Results and Reports for June 3-4

Australia

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Mulgrave, Victoria, June 3, 2000

A field of 98 in total for a criterium held on the popular summer circuit in Mulgrave. The U17 and U19 riders mostly attended The Bosch Junior Tour of the Peninsula leaving the club racing to the seniors and the very young. Sunshine and a cold Northerly breeze in typical Melbourne autumn fashion, chill by any standard when stripped for racing.

A grade’s small group set about attacking each other seemingly to keep warm in the chilly conditions. The finale saw the Aces sprinting among the B grade stragglers with Hilton Clarke jnr (Look) the first across the line with an impressive turn of speed. Morgan Barnes second ahead of Ashburton’s Robert Tighello and Cameron Carlisle.

41 riders in B grade split around half distance with seven gaining a lead of up to 40 seconds. The final margin was half that, but very convincing. Ian Smith took the money in a hard fought sprint with Andrew Van Slobbe nipping in second ahead of Paralympic duo Paul Lake (HIH Insurance) and Peter Homann.

The big C grade field rode en-block throughout with any attacks rapidly dealt with. A wall to wall field sprint ensued with Mark Howard victorious from Josh Vanderveen and Brad Walker. Fourth place went to another Paralympic duo in Russell Wolfe and Christine Fisher on the tandem! Vision impaired Christine recovering well from her broken collarbone is back on track for Sydney 2000.

D grade’s little group was dominated by the veterans, with top sprinter David Hill seen as a likely winner. Youngster Simon Clarke spent most of the race in Hill’s draft, at 350m to go the boy blew past Hill as he was suckered to the front too early, the boy able to sit down 50m from the line and savor his second ever win. Hill kicked again to take second ahead of Mick Paul and John Groves.

Results

A GRADE 17 starters, 60 minutes + 3 laps

1 Hilton Clarke jnr (Look) 
2 Morgan Barnes
3 Robert Tighello (Ashburton Cycles)
4 Cameron Carlisle

B GRADE 26 starters, 60 minutes + 3 laps

1 Ian Smith 
2 Andrew Van Slobbe
3 Paul Lake (HIH Insurance)
4 Peter Homann

C GRADE 41 starters, 40 minutes + 3 laps

1 Mark Howard 
2 Josh Vanderveen
3 Brad Walker
4 Russell Wolfe / ChristineFisher

D GRADE 14 starters, 35 minutes + 3 laps

1 Simon Clarke 
2 David Hill
3 Mick Paul
4 John Groves

Results and reports courtesy of Mark Chadwick

Results and Reports for June 3-4

Australia

Carnegie-Caulfield Criterium