Results and Reports for November 29
Blauem
Band von Zürich
Switzerland,
November 28th, 1999
Courtesy of Ernst Bretscher
The "Blauem Band von Zürich" was held on the weekend, a day before
the start of the Zurich six day race. The race has been in existence
since 1941 and this year marks the 48th edition of the event.
The race is a 40 km pointscore and this year's winner - Stefan Steinweg
- had won it previously in 1997. Steinweg showed great strength in this
year's event, taking a lap out of the field after just 10 laps of the
250 m track. There followed a series of counter-attacks from the rest
of the riders, but Steinweg managed to cover them all. He was also picking
up enough points to keep his lead, should he lose the lap. Nearest rival,
Andreas Kappes (Ger) was lagging in this regard, although he managed
to maintain his second place, just a lap down on Steinweg.
The best Swiss riders were Bruno Risi and Christian Weber (5th and
6th) at three laps down. However, the whole classification from 4th
downwards should be treated with caution, as there were difficulties
in separating the 52(!) riders on the track. The entire 24 rider field
for the six day race was combined with 28 amateurs, making for an extremely
fast but messy race. The 50.209 km/h average was the third fastest of
all time for this race (the record is 51.972 km/h by Kurt Hermann in
1995)
Just before the break, there was a 40 km madison held, which was won
by Belgian-Aussie connection, Gilmore and McGrory from De Wilde/Weber
and Risi/Betschart. This is a promising sign for their hopes in the
six day event to come.
In the female points-elimination event, Swiss road champion, Priska
Doppmann managed to triumph over Dominique Marten. In the sprint series,
Patrick Merk revenged himself on Swiss champion Claudio Treig. Merk
won all three three-events and was also the fastest one in the one lap
time trial (13.65). Finally, the junior points race was dominated by
nine Germans in the 24 rider field. Behind Leif Lampater and Sven Kraus
was this year's 1 km TT champion, Martin Ehrismann from Switzerland.
However, after the finish of the sprint derby, a another "bomb" exploded
for Swiss cycling. The National coaches Mueller and Buchs tendered their
immediate resignation along with national sprint coach, Roy Salveter.
They had discussed this at the press conference on Friday, but decided
to hold off the announcement until after the race. The collapse continues...
Results:
40 km points score:
1. Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 47.48 (50.209 km/h) 29 points
One lap behind:
2. Andreas Kappes (Ger) 9
Two laps behind:
3. Juan Llaneras (Spa) 12
4. Eric Weispfennig (Ger) 9
Three laps behind:
5. Bruno Risi (Swi) 25
6. Christian Weber (Swi) 25
7. David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 16
8. Peter Jörg (Swi) 12
Four laps behind:
9. Kurt Betschart (Swi) 3
10. Patrick Kraus (Swi) 2
40 km Madison:
1. Gilmore/Mc Grory (Bel/Aus) 45.41 (52.535 km/h) 18 points
2. De Wilde/Weber (Bel/Swi) 16
3. Risi/Betschart (Swi) 14
4. Lapage/Corvers (Be) 3
One lap behind:
5. Madsen/Braikia (Den) 3
6. Vonhof/Dörich (Ger) 2
7. Vetsch/Aeschbach (Swi) 0
Two laps behind:
Jörg/Teutenberg (Swi/Ger) 2
9. Fulst/Rund (Ger) 0
Three laps behind:
10. M. Wörner/Hubschwerlin (Ger/Fra) 2
11. Kammermann/Dunkel (Swi) 0
12. Liska/Zabka (Svk) 0
Six laps behind:
13. Gut/Obrist (Swi) 0
14. Mittelhammer/Manser (Ger/Swi) 0
Seven laps behind:
15. Fäh/Pfister (Swi) 5
16. Epple/K. Wörner (Ger) 0
Nine laps behind:
Marvulli/Kalfack (Swi/Ger)
Sprint derby:
1. Patrik Merk 4 points
2. Claudio Treig 6
3. Patrick Hofmann 10
4. Philipp Michel 10
5. Michael Lato 12
6. Erich Helfenstein 15
Women points/elimination race:
1. Priska Doppmann 2 points
2. Dominique Marten 5
3. Natalja Juganjuk 5
4. Elena Eifler (Ger) 9
5. Doris Roth 5
6. Petra Hämmig 9
Junior 15 km points race:
1. Leif Lampater (Ger) 19.26 (46.312 km/h) 18 points
2. Sven Krauss (Ger) 11
3. Martin Ehrismann 6
4. Stefan Löffler (Ger) 6
5. Oliver Mattmann 6
6. Michael Müller 5
7. Stefan Schär 5
8. Martin Züger 4
10. Stefan Peterer 3
Ride-safe
Perth Criterium Series
Australia,
November 28th, 1999
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Winner
Scott Suckling
Photo: Stewart Stockdale
Courtesy of Rick Lee and Colin Gibson
The first of Perth's three international criteriums was held on Sunday, November
28th. Scott Suckling upstaged the more fancied riders to record a magnificent
victory from Jamie Drew and Henk Vogels, with Ed Hollands leading the
Sprint series. The criterium also marked Stuart O'Grady's return to
racing, after a scare at the Noosa criterium a few weeks ago threatened
to put him out of action for longer.
The women's event saw over 20 riders start, with Sandra Smith taking
the win from Hayley Rutherford, and Annabelle Vowels in third place.
The series continues on Wednesday, December 1st at Leederville with
the finale at Northbridge the following day.
Results:
Colli & Sons Armadale Criterium
1. Scott Suckling (WA) Bikeforce Morley
2. Jamie Drew (Vic) City of Perth
3. Henk Vogels (WA) Ridesafe
4. Danny Clark (Tas) Tony Weller Chartered Accountant
5. Eddy Hollands (WA) Glen Parker Cycles
6. Nic Brown (NSW) Ridesafe
7. Brett Stapleton (WA) Bicycle Entrepreneur
8. Dan Smith (UK) 96 FM
9. Marcel Gono (Czech) Colli & Sons
10. Daniel Trinne (WA) Glen Parker Cycles
11. Brent Dawson (NSW) Barbarellas
12. Daniel Mackey (WA) Mackey's Seafood Restaurant
13. Chris Brown (WA) Ridesafe
14. Michael Simms (WA) Strategic Human Resources
15. Shaun O'Neill (WA) W. J. Moncrieff Pty Ltd
16. Hilton McMurdo (WA) Glen Parker Cycles
17. Cameron Jennings (Qld) Tony Weller Chartered Accountant
18. Jarran Poad (NZ) HarvestRoad
19. Chris Fogliani (WA) Colli & Sons
20. Wayne van Moorsel (WA) The Bicycle Entrepreneur
Sprint King:
1. Eddy Hollands (WA) Glen Parker Cycles 5 points
2. Scott Suckling (WA) Bikeforce Morley 5
3. Henk Vogels (WA) Ridesafe 3
4. Danny Clark (Tas) Tony Weller Chartered Accountant 3
5. Nic Brown (NSW) Ridesafe 3
6. Stuart O'Grady (SA) Skilled Engineering 3
Carnegie
Caulfield CC Criteriums
Australia,
November 28th, 1999
Courtesy of Mark Chadwick
An exceptional day and the running of a 'non-elite' women-only race
drew 175 starters to the Carnegie Caulfield Club's Sunday morning criterium
at Glenvale Crescent, Mulgrave. Run on the popular 1000 metre, flat,
fast course, the day could not have gone better.
In a very strong A grade, State Criterium and Road Champion Robert
Tighello won the bunch sprint from second again James Taylor. European
bound Luke Weir took third from David O'Leary who was forced into the
gutter to finish. The race developed as many an A grade affair does
- a steady build up of pace resulting from constant attacking and counter
attacking. Of note was the fine finish of O'Leary, who until recently
proclaimed himself forever a B grader.
The usual suspects led the charge in B grade, a significant breakaway
of six riders took a 34 second advantage early in the hour. As the huge
field realized the magnitude of the gap, three strong men, Miller, Witkamp
and Goewie took on the job of returning the break to the fold. At three
laps to go, their task was complete. In the end the veteran Barry Wood
won the race from Blackburn's Anthony Smith. David Milwood who was part
of the early break and Colombian Mauro Alvarez filled the minor places.
C grade witnessed a successful escape, the four strongest men rode
the chasing 30 riders off their wheels. The finishing order made no
difference to the escapees as they had long before agreed to spilt the
winnings. Russell Wolfe led home Leo DiMartino, Martin Keane and Eddie
Perez. The foursome made a powerful argument for mass promotion.
In D grade Ken Ford repeated his efforts of last week by taking the
winning breakaway off the front at about half distance. The difference
this week was that he took his U15 son Michael with him. Within 15 minutes
the five leaders where hot on the heels of the remainder of their group,
the suggestion from the sidelines that they not try to overtake the
bunch was heeded. As the five escapees recovered slightly, the countdown
to the finish began. The father-son duo from Mulgrave took off and finished
one-two in farewell rides to D grade, C grade next week. M. Marquas
held off Mick Drapac for the minor places.
By all accounts the women's race was a huge success, the organizers
were petitioned to repeat it next week, however the plan is to run the
next women's race on the 19th of December. The pleasant circumstance
where the evenly matched women could ride a tactical race rather than
reacting to the power based racing style of the men met with general
approval. Catherine Allen from the Blackburn club won the race from
Preston's Katrina Purcell. Emma Richard took third place with Blackburn
veteran Debbie Chambers fourth.
Results:
A Grade 35 Starters 60 minutes + 3 laps
1 Robert Tighello
2 James Taylor
3 Luke Weir
4 David O'Leary
B Grade 64 Starters 60 minutes + 3 laps
1 Barry Wood
2 Anthony Smith
3 David Milwood
4 Mauro Alvarez
C Grade 34 Starters 45 minutes + 3 laps
1 Russell Wolfe
2 Leo DiMartino
3 Martin Keane
4 Eddie Perez
D Grade 27 Starters 45 minutes + 3 laps
1 Michael Ford
2 Ken Ford
3 M Marquas
4 Mick Drapac
Novice Women 15 Starters 40 minutes + 3 laps
1 Catherine Allen
2 Katrina Purcell
3 Emma Richard
4 Debbie Chambers
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