Tour of Sunraysia - NEAustralia, August 25-27, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 2 - August 25: Merbein - Red Cliffs, 89.5 kmAnna Wilson's reportAbout 1 hour after stage one, we set off for a 90km road stage. The pace was high for the entire race and so it was very difficult for anyone to break away. We completed the 90 kms in 1 hour, 56 minutes, which works out to an average speed of 46.5km/hr. I was feeling OK until about 10kms to go when the bunch started to get itchy for the finishing sprint. The pace lifted and I found myself in a bit of trouble. We entered the last couple of kms and made a left turn and a couple of right turns and I could see the first part of the bunch all lined out going round the corners. I could see the Clarke brothers together up near the front and the New Zealanders trying to get organised for Greg Henderson. In the end it was Greg who took out his second stage in a row, followed by Rik McCaig and Ashley Hutchinson. So at the end of Day 1 of the Tour, the overall lead was decided purely on time bonuses since the bunch had finished all together in both stages. Greg Henderson held a lead of 19 seconds over Troy Clarke, who was one second ahead of Ashley Hutchinson. I hadn't collected any time bonuses so I was on the same time as about 80 other people, equal 10th or something like that.
Results1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 1.55.55 (46.14 km/h) 2 Rik McCaig (Aus) Bendigo 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 4 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 5 Leigh Egan (Aus) Shepparton 6 Nathan Blackman (Aus) NSW 7 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 8 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW 9 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 10 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 11 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Geelong 12 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 13 Paul Forrest (Aus) NSW 14 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 15 Cody Stevenson (Aus) NSW 16 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 17 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 18 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 19 Robert Boag (Aus) StKilda 20 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 21 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 22 Ben Jackson (Aus) Leongatha 23 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 24 Matthew Ardel (Aus) WA 25 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 26 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 27 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 28 Todd Parnell (Aus) Tasmania 29 Anthony Spurgeon (Aus) NSW 30 Darren Benson (Aus) NSW 31 Andrew Payne (Aus) NSW 32 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 33 Dan Smith (Aus) NSW 34 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 35 Chris Morandin (Aus) NSW 36 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 37 Robert Young (Aus) NSW 38 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 39 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 40 Simon Bone (Aus) Carnegie 41 Brendan Howard (Aus) NSW 42 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 43 Matthew Heath (Aus) Footscray 44 John Baker (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 45 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 46 Garry Parsons (Aus) Camperdown 47 Adam Wightwick (Aus) Ballarat 48 Cameron Carlyle (Aus) Blackburn 49 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 50 Jade Lean (Aus) SA 51 Steve Aitken (Aus) Tasmania 52 Danny Eckert (Aus) SA 53 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 54 Anna Wilson (Aus) Victoria 55 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 56 Nash Kent (Aus) NSW 57 Christopher Carr (Aus) Carnegie 58 Wayne Anderson (Aus) NSW 59 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 60 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSW 61 James Taylor (Aus) Carnegie 62 Klayten Smith (Aus) NSW 63 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 64 Matt Sydes (Aus) Tasmania 65 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 66 Cain Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 67 Stephen Price (Aus) Tasmania 68 Trent Perry (Aus) Shepparton 69 Mark Peterson (Aus) WA 70 Heath Riley (Aus) Hamilton 71 Michael Knoff (Aus) Blackburn 72 Chris White (Aus) Bendigo 73 Saul Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 74 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 75 Ben O'Leary (Aus) Footscray 76 Brian Appleyard (Aus) NSW 77 Dennis Markouris (Aus) Brunswick 2.24 78 Kevin Berkely (Aus) NSW 4.04 79 Andrew Deters (Aus) USA 5.25 80 Lee Vertongen (NZl) New Zealand 6.22 81 Stuart Cowin (Aus) Queensland 82 Joshua Hudson (Aus) WA 83 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 9.36 84 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 15.06 85 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) NSW 28.36 86 Kelvin Martin (Aus) NSW Sprints: Sprint 1 Lake Hawthorn Caravan Park 1 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 2 3 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 1 Sprint 2 Sunraysia Rural Water Authority 1 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 2 3 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 1 Sprint 3 Koorlong Primary School 1 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 3 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 2 3 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 1 Most aggressive rider: 1 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 6 pts 2 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 2 General classification after stage 2: 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 2.38.44 2 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 0.19 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 0.20 4 Rik McCaig (Aus) Bendigo 0.22 5 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 0.23 6 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 0.28 7 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 0.29 8 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 9 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 10 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 0.30 11 Leigh Egan (Aus) Shepparton 12 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 0.31 13 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 0.32 14 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 15 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 16 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 17 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 18 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 19 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 20 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 21 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 0.33 22 Nathan Blackman (Aus) NSW 23 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 24 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 25 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 26 Nash Kent (Aus) NSW 27 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 28 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 29 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 30 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW 0.34 31 Chris White (Aus) Bendigo 32 Robert Boag (Aus) StKilda 33 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 34 Anna Wilson (Aus) Victoria 35 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 36 Wayne Anderson (Aus) NSW 37 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 38 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 39 James Taylor (Aus) Carnegie 40 Garry Parsons (Aus) Camperdown 41 Steve Aitken (Aus) Tasmania 42 Brian Appleyard (Aus) NSW 43 John Baker (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 44 Darren Benson (Aus) NSW 45 Cameron Carlyle (Aus) Blackburn 46 Christopher Carr (Aus) Carnegie 47 Danny Eckert (Aus) SA 48 Paul Forrest (Aus) NSW 49 Matthew Heath (Aus) Footscray 50 Brendan Howard (Aus) NSW 51 Ben Jackson (Aus) Leongatha 52 Michael Knoff (Aus) Blackburn 53 Jade Lean (Aus) SA 54 Chris Morandin (Aus) NSW 55 Ben O'Leary (Aus) Footscray 56 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 57 Todd Parnell (Aus) Tasmania 58 Saul Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 59 Cain Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 60 Andrew Payne (Aus) NSW 61 Trent Perry (Aus) Shepparton 62 Mark Peterson (Aus) WA 63 Stephen Price (Aus) Tasmania 64 Heath Riley (Aus) Hamilton 65 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSW 66 Dan Smith (Aus) NSW 67 Klayten Smith (Aus) NSW 68 Anthony Spurgeon (Aus) NSW 69 Cody Stevenson (Aus) NSW 70 Matt Sydes (Aus) Tasmania 71 Adam Wightwick (Aus) Ballarat 72 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Geelong 73 Robert Young (Aus) NSW 74 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 75 Dennis Markouris (Aus) Brunswick 2.58 76 Matthew Ardel (Aus) WA 3.28 77 Simon Bone (Aus) Carnegie 4.26 78 Kevin Berkely (Aus) NSW 4.38 79 Andrew Deters (Aus) USA 5.59 80 Lee Vertongen (NZl) New Zealand 6.56 81 Stuart Cowin (Aus) Queensland 82 Joshua Hudson (Aus) WA 83 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 10.08 84 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 15.39 85 Kelvin Martin (Aus) NSW 29.10 86 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) NSW Sprints classification: 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 14 pts 2 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 11 3 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 6 4 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 5 5 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 5 6 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 5 7 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 4 8 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 3 9 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 3 10 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 2 11 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 2 12 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 2 13 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 2 14 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 2 15 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 2 16 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 2 17 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 2 18 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 2 19 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 2 20 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 1 21 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 1 22 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 1 23 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 1 24 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 1 25 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 1 26 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 1 27 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 1 |