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Crocodile Trophy 2002
Australia, September 10-22, 2002
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Stage 9 - September 19: Kalpower Station - Munburra - 143 Hellish km
This was the day that put the Crocodile Trophy into a Haut Category event. With it 90 km of deep sand and ruts it took some competitors 13 hours to complete the distance. For many it was like a 50 km technical bike race combined with a 93 km run carrying their bike. It was Hellish. Five cyclist abandoned and many fantasized about doing the same. Bart Bosmans, who was out on his own in the middle of the stage, was attacked by wild pigs and couldn't even make a run for safety. The frightened Belgian had to put his bike between himself and the tusked hog while he slowly made his way to safety.
The Tom Taylor two-up of race leader Jaap Vierger and Denis Teeuwen took their second stage by a healthy margin of a couple of minutes and Jurji Robic jumped into second position over all ahead of Kris Lepere. Phil Anderson was still in fourth place on GC at the end of the stage and now has a good shot at third in Kunadra.
The women were amazing as usual. Mieke finished in the middle of the field followed by Carrie and Debra who rode home together well after dark. The last finishers used the lights from the four wheel drive follow cars to pick their way through the ruts and sand. Real Iron woman stuff.
Results
1 Dennis Teeuwen (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 6.24.36 (22.46 km/h) 2 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 3 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 10.17 4 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 13.33 5 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 22.39 6 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 33.17 7 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 34.29 8 Filip Claes (Bel) 53.46 9 Bart Bosmans (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 53.47 10 Thomas Riegler (Aut) Team Riegler 55.36 11 Adrian Laing (Aus) Team Brett 1.00.49 12 Martin Kellermann (Aut) 1.12.05 13 Paul Meyvis (Bel) 1.20.59 13 Theo Molenbrugge (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 1.51.37 15 Anthony Michelle (Aus) Team Brett 1.51.41 16 Jack Oldfield (Aus) 1.57.04 17 David Olle (Aus) Dream Team 2.00.28 18 Bart Schols (Bel) 2.21.56 19 Dominiek Sacre (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 2.28.39 20 Charles Blanc (Fra) 2.33.34 21 Peter Paelinck (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 2.34.20 22 Rudi Donckers (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 2.59.34 23 Ronny Potter (Bel) 3.10.59 24 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 3.32.32 25 Wouter Declercq (Bel) Team Mieke 3.32.34 26 Peter Dammerer (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 3.36.22 27 Peter Nejsig (Den) 3.36.23 28 Joachim Rintsch (Ger) 3.54.19 29 Reinhard Hörmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 3.58.08 30 Franz Hartmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 4.13.48 31 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 4.59.56 32 Wolfgang Kristinus (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall 5.50.40 33 Kim Lindberg (Den) 5.51.48 34 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 5.53.23 35 Carrie Edwards (USA) 5.53.23 36 Toru Watanabe (Jap) 5.53.24 37 Stefan Schlett (Ger) 6.08.23 38 Kurt Poisinger (Aut) 7.12.50 Women Classification 1 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 9.57.11 (14.47 km/h) 2 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 2.20.48 2 Carrie Edwards (USA) 2.20.48 Light 1 Phil Best (Aus) 9.07.47 (15.77 km/h) 2 Dominic Barber (Aus) 1.23.08 3 Claudia Kristen (Ger) 3.24.00 restart Franz R. Rottmeyer (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall hors concours place 31 General classification after stage 9 1 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 43.04.22 (28.417 km/h) 2 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 0.49.31 3 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 1.00.59 4 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 1.15.42 5 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 2.26.27 6 Thomas Riegler (Aut) Team Riegler 2.54.25 7 Bart Bosmans (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 3.24.34 8 Martin Kellermann (Aut) 3.43.48 9 Filip Claes (Bel) 3.57.54 10 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 4.17.17 11 Paul Meyvis (Bel) 4.33.11 12 Adrian Laing (Aus) Team Brett 5.19.48 13 Dennis Teeuwen (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 5.31.21 14 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 6.21.32 15 Peter Paelinck (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 6.23.26 16 Dominiek Sacre (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 7.09.54 17 Bart Schols (Bel) 7.13.40 18 Anthony Michelle (Aus) Team Brett 8.07.10 19 Peter Nejsig (Den) 8.57.33 20 Theo Molenbrugge (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 9.39.34 21 David Olle (Aus) Dream Team 10.49.22 22 Rudi Donckers (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 11.01.56 23 Jack Oldfield (Aus) 11.44.18 24 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 12.00.03 25 Wouter Declercq (Bel) Team Mieke 12.05.08 26 Charles Blanc (Fra) 13.26.36 27 Peter Dammerer (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 16.03.20 28 Reinhard Hörmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 16.30.56 29 Joachim Rintsch (Ger) 16.37.13 30 Franz Hartmann (Aut) Bike Drive/Rapso 17.35.04 31 Ronny Potter (Bel) 18.36.43 32 Wolfgang Kristinus (Aut) Team Baustoff & Metall 19.26.03 33 Kim Lindberg (Den) 19.45.01 34 Carrie Edwards (USA) 19.52.52 35 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 24.59.06 36 Stefan Schlett (Ger) 25.53.02 37 Toru Watanabe (Jap) 26.36.21 38 Kurt Poisinger (Aut) 28.23.46 Women classification 1 Mieke Deroo (Bel) Team Mieke 55.04.25 (22.25 km/h) 2 Carrie Edwards (USA) 7.52.50 3 Debra Eason (Aus) Team Australia 12.59.03 Light classification 1 Phil Best (Aus) 13.32.32 (19.89 km/h) 2 Dominic Barber (Aus) 58.26 3 Claudia Kristen (Ger) 4.02.52 Points classification 1 Jaap Viergever (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 135 2 Jurji Robic (Slo) Team Robic 85 3 Kris Lapere (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 66 4 Phil Anderson (Aus) Dream Team 57 5 Dennis Teeuwen (Ned) Tom Tailor/Santos 40 6 Bart Bosmans (Bel) Cycling Team Limburg 35 7 Clemens Mühsinger (Ger) 17 8 Filip Claes (Bel) 15 9 Oyvind Aas (Nor) Team Kelly/Hi5 Norway 7 9 Peter Paelinck (Bel) Team www.reevax.be 7 11 Hans Henrik Nielsen (Den) 4
