Stage 3 - March 1: St Helens - Launceston, 176km. Start 9.30am, finish 2.00pmResults Preview and course profile Next stage Previous stage Gerrans destroys quality fieldBy Rod Morris There's a new "Smiling Assassin" on the Australian cycling scene following today's (March 1) third stage of the Skilled Tour of Tasmania. Twenty-one-year-old Victorian Simon Gerrans, riding for the Jayco Under 23 development squad destroyed a quality field to win the toughest stage of the race, a 177 km climb from St Helens to Launceston. Gerrans completed the stage in the faster-than-expected race time of 4 hours 55.19 minutes and had 18 seconds to spare in his victory over talented young Australian rider in Ashley Humbert of the Francaise de Jeux, NSW Institute of Sport team, Tasmania's own Sean Sullivan, Englishman Stuart Dangerfield (Norco-Appleby) and South Australian Luke Roberts (Rio Coffee), who registered his third successive top five stage placing. Gerrans said the stage was every bit as hard as he thought it would be. "With four decent climbs in the stage and a couple of well positioned sprints, it was always going to be tough," Gerrans said. Gerrans' performance also placed him in the prestigious yellow jersey, signifying he is the new race leader. Gerrans holds a slender 2 second lead over Roberts, while the leader of the first two days, Russell Van Hout dropped back to third place, 4 seconds behind Gerrans. With three stages to race, there are still numerous chances to win the General Classification, including Victorian David Pell (19 seconds behind), Sullivan (20 secs) and Dangerfield (23 secs.). American Mike Tillman maintained his lead in the Country Club Sprint Ace, despite not adding to his overnight score. "I had three punctures today and that made life tough enough, without having to race through a tough stage like that," Tillman said. Tillman leads by just 1 point from David Pell and Tasmanian rider Nathan Clarke, who won intermediate sprints at Weldborough and Derby in Stage 3. The Wrest Point King of the Mountain CHampionship is all but wrapped up by New Zealander Jeremy Yates, who holds a commanding 9 point lead over Tasmanian Sid Taberlay and New South Welshman David Harrigan. With only two Cat. 3 climbs remaining, either Taberlay or Harrigan will have to win both and rely on Yates going scoreless. The Jayco Under 23 unit is leading the Teams Championship. Saturday will see a dual stage, with an 85 km sprint from Burnie to Latrobe before a one hour criterium at Latrobe, which will now start at 2 p.m. and not 2.30 p.m. as previously advertised. The tour will conclude at Launceston on Sunday with an 11 km individual time trial.
Results1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco Under 23 4.55.19 (35.76 km/h) 2 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 0.18 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Tas IS 4 Stuart Dangerfield (GBr) Norco-Appleby 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 6 Dave McPartland (Aus) Jayco Under 23 0.27 7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 9 Brett Aitken (Aus) Skilled 10 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Tas IS 11 Brendan Cato (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 12 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 13 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 14 Craig Gordon (Aus) Norco-Appleby 15 Klayton Smith (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 16 Thomas Boulachi (Cze) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 17 Ben Brooks (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 18 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Skilled 19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 20 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamnova.com 21 Sid Taberlay (Aus) Tas IS 22 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamnova.com 1.45 23 Chris Carr (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 24 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 25 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) Jayco Under 23 26 Bram De Waard (Ned) Skilled Quest 27 Paul Rowney (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 28 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Skilled Quest 29 Mark Leis (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 30 Caleb Manion (Aus) Tas IS 31 Rodney McGee (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 2.37 32 Lee Godfrey (Aus) Jayco Under 23 3.28 33 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 3.33 34 Robin Read (NZl) New Zealand 35 Matt Conn (Aus) Tas IS 2 36 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 5.38 37 Dave McKenzie (Aus) iTeamnova.com 6.26 38 Chris Wilding (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 22.11 39 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 40 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamnova.com 41 Peter Rogers (Aus) Skilled 42 Stuart Lowe (NZl) New Zealand 43 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco - Vis 44 Peter Milostic (Aus) Skilled 45 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Skilled 46 Johny Clarke (Aus) Jayco - Vis 47 Makato Lijima (Jpn) Japan 48 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 49 Jade Lean (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 29.14 50 Andrew Reid (NZl) Skilled Quest 51 Steve Aitken (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 52 Andrew Mason (Aus) Jayco - Vis 53 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Tas IS 2 54 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Jayco - Vis 55 Mitsutera Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 56 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 57 Mike Tillman (USA) Tas IS 2 58 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 59 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 60 Stephen Rossendell (Aus) Tas IS 2 61 Matt Yates (NZl) New Zealand 62 Matt Rice (Aus) Tas IS 2 63 Sion Jones (GBr) Norco-Appleby 34.20 64 Mark Bowden (Aus) Norco-Appleby 65 Todd Parnell (Aus) Norco-Appleby 66 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 67 Alan Duncan (NZl) New Zealand 68 Robert Licciardo (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 69 Craig Thomson (NZl) Skilled Quest 1.04.41 70 Sean Finning (Aus) Jayco - Vis 71 James Taylor (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club TC Cameron Carlyle (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club TC Dean Johnstone (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club Wrest Point King of the Mountain Championship Climb - Cat. 2 1 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 2 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 3 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand 4 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant -Tasmania Climb - Cat. 3 1 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS Climb - Cat. 2 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 2 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamnova.com 3 Ben Brooks (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 4 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 Climb - Cat. 3 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand 2 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 3 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS Country Club Sprint Ace Weldborough 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 2 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 3 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan Derby 1 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 2 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 3 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan Nunamara 1 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 2 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Tas IS Teams 1 Jayco Under 23 14.46.51 2 FrancaISe De Jeux N.S.W.IS 0.18 3 Tas IS 0.18 4 Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 5.38 5 Skilled Quest 6.09 6 iTeamnova.com 7.44 7 Skilled 22.11 8 Japan 23.29 9 Giant -Tasmania 23.29 10 New Zealand 25.17 11 Rio Coffee SA 29.05 12 Norco-Appleby 34.11 13 Tas IS 2 1.01.07 14 Jayco - VIS 1.12.42 15 Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 1.39.52 General classification after stage 3 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Jayco Under 23 10.13.45 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 0.02 3 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 0.04 4 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 0.06 5 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 0.19 6 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Tas IS 0.20 7 Stuart Dangerfield (GBr) Norco-Appleby 0.23 8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand 0.26 9 Ben Brooks (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 0.34 10 Dave McPartland (Aus) Jayco Under 23 0.36 11 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamnova.com 0.37 12 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 0.37 13 Thomas Boulachi (Cze) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 0.37 14 Craig Gordon (Aus) Norco-Appleby 0.37 15 Sid Taberlay (Aus) Tas IS 1.51 16 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Tas IS 1.55 17 Klayton Smith (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 1.56 18 Brendan Cato (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 2.22 19 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Skilled 3.08 20 Karl Menzies (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 3.08 21 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) Jayco Under 23 3.12 22 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Skilled Quest 3.14 23 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 3.38 24 Paul Rowney (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 3.39 25 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamnova.com 3.40 26 Caleb Manion (Aus) Tas IS 4.04 27 Bram De Waard (Ned) Skilled Quest 4.24 28 Robin Read (NZl) New Zealand 5.28 29 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 5.34 30 Brett Aitken (Aus) Skilled 5.55 31 Lee Godfrey (Aus) Jayco Under 23 6.09 32 Mark Leis (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 7.23 33 Chris Carr (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 7.23 34 Rodney McGee (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 8.20 35 Dave McKenzie (Aus) iTeamnova.com 15.48 36 Peter Rogers (Aus) Skilled 22.21 37 Matt Conn (Aus) Tas IS 2 24.13 38 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 24.52 39 Stuart Lowe (NZl) New Zealand 24.52 40 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jayco - Vis 24.52 41 Anthony Challinor (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 26.02 42 Makato Lijima (Jpn) Japan 27.19 43 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamnova.com 29.58 44 Johny Clarke (Aus) Jayco - Vis 30.06 45 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 30.17 46 Chris Wilding (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 30.51 47 Matt Yates (NZl) New Zealand 31.48 48 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Tas IS 2 31.55 49 Andrew Reid (NZl) Skilled Quest 31.55 50 Stephen Cunningham (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 31.55 51 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 33.40 52 Mitsutera Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 34.22 53 Mike Tillman (USA) Tas IS 2 34.29 54 Steve Aitken (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 34.57 55 Graham Rootes (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 34.57 56 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 36.53 57 Alan Duncan (NZl) New Zealand 37.01 58 Matt Rice (Aus) Tas IS 2 39.38 59 Mark Bowden (Aus) Norco-Appleby 41.55 60 Sion Jones (GBr) Norco-Appleby 42.15 61 Nick Sanderson (Aus) Jayco - Vis 45.50 62 Stephen Rossendell (Aus) Tas IS 2 45.50 63 Jade Lean (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 45.50 64 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Skilled 48.17 65 Todd Parnell (Aus) Norco-Appleby 48.29 66 Peter Milostic (Aus) Skilled 49.26 67 Andrew Mason (Aus) Jayco - Vis 51.39 68 James Taylor (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 1.10.24 69 Sean Finning (Aus) Jayco - Vis 1.18.52 70 Craig Thomson (NZl) Skilled Quest 1.21.17 71 Robert Licciardo (Aus) Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 1.27.53 Country Club Sprint Ace classification 1 Mike Tillman (USA) Tas IS 2 7 pts 2 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 6 3 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 6 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Skilled 5 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 4 6 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 3 7 Matt Yates (NZl) New Zealand 3 8 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 3 9 Todd Parnell (Aus) Norco-Appleby 2 10 Bruce Mcintosh (Aus) Jayco Under 23 2 11 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 2 12 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 2 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 1 14 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Tas IS 1 15 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Tas IS 1 Wrest Point King of the Mountains classification 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand 18 pts 2 Sid Taberlay (Aus) Tas IS 9 3 David Harrigan (Aus) Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 9 4 Ben Brooks (Aus) Francaise De Jeux NSWIS 6 5 David Pell (Aus) Jayco Under 23 6 6 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Skilled Quest 6 7 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 5 8 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamnova.com 4 9 Nathan Clarke (Aus) Tas IS 4 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Rio Coffee SA 3 11 Dave McKenzie (Aus) iTeamnova.com 3 12 Stuart Dangerfield (GBr) Norco-Appleby 2 13 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant -Tasmania 1 Team classification 1 Jayco Under 23 30.42.34 2 FrancaISe De Jeux N.S.W.IS 2.03 3 Tas IS 3.01 4 Avanti - Blackman Bicycles N.S.W. 6.57 5 Skilled Quest 12.35 6 iTeamnova.com 17.19 7 Japan 27.50 8 New Zealand 29.38 9 Skilled 30.20 10 Rio Coffee SA 31.21 11 Giant -Tasmania 32.52 12 Norco-Appleby 41.41 13 Tas IS 2 1.18.09 14 Jayco - VIS 1.28.36 15 Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club 2.26.54
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