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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, August 17-21, 2005
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Stage 7 - August 20: George Town criterium
McLachlan the strongman
By Rod Morris in George Town
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The day started with a criterium in George Town, won by the incomparable Rob McLachlan - his second win this week and sixth in the Tattersall's Cup series - and closed with Sulzberger's road stage win.
The tour lead remain unchanged, with NSW rider Shaun Higgerson maintaining a 33 second advantage over Victorian Simon Clarke and a 1.02 minute break over Tour of Gippsland winner, Gordon McCauley of New Zealand. Barring injury or accident, Higgerson should claim overall honours when the tour finishes with a 34km criterium around the streets of Launceston.
McLachlan has been the absolute star of the Tattersall's Cup series with six stage wins and snatching the lead in that championship, which will carry a healthy financial bonus, as well as an automatic start, plus air fares and accommodation to the Tour of Queensland, held in late October. The Tattersall's Cup series will finish in a fortnight when the Tour of the Murray River is raced.
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Today's racing in the West and East Tamar region offered plenty of exciting entertainment for fans who turned out to see 1992 Barcelona Olympian Robert McLachlan win the morning criterium after being part of a four man breakaway, which put pressure on the chasing peloton. McLachlan, South Australian mountain biker Chris Jongewaard and fellow "Croweater" Mathew Rex and Tasmanian youngster Wesley Sulzberger formed a solid group early in the 30 lap race and between them, featured in 11 intermediate sprints. At one stage the leading quartet had opened up a game of almost a minute, and even heading into the final laps maintained their tempo, eventually cruising to a 25 second advantage.
McLachlan was widely tipped as the best sprinter in the lead four and proved so by outgunning Jongewaard, who had won the Sheffield Kermesse in Stage 6, with Rex taking third.
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Tasmanian Matthew Rice, Victorian Patrick Shaw and kiwi rider Matthew "Fatty" Gilbert formed a trio of chasers but couldn't reel in the leaders, while the bunch was led home by Matthew Goss, 36 seconds adrift of McLachlan. McLachlan - no stranger to the podium in this series - made special mention of his breakaway teammates: "It was a pleasure to be involved in a group of riders, who really wanted to work hard and give 100 per cent." he said. "Basically my team started the day trying to defend the leader's jersey, but like the day before, an opportunity to win the stage presented itself."
Tour leader Higgerson rode a sensible race, watching every move of Simon Clarke, highlighted by their finish positions, Clarke, 15th and Higgerson, 16th.
Photography
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- Pinning on race numbers can require many hands
- Caution! The Tour of Tasmania is in town
- Police presence is always paramount during a road racing tour
- A rider from Turramurra Cycles on the startline in Georgetown
- Andrew Ward from Victoria awaits the start to stage seven of the tour
- Matt Sydes from Tasmania on the start-line
- The bunch fly by in the home straight
- Peter Milostic (4) and David Kemp (17) lean into a corner during the Georgetown criterium
- Richard Moffatt (left) is looking for a top ten finish on the tour
- Casey Munro of Victoria in action during the criterium on stage seven
- Mathew Rex was a part of the break that decided the stage
- Matthew Gilbert from New Zealand will be heading to the Tour of New Caledonia after this series
- ...and the same to you!
- Tour leader Shaun Higgerson puts his race face on
- The lead group maintained their break from the peloton
- David McKenzie working hard on the front of the chase group
- Gordon McCauley maintained his top three position on the general classification after stage seven
- David Hiley from NSW during the 39km criterium
- The peloton make their way along the home straight
- The field head under the banner of the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series
- Joshua Wall from New South Wales leads the field up the home straight
- The leaders get the bell for the final lap
- Robert McLachlan takes out stage seven in Georgetown
- The podium from stage seven (l-r): Chris Jongewaard (2nd) Robert McLachlan (1st) and Mathew Rex (3rd)
- Chris Jongewaard is presented with his Country Club Resort Criterium leader's jersey by Rob Gaylard
- Shaun Higgerson has his sights on the Tour of Tasmania, part of the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series
- Tour commentators Lyndsay Hill and Tony O'Dowd share a moment on the podium
Results
1 Robert McLachlan 51.58 2 Chris Jongewaard 3 Mathew Rex 4 Wesley Sulzberger 5 Matthew Rice 0.25 6 Patrick Shaw 7 Matthew Gilbert 8 Matthew Goss 0.36 9 Joshua Collingwood 10 Scott Peoples 11 Stuart Shaw 12 Cameron Wise 13 Bernard Sulzberger 14 Nash Kent 15 Simon Clarke 16 Shaun Higgerson 17 Joshua Wall 18 Gordon McCauley 19 Phil Gough 20 Joshua Marden 21 Peter McDonald 22 Jason Hegert 23 David McKenzie 24 Aaron Salisbury 25 Johhny Walker 26 David Hiley 27 James Maebus 28 Richard Moffatt 29 Luke Bettany 30 Darren Lapthorne 31 Steven Robb 32 David Kemp 33 Peter Milostic 34 Casey Munro 0.45 35 Andrew Naylor 36 Peter Dawson 0.50 37 Caleb Manion 1.00 38 Sean Finning 1.06 39 Russell Gill 1.44 40 Steven Pilson 41 Jarrod Harman 42 Michael Ford 43 Peter Herzig 8.40 44 Matt Haydock 45 Sid Taberlay 46 Michael Hardy 47 Heath Keenan 48 John Rayner 49 William Robinson 50 Robert Hodgson 51 Kirk Eddy 52 Corey Roberts 53 Brendan Washington 54 Samuel Rix 55 Robert Cater 56 Daniel Burtt 57 Trent Stevenson 58 Luke Dale 59 David Oliver 60 Jason Johnson 61 Andrew Cochrane 62 Simon Van Der Aa 63 Andrew Ward 64 William Murray 65 Andrew Hanigan 66 Matthew Sydes 67 Glenn Myler 68 Peter Ladd Sprints Lap 6 1 Mathew Rex 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Lap 8 1 Mathew Rex 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Lap 10 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Mathew Rex 1 Lap 12 1 Mathew Rex 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Lap 14 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Mathew Rex 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Lap 16 1 Mathew Rex 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Lap 18 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Mathew Rex 1 Lap 20 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Mathew Rex 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Lap 22 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Mathew Rex 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Lap 24 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Mathew Rex 1 Lap 26 1 Chris Jongewaard 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 General Classification after stage 7 1 Shaun Higgerson 8.23.34 2 Simon Clarke 0.33 3 Gordon McCauley 1.02 4 Richard Moffatt 1.26 5 Matthew Goss 2.04 6 Robert McLachlan 2.06 7 David McKenzie 2.10 8 Stuart Shaw 2.37 9 Peter McDonald 3.17 10 Patrick Shaw 4.48 11 Matthew Rice 4.56 12 Wesley Sulzberger 5.09 13 Darren Lapthorne 5.33 14 Chris Jongewaard 5.42 15 Joshua Collingwood 5.55 16 Peter Milostic 17 Bernard Sulzberger 5.57 18 Johhny Walker 6.48 19 Andrew Naylor 7.59 20 David Kemp 8.35 21 Jason Hegert 8.57 22 Mathew Rex 9.41 23 Jarrod Harman 9.52 24 Joshua Marden 11.23 25 Casey Munro 12.35 26 Nash Kent 12.42 27 Peter Herzig 12.54 28 David Hiley 13.00 29 Michael Ford 13.04 30 Peter Dawson 13.07 31 Luke Bettany 15.02 32 Sean Finning 15.22 33 Aaron Salisbury 17.02 34 Matthew Gilbert 17.09 35 James Maebus 17.36 36 Joshua Wall 18.33 37 Phil Gough 18.38 38 Caleb Manion 21.45 39 Steven Pilson 22.20 40 Matt Haydock 23.37 41 Daniel Burtt 24.22 42 Robert Hodgson 25.40 43 Luke Dale 25.46 44 Andrew Hanigan 26.29 45 Peter Ladd 28.09 46 Sid Taberlay 30.36 47 Cameron Wise 31.15 48 Trent Stevenson 31.40 49 Heath Keenan 32.47 50 Russell Gill 33.26 51 Robert Cater 34.45 52 William Robinson 34.57 53 Matthew Sydes 38.10 54 Corey Roberts 38.53 55 Andrew Ward 42.36 56 Samuel Rix 43.19 57 Simon Van Der Aa 46.17 58 Steven Robb 49.59 59 John Rayner 50.11 60 Michael Hardy 57.10 61 Brendan Washington 58.04 62 David Oliver 58.25 63 William Murray 59.00 64 Kirk Eddy 1.03.22 65 Scott Peoples 1.11.10 66 Jason Johnson 1.18.11 67 Glenn Myler 1.20.04 68 Andrew Cochrane 1.39.59 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Peter McDonald 3 pts 2 Gordon McCauley 2 3 David McKenzie 2 4 Peter Herzig 2 5 Chris Jongewaard 2 6 Sid Taberlay 2 7 Johhny Walker 2 Sprint Classification 1 Peter McDonald 46 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 24 3 Chris Jongewaard 23 4 Mathew Rex 21 5 Johhny Walker 20 6 Wesley Sulzberger 17 7 Peter Herzig 16 8 David Kemp 10 9 Patrick Shaw 8 10 David McKenzie 7 11 Darren Lapthorne 7 12 Gordon McCauley 7 13 Simon Clarke 6 14 Peter Milostic 4 15 Heath Keenan 3 16 James Maebus 3 17 Richard Moffatt 3 18 Joshua Collingwood 3 19 Sid Taberlay 3 20 Shaun Higgerson 3 21 Bernard Sulzberger 2 22 Robert Cater 2 23 Joshua Marden 2 24 Andrew Naylor 2 25 Matthew Rice 1 26 Matthew Goss 1 27 Jarrod Harman 1 28 Jason Hegert 1 29 Samuel Rix 1 30 Michael Ford 1 Mountains Classification 1 Sid Taberlay 25 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 20 3 Peter McDonald 18 4 Gordon McCauley 14 5 Matthew Goss 8 6 Shaun Higgerson 8 7 Peter Herzig 7 8 David Kemp 4 9 Darren Lapthorne 3 10 Stuart Shaw 3 11 Luke Dale 2 12 Joshua Collingwood 2 13 Richard Moffatt 1 14 Bernard Sulzberger 1
