Today's EventsRoad - 10.00 Start of Individual Time Trials Vets 20km Women 20km U19 Men 20km Open Men 40km Opening Ceremony 6.30pm at Velodrome 6.45pm Medal Presentation from Time Trials Track - 19.00: Women 500m Time Trial Final U19 Men 1000m Time Trial Final Open Men 1000m Time Trial Final Vets 10,000 Scratch - Final Men's ITT, 40 kms:Australian Jonathan Hall (who is current National Road Champion and world duathlon champion, and 8th place in the World ITT) did not have a good day in the men's 40 km ITT. He managed third place 41 seconds behind the winner New Zealand's Lee Vertongen.He is reported to have said he was uncomfortable for the whole race. "It's hard to put my finger on what went wrong. I've really been at the top of my form for the last three months and I suppose it's difficult to maintain it for that long." Vertongen (22), who is current NZ individual pursuit champion, was ecstatic because he now has automatically qualified for next year's World Championships for NZ. He has only just recovered from a broken collarbone which he sustained in a MTB accident 5 weeks ago. By the 10 kms mark he had 3 seconds on Hall, going to 5 at 20 kms, 25 at 30 kms and finally 41 seconds.
1. Lee Vertongen (NZ) 53.11 2. Stuart Mitchell (NZ) 0.18 3. Jonathon Hall (Aus) 0.41 Women's ITT, 20 kms:1. Kathy Watt (Aus) 29.11 2. Joanna Lawn (NZ) 30.04 3. Charlotte Cox (NZ) 30.32 4. Rosalind Reekie (NZ) 30.56 5. Vanessa Cheatley (NZ) 30.59 6. Julia Wilson (Aus) 31.22 7. Sara Carrigan (Aus) 31.54 8. Alison Wright (NZ) 32.13 9. Kerin Bates (Aus) 32.21 10. Simone Jacobs (Aus) 32.30 11. Kerrie Johnson (Aus) 32.34 12. Fjelda Lee (Aus) 33.34 13. Sisilea Gravelle (Fiji) 39.01 14. Donna Cavuilati (Fiji) 40.02 Symeko Johinke (Aus) DNF Sandra Smith (Aus) Scratched Under 19, ITT, 20 kms:1. Brendan Gilbert (NZ) 27.17 2. Douglas Hunt (Aus) 27.40 3. Heath Blackgrove (NZ) 27.41 4. David Pell (Aus) 28.14 5. Ryan Russell (NZ) 28.17 6. Rhys Shearbourne (Aus) 28.39 7. Danny Eckert (Aus) 29.23 8. Thomas Defloor (NCA) 29.28 9. Caleb Manion (Aus) 29.34 10. Greg Taylor (NZ) 29.42 11. Jean Charles Goyetche (NCA) 29.53 12. Brad Davidson (Aus) 30.14 Veterans ITT, 20 kms:1. Warren Sharrock (NZ) 27.29 2. John Alabaster (NZ) 27.44 3. John Rutledge (NZ) 27.57 4. Ron Richdale (NZ) 28.28 |