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Carnegie Caulfield Summer Series Criterium
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
Lidcombe - Auburn CC Eco Built Inner West Criterium Series
Caesar's Illawarra Cycle Club Handicap
Stan Gurney VC-WA Criterium Championships
By Mal Sawford
At long last, a clear day for Melbourne's cycling fraternity, and the result was the biggest field assembled since the start of the "Summer" season. As usual, C and D Grades started proceedings at 6pm, with A and B Grade following at 6.50pm.
The classy A Grade field saw an early solo attack from Chris Carr (SBR), the track Pursuit specialist looking to duplicate his winning solo in the final stage Criterium of the Tour of Bright. Leaving the bunch at the 10 minute mark, he would hold them off for nearly 15 minutes before that chase pegged him back.
Local strongman Matt Chessum launched the classic counter attack and was away for 3 laps of the 2.5km circuit, before he too was brought back, and the bunch began to eye each other off before the final sprint.
Thaddeus Roos (Bicycle Superstore) was again too quick at the finish, from Victorian Institute of Sport junior David Salton, Trackie Warren Knevitt (O'Mara Cycles) and 2001 Giro D'Italia rider Tom Leaper. Knevitt's ride was all the more impressive given that he had snapped a gear cable riding out to the venue and had to ride the entire race in the one gear! He would have ridden the race in the 53 x 12 but for some mechanical tuition from race officials, and his final decision to go with the 53 x 14 proved about right.
B Grade finally had the numbers to ride their own race today, and after 40 minutes of attacks a break of 7 of the strongmen of the bunch went clear, minus usual driver Dennis Bowen-Day. His 3 lap chasing turn had the bunch hanging but was not enough to bring back the experienced breakaways.
Glenn Hutchinson had the legs to outsprint his breakaway companions Brett Buckland, 'The Bricky' Grant Matthews and Guy Green. Bruce Will and Mike Clucas were the unlucky unplaced riders from the break. The bunch was convincingly lead home by noted 90kg trackie Tim Bennett in his first ride after a lay off, but with a sign of what's to come once his training gets back into full swing.
The large C Grade bunch finished together after a late attack by John Pritchard and Deb McCoy was brought back at the bell. Peter Costello got home inches ahead of Mark Gallagher, Milo Answerth and City Cycles proprietor Peter Barnett, with riders spread right across the wide finishing straight.
D Grade also finished all together, with John Jones a clear winner in the sprint ahead of Veterans Ray Smith and John Groves. Little Pete Johnstone spun his Under 13 gear right out with the vocal support of mother Ann spurring him on to take a sensational 4th.
Dale Reith and Danny Clarke had a close tussle in the Junior race, staying glued together throughout the race, and all the way down the finishing straight it was too close to call, with Dale edging in front to take a crowd pleasing win.
A Grade (45 mins+ 3 laps) 21 starters 1 Thaddeus Roos (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 David Salton (VIS) 3 Warren Knevitt (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 4 Tom Leaper (Blackburn CC) B Grade (45 mins+ 3 laps) 33 Starters 1 Glenn Hutchinson (Footscray CC) 2 Brett Buckland (Dirt Riders) 3 Grant Matthews (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 4 Guy Green (Blackburn CC) C Grade (40 mins + 3 laps) 48 starters 1 Peter Costello (Forte Knox CC) 2 Mark Gallagher (Footscray CC) 3 Graham Answerth (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 4 Peter Barnett (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) D Grade (40 mins + 3 laps) 18 starters 1 John Jones (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 Ray Smith (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 3 John Groves (Balance Carnegie Caulfield CC) 4 Peter Johnstone (Chelsea & Peninsula CC)
by Tony Horneman, Committee Member,Randwick Botany CC
Randwick Botany rider Shaun Higgerson, stunned fellow riders and spectators alike with his win in the
Senior A & B grade 34km event by a margin of three kilometres.
The five rider A grade bunch were tasked with 17 laps or 34km of the Heffron Park criterium circuit, but had to catch the 12 rider B grade bunch who completed 16 laps or 32km. Higgerson, riding with the A grade group, caught up, then rode past the B grade group mid-way through the race. Todd Sinclair stayed with Higgerson and worked together to establish a commanding lead over the A/B bunch. With 6km to go, Higgerson went into top gear and rode away solo to claim first place 3km in front of the A & B bunch. Sinclair finished second with John Kenny third and Luke Gowty in fourth place. Natasha Harrigan from the St George Cycling Club rode in the B grade group but found the pace a little too high and dropped off midway through the race. To her credit she continued with C Grade to finish the race.
Nineteen riders lined up for the C Grade, 28km race. Stephen Bligh and Brad Lane set the pace during the race with a strong lead out by Tony Horneman towards the end of the event. The bunch stayed together for an exciting sprint down the 400m straight with a slight tail wind. Stephen Bligh claimed first place in a time of 49.32 and an average speed of over 34km/h. Ross Mackay was second with Tony Horneman finishing third.
Melissa Clarence and Peter Davison broke away mid-way through the D Grade 20km race. Clarence crossed the line first in a time of 38.56 followed Peter Davison and Andrew Young. Average speed was over 31km/h. The E Grade was over 16km and was won by Patrick Bolan in a time of 33.43 followed by Luke Davison and Mark Woodhouse.
The Club President John Buckton officiated over the junior races. Five events were run for the 19 juniors, starting with a 2km time trial. Luke Cridland recorded the best time with 3.20 followed by Keegan Aitchison, 3.33 and Chris Young 3.34. The Junior A Grade 14km scratch race was won by Keegan Aitchison in a time of 29.17. Second was Chris Young and Luke Cridland third. The B Grade 10km scratch race was taken out by Pat Boland from the Lidcombe Cycling Club in a time of 21.20 followed by Mark Woodhouse and Tom Richards. C Grade 6km scratch race placings were Adriano Maradini, 13.49, Taylor Aitchison and Tyrone Davies. The D Grade 4km scratch race was won by Nicholas Mellick in a time of 10.01 followed by Morgan Stokes and Patrick Jenner.
In other Randwick Botany Cycling Club news, the Club President John Buckton has announced that The Newington Inn, Stanmore Road, Petersham will be a major sponsor of the club for the next three years.
Randwick Botany Cycling Club conducts club racing every Saturday at Heffron Park, Maroubra NSW. Juniors start at 1.30pm and Seniors 2.30pm. For more information please contact the club secretary Helen Vella on 02 9667 3307.
A & B Grade - 34km 1 Shaun Higgerson 2 Todd Sinclair 3 John Kenny 4 Luke Gowty C Grade - 28km 1 Stephen Bligh 2 Ross Mackay 3 Tony Horneman D Grade - 20km 1 Melissa Clarence 2 Peter Davison 3 Andrew Young E Grade - 16km 1 Patrick Bolan 2 Luke Davison 3 Mark Woodhouse Juniors 2km time trial 1 Luke Cridland 3.20 2 Keegan Aitchison 0.13 3 Chris Young 0.14 Junior A Grade - 14km scratch race 1 Keegan Aitchison 2 Chris Young 3 Luke Cridland Junior B Grade - 10km scratch race 1 Pat Boland (Lidcombe) 2 Mark Woodhouse 3 Tom Richards Junior C Grade - 6km scratch race 1 Adriano Maradini 2 Taylor Aitchison 3 Tyrone Davies Junior D Grade - 4km scratch race 1 Nicholas Mellick 2 Morgan Stokes 3 Patrick Jenner
By Steve Isaksen
Sunday 11th November was witness to an historic occasion - the very first Cycle Races held at Sydney's Olympic Park. NSW's most active racing club, Lidcombe-Auburn CC, conducted the racing - named the Eco Built Pty Ltd Inner West Criteriums - the third in a series of suburban street criteriums held in Sydney's Inner west (the previous ones being at Concord Village and Five Dock Park). The organisers worked hard to garner the support of local businesses to "buy" the naming rights to each race. Good support was also offered by some of the grass roots in the bicycle industry - small businesses, including Ashfield Cycles, Peter Bundy Cycles and Hillbrick Racing Frames.
Over $6,500 in prize money was paid out during the series. Nine races were listed on the program, from Junior U9/11's through to Men's A grade. We'll pick up the action in the final race, the Men's A grade.
Constant attacks were the feature of this race, with some likely looking breaks getting small gaps but none successful. Prominent in many of these were Klayten Smith, Luis Trueba, Anthony Challinor, Justin Quinton and Rob Upton. With the likes of Mark Renshaw, Jeff Hopkins and Brent Dawson lurking in the pack, the non-sprinters wanted to get away in a small group, or at least take the sting out of the sprinters' legs.
Finally, with about 6 laps to go of the lighting fast 800m course, Mat Farmer attacked - the bunch splintered, re-grouped and splintered again into twos and threes before Smith and Trueba got across to Farmer. This trio shared the work and established a 100m lead. It was a pretty sight to see the riders sweeping onto the paved area of Olympic Boulevard and up the 35 metre wide finishing straight. They were pulling in excess of 45 km/h up the main straight incline into a steady, South Easterly breeze.
At the bell, it was all over...the trio still had a 100m or so lead. However, Fernando Duran put in a huge turn for the chase group and the leaders came into view using up every centimetre of Olympic Boulevard - with Duran only metres behind and the bunch in single file behind. There was no time to play tactics - they were straight into the sprint over 250m of cobbles.
Duran appeared to pull his foot and went backwards but Brent Dawson fired out of the pack and set off after the leaders. Farmer is a national champion on the track, so he can, and did, sprint well, holding off Dawson to take the win. Trueba was 3rd, Renshaw 4th with Smith 5th. It was a fantastic climax to a great day's racing, and all the riders are asking when the next one will be.
Another innovation by the Lidcombe-Auburn club was the "OneSteel" sponsored Women's handicap criterium - no mean feat on an 800m course! Four bunches faced the starter for the 12 lap journey (approximately 10km) - all the smart money was on the Scratchies - with no less than 3 current National Road Champions - Jen Manefield, Natalie Bates, Zoe Southwell, all from the strong Parramatta club, accompanied by Katie Brown, just back from National team duties in Europe and the well performed Christine Riakos.
The limit riders had almost a lap start. Immediately the C graders settled into a fast steady rhythm, and caught the two D graders very quickly. The scratch group was also working well but wasn't making huge inroads into the C grade lead. With 7 laps to go, the gap was still 70 seconds, so it was coming down to a tight finish.
The C group - Belinda Diprose (LA), Antoinetta Scola (LA) and Irene Potente (St George U17) and Sally Thompson (Sydney) had shaken off all the others in their bunch and appeared to be safe with two to go. Bates and Manefield, having driven the scratch bunch through and past the B group some laps earlier then set about reducing the lead. Looking down Olympic Boulevard, with the spray coming off the Olympic Cauldron (now a fountain), for the last time - Scola, Diprose and Potente settled in for the drag race to the finish, Bates and Manefield swept into view about 50m behind and sprinting hard to the finish.
On the line Scola out powered Diprose with Potente 3rd and Bates only a half length back in 4th. The crowd were cheering excitedly as the women crossed the line. What a wonderful performance by all the girls - proving the Women's racing is strong and vibrant in Sydney.
Eco Built Men's Div 1 1 Mat Farmer (Bathurst) 2 Brent Dawson (Dubbo) 3 Luis Trueba (MF) 4 Mark Renshaw (Bathurst) 5 Klayten Smith (Caravello) Ashfield Cycles Sprint Ace: Mat Farmer OneSteel Women's Handicap 1 Antoinette Scola (C) (Lidcombe-Auburn) 2 Belinda Diprose (C) (Lidcombe-Auburn) 3 Irene Potente (C) (St George) 4 Natalie Bates (A) (Parramatta) Graded Results: A grade 1 Natalie Bates (Parramatta) 2 Jen Manefield (Parramatta) 3 Christine Riakos (Nth Syd) B grade 1 Amanda Spratt (PP) 2 Bianca Noorman (Suth) 3 Keely McNamara (St G) Talone's Quality Meats/Le Palme Pasticceria Men's Div 2 1 Shaun Hopkins (Parramatta) 2 Ross Chaffer (Nth Syd) 3 David Williams (Lidcombe-Auburn) 4 Ben Isaksen (Lidcombe-Auburn) 5 David Johns (Nth Syd) Ashfield Cycles Sprint Ace: David Green (Lidcombe-Auburn) Arthrex Surgical Supplies Men's Div 3 1 Stan Genakis (Sydney) 2 Keith Oliver (Parramatta) 3 Alex Simmons (Sydney) 4 "Chencho" Romero (MF) 5 Terry Gors (Lidcombe-Auburn) Ashfield Cycles Sprint Ace: Alex Simmons North Strathfield Natural Health Centre Men's Div 4 1 Sam Carroll (Lidcombe-Auburn) 2 Graham Horn (Sutherland) 3 Ross Harding (Sthn Cross) 4 Adam Hughes (Lidcombe-Auburn) 5 Michael Leung (Lidcombe-Auburn) Ashfield Cycles Sprint Ace: Mel Provvidente (Lidcombe-Auburn) Cycling NSW Junior U17 Men 1 Warren Scott (St George) 2 Phillip Stokes (Penrith) 3 Luke Carroll (Canberra) 4 Chris Jenkins (Rand Bot) 5 Adrian Celati (Lidcombe-Auburn) Hillbrick Racing Frames Junior U15 Men 1 Tyler McLachlan (Sthn Cross) 2 Steven Phelan (Canberra) 3 Anthony Bennett (Lidcombe-Auburn) 4 JL Rathbone (Penrith) 5 Greg Beer (Penrith) Peter Bundy Cycles Junior U13 1 Nicholas Spratt (Penrith) 2 Luke Davison (Randwick Bot) 3 Matthew Guillan (Sthn Cross) 4 Ben Dyball (Penrith) 5 Lewis Little (St George) Girls 1 Silvia Potente (St George) 2 Deena Marie Faulkner (Sthn Cross) 3 Karina Diaz (Lidcombe-Auburn) Peter Bundy Cycles Junior U11/U9 U11 1 Michael Phelan (Canberra) 2 Henry Branch (Lidcombe-Auburn) 3 Adam Phelan (Canberra) U9 1 Scott Harding (Sthn Cross) 2 Phillip Arias (Bankstown) 3 Josh Cass (Lidcombe-Auburn)
Forty six riders, the largest field of the summer race season, fronted the starter last weekend for the 27.5km handicap. All of the seven bunches except for the limit and block bunches were of a good size. The riders were happy that the forecast rain had held off and conditions were near perfect for racing.
Being such a short race the gaps between the bunches were quite small and nearly all the riders started as if they had been shot out of a cannon.
The 2:30 bunch appeared to have forgotten that they were the second block bunch and were riding as if they were the scratchies. None of the riders shirked their work load which made for a very high speed. Josh Wall, Lou Palermo, Paul Kean, Dave Russel, Brian Joyce, Austin Pitman and Grant Law all rode with the common purpose of getting up for the win.
The ten riders in the 5:30 bunch apparently had the same thing in mind and had combined well to catch the 7:30 bunch on the first lap. Phil Jones, Phil Ciufo, Dennis Fitzgerald, Tim Devlin and Joe Pereira all were swapping off turns with regular monotony.
The two scratch riders, Danny Hennessy and Adam Rourke closed the 1minute gap to the block bunch half way through the first lap on the climb of Marshal Mount. They then proceeded to work with the block riders, Rob Calladine, Frank Tortorici, Dylan Forbes and Mark Walters to pull back the bunches in front.
At the end of the first lap the leader on the road was Jack Laajoki by 1:15 from the combined 5:30 and 7:30 riders led over the line by Devlin. Just less than 1minute back were the 4:00 riders with the 2:30 bunch hot on their heels. The combined scratch block bunch was a further 2minutes back.
The 2:30 riders caught the 4:00 bunch just after the turn and they then set off in pursuit of the leaders.
The leading group was being driven along by the 5:30 riders and they were dangling in front of the 2:30 group.
With about 2.5km to go Palermo attempted to bridge the gap to the leaders but just couldn't make it and was reintegrated with his group about 500m before the finish.
Devlin got the jump on his group and crossed the line by himself for the win. The sprint for the minor placings was very tight, the order they crossed the line was Carlo Paiola, Fitzgerald, Pereira, Cuifo, Jones and Mick Shannon.
The next group home were only 20 seconds back with Hotchkis winning the sprint.
The scratch group finished 1:45 down on the winner with Hennessy taking out fastest time followed by Rourke.
Next week's race is an 18km time trial with group 10 marshalling.
1 Tim Devlin 43.15 2 Carlo Paiola 3 Dennis Fitzgerald 4 Joe Pereira 5 Phil Ciufo 6 Phil Jones 7 Mick Shannon 8 Lou Jonceski 9 Dave Morris 10 Paul Kaye 11 Andy Shannon 12 Alan Mcclelland 13 Adam Hotchkis 14 Austin Pitman 15 Jason Johnson 16 Marcus Arnold 17 Grant Law 18 Patrick Delahunty 19 Brian Joyce 20 Dave Russel 21 Lionel Covington 22 Josh Wall 23 Tony Pulo 24 Lou Palermo 25 Garry Doughty 26 Jack Laajoki 27 Kerry Moroz 28 Paul Kean 29 Mal Moss 30 Joe Chiaverini 31 Peter Vesel 32 Danny Hennessy 33 Adam Rourke 34 Mark Walters 35 Dylan Forbes 36 Frank Tortorici 37 Wayne Farrugia 38 Rob Calladine 39 Brendan Scollary DNF Mark Owen DNF Terry Wall DNF Max Baker DNF Jaclyn Kejda DNF Rebecca Borgo DNF Sally Watts DNF Neil Williams Fastest time Danny Hennessy 39.50
By Jeff Jones
On a tight, technical 1.1 kilometre circuit in 33 degree heat, Hayley Rutherford and Jason Rigg became the West Australian Stage Criterium Champions for 2001. The championships were held in conjunction with the Stan Gurney VC memorial criterium, an annual event in Perth held on Remembrance Day, November 11.
This weekend saw a significant jump in temperatures in Perth to well over 30 degrees celsius. This was to be a deciding factor in most of the races, from the Family relay to the Women's and Men's feature events, as well as the two up duel in the Penny Farthing race. Competitors were advised to carry two bottles, with extra feeding allowed if necessary. Many of the riders were looking forward to finishing and heading into Cheers Tavern for a few cold beers afterwards, and a big crowd had gathered in and around the pub.
The parcours was an extended hotdog-style circuit, 1.1 kilometres long with a U-turn at one end and four 90 degree turns at the other. Added to this was the wind and the heat, meaning that most races broke into small groups quite quickly.
Australian representative Hayley Rutherford (WA Institute of Sport) took matters into her own hands in the women's race, showing superb cornering skills and strength to ride away from the rest of the field. She was chased by Amy Kirk and Gabby Warton, but never looked like being caught. After her win, she admitted that she had underestimated the heat, but was still able to take a comfortable victory ahead of Kirk and Warton.
The men's peloton had over 50 starters and began to break up from the beginning. Several attacks came to naught, although the lead bunch was pared down to around 20 riders before halfway. The heat was causing many riders to pull out, but up in front it was the likes of Tyson Lawrence and Eddy Hollands (WAIS), Hilton McMurdo and Jarrod Poad (Glen Parker) doing some damage.
With around 15 minutes to go, Poad established a break with Jason Rigg, a two-time state crit champion. The pair had enough teammates in the tired bunch to stay away, and they worked together well to almost lap what was left of the field at the end.
Kiwi expatriate Poad was no match for Rigg today, and Jason became WA criterium champion for the third time. The bunch sprint was led home by big Tyson Lawrence, followed by Peter Reimann and Leon Vogels (yes, the brother of Henk).
Senior Men - 55 mins + 2 laps 1 Jason Rigg (Bicycle Entrepreneur) 2 Jarrod Poad (Glen Parker Cycles) 3 Tyson Lawrence (WAIS) 4 Phil Reimann (Bicycle Entrepreneur) 5 Leon Vogels 6 Hilton McMurdo (Glen Parker Cycles) 7 Steve Harcourt (Bicycle Entrepreneur) 8 Mark Phillips 9 Brodie Cullen 10 Eddy Hollands 11 Wayne van Moorsel (Bicycle Entrepreneur) 12 Rob McGowan 13 Vladimir Tuychiev 14 Pat Finegan 15 Gary Collett U/19 Men 1 Vladimir Tuychiev 2 Daniel Hall 3 Adrian Swift 4 Shane Chilcott 5 Daniel Vogels U/17 Men 1 Jason Chilcott 2 Keith Evans 3 Steven Evans U/15 Men 1 Scott Sunderland 2 Rexy Franzinelli 3 Phillip Khoury U/13 Men 1 Travis Meyer 2 Todd Francis 3 Nic Miles Masters 45 (Non Championship) 1 Russell Fulton 2 Dave Townson 3 Attila Nagy 4 Geoff Marshall 5 Gerry Putland Open Women 1 Hayley Rutherford (WAIS) 2 Fiona Scarff 3 Natalie Laurendean 4 Kristine Bayley 5 Leanne Manderson U/19 Women 1 Kristine Bayley 2 Amy Kirk 3 Gabby Workman U/17 Women 1 Amy Kirk 2 Justine Horsley 3 Megan Ryan U/15 Women 1 Dardenella Finegan 2 Renae Horsley 3 Patricia Finegan