Results and Reports for July 15-16AustraliaNote : these pages are often updated, please hit "refresh" or "reload" on your browser for the latest version Melbourne Metropolitan Championships Melbourne Metropolitan ChampionshipsLake Merrimu, Victoria, July 15, 2000 The 135 km Metro Championship started at a solid pace in fine but windy conditions. Despite the consistent pace it wasn't long before the attacks started. Forty kilometres in to the 135 km road race Zeth Romanis and Ben O'Leary made the first attack up the 3 km climb, the main group making no effort to chase the escapees. With frequent attacks the peleton was unable to organize a concerted effort to chase the two escapees. Both Zeth and Ben worked well together gaining over 3 1/2 minutes lead on the main bunch. With 30 kms remaining, including a 3 km climb, the pair looked to have the race won. Then came a flurry of attacks up the final climb and a chasing bunch of 6 finally formed. By the top of the climb the leaders margin was reduced to 3 minutes with 25 km to travel. Given there was a wind assisted 10 km descent to the finish line both Zeth and Ben still appeared to have first and second stitched up. Over the undulating terrain approaching the descent, the chasing bunch made large gains on the leading two. By the start of the downhill section the pursuers were only 30 seconds behind and in sight of the exhausted two. There was no time to relax as the smell of victory and the fast descent gave Zeth and Ben new found strength. But with only 3 km to the finish the chasers finally caught the two who had been away the best part of 100 km. As the bunch prepared for the sprint for the line both Zeth and Ben gave one last effort, attempting to get away again but this was all in vain as the groups speeds reached 60+km/h. The bunch sprint ended with Carnegie Caulfield's Brendan Gilhome (Mildara Blass/Gran Prix Cycles) taking the honours in 3:29:31 over the current Victorian 100km Champion Paul Anders and L Robertson. In the 50km U17 race Carnegie Caulfield's Johnny Clarke took second behind A James in a tight sprint while the U15's contested a 24km race seeing Carnegie Caulfield's Michael Ford lead home B Vervaart. ResultsElite Men 1. Brendan Gilhome 2. Paul Anders 3. L Robinson U17 1. A James 2. Johnny Clarke U15 1. Michael Ford 2. B Vervarrt Results & report courtesy of Mark Chadwick Tour of the Condamine Valley (Qld Cup #1)Ipswich-Wawrick, July 15, 2000 Results - 150 km
1 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Astra 4.17.18 100 pts
2 Rod Mason (Aus) Hamilton 70
3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Victors 50
4 James Stanley (Aus) Flight Centre 40
5 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Astra 36
6 Brad Nightingale (Aus) Lifecycle 32
7 Bart Duraj (Aus) Flight Centre 28
8 Michael Archer (Aus) Hamilton 24
9 Tom Just (Aus) Merlot 20
10 Michael O'Donoghue (Aus) Merlot 16
11 Ben Hitchens (Aus) Astra 15
12 Steele Sutton (Aus) Victors 14
13 Terry Nightingale (Aus) Lifecycle 13
14 Stuart Cowin (Aus) Astra 12
15 Shem Guthrie (Aus) Flight Centre 11
16 Craig Saunders (Aus) Astra 10
17 Chris Savage (Aus) Victors 9
18 David Betts (Aus) Lifecycle 8
19 Jay Stockwell (Aus) Lifecycle 0.54 7
20 David Harrigan (Aus) Venoutx 9.16 6
21 Nathan Waddell (Aus) Hamilton 10.08
22 Brendan Howard (Aus) Venoutx 17.01
23 Jeremy Mc Laren (Aus) Merlot
24 Mark Ledgerwood (Aus) Flight Centre 17.04
25 Craig Mackie (Aus) Hamilton 20.02
26 Marcel Bengtson (Aus) Lifecycle
27 Todd Webster (Aus) Venoutx
28 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) Victors 23.14
29 Scott Greenland (Aus) Victors
30 Jonathan Coulter (Aus) Merlot 27.58
DNF Shayne Hendren (Aus) Flight Centre
DNF Peter Goding (Aus) Hamilton
DNF Steve Palomba (Aus) Merlot
DNF Marc Quod (Aus) Venoutx
DNF Glenn Chapman (Aus) Venoutx
Fastest 3 Riders Per Team
Placing Points
1 Anthony Kellen (Aus) Astra 100
5 Mark Chadwick (Aus) Astra 36
11 Ben Hitchens (Aus) Astra 15
151
2 Rod Mason (Aus) Hamilton 70
8 Michael Archer (Aus) Hamilton 24
21 Nathan Waddell (Aus) Hamilton 0
94
4 James Stanley (Aus) Flight Centre 40
7 Bart Duraj (Aus) Flight Centre 28
15 Shem Guthrie (Aus) Flight Centre 11
79
3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Victors 50
12 Steele Sutton (Aus) Victors 14
17 Chris Savage (Aus) Victors 9
73
6 Brad Nightingale (Aus) Lifecycle 32
13 Terry Nightingale (Aus) Lifecycle 13
18 David Betts (Aus) Lifecycle 8
53
9 Tom Just (Aus) Merlot 20
10 Michael O'Donoghue (Aus) Merlot 16
23 Jeremy Mclaren (Aus) Merlot 0
36
20 David Harrigan (Aus) Venoutx 6
DNF Marc Quod (Aus) Venoutx 0
DNF Glenn Chapman (Aus) Venoutx 0
6
Courtesy of the Queensland Cyclists Association
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