Results and Reports for February 27, 2001AustraliaPromoters wishing to submit results should send them to cyclingnews Eastern Suburbs CC CriteriumHeffron Park, Maroubra, NSW, February 27, 2001 After 9 weeks of the 2001 Summer Criterium Series, the racing at Heffron Park continues to prove as unpredictable as ever with C Grade thwarting the handicap by staying away to win their first race outright in the Series. Winner Lee Kaliski was able to take advantage of some strong turns by C Grade strongman David Johanson and a somewhat slow start by A grade. A grade lost some 40 seconds on lap one as they ambled around the 2 km circuit, before turning the pace up to 45 km/h. As a result, some over enthusiastic B grade riders attempted to 'lap' A grade on the first lap, although things quickly separated when the speed increased. A nasty fall on lap 7 took out one of the Korean riders, with several others coming to grief in the Heffron Park grass and missing the cut. Once things settled down, A grade were still able to make up the full lap handicap with 2 laps to go in the fast and incredibly humid conditions. B grade had already taken up the sprint points on 7, 5 and 3 to go and with C grade contesting overall honours, the remaining 15 strong A and B bunch were left to fight over 1st place for each grade. Liam Kelly impressively won the bunch sprint while Scott Nolan took out 1st B Grade. There were no changes to the top of the overall poinstcore and with 4 weeks remaining there's still plenty of good racing left. Results1 Lee Kaliski (Eastern Suburbs) 2 Victor Pires (Eastern Suburbs) 3 David Johanson (Eastern Suburbs) 4 Chris Jenkins (Randwick Botany) 5 Clive Hammerson (Randwick Botany) 1st A Grade Liam Kelly (Eastern Suburbs) 1st B Grade Scott Nolan (Sutherland) Series Pointscore after Round 8 1 Stewart Campbell 24 pts 2 Stuart Dangerfield 19 3 Paul Rowney 18 4 Laurence Vignes 18 5 Anthony Spurgeon 12 Sprint King (A&B Grades) 1 John Sunde 56 pts 2 Stewart Campbell 53 3 Stuart Dangerfield 26 4 T Sinclair 22 5 Paul Rowney 20 C Grade Pointscore 1 David Johanson 21 pts 2 Simon Harding 13 3 Nick Bisello 11 4 Lee Kaliski 8 5 Tony Caruana 6 |