Bike Wise International Junior Tour - NE

Wanganui, New Zealand, September 26-28, 2003

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Stage 1 - September 27: Wanganui - Hunterville - Wanganui, 120 km

Australian Docker takes control

By Alan Messenger

Australian team member Mitchell Docker won the longest stage of the Bikewise New Zealand International Junior tour at Wanganui today and took the tour leader’s yellow jersey.

The sixteen year old from the Brunswick Club in Melbourne was in a four-man break that went away on a hill climb after seventy kilometres.

The three Kiwis in the break, Mat Haydock (Auckland), Edward Crossling (Masterton) and the overnight Tour Leader Luke McCarthy (Paihiatua) allowed the Aussie a soft ride for some forty kilometres and paid the price at the stage finish.Haydock finished second, Crossling third and McCarthy fourth.

Over the final fifteen kilometers, the Victorian time trial champion was well in control: "After the last big hill I noticed the others were feeling it in the legs. I just rolled through for my turns and I knew I was feeling good for the sprint," said Docker.

Docker said that the team plan had been simply to have a rider in any breaks and to cover the first three riders on general classification. The team didn’t have it all their own way though; Australian junior road champion Michael Teggelove didn’t have a good prologue on Friday and today he was dropped on the biggest hill after only 25 kilometres. Docker also had to drop back after 38 kilometres to assist team-mate Steven Evans who had crashed.

Docker now leads the tour with a six second lead over Crossling, with Haydock at eight seconds and McCarthy at sixteen seconds. The tour finishes on Sunday with two stages, a 56k circuit race close to the city and a tough 60k road stage.

Results

1 Mitchell Docker (Australia)
2 Edwin Grossling (Masterton)                0.04
3 Matthew Haydock (Auckland)
4 Luke McCarthy (Pahiatua)                   0.15
5 Steven Evans (Australia)                   3.22
6 Casey Munro (Australia)                    3.33
7 William Thompson (Auckland)
8 Terenzo Bozzone (Auckland)
9 Joseph Cooper (Wellington)                 3.36
10 Jordan Newlands (Te Awamutu)
11 Cameron Holt (Auckland)                   9.20
12 Dane Macky (Ohaupo)                      10.43
13 Joshua England (Auckland)                11.52
14 Calvin Wilson (Blenheim)                 16.12
15 Sam Ross (Auckland)                      16.34
16 David Bassett (Auckland)                 18.08
17 Matthew Rex (Australia)
18 David Ayre (Nelson)
19 Michael Kraakman (Auckland)              24.03
20 Alex Black (Auckland)
21 Adam Coker (Auckland)                    29.13
22 Andrew Smith (Te Awamutu)
23 Mark Turner (Auckland)
24 Benjamin Olesen (Morrinsville)
25 Duncan Saunders (Auckland)
26 Andrew Pollock (Napier)
27 Karina Wilkinson (Levin)
28 Sam Jennings (Auckland)
29 Michael Teggelove (Australia)
30 Alistair Patterson (Auckland)
31 Courtney Jacobsen-Black (Auckland)
DNF Miles Watson (Hamilton)
DNS Jade Gilbertson (Auckland)
DNS Timothy Hargrave (Auckland)
 
Sprints
 
Fordell Sprint, 11.0 km
 
1 Adam Coker
2 Matthew Rex
3 David Bassett
4 Matthew Haydock
 
Turakina Sprint, 23.6 km
 
1 Edwin Grossling
2 Adam Coker
3 Mitchell Docker
4 Alex Black
 
Marton Sprint, 38.2 km
 
1 Joseph Cooper
2 Luke McCarthy
3 Adam Coker
4 Mitchell Docker
 
Fordell Sprint, 111.1 km
 
1 Mitchell Docker
2 Edwin Grossling
3 Matthew Haydock
4 Luke McCarthy
 
Mountains
 
Ratana Hill Prime, 21.2 km
 
1 Courtney Jacobsen-Black
2 Edwin Grossling
3 Casey Munro
4 David Ayre
5 David Bassett
 
Ben Nevis Hill Prime, 26.0 km
 
1 Courtney Jacobsen-Black
2 Luke McCarthy
3 Edwin Grossling
4 William Thompson
5 Dane Macky
 
Mangahoe Hill Prime, 72.0 km
 
1 Edwin Grossling
2 Mitchell Docker
3 Luke McCarthy
4 Matthew Haydock
5 William Thompson
 
Reids Hill Prime, 105.4 km
 
1 Mitchell Docker
2 Matthew Haydock
3 Edwin Grossling
4 Luke McCarthy
5 Joseph Cooper
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Mitchell Docker (Australia)
2 Edwin Grossling (Masterton)                0.06
3 Matthew Haydock (Auckland)                 0.08
4 Luke McCarthy (Pahiatua)                   0.16
5 William Thompson (Auckland)                3.43
6 Steven Evans (Australia)                   3.45
7 Joseph Cooper (Wellington)                 3.50
8 Casey Munro (Australia)                    3.53
9 Terenzo Bozzone (Auckland)                 4.04
10 Jordan Newlands (Te Awamutu)              4.10
11 Cameron Holt (Auckland)                   9.37
12 Dane Macky (Ohaupo)                      11.11
13 Joshua England (Auckland)                12.13
14 Calvin Wilson (Blenheim)                 16.28
15 Sam Ross (Auckland)                      16.50
16 Matthew Rex (Australia)                  18.17
17 David Ayre (Nelson)                      18.34
18 David Bassett (Auckland)                 18.38
19 Michael Kraakman (Auckland)              24.31
20 Alex Black (Auckland)                    28.41
21 Courtney Jacobsen-Black (Auckland)       29.16
22 Adam Coker (Auckland)                    29.35
23 Andrew Pollock (Napier)                  29.39
24 Benjamin Olesen (Morrinsville)           29.43
25 Michael Teggelove (Australia)            29.45
26 Mark Turner (Auckland)                   29.47
27 Andrew Smith (Te Awamutu)                29.51
28 Duncan Saunders (Auckland)               29.53
29 Alistair Patterson (Auckland)            30.01
30 Sam Jennings (Auckland)                  30.10
31 Karina Wilkinson (Levin)                 30.23
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Adam Coker                                   10 pts
2 Mitchell Docker                               8
2 Edwin Grossling                               8
4 Joseph Cooper                                 5
5 Luke McCarthy                                 4
6 Matthew Haydock                               3
6 Matthew Rex                                   3
8 David Bassett                                 2
9 Alex Black                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Edwin Grossling                              19
2 Courtney Jacobsen-Black                      16
3 Mitchell Docker                              13
4 Luke McCarthy                                10
5 Matthew Haydock                               7
6 Casey Munro                                   3
6 William Thompson                              3
8 David Ayre                                    2
9 Joseph Cooper                                 1
9 David Bassett                                 1
9 Dane Macky                                    1