLD) 6.20 10 Luke Wisby (TAS) 9.54 11 Shaun Lewis (NSW) 11.06 12 Trevor McKenna (TAS) 13.54 13 Peter Herath (VIC) 20.53 14 Milford McArthur (TAS) 23.40 15 Steve Flynn (TAS) 27.21 16 Phillip Miller (TAS) 29.18 17 Lloyd Hodge (TAS) 29.44 18 William Brodribb (VIC) 34.28 19 James Stevens (VIC) 35.31 20 Duncan Handley (SA) 43.37 Individual Men Open 1 Chris Jongewaard (SA) 1.00.08 2 Sid Taberlay (TAS) 0.50 3 Paul Rowney (NSW) 1.12 4 Nicholas Kiraly (VIC) 2.09 5 Perren Delacour (NSW) 2.45 6 Brian Sing (VIC) 5.54 7 Ashley Wass (SA) 9.12 8 Richard Wilkinson (TAS) 10.14 9 Ben Crabb (ACT) 10.22 10 Cameron Daniel (TAS) 13.45 11 Stuart Keep (TAS) 13.49 12 Alexis Bull (TAS) 14.30 13 Josh Hawkins (TAS) 14.56 14 Jason Chalker (ACT) 15.14 15 Robert Symmons (NSW) 15.43 16 Bart Emerton (VIC) 15.48 17 Abe Moore (NZ) 16.09 18 Patrick Badger (TAS) 16.11 19 Luke Webster (TAS) 16.58 20 Brad Harris (NSW) 17.01 21 Adam Fletcher (QLD) 17.04 22 Adrian Proietti (QLD) 17.14 23 Mark Rapley (TAS) 17.34 24 Jason Briggs (SA) 17.37 25 James Sulzberger (NSW) 17.40 26 Nicholas Deane (VIC) 17.57 27 Matthew Bacon (NSW) 18.07 28 Jez Spackman (ACT) 19.20 29 Nic Reid (TAS) 19.22 30 Dean Hunt (VIC) 19.23 31 Steven Brown (TAS) 19.26 32 Andrew Paterson (VIC) 19.47 33 Christopher Miller (ACT) 20.06 34 Jason Mennitz (TAS) 20.46 35 Leigh Barratt (VIC) 20.49 36 Ashley Howlett (QLD) 21.03 37 Brendan Leihy (VIC) 21.08 38 Danny King (TAS) 21.17 39 Jaison Hoernel (VIC) 21.25 40 Adam Shepard (NSW) 21.53 41 John Atkinson (TAS) 22.02 42 Cory Griffiths (TAS) 22.22 43 Nigel McGinty (ACT) 22.43 44 Keith Ryan (TAS) 22.45 45 Morgan Mellish (NSW) 22.55 46 Gavin Bowe (TAS) 22.57 47 Peter Kennedy (VIC) 23.00 48 David Cummins (NSW) 23.14 49 Tim Neal (NSW) 23.37 50 Cam Froomes (VIC) 51 Eoin Ryan (TAS) 24.14 52 Scott Peddle (NSW) 24.37 53 Marcus Morse (TAS) 24.43 54 Scott Williams (TAS) 24.59 55 Shane Kennedy (SA) 25.00 56 Ross Morcombe (VIC) 25.03 57 David Coward (NSW) 25.04 58 Martyn Sweet (TAS) 25.16 59 Lloyd Pardon (NT) 26.17 60 Joseph Schifano (NSW) 26.23 61 Matthew Wilson (TAS) 26.27 62 Brendan Scarborough (SA) 26.28 63 Brett Stewart (TAS) 26.59 64 Matthew Spackman (ACT) 27.16 65 Daniel Handley (SA) 27.24 66 Nikolas Preece (TAS) 27.39 67 Stephen Neill (NSW) 27.51 68 David Mason (TAS) 28.29 69 Stefano Pittau (VIC) 29.00 70 Simon Van der Aa (TAS) 29.12 71 Klaus Heil (NSW) 29.24 72 Nathaniel Vervaart (TAS) 29.26 73 Justin Matthews (VIC) 29.29 74 Bradley Quinn (TAS) 29.33 75 Andrew Ling (TAS) 29.41 76 Cade Richardson (TAS) 30.17 77 Jason Benton (QLD) 30.34 78 Sam Thompson (TAS) 30.35 79 Damon Bennett (NSW) 31.24 80 Joshua Charlesworth (VIC) 31.32 81 Jonathan Elliot (TAS) 32.03 82 Andrew Findlay (NSW) 32.14 83 Hieu Nguyen (NSW) 32.22 84 Nathan Germaine (NSW) 32.34 85 Paul Barry (NSW) 33.00 86 John Koslowski () 33.02 87 Robert Bradley (TAS) 33.54 88 Jacob Mitchell (NSW) 33.55 89 Grant Joyce (TAS) 33.59 90 Nigel Hardie (QLD) 34.10 91 Chris Evanson (VIC) 36.06 92 Dion Lester (TAS) 36.41 93 Brook Teale (TAS) 36.43 94 Kim Wiggins (TAS) 36.46 95 Evan Hayes (SA) 37.05 96 Curtis Smith (NSW) 37.23 97 Steven Hanley (ACT) 37.29 98 Peter Effeney (TAS) 37.30 99 Martin Fox (TAS) 37.32 100 Andrew Thomas (ACT) 37.53 101 Grant Wise (TAS) 39.31 102 Steven Lee (SA) 40.08 103 Brendan Robinson (QLD) 41.41 104 Ben Strugnell (TAS) 41.43 105 Andrew Tracey (TAS) 42.53 106 Rahsn Witt (NSW) 43.02 107 Adam Luttrell (TAS) 44.30 108 Douglas Miller (TAS) 45.40 109 Glenn Woodfall (TAS) 46.16 110 Martin Quinn (TAS) 47.05 111 Greg Beard (NSW) 48.50 112 Simon Milwright (QLD) 48.59 113 Craig Lawn (VIC) 50.01 114 Mark Dwyer (TAS) 50.58 115 David Sutton (NSW) 55.27 116 Justin Whelan (QLD) 57.37 117 Darren Marks (ACT) 58.53 118 Troy Grundy (TAS) 1.14.43 119 Simon Williams (TAS) 1.22.55 120 Adam Hughes (TAS) 1.23.30 DNS Iain Davidson (NSW) DNS Darren Stewart (ACT) DNS Colin Ralph (TAS) DNS Mikkeli Godfree (VIC) DNS Tim Fenton (USA) Individual Women Open 1 Lisa Mathison (QLD) 1.15.13 2 Niki Gudex (NSW) 9.28 3 Samantha Jesney (TAS) 12.32 4 Anna Sutton (NSW) 12.44 5 Maria Papadopoulos (NSW) 13.08 6 Heidi Flaxman (ACT) 17.21 7 Tanya Britton (QLD) 18.38 8 Tracey Wilson (TAS) 22.36 9 Victoria Grigor (NSW) 22.41 10 Robyn Holmes (TAS) 25.27 11 Jessica Rosevear (TAS) 27.17 12 Philippa Morse (TAS) 27.29 13 Jane Guiver (TAS) 28.39 14 Danielle McMillan (VIC) 28.45 15 Kim Whitehouse (NSW) 29.29 16 Anna Crabb (TAS) 31.07 17 Kate Miller (ACT) 32.01 18 Edwina Hughes (TAS) 32.08 19 Alison Anderson (NSW) 33.57 20 Kelly Linaker (VIC) 36.52 21 Anne Pardon (NT) 37.06 22 Moira O'Rourke (TAS) 44.46 23 Emily Fewster (NSW) 56.00 24 Rebecca Botten (SA) 58.57 25 Cheryl Hennessy (USA) 1.08.50 26 Natalie Martin (TAS) 1.08.53 DNS Sam Reinhardt (ACT) Individual Men Veterans 1 Robert Eva (VIC) 1.03.01 2 John Gregory (TAS) 6.08 3 Hugh Stodart (NSW) 9.11 4 Saul Britton (NSW) 11.57 5 Ian Goodwin (QLD) 12.37 6 Bill Chilvers (TAS) 12.54 7 Rodney Hart (NSW) 13.14 8 Andrew Rowe (ACT) 13.40 9 Christopher Cantor (VIC) 14.15 10 Mark Matthews (TAS) 14.57 11 Phil Grant (VIC) 15.14 12 Peter Beggs (NSW) 15.20 13 Wayne Bradbury (ACT) 15.27 14 David Morgan (ACT) 16.35 15 James Davies (SA) 17.49 16 Mark Wilkie (TAS) 18.00 17 Roger Hawley (QLD) 18.02 18 David Adams (TAS) 18.15 19 Darren Greentree (QLD) 18.33 20 Dalen Court (VIC) 18.56 21 Christopher Edwards (NSW) 19.16 22 Rob Davis (VIC) 19.22 23 Robert Mathews (TAS) 19.50 24 Glenn Myler (TAS) 20.19 25 Michael Daish (NSW) 20.35 26 Andrew Robertson (ACT) 20.37 27 Duncan McGlashan (TAS) 22.01 28 Jan Bredenkamp (QLD) 22.41 29 Dave Cummins (NSW) 23.09 30 Adrian Marti (VIC) 23.11 31 Mark Evans (QLD) 23.57 32 Ian Blakey (TAS) 24.02 33 David Willis (VIC) 24.22 34 Jim Trail (ACT) 24.28 35 Matthew Coulter (NSW) 24.31 36 Warren Borlase (New Zealand) 24.43 37 Paul Angel (NSW) 25.24 38 Phillip Bishop (TAS) 26.52 39 Matthew Aldridge (VIC) 27.26 40 Stephen Watchorn (TAS) 27.33 41 Simon Foster (TAS) 27.48 42 Tony Frazer (ACT) 28.20 43 Ian Ferrier (TAS) 29.02 44 Dale Lisson (TAS) 29.18 45 Michael Fenton (TAS) 29.25 46 Michael Symons (TAS) 29.45 47 Keith Hannan (NSW) 30.33 48 Brad Adams (NSW) 30.57 49 Tim Tribe (NSW) 32.10 50 Jody Dennison (TAS) 33.20 51 Keith Murfet (TAS) 33.29 52 Marcus Langham (TAS) 33.30 53 John Borg (NSW) 33.55 54 Geoffrey Fielding (NSW) 34.06 55 Andrew Cooke (TAS) 34.11 56 Paul Strong (TAS) 34.13 57 Allen Chong (WA) 34.27 58 David Golby (VIC) 34.51 59 Mark Connelley (TAS) 34.56 60 Andrew Strugnell (TAS) 35.30 61 Dean Robinson (VIC) 36.24 62 Jack Birrell (TAS) 37.41 63 Frank Clark (TAS) 37.46 64 Dominic Sims (ACT) 38.41 65 Jonathan Herron (NSW) 41.36 66 James Down (TAS) 42.07 67 Gerard Ward (NSW) 43.17 68 Michael Chan (NSW) 48.35 69 Andrew Cassie (VIC) 49.16 70 Andrew Hynes (ACT) 49.51 71 Konrad Blackman (TAS) 50.49 72 Richard Green (NSW) 53.49 DNS David Benwell (USA) DNS Craig Bennett (TAS) DNS Norbert Eisele-Hein (Germany) Individual Women Veterans 1 Tracey Angove (ACT) 1.28.50 2 Carolyn Jackson (VIC) 5.12 3 Jane Rusden (VIC) 11.58 4 Rosemary Packer (VIC) 20.36 5 Wendy Peattie (NSW) 26.55 6 Katrina Roper (ACT) 35.26 DNS Katherine Costello (NSW) DNS Susan du Plessis (WA) Individual Men Masters 1 Hans Dielacher (VIC) 1.11.40 2 Finlay Luff (VIC) 3.52 3 Brian Scarborough (SA) 4.26 4 Nick Tilbrook (SA) 7.22 5 Bryan Wharton (QLD) 9.24 6 Kerry Ryan (VIC) 10.22 7 Phillip Dent (TAS) 11.14 8 Neill Grant (NSW) 13.15 9 Jeffrey Weymouth (VIC) 14.17 10 Dave Sutton (ACT) 14.56 11 Griff Weste (SA) 15.13 12 Stephen Foster (TAS) 15.22 13 Philip Dunn (TAS) 15.28 14 Paul Verheijden (VIC) 15.37 15 Martin Baker (NSW) 16.45 16 John Fisher (TAS) 16.49 17 Neil Cocks (NSW) 18.01 18 Stephen Stinton (NSW) 19.47 19 Peter McLean (QLD) 20.03 20 James Sloan (NSW) 20.29 21 Kimberley Overington (WA) 22.07 22 Stephen Bence (TAS) 23.24 23 Ted van Geldermalsen (VIC) 23.50 24 Andrew van der Vliet (NSW) 24.18 25 Bruce Stewart (VIC) 24.31 26 Paul Haynes (NSW) 24.49 27 Phil Mathewson (NSW) 29.35 28 John Dalco (TAS) 30.07 29 Richard Roffe (TAS) 31.43 30 John Bonnett (NSW) 33.49 31 Peter Daniel (TAS) 36.08 32 Brian Wallace (New Zealand) 36.19 33 Richard Pullinger (NSW) 42.24 34 Raymond Hill (SA) 43.41 35 Ian Stanley (TAS) 45.37 36 Malcolm Burnett (VIC) 45.47 37 Carey Wells (TAS) 46.04 38 Allan Westnidge (NSW) 50.43 39 Anthony Smith (NSW) 1.07.13 40 Terence Packman (NSW) 1.13.31 DNS Noel Allen (SA) DNS Stephen Spray (VIC)
