Tour of Wellington - 2.5New Zealand, January 3-7, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Hot, Hot, HotBy Jim Robinson Summer arrived with a vengeance for stage three today, melting the tar of the Wairarapa roads. With a hundred miles to race, the riders seemed more concerned with staying hydrated than going all out. After the first 30km or so, which saw a string of attacks, things quietened down to a steady tempo roll - several minutes behind a breakaway of up to five riders. Then with 70km to race, fresh cross winds inspired the field to go nose-to-the-bars, reeling in the break at 50km to go, and forming a leading bunch of about 20. This bunch notably excluded Robin Reid, the yellow jersey after stage 2. As soon as the bunch hit the 7km, 500 vertical metre climb of the Rimutakas, Brendon Vesty attacked, followed only by Graeme Miller. Chris Jenner then countered, bridging the gap to Miller and then tailing team-mate Vesty all the way to the summit. Vesty took the stage in 4hrs 10, followed by Jenner at 30 seconds and just over a minute to Miller. The same three riders also now lead the overall.
Stage 3 - January 5: Masterton - Wellington, 160 km
Results1 Brendon Vesty (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 4.10.20 (37 km/h) 2 Chris Jenner (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 0.30 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) Avanti Cycles 1.06 4 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 1.58 5 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Avanti Cycles 2.39 6 Francis De Jager (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 2.55 7 Greg Campbell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 3.03 8 Ric Reid (NZl) Auckland Team 3.27 9 John Freiberg (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 3.48 10 Erin Hartwell (USA) Avanti Cycles 4.22 11 Niels Eriks (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 5.35 12 Tim Bartholomew (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 5.53 13 Chris Boerson (NZl) Auckland Team 7.01 14 Darren Murray (NZl) Auckland Team 8.17 15 Andrew Ward (NZl) Southend Cycles 8.20 16 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Pack & Pedal 8.32 17 Tim Paviel (NZl) Giant Bicycles 18 Paul Sumich (NZl) Auckland Team 9.02 19 Salis Cullen (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 9.11 20 Brett Backhouse (NZl) Southend Cycles 9.14 21 Brad McFarlane (NZl) Giant Bicycles 9.17 22 Stephen Elden (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 9.29 23 Tim Kerr (NZl) Giant Bicycles 9.53 24 Phil Chapman (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 10.11 25 Nathan Jones (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 26 David Shaw (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 27 James Stevenson (NZl) Pack & Pedal 10.25 28 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Auckland Team 10.32 29 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 30 Leung Chi Hang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 31 Steve Blair (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 10.38 32 Ryan Moody (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 10.43 33 Willie Aitken (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 34 Gary Chapman (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 11.06 35 Warren Simpson (NZl) VIC Cycles 11.19 36 Braam De Waard (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 12.11 37 Scott Guyton (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 12.25 38 Dean Hill (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 12.43 39 Andrew Mildenhall (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 12.59 40 Robin Reid (NZl) Avanti Cycles 13.28 41 Bryce Shapley (NZl) Avanti Cycles 42 Todd Parnell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 43 Paul Davis (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 13.59 44 Gerard Windhouwer (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 14.09 45 Lau King Yu (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 14.39 46 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 15.11 47 Jim Robinson (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 15.15 48 Christian Wengler (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 15.28 49 Darren Gordon (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 15.50 50 David McGuigan (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 17.27 51 Scott Mitchell (NZl) Giant Bicycles 17.41 52 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Giant Bicycles 18.10 53 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 19.04 54 Chris Thompson (Aus) Southend Cycles 19.47 55 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) Southend Cycles 21.55 56 Kris Withington (NZl) Pack & Pedal 22.20 57 Daniel Warren (NZl) VIC Cycles 22.36 58 Andrew Bott (NZl) VIC Cycles 25.45 59 Ken Buist (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 26.34 60 Steve Bale (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 33.56 61 Gareth Aplin (NZl) VIC Cycles 62 Richard Starr (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 35.54 63 Paul Hattan (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 36.28 64 Philip Burns (NZl) VIC Cycles 38.24 65 Brad Edmonds (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 39.20 66 Simon Morris (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team DNF Aaron Stagg (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington DNF Mark Mackay (NZl) Pack & Pedal DNF Glen Wilson (Aus) Pack & Pedal DNS David Rae (NZl) Southend Cycles General classification after stage 3: 1 Brendon Vesty (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 8.47.26 2 Chris Jenner (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 0.24 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) Avanti Cycles 1.02 4 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 2.08 5 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Avanti Cycles 2.49 6 Greg Campbell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 3.09 7 Ric Reid (NZl) Auckland Team 3.48 8 Erin Hartwell (USA) Avanti Cycles 4.32 9 Tim Bartholomew (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 6.03 10 Chris Boerson (NZl) Auckland Team 7.11 11 Niels Eriks (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 7.12 12 Andrew Ward (NZl) Southend Cycles 8.30 13 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Pack & Pedal 8.42 14 Tim Paviel (NZl) Giant Bicycles 8.51 15 Salis Cullen (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 9.21 16 Brad McFarlane (NZl) Giant Bicycles 9.27 17 Simon Morris (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 9.48 18 Phil Chapman (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 10.21 19 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Auckland Team 10.36 20 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 10.42 21 Ryan Moody (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 10.53 22 Francis De Jager (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 12.44 23 Dean Hill (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 12.53 24 Robin Reid (NZl) Avanti Cycles 13.25 25 Braam De Waard (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 13.29 26 Bryce Shapley (NZl) Avanti Cycles 13.38 27 Darren Murray (NZl) Auckland Team 18.06 28 Brett Backhouse (NZl) Southend Cycles 19.03 29 Tim Kerr (NZl) Giant Bicycles 19.42 30 Nathan Jones (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 20.00 31 David Shaw (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 32 James Stevenson (NZl) Pack & Pedal 20.14 33 Leung Chi Hang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 20.21 34 Gary Chapman (Aus) Penny Farthing-Australia 20.55 35 Warren Simpson (NZl) VIC Cycles 21.08 36 Scott Guyton (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 22.14 37 Todd Parnell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 23.17 38 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 25.00 39 Jim Robinson (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 25.04 40 Christian Wengler (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 25.17 41 David McGuigan (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 27.38 42 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 28.53 43 John Freiberg (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 28.58 44 Chris Thompson (Aus) Southend Cycles 29.36 45 Kris Withington (NZl) Pack & Pedal 32.09 46 Daniel Warren (NZl) VIC Cycles 32.25 47 Steve Bale (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 34.15 48 Gareth Aplin (NZl) VIC Cycles 49 Andrew Bott (NZl) VIC Cycles 35.34 50 Steve Blair (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 35.48 51 Willie Aitken (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 35.53 52 Ken Buist (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 36.23 53 Paul Sumich (NZl) Auckland Team 36.46 54 Andrew Mildenhall (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 38.09 55 Paul Davis (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 39.09 56 Gerard Windhouwer (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 39.19 57 Lau King Yu (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 39.49 58 Darren Gordon (NZl) Penny Farthing-Wellington 41.00 59 Scott Mitchell (NZl) Giant Bicycles 48.51 60 Brad Edmonds (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 49.00 61 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Giant Bicycles 51.47 62 Paul Hattan (NZl) Pins Cycles-Wellington 1.01.38 63 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) Southend Cycles 1.02.28 64 Philip Burns (NZl) VIC Cycles 1.03.34 65 Simon Morris (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 1.04.30 66 Richard Starr (NZl) Lupi Pasta Team 1.16.27 Sprint classification: 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 26 pts 2 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Auckland Team 24 2 Graeme Miller (NZl) Avanti Cycles 24 4 Braam De Waard (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 22 5 Darren Murray (NZl) Auckland Team 16 6 Chris Boerson (NZl) Auckland Team 10 6 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 10 8 Ric Reid (NZl) Auckland Team 8 9 John Freiberg (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 6 9 Bryce Shapley (NZl) Avanti Cycles 6 9 Todd Parnell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 6 9 Philip Burns (NZl) VIC Cycles 6 9 Erin Hartwell (USA) Avanti Cycles 6 14 Dean Hill (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 4 15 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 2 15 Ryan Moody (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 2 15 Chris Jenner (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 2 Mountains classification: 1 Brendon Vesty (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 10 pts 2 Chris Jenner (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 8 2 Ric Reid (NZl) Auckland Team 8 4 Graeme Miller (NZl) Avanti Cycles 6 4 Dean Hill (NZl) Pins Cycles Wellington 2 6 6 Tino Haakman (Ned) BRC Kennermerland-Holland 4 6 Todd Parnell (Aus) Burkes Cycles-Australia U/23 4 8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Avanti Cycles 2 8 Lee Vertongen (NZl) Fuji Xerox-New Zealand 2 Teams classification: 1 Avanti 26.30.55 2 Fuji Xerox 2.55 3 Auckland 13.04 4 BRC Kennermerland-Holland 13.27 5 Burkes Cycles-Australia U23 25.29 6 Penny Farthing (Australia) 28.42 7 Giant Bicycles 29.23 8 Pins Wellington 2 33.37 9 Southend Cycles 48.32 10 Pack & Pedal 52.28 11 Lupi Pasta 1.15.13 12 Pins Cycles Wellington 1.18.03 13 VIC Cycles 1.19.11 14 Penny Farthing (Wellington) 1.26.30 Results courtesy of Jorge Sandoval |