Tour of Sunraysia - NEAustralia, August 25-27, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - August 26: Euston Criterium, 40x1.3 km, 52 kmAnna Wilson's reportIn the afternoon we raced a 52km criterium and this was to be the hardest stage yet. Josh Collingwood attacked from the gun and had everyone strung out. Once he was caught the intermediate sprints began - every second lap there was a sprint for time bonuses. With nearly every sprint a different breakaway group would form and then get caught and then it would be time for another sprint and another group would go clear. Finally a group of 7 riders formed a decisive break. It contained Josh Collingwood, Nathan Clarke, Greg Henderson, Tim Carswell, Tim Decker, Ben Day and someone else. The bunch was chasing hard and in the last few laps there were desperate attempts to close the gap and the bunch rounded the final corner only 10 metres shy of the leaders. Tim Carswell took out the stage and received the 10 second time bonus but the sprinters from the bunch crossed the line right on the heels of the breakaway riders so the whole bunch received the same time yet again. So after 4 stages the overall lead is still decided only on time bonuses. Greg Henderson still leads the bike race but I am not sure who is now in second and third - there have been too many intermediate sprints and I have lost track! I have still gained no time bonuses so I am on the same time as about 60 other riders. Tomorrow we race a 3 km individual time trial followed by a 63 kms kermesse around a 2 km circuit.
Results1 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 1.13.45 (46.1 km/h) 2 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 4 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 5 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 6 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 7 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 8 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 9 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 10 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 11 Leigh Egan (Aus) Shepparton 12 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 13 Rik McCaig (Aus) Bendigo 14 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 15 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 16 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 17 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW 18 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 19 Dan Smith (Aus) NSW 20 Kelvin Martin (Aus) NSW 21 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Geelong 22 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 23 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 24 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 25 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 26 Darren Benson (Aus) NSW 27 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 28 Nathan Blackman (Aus) NSW 29 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 30 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 31 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 32 Danny Eckert (Aus) SA 33 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 34 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 35 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 36 Cameron Carlyle (Aus) Blackburn 37 Steve Aitken (Aus) Tasmania 38 Nash Kent (Aus) NSW 39 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 40 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 41 Garry Parsons (Aus) Camperdown 42 Lee Vertongen (NZl) New Zealand 43 Christopher Carr (Aus) Carnegie 44 Wayne Anderson (Aus) NSW 45 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSW 46 Chris White (Aus) Bendigo 47 Chris Morandin (Aus) NSW 48 Paul Forrest (Aus) NSW 49 Ben Jackson (Aus) Leongatha 50 Andrew Payne (Aus) NSW 51 Anna Wilson (Aus) Victoria 52 Ben O'Leary (Aus) Footscray 53 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 54 Matthew Ardel (Aus) WA 55 Robert Young (Aus) NSW 56 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 57 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 58 Saul Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 59 Heath Riley (Aus) Hamilton 60 Joshua Hudson (Aus) WA 61 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) NSW 62 Brian Appleyard (Aus) NSW 63 Simon Bone (Aus) Carnegie 1.45 64 Andrew Deters (Aus) USA 1.50 65 Cain Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 66 Stephen Price (Aus) Tasmania 3.40 67 Kevin Berkely (Aus) NSW 5.30 68 Stuart Cowin (Aus) Queensland 69 John Baker (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 70 Jade Lean (Aus) SA 71 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 72 Trent Perry (Aus) Shepparton 73 Matt Sydes (Aus) Tasmania 7.20 74 Cody Stevenson (Aus) NSW 75 Klayten Smith (Aus) NSW 76 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 77 Dennis Markouris (Aus) Brunswick 9.10 78 Todd Parnell (Aus) Tasmania 79 Anthony Spurgeon (Aus) NSW 12.50 80 Adam Wightwick (Aus) Ballarat 81 Brendan Howard (Aus) NSW 14.40 82 Matthew Heath (Aus) Footscray 18.20 83 Mark Peterson (Aus) WA 84 Michael Knoff (Aus) Blackburn 20.10 Sprints: Sprint 1 - Lap 6 1 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 3 pts 2 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 2 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 1 Sprint 2 - Lap 8 1 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 2 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 1 Sprint 3 - Lap 10 1 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 2 3 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 1 Sprint 4 - Lap 12 1 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 2 3 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 1 Sprint 5 - Lap 14 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 2 3 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 1 Sprint 6 - Lap 16 1 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 2 3 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 1 Sprint 7 - Lap 18 1 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 3 pts 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 2 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 1 Sprint 8 - Lap 20 1 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 3 pts 2 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 2 3 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 1 Sprint 9 - Lap 22 1 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 3 pts 2 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 2 3 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 1 Sprint 10 - Lap 24 1 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 3 pts 2 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 2 3 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 1 Sprint 11 - Lap 26 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 2 3 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 1 Sprint 12 - Lap 28 1 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 3 pts 2 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 2 3 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 1 Sprint 13 - Lap 30 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 3 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 2 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 1 Sprint 14 - Lap 32 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 3 pts 2 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 2 3 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 1 Sprint 15 - Lap 34 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 3 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 2 3 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 1 Sprint 16 - Lap 36 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 3 pts 2 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 2 3 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 1 Most aggressive rider: 1 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 6 pts 2 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 2 General classification after stage 4: 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 5.24.32 2 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 0.31 3 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 0.32 4 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 0.33 5 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 0.44 6 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 0.45 7 Rik McCaig (Aus) Bendigo 0.49 8 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 0.51 9 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 0.56 10 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 0.57 11 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 12 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 0.58 13 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 0.59 14 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 15 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 16 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 1.00 17 Leigh Egan (Aus) Shepparton 1.01 18 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 19 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 1.02 20 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 21 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 22 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 23 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 24 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 1.03 25 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 1.03 26 Peter Milostic (Aus) NSW 1.04 27 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 28 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 29 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 30 Nathan Blackman (Aus) NSW 31 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 32 Nash Kent (Aus) NSW 33 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 34 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 35 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 36 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 37 Chris White (Aus) Bendigo 1.05 38 Wayne Anderson (Aus) NSW 39 Garry Parsons (Aus) Camperdown 40 Steve Aitken (Aus) Tasmania 41 Brian Appleyard (Aus) NSW 42 Cameron Carlyle (Aus) Blackburn 43 Christopher Carr (Aus) Carnegie 44 Danny Eckert (Aus) SA 45 Paul Forrest (Aus) NSW 46 Ben Jackson (Aus) Leongatha 47 Chris Morandin (Aus) NSW 48 Ben O'Leary (Aus) Footscray 49 Saul Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 50 Heath Riley (Aus) Hamilton 51 Darren Rolfe (Aus) NSW 52 Anna Wilson (Aus) Victoria 53 Darren Benson (Aus) NSW 54 Andrew Payne (Aus) NSW 55 Dan Smith (Aus) NSW 56 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Geelong 57 Robert Young (Aus) NSW 58 Cain Pasque (Aus) Camperdown 2.55 59 Matthew Ardel (Aus) WA 3.59 60 John Baker (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 6.35 61 Trent Perry (Aus) Shepparton 62 Jade Lean (Aus) SA 63 Simon Bone (Aus) Carnegie 6.42 64 Lee Vertongen (NZl) New Zealand 7.24 65 Joshua Hudson (Aus) WA 7.27 66 Andrew Deters (Aus) USA 8.20 67 Klayten Smith (Aus) NSW 8.25 68 Matt Sydes (Aus) Tasmania 69 Todd Parnell (Aus) Tasmania 10.15 70 Cody Stevenson (Aus) NSW 10.35 71 Kevin Berkely (Aus) NSW 10.39 72 Dennis Markouris (Aus) Brunswick 12.39 73 Stephen Price (Aus) Tasmania 12.43 74 Stuart Cowin (Aus) Queensland 12.57 75 Anthony Spurgeon (Aus) NSW 13.55 76 Adam Wightwick (Aus) Ballarat 77 Brendan Howard (Aus) NSW 15.45 78 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 16.09 79 Matthew Heath (Aus) Footscray 19.25 80 Mark Peterson (Aus) WA 81 Michael Knoff (Aus) Blackburn 21.15 82 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 23.30 83 Nigel Dunstone (Aus) NSW 29.41 84 Kelvin Martin (Aus) NSW Sprints classification: 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) New Zealand 35 pts 2 Tim Carswell (NZl) New Zealand 23 3 Steven Williams (Aus) NSW 18 4 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tasmania 17 5 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Queensland 14 6 Troy Clarke (Aus) Carnegie 14 7 Brendan Cameron (NZl) New Zealand 8 8 Hilton Clarke Jnr (Aus) Carnegie 8 9 Josh Collingwood (Aus) NSW 8 10 Ben Day (Aus) Queensland 7 11 David McPartland (Aus) NSW 6 12 Glen Thomson (NZl) New Zealand 6 13 Robert Tighello (Aus) StKilda 6 14 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 5 15 Gary Anderson (NZl) New Zealand 3 16 Lee Vertongen (NZl) New Zealand 3 17 Tyson Lawrence (Aus) WA 3 18 David Harrison (Aus) NSW 3 19 David Pell (Aus) Bendigo 3 20 Brent Dawson (Aus) NSW 3 21 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Queensland 2 22 Matthew Jackson (Aus) Footscray 2 23 Bradley Edmunds (Aus) Echuca 2 24 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Albury/Wodonga 1 25 Gareth Atkins (Aus) Tasmania 1 26 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bendigo 1 27 Paul Anders (Aus) Footscray 1 28 Jonathan Davis (Aus) NSW 1 29 Liam Kelly (Aus) NSW 1 30 Joel Leonard (Aus) Footscray 1 31 Shaun O'Neill (Aus) WA 1 32 Kristjan Snorrason (Aus) Carnegie 1 33 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) NSW 1 34 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) SA 1 |