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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 31-September 4, 2005
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Stage 4 - September 1: Merbein - Wentworth, 80.4 km
Clarke holds strong
Nankervis and Irwin score on day 2
By Rod Morris in Wentworth
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Both Tommy Nankervis and Grant Irwin are better known in Australian cycling as track riders, but today the pair of them made their mark on the Tattersall's Cup - Tour of the Murray River road race. Nankervis (22) and Irwin (21) won the third and fourth stages respectively, on a day where riders were treated to fairer weather than what prevailed at Swan Hill on the opening day.
Grant Irwin made up for his bike disaster in the morning stage by taking out the afternoon's fourth stage between Merbein and Wentworth. In a bunch sprint, the Queenslander beat Ben Kersten and Mathew Rex home. Simon Clarke retained the leader's yellow jersey.
There were no shortage of attempted breakaways in the afternoon stage from Merbein to Wentworth, but all were reeled in with meticulous precision by the GC leaders, mainly, Clarke, Sulzberger, Jongewaard and Co. Each time any rider with any threat of time on the leaders tried to get away up the road, orders were issued to the chasers and the task carried out promptly.
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A small break group did get away to an 18 second lead as they crossed the Victorian - NSW border, but as the peloton lifted the tempo into Wentworth, the margin was reduced and a huge bunch sprinted to the line. Irwin, completely forgetting his bad luck from the morning stage, outgunned former World Cup time trial champion, Ben Kersten with a desperate lunge to the line to take the victory. South Australian Mathew Rex pinched third, just ahead of the luckless David McKenzie.
Simon Clarke again featured in the intermediate sprints and pushed his lead over Bernard Sulzberger out to 23 seconds. Jongewaard, who rode well to finish ninth in the Tour of Tasmania is third at 32 seconds, while there a further six riders within a minute of Clarke.
The Tour of the Murray River continues tomorrow with dual stages in the Ouyen district. Ouyen will host a morning criterium - alongside the nation's famous Vanilla Slice Bakeoff - and then in the afternoon, an out and back course from Ouyen to Patchewollock to Ouyen over 86.5 km The tour will finish in Mildura on Sunday afternoon.
Photography
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- Michael Hardy from South Australia with the Team O'Grady van
- Team O'Grady on the Tour of the Murray
- Matthew Delahunty from New South Wales prior to stage four
- Bradley Payne from the Gold Coast relaxes before racing
- Matt Gilbert from New Zealand signs on for stage four
- The Bendigo connection (L-R): Scott McGory, Tim Decker and Frank McCaig
- Robert McLachlan in his Sunraysia Daily Criterium leader's jersey before stage four
- Tour leader Simon Clarke looking to post another victory on stage four!
- At the back of the peloton early into stage four
- Jason Hegert from Victoria strikes trouble early into stage four
- The Chief Commissaire keeps an eye on the tour
- The peloton makes its way through the fields near Wentworth
- Gordon McCauley attempted a solo break 20km from the finish
- All together again approaching Wentworth
- Grant Irwin from Queensland takes the stage into Wentworth
- Ben Kersten relieved to get on the podium on the tour
- Grant Irwin comfortable on the track and now a stage winner on the road
- The podium (L-R): Ben Kersten (2nd) Grant Irwin (1st) and Mathew Rex (3rd)
- Gordon McCauley feels the pain of the Subaru Most Aggressive jersey
- Simon Clarke in his Road Safe Mildura Sprint Points leaders jersey
- VIS rider and tour leader Simon Clarke has a jersey for everyday
Results
1 Grant Irwin 1.44.54 2 Ben Kersten 3 Mathew Rex 4 David McKenzie 5 Casey Munro 6 Adrian Hanson 7 Aaron Salisbury 8 Nash Kent 9 Bernard Sulzberger 10 Simon Walker 11 Daniel Burtt 12 Cameron Wise 13 Russell Van Hout 14 Greg Rossiter 15 Tommy Nankervis 16 David Hiley 17 Matthew Jensen 18 Stephen Rossendell 19 Simon Clarke 20 Steven Robb 21 Matthew Goss 22 Patrick Shaw 23 Vaughan Bowman 24 Chris Jongewaard 25 Kyle Marwood 26 Charles Howlett 27 James Maebus 28 Luke Pledger 29 Joe McDonnell 30 Matthew Gilbert 31 Warren Scott 32 Brendan O'Connell 33 Andrew Graham 34 Matt Haydock 35 David Tozer 36 Jeremy Davis 37 Bradley Payne 38 Matthew Delahunty 39 Tim Hucker 40 Scott Jensen 41 Brendan Hill 42 Peter Dawson 43 Scott Brown 44 Robert McLachlan 45 Damien Turner 46 Troy Glennan 47 Peter Herzig 48 Andrew Naylor 49 Timothy Decker 50 Brendan Brooks 51 Bradley Norton 52 Trent Stevenson 53 Richard Moffatt 54 Alexander Smyth 55 Luke Bettany 56 Steven Pilson 57 Cameron Bowden 58 Grant Webster 59 William Murray 60 Heath Keenan 61 Katie Mactier 62 Samuel Rix 63 Adrian Salter 64 Brad Glennan 65 Darren Lapthorne 66 Stuart Shaw 67 Peter Mueller 68 Stephen Cunningham 69 Robert Cater 70 Trent Wilson 71 Robert Booker 72 Andrew Roe 73 John Walker 74 Josh Smith 75 Peter Milostic 76 Scott McGrory 77 George Bunt 78 Daniel Furmston 79 Scott Peoples 0.15 80 Christopher Jenkins 81 Gordon McCauley 82 Kieren Cameron 0.18 83 David Salton 0.27 84 Nicholas Wood 2.16 85 Peter McDonald 7.56 86 Michael Hardy 9.42 87 Robert Lyte 19.39 88 Jason Hegert 27.44 89 Simon Pearson 36.25 90 Wesley Sulzberger 91 Sean Finning 92 Ben Isaksen DNS Daniel Nelms Sprints Sprint 1, Mocka 38 - Red Cliffs Lawn Cemetery 1 Bradley Norton 3 pts 2 Stuart Shaw 2 3 David McKenzie 1 Sprint 2, Mocka 42 - Koorlong Primary School 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Peter McDonald 2 3 Steven Pilson 1 Sprint 3, Mocka 51 - Lido Lodge 1 Gordon McCauley 2 Kyle Marwood 2 pts 3 Simon Clarke 1 Sprint 4, Mocka 57 - Merbein Mushrooms 1 Gordon McCauley 3 pts 2 Andrew Naylor 2 3 Peter Mueller 1 Sprint 5, Mocka 63 - Yelta Silos 1 Darren Lapthorne 3 pts 2 Kieren Cameron 2 3 Scott McGrory 1 General classification after stage 4 1 Simon Clarke 5.38.06 2 Bernard Sulzberger 0.23 3 Chris Jongewaard 0.32 4 Stephen Cunningham 0.45 5 Troy Glennan 0.47 6 Mathew Rex 0.48 7 Luke Bettany 0.50 8 Joe McDonnell 0.53 9 Richard Moffatt 0.59 10 Robert McLachlan 1.40 11 Stuart Shaw 1.59 12 Tommy Nankervis 2.01 13 David McKenzie 2.04 14 Russell Van Hout 2.09 15 Cameron Wise 2.13 16 Adrian Salter 17 Patrick Shaw 2.14 18 Peter Milostic 2.16 19 Nash Kent 2.17 20 David Hiley 21 Trent Wilson 22 Aaron Salisbury 2.21 23 Peter Mueller 2.25 24 Ben Kersten 25 Bradley Norton 2.27 26 Scott Peoples 2.28 27 Andrew Naylor 2.31 28 Scott McGrory 2.32 29 Daniel Burtt 2.33 30 Tim Hucker 31 George Bunt 32 Peter Dawson 3.01 33 Andrew Graham 3.12 34 Brendan Hill 3.17 35 Brendan Brooks 36 Peter Herzig 3.27 37 Adrian Hanson 3.28 38 David Tozer 3.29 39 Vaughan Bowman 40 Timothy Decker 41 Bradley Payne 3.51 42 Brendan O'Connell 3.53 43 John Walker 3.55 44 James Maebus 45 Darren Lapthorne 3.59 46 Kieren Cameron 4.07 47 Trent Stevenson 4.18 48 Matthew Goss 5.15 49 Scott Brown 5.54 50 Nicholas Wood 6.23 51 Heath Keenan 7.23 52 Luke Pledger 8.01 53 Josh Smith 8.26 54 David Salton 9.08 55 Greg Rossiter 9.23 56 Kyle Marwood 9.28 57 Daniel Furmston 9.30 58 Steven Pilson 10.07 59 Charles Howlett 10.08 60 Peter McDonald 11.04 61 Steven Robb 12.15 62 Damien Turner 14.34 63 Casey Munro 17.15 64 Matt Haydock 17.29 65 Robert Cater 17.36 66 Michael Hardy 17.43 67 Matthew Gilbert 18.00 68 Grant Webster 18.01 69 Simon Walker 19.02 70 Christopher Jenkins 19.18 71 Gordon McCauley 21.15 72 Jeremy Davis 21.30 73 Cameron Bowden 74 Katie Mactier 75 Alexander Smyth 23.37 76 Warren Scott 77 Scott Jensen 78 Matthew Jensen 79 Matthew Delahunty 25.00 80 Andrew Roe 25.44 81 Samuel Rix 82 Grant Irwin 30.37 83 Brad Glennan 33.32 84 Stephen Rossendell 34.26 85 Sean Finning 37.49 86 Wesley Sulzberger 38.46 87 William Murray 39.08 88 Robert Booker 89 Ben Isaksen 41.17 90 Robert Lyte 46.46 91 Jason Hegert 48.48 92 Simon Pearson 1.03.32 Road Safe Mildura Sprint Championship 1 Simon Clarke 26 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 21 3 Chris Jongewaard 18 4 Bernard Sulzberger 11 5 Gordon McCauley 9 6 Troy Glennan 9 7 Peter Dawson 8 8 Stuart Shaw 8 9 Russell Van Hout 8 10 Patrick Shaw 7 11 Casey Munro 7 12 Greg Rossiter 6 13 Bradley Norton 6 14 Peter McDonald 5 15 Darren Lapthorne 3 16 Luke Bettany 3 17 Mathew Rex 3 18 David McKenzie 3 19 Joe McDonnell 2 20 Peter Herzig 2 21 David Salton 2 22 Stephen Rossendell 2 23 Brendan O'Connell 2 24 Andrew Naylor 2 25 Kieren Cameron 2 26 Matt Haydock 2 27 Richard Moffatt 2 28 Sean Finning 2 29 Kyle Marwood 2 30 Jason Hegert 2 31 Matthew Goss 1 32 Stephen Cunningham 1 33 Steven Pilson 1 34 Peter Milostic 1 35 Scott McGrory 1 36 Andrew Graham 1 37 Peter Mueller 1 Tourism Victoria King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Simon Clarke 5 pts 2 Stephen Cunningham 3 3 Chris Jongewaard 2 4 Sean Finning 1 5 Bernard Sulzberger 1 Sunraysia Daily - Criterium Championship 1 Simon Clarke 18 pts 2 Tommy Nankervis 16 3 Robert McLachlan 16 4 Bernard Sulzberger 14 5 Stuart Shaw 8 6 David McKenzie 8 7 Chris Jongewaard 5 8 Gordon McCauley 5 9 Scott Peoples 4 10 Ben Kersten 4 11 Peter Dawson 4 12 Cameron Wise 3 13 Mathew Rex 3 14 Adrian Salter 1 15 Patrick Shaw 1 Subaru Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Gordon McCauley 4 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 4
