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Crocodile Trophy 2002
Australia, September 10-22, 2002
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Stage 3 - September 12, Minnamoolka - Greenvale, 176 km
Phil Anderson romps in the bush!
By Christi Valentine-Anderson
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Aside from an Emu who tried to run Anderson down with 50 kms to go, the salty old dog at 44 yrs, won the 6 hours 15 minute stage in a two up sprint with last year's victor and current race leader Jaap Viergever. The two were a part of an seven man break which went away after 60 kms.
The course was not only grueling at 187 kms, it was hot and dusty. The silty Bull Dust was so thick several cars went off the road and certainly a few cyclists came unstuck. The Australian wildlife was all about including snakes, kangaroos, emus and a few domestics too, such as horses and Brahmans! There was one big Brahman Bull who took more than a little interest in the two wheeled types. And a horse who ran along side the break away seven for a good kilometre. It was all happening.
Team Kelly rider Øyvind Âas, who was also in the seven man break, experienced technical trouble and had to chase back to his group for 30 minutes behind the cars. Normally that is no problem but in these dusty conditions it was not only choking him it was blinding him. When he reached the group again with 30 kilometres to go he attacked! Aas finished fifth in today's stage, same as stage 2.
As for the women folk, Mieke Deroo arrived relatively fresh at 7 hours 21 mins off Anderson's blistering time and dropped even her own male team mates! She is riding so strongly she has left the other women well in her dust. Carrie Edwards from the USA has leapt into second place over Gabriele Inzinger who was struggling over this distance.
Anderson sported a big toothy grin as he came across the line with a proper roadie victory salute. He's still got it!
Results
1 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 6.15.57 (29.84 km/h) 2 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 0.14 3 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 0.15 4 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 1.32 5 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 1.33 6 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 2.00 7 Bart Bosmans (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 7.49 8 Thomas Riegler (Aut) Team Riegler 10.55 8 Martin Kellermann (Aut) 10.55 10 Bart Schols (Bel) 24.19 10 Dominiek Sacre (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 24.19 10 Peter Paelinck (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 24.19 13 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 27.09 14 Peter Nejsig (Den) 27.09 15 Filip Claes (Bel) 33.46 16 Paul Meyvis (Bel) 33.46 17 Adrian Laing (Aus) Team Brett 38.33 18 Peter Brett (Aus) Team Brett 46.19 19 Anthony Michelle (Aus) Team Brett 54.52 20 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 1.05.07 21 Jon Spar (Aus) Team Brett 1.06.39 22 Wouter Declercq (Bel) Team Mieke 1.07.20 23 Jack Oldfield (Aus) 1.07.21 24 Dennis Teeuwen (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 1.27.53 25 Theo Molenbrugge (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 1.28.36 26 David Olle (Aus) Dream Team 1.32.44 27 Barry Burns (Aus) Team Australia 1.32.44 28 Joachim Rintsch (Ger) 1.32.44 29 Carrie Edwards (USA) 1.32.45 30 Kim Lindberg (Den) 1.37.21 31 Steven Pauwels (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 1.37.21 32 Wolfgang Kristinus (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall 1.37.32 33 Rudi Donckers (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 1.38.12 34 Gabriele Inzinger (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.44.16 35 Peter Dammerer (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.44.16 36 Reinhard Hörmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.44.17 37 Franz Hartmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.46.26 38 Joe Schifano (Aus) Team Brett 1.53.46 39 Günter Kanzler (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.55.03 40 Charles Blanc (Fra) 1.55.51 41 Ronny Potter (Bel) 2.17.53 43 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 2.23.33 44 Toru Watanabe (Jap) 2.25.43 45 Stefan Schlett (Ger) 2.31.52 46 Kurt Poisinger (Aut) 2.41.00 Women 1 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 7.21.0425.44 2 Carrie Edwards (USA) 27.38 3 Gabriele Inzinger (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 39.09 4 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 1.18.26 Light 1 Claudia Kristen (Ger) 0 2 Phil Best (Aus) 0 3 Dominic Barber (Aus) 0 DNF Hagen Dix (Ger) Team Dix DNF Eike Grünhagen (Ger) Team Dix DNF Franz R. Rottmeyer (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall DNF Sue Carey (Aus) Team Australia DNF Sue Carey (Aus) Team Australia Jaap Viergever 2 minutes time penalty for changing the bike twice after the warning yesterday! General classification after stage 3 1 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 12.51.05 (29.80 km/h) 2 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 0.05.34 3 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 0.14.34 4 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 0.20.33 5 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 0.33.16 6 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 0.38.18 7 Thomas Riegler (Aut) Team Riegler 0.51.20 8 Martin Kellermann (Aut) 0.59.44 9 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 1.04.39 10 Bart Bosmans (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 1.05.14 11 Peter Paelinck (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 1.16.58 12 Bart Schols (Bel) 1.26.09 13 Paul Meyvis (Bel) 1.26.23 14 Dominiek Sacre (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 1.31.16 15 Filip Claes (Bel) 1.31.49 16 Adrian Laing (Aus) Team Brett 1.35.35 17 Peter Nejsig (Den) 1.39.48 18 Anthony Michelle (Aus) Team Brett 2.30.46 19 Dennis Teeuwen (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 2.47.55 20 Wouter Declercq (Bel) Team Mieke 2.50.44 21 Peter Brett (Aus) Team Brett 2.53.26 22 Jon Spar (Aus) Team Brett 3.01.19 23 Jack Oldfield (Aus) 3.03.53 24 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 3.06.46 25 Rudi Donckers (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 3.38.14 26 Theo Molenbrugge (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 3.43.29 27 David Olle (Aus) Dream Team 3.57.28 28 Joachim Rintsch (Ger) 3.59.16 29 Kim Lindberg (Den) 4.08.32 30 Carrie Edwards (USA) 4.25.23 31 Peter Dammerer (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 4.33.30 32 Gabriele Inzinger (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 4.33.33 33 Reinhard Hörmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 4.50.01 34 Franz Hartmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 4.52.10 35 Steven Pauwels (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 4.53.15 36 Günter Kanzler (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 5.00.50 37 Charles Blanc (Fra) 5.11.30 38 Wolfgang Kristinus (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall 5.12.47 39 Joe Schifano (Aus) Team Brett 5.31.53 40 Stefan Schlett (Ger) 6.01.49 41 Ronny Potter (Bel) 7.02.54 42 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 7.15.58 43 Toru Watanabe (Jap) 7.22.28 44 Hagen Dix (Ger) Team Dix 7.28.37 45 Kurt Poisinger (Aut) 7.47.24 Women Classification 1 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 15.57.51 (23.99 km/h) 2 Carrie Edwards (USA) 1.18.38 3 Gabriele Inzinger (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 1.26.48 4 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 4.09.12 Light Classification 1 Claudia Kristen (Ger) 2 Phil Best (Aus) 3 Dominic Barber (Aus) Points classification 1 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 40 pts 2 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 35 3 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 30 4 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 25 5 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 17 6 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 7 7 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 2
