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Report from Corey SweetStage 2:A break went early with Josh Collingwood, Hayden Bradbury and 2 NZ riders and they stayed at 25-30 secs for a while. Then I attacked on a slight rise and caught them before the fast Hwy but then we were caught. With 30 km to go (70km stage) Gordon Mcauley and Hayden and I went away on the undulations before the last KOM (5km). We were away for approximately 8km before being caught. So I went again and Glen Mitchell came with me. Shortly after we were caught by a group containing Drewy, Trinnie, Miller, McDonald, and 2 other NZ riders who I didn't know. Up the climb Drew and I were setting tempo then Mitchell attacked 1km from the KOM and only Miller and myself were able to respond. Mitchell took the points and I came second. Then came the best descent ever, with Mitchell leading. I tried to overtake but lost it on the slightly wet, mossy corners so Miller overtook. I held on to it and finally got past Miller and had to work on catching Mitchell. 2-3km later I had overtaken Mitchell and gapped him and was working on building time. After nearly crashing 2 times I reached the bottom with a big enough gap to solo to the finish and win by 27 secs and take the yellow jersey. The descent is 8km long and has 97 corners (awesome). We lost Josh Collingwood today who was dropped and had a head on with a car on the descent and ended up going through the windscreen. He is O.K. but he abandoned and his bike is totalled. After 90 mins break we had the 3rd stage, only 43km long but with a very tough 4km climb and with a strong tail wind it made for interesting racing. They went out off the holes and a group containing Bradbury went up the road. We hit the climb and the break had 20-25secs, up the climb I jumped on the front but dug a bit deep and was in trouble over the top. We were all caught except Bradbury. I was 15secs off the back I had a very hard chase. With only 1 team mate left, we chased and caught the leader but my teammate was now wasted. In the strong cross winds with 15km to go I was alone and had to mark a group of 15 riders, I did my best but 2 went away - Bradbury again (very strong this afternoon) and 3rd GC Miller. In the end the gap was 26secs plus time bonuses so I lost yellow by approximately 5 secs. Stage 2 Porirua - Waikanae, 70 kms:1. COREY STREET AUST-AIS 1.30.31 2. GRAEME MILLER NICHOLSONS NZ 0.29 3. DAVID TRINEY AUST-COMPOSITE 0.31 4. GLEN MITCHELL NICHOLSONS NZ 0.33 5. MATTHEW YATES WALLIS CYCLE 0.54 6. KARL MURRAY NICHOLSONS NZ 0.56 7. MURRAY SPENCER TRUCK RENTAL 0.56 8. NICK BROWN AUST-AIS 0.56 9. WARREN JENNINGS AUST-VIS 0.56 10. BRIAN FOWLER SAMSUNG 0.56 11. RYAN RUSSELL WALLIS CYCLE 0.56 12. BEN BROOKS AUST-AIS 0.56 13. BRENDAN CAMERON PROTON NZ TR 0.56 14. KRIS DENHARN AUST-AIS 1.07 15. JAMIE DREW AUST-COMPOSITE 1.07 16. HAYDN BRADBURY AUST-COMPOSITE 1.07 17. SEAN SULLIVAN AUST-VIS 1.07 18. GREG HENDERSON PROTON NZ TR 1.07 19. GEORGE FUGE TRUCK RENTAL 1.07 20. JAMIE KIDD PORTLAND TOW 1.07 21. ANDREW REID PORTLAND TOW 1.07 22. CAMERON McDONALD AUST-VIS 1.07 23. MARK MAY WALLIS CYCLE 1.07 24. KARL WILLISCROFT PORTLAND TOW 1.07 25. ANDREW WARD AVERY FORD 1.30 26. JARRED ALTY XEROX 1.30 27. LEE VERTONGEN XEROX 1.30 28. NORM SHATTOCK SAMSUNG 1.55 29. BRETT DAY SAMSUNG 1.55 30. ROSS HEALD WELLINGTON N 1.55 31. LUKE KUSS AUST-COMPOSITE 1.55 32. ROBIN READ PORTLAND TOW 1.55 33. JON-PAUL HENDRICKSON TRUCK RENTAL 1.55 34. FRASER McMASTER XEROX 1.55 35. GREG SCOTT TRUCK RENTAL 1.55 36. JOHN BARRY AVERY FORD 1.55 37. ANDREW MILDENHALL PORTLAND TOW 1.55 38. JOHN OWNSWORTH NICHOLSONS NZ 2.09 39. MAT RICE AUST-VIS 2.09 40. DEREK CRUMPLER AUST-VIS 2.09 41. JARRON POAD SAMSUNG 2.09 42. STEPHEN WALLIS WALLIS CYCLE 2.46 43. PETER ULMER TRUCK RENTAL 2.46 44. GORDON McCAULEY XEROX 2.46 45. KYLE JONES AVERY FORD 2.46 46. CLIFF FELLINGHAM WELLINGTON N 3.41 47. PAUL BISHOP AVERY FORD 3.41 48. NATHAN BLACKMAN AUST-COMPOSITE 3.41 49. DANIEL LITHGOW 3.41 50. DAVID LEE XEROX 3.41 51. DARIEN RUSH AVERY FORD 4.54 52. GLEN THOMSON PROTON NZ TR 4.54 53. KARL MOORE NICHOLSONS NZ 7.17 54. ANDREW WIDDUP WELLINGTON N 7.17 55. TIM CARSWELL PROTON NZ TR 8.10 56. GLEN WILSON WALLIS CYCLE 10.13 57. ZACHARY PRENDERGAST WELLINGTON N 10.13 58. TREVOR RICE WELLINGTON N 10.18 59. HAYDEN GODFREY PROTON NZ TR 14.34 60. HEATH DEGARNHAM SAMSUNG 14.34 61. JOSH COLLINGWOOD AUST-AIS crashed Stage 3, Waikanae - Porirua, 43 kms:1. GRAEME MILLER NICHOLSONS N 55.55 2. HAYDN BRADBURY AUST. COMPOS 0.02 3. WARREN JENNINGS AUST. VIS 0.34 4. MURRAY SPENCER TRUCK RENTAL 0.36 5. ANDREW MILDENHALL PORTLAND TOW 0.38 6. GREG SCOTT TRUCK RENTAL 0.40 7. SEAN SULLIVAN AUST. VIS 0.40 8. JOHN OWNSWORTH NICHOLSONS N 0.40 9. COREY SWEET AUST. AIS 0.40 10. NORM SHATTOCK SAMSUNG 0.40 11. DANIEL TRINNE AUST. COMPOS 0.40 12. JAMIE KIDD PORTLAND TOW 0.40 13. MATTHEW YATES WALLIS CYCLE 0.40 14. RYAN RUSSELL WALLIS CYCLE 0.40 15. JAMIE DREW AUST. COMPOS 0.40 16. GLEN MITCHEL NICHOLSONS N 0.40 17. JOHN BARRY AVERY FORD 0.40 18. GREG HENDERSON PROTON NZ TR 1.09 19. TIM CARSWELL PROTON NZ TR 1.09 20. BRIAN FOWLER SAMSUNG 1.09 21. GORDON McCAULEY FUJI XEROX 1.09 22. KARL WILLISCROFT PORTLAND TOW 1.10 23. ANDREW REID PORTLAND TOW 1.10 24. BRENDAN CAMERON PROTON NZ TR 1.10 25. KARL MOORE NICHOLSONS N 1.17 26. MAT RICE AUST. VIS 1.23 27. NICK BROWN AUST. AIS 1.23 28. ANDREW WARD AVERY FORD 1.23 29. GEORGE FUGE TRUCK RENTAL 1.23 30. DEREK CRUMPLER AUST. VIS 1.23 31. BEN BROOKS AUST. AIS 1.23 32. MARK MAY WALLIS CYCLE 1.23 33. HEATH DEGARNHAM SAMSUNG 1.42 34. ROSS HEALD WELLINGTON N 1.42 35. JON-PAUL HENDRICKSON TRUCK RENTAL 1.59 36. CAMERON McDONALD AUST. VIS 2.21 37. STEPHEN WALLIS WALLIS CYCLE 2.41 38. ROBIN READ PORTLAND TOW 2.41 39. PETER ULMER TRUCK RENTAL 2.41 40. PAUL BISHOP AVERY FORD 2.41 41. KRIS DENHARN AUST. AIS 2.41 42. KARL MURRAY NICHOLSONS N 2.41 43. DANIEL LITHGOW 2.41 44. FRASER McMASTER FUJI XEROX 2.41 45. GLEN THOMSON PROTON NZ TR 2.41 46. KYLE JONES AVERY FORD 2.41 47. LUKE KUSS AUST. COMPOS 2.41 48. HAYDEN GODFREY PROTON NZ TR 5.11 49. ANDREW WIDDUP WELLINGTON N 5.11 50. JARRED ALTY FUJI XEROX 5.11 51. ZACHARY PRENDERGAST WELLINGTON N 5.11 52. TREVOR RICE WELLINGTON N 5.11 53. DAVID LEE FUJI XEROX 5.11 54. CLIFF FELLINGHAM WELLINGTON N 5.16 55. LEE VERTONGEN FUJI XEROX 6.11 56. JARRON POAD SAMSUNG 6.59 57. NATHAN BLACKMAN AUST. COMPOS 8.10 58. BRETT DAY SAMSUNG 12.35 59. GLEN WILSON WALLIS CYCLE 12.35 DNF DARIEN RUSH AVERY FORD DNF JOSH COLLINGWOOD AUST-AIS GC after Stage 3
1. GRAEME MILLER NICHOLSONS NZ 2.35.31 2. COREY SWEET AUST. AIS 0.03 3. HAYDN BRADBURY AUST. COMPOSITE 0.21 4. DANIEL TRINNE AUST. COMPOSITE 0.23 5. GLEN MITCHEL NICHOLSONS NZ 0.44 6. WARREN JENNINGS AUST. VIS 0.50 7. MATTHEW YATES WALLIS CYCLES 0.58 8. JAMIE DREW AUST. COMPOSITE 0.59 9. RYAN RUSSELL WALLIS CYCLES 1.00 10. SEAN SULLIVAN AUST. VIS 1.07 11. BRENDAN CAMERON PROTON NZ TRACK 1.13 12. MURRAY SPENCER TRUCK RENTAL 1.15 13. JAMIE KIDD PORTLAND TOWERS 1.18 14. GREG HENDERSON PROTON NZ TRACK 1.23 15. BRIAN FOWLER SAMSUNG 1.36 16. NICK BROWN AUST. AIS 1.42 17. BEN BROOKS AUST. AIS 1.42 18. ANDREW REID PORTLAND TOWERS 1.48 19. KARL WILLISCROFT PORTLAND TOWERS 1.48 20. MARK MAY WALLIS CYCLES 1.54 21. ANDREW MILDENHALL PORTLAND TOWERS 2.04 22. NORM SHATTOCK SAMSUNG 2.06 23. JOHN BARRY AVERY FORD 2.09 24. GEORGE FUGE TRUCK RENTAL 2.13 25. GREG SCOTT TRUCK RENTAL 2.18 26. JOHN OWNSWORTH NICHOLSONS NZ 2.20 27. ANDREW WARD AVERY FORD 2.27 28. CAMERON McDONALD AUST. VIS 2.48 29. DEREK CRUMPLER AUST. VIS 2.52 30. MAT RICE AUST. VIS 2.52 31. GORDON McCAULEY FUJI XEROX 2.52 32. KARL MURRAY NICHOLSONS NZ 3.08 33. KRIS DENHARN AUST. AIS 3.11 34. FRASER McMASTER FUJI XEROX 3.33 35. JON-PAUL HENDRICKSON TRUCK RENTAL 3.37 36. LUKE KUSS AUST. COMPOSITE 3.48 37. ROSS HEALD WELLINGTON NEWS 3.53 38. ROBIN READ PORTLAND TOWERS 4.07 39. STEPHEN WALLIS WALLIS CYCLES 4.51 40. KYLE JONES AVERY FORD 5.01 41. JARRED ALTY FUJI XEROX 5.38 42. PETER ULMER TRUCK RENTAL 5.45 43. PAUL BISHOP AVERY FORD 5.56 44. DANIEL LITHGOW 6.38 45. LEE VERTONGEN FUJI XEROX 6.38 46. GLEN THOMSON PROTON NZ TRACK 6.42 47. DAVID LEE FUJI XEROX 7.49 48. KARL MOORE NICHOLSONS NZ 8.05 49. TIM CARSWELL PROTON NZ TRACK 8.26 50. JARRON POAD SAMSUNG 8.39 51. CLIFF FELLINGHAM WELLINGTON NEWS 9.20 52. NATHAN BLACKMAN AUST. COMPOSITE 12.20 53. ANDREW WIDDUP WELLINGTON NEWS 12.44 54. BRETT DAY SAMSUNG 14.01 55. TREVOR RICE WELLINGTON NEWS 15.45 56. HEATH DEGARNHAM SAMSUNG 15.47 57. ZACHARY PRENDERGAST WELLINGTON NEWS 16.05 58. HAYDEN GODFREY PROTON NZ TRACK 18.52 59. GLEN WILSON WALLIS CYCLES 22.51 Other Classifications
Team's Jersey after Stage 3: 1. AUSTRALIA COMPOSITE 2.35.31 2. NICHOLSONS NEW ZEALAND 0.08 3. AUSTRALIA AIS 1.44 4. AUSTRALIA VIS 2.04 5. WALLIS CYCLES 2.09 6. PORTLAND TOWERS HOTEL 2.39 7. TRUCK RENTAL 4.03 8. SAMSUNG 5.07 9. PROTON NEW ZEALAND TRACK 6.03 10. AVERY FORD 7.54 11. FUJI XEROX 9.04 12. WELLINGTON NEWSPAPERS 24.02 Mountain Jersey after Stage 3: 1. GLEN MITCHEL NICHOLSONS NZ 16 2. HAYDN BRADBURY AUST-COMPOSITE 10 3. GREG SCOTT TRUCK RENTAL 8 3. COREY SWEET AUST-AIS 8 5. GRAEME MILLER NICHOLSONS NZ 6 5. JAMIE DREW AUST. COMPOSITE 6 7. SEAN SULLIVAN AUST-VIS 4 8. DAVID TRINEY AUST-COMPOSITE 2 Sprint Jersey after Stage 3: 1. GREG HENDERSON PROTON NZ TRACK 20 2. JARRON POAD SAMSUNG 14 3. TIM CARSWELL PROTON NZ TRACK 10 4. KRIS DENHARN AUST-AIS 8 5. MURRAY SPENCER TRUCK RENTAL 6 |