Results and Reports for November 21AustraliaPromoters wishing to submit results should send them to cyclingnews Carnegie Caulfield Criterium Carnegie Caulfield CriteriumWaverley Park, Mulgrave, Vic, November 21, 2000
A cool sunny evening attracted 143 riders to this weeks crit. Plenty of jacket action after the racing as the temperature dropped with the sun. A grade endured the usual savage attacks before settling in to await the sprint. The high tempo accounted for a few pretenders, glass a few more. In the finale Cameron Lester stepped up and showed a flash of form to defeat McEvoy, Tighello and Crowe who have been dominant in recent weeks. "The Brickie" Grant Mathews went away from B grade in the opening laps and built a 30 second lead by himself. Sadly it wasn't as durable as his day work and he was reeled in in the last ten minutes. The bunch stayed together for the most part with a few little digs livening up the pace. The dash saw Peter Barnett lead home Chris Tims from World Hour Record holder Anna Milward and Mauro Alvarez.
Another field sprint in C grade, after the obligatory efforts to chase down even a shadow moving up the road. Matt Young the winner tonight in front of "Fast" Eddie Perez, Nick Gibson and last weeks victor Simon Clarke. Matt Cockerall won the D grade race in a five abreast sprint with the survivors strung out behind. Minor placings to Steven McConchie, Gerard Hurley and Craig Rotherbuecher. The kids of E grade are getting a start at the Park too this summer. Two in a row to Tess Downing from Mick Downing, Peter Johnstone and Louise Bourke. Results A Grade - 27 Starters, 55 minutes + 3 laps 1 Cameron Lester (Pro-Motion) 2 Colin McEvoy 3 Robert Tighello (Peugeot) 4 Robert Crowe (Fitzroy Cycles) B Grade - 47 Starters, 55 minutes + 3 laps 1 Peter Barnett 2 Chris Tims 3 Anna Milward 4 Mauro Alvarez C Grade - 37 Starters, 40 minutes + 3 laps 1 Matt Young 2 Eddie Perez 3 Nick Gibson 4 Simon Clarke D Grade 1 Matt Cockerall 2 Steven McConchie 3 Gerard Hurley 4 Craig Rotherbuecher E Grade 1 Tess Downing 2 Mick Downing 3 Peter Johnstone 4 Louise Bourke Courtesy of Mark Chadwick Eastern Suburbs CriteriumHeffron Park, Sydney, NSW, November 21, 2000 With clear skies for the first Tuesday night in 4 weeks, riders turned up in large numbers for this week's Eastern Suburbs Criterium at Heffron Park. Even the wind wasn't the major factor it usually is, however a revised handicap for C grade proved to be too big a hurdle for the chasing bunches. In the early stages of the race a large B grade bunch of 25 riders made very little ground on C grade who obviously enjoyed their extra margin. A grade finally joined forces with B grade with 6 laps to go, but C grade were well on their way to snatching the 1st 5 places across the line. Results 1 Killian Deenihan (Easts) 2 Frank Conceicao (Easts) 3 Tony Caruanna (Randwick Botany) 4 Danny Iannazo (Brats) 5 Michael Papadakis (Easts) 1st A Grade Laurent Vignes (Northern Suburbs) 1st B Grade Robert Hampshire (St George) |
