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18th Trust House Classic (Tour of Wellington) - 2.2
New Zealand, January 26-30, 2005
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Stage 2 - January 27: Featherston - Masterton, 94.4 km
Melting tar
By cycletournz.com
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Suddenly the Trust House Cycle Classic is a real mid-summer scorcher. Today's temperature soared to thirty, cooled only by light breezes, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky all day. The certainty of a thirsty effort was matched only by the certainty of an attack, and sure as neck sunburn on a day like this, heading down the rolling roads from the Featherstone start, a group of 16 riders snuck away from the bunch.
Overnight leader Hayden Godfrey (Team Subway) and Matt Yates (Cervelo) were notably back in the bunch but with team mates up front, looked pretty relaxed about the fact. At first it was more of a split than an attack, just a few seconds' air in the field, but then a few more, and a few more. Down the bottom of the lake after 35km the gap had stretched over a minute; which is about when the main field shut off the gas and race contention was riding away up the road.
The main field's pace wasn't surprising: Samsung New Zealand, Cervelo, Team Subway and MG Xpower all had riders up-front.
Aaron Rusden won the sprint from Aaron Strong into the pretty wine-country town of Martinborough. Then Shaun Higgerson took the tour's first KOM points on an undulation a few kilometres from the drag-strip finish straight into Masterton, where Peter Latham prevailed to take the leader's jersey, Fraser MacMaster second, Aaron Strong third.
A bit over ten minutes down, the main field rolled in, completing a hot but hardly torrid morning's work.
Photography
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Images by Mike Heydon/www.jetphotography.co.nz
- A 17-man break formed early and stayed away
- Peter Latham wins stage 2
- Sheep may safely graze
Results
1 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2.46.03 2 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Subway 3 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 5 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 Hilton Mcmurdo (Aus) Pravda 7 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 7 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 7 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 7 Robin Reid (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 7 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 7 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 7 Mathew Illingworth (GBr) Solway Park Team 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 7 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) Australia - Jayco 7 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 17 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 10.23 18 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 10.38 18 Troy Klink (NZl) Trust House Team 18 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Trust House Team 18 Graeme Stone (NZl) Trust House Team 18 Justin Kerr (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 18 Richard Bowker (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 18 Luke Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 18 James Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 18 Jim Robinson (NZl) Avery Ford 18 Chris D'amelio (NZl) Avery Ford 18 Nathan Wise (NZl) Avery Ford 18 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 18 Darren Gordon (NZl) Mizone 18 Paul Davies (NZl) Mizone 18 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Mizone 18 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Mizone 18 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Mizone 18 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 18 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 18 Mathew Yates (NZl) Cervelo 18 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cervelo 18 Richard Speer (NZl) Cervelo 18 Daniel Warren (NZl) Cervelo 18 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Xplore Team 18 Scott Strong (NZl) Xplore Team 18 Dion Neems (NZl) Xplore Team 18 Blair Brydon (NZl) Xplore Team 18 Walker Starr (NZl) Xplore Team 18 Chris Carson (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 18 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 18 Brian Appleyard (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 18 Stuart Cowin (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 18 Scott Wilder (NZl) Pravda 18 Michael Kraakman (NZl) Pravda 18 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Pravda 18 Andrew Wells (NZl) Handy Rentals 18 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 18 Adrian Mccabe (NZl) Handy Rentals 18 Michael Cupitt (NZl) Handy Rentals 18 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Solway Park Team 18 Paul Galbraith (NZl) Solway Park Team 18 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Solway Park Team 18 Matt Harvey (NZl) Solway Park Team 18 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) BP NZ 18 Jordan Wood (NZl) BP NZ 18 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 18 Jerry O'Flynn (NZl) BP NZ 18 Robert Kilvington (NZl) BP NZ 18 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 18 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Team Subway 18 Murray Spencer (NZl) Team Subway 18 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia - Jayco 18 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 18 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australia - Jayco DNS Chris Stuart (NZl) Pravda General classification after stage 2 1 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 3.56.32 2 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Subway 0.02 3 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 0.04 4 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 0.06 4 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4 Hilton Mcmurdo (Aus) Pravda 4 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 4 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 4 Robin Reid (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 4 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 4 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 4 Mathew Illingworth (GBr) Solway Park Team 4 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 4 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) Australia - Jayco 4 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 17 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 10.29 18 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 10.34 19 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia - Jayco 10.38 20 Brian Appleyard (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 10.40 21 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 10.44 21 Troy Klink (NZl) Trust House Team 21 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Trust House Team 21 Graeme Stone (NZl) Trust House Team 21 Justin Kerr (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 21 Richard Bowker (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 21 Luke Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 21 James Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 21 Chris D'amelio (NZl) Avery Ford 21 Nathan Wise (NZl) Avery Ford 21 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 21 Darren Gordon (NZl) Mizone 21 Paul Davies (NZl) Mizone 21 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Mizone 21 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Mizone 21 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 21 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 21 Mathew Yates (NZl) Cervelo 21 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cervelo 21 Richard Speer (NZl) Cervelo 21 Daniel Warren (NZl) Cervelo 21 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Xplore Team 21 Walker Starr (NZl) Xplore Team 21 Chris Carson (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 21 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 21 Stuart Cowin (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 21 Scott Wilder (NZl) Pravda 21 Michael Kraakman (NZl) Pravda 21 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 21 Adrian Mccabe (NZl) Handy Rentals 21 Michael Cupitt (NZl) Handy Rentals 21 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Solway Park Team 21 Paul Galbraith (NZl) Solway Park Team 21 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Solway Park Team 21 Matt Harvey (NZl) Solway Park Team 21 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) BP NZ 21 Jordan Wood (NZl) BP NZ 21 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 21 Robert Kilvington (NZl) BP NZ 21 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Team Subway 21 Murray Spencer (NZl) Team Subway 21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 21 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australia - Jayco 64 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Mizone 13.41 64 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Pravda 64 Jerry O'Flynn (NZl) BP NZ 67 Scott Strong (NZl) Xplore Team 16.38 67 Blair Brydon (NZl) Xplore Team 67 Andrew Wells (NZl) Handy Rentals 70 Jim Robinson (NZl) Avery Ford 22.32 70 Dion Neems (NZl) Xplore Team Sprint classification 1 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 7 pts 2 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 3 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 5 4 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 3 5 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 3 6 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 3 7 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 3 8 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 2 9 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 2 10 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 1 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 1 KOM classification 1 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 pts 2 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 4 3 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 2 Team classification 1 MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 11.49.54 2 Samsung New Zealand 3 Australia - Jayco 10.38 4 Team Subway 5 Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 21.01 6 Cervelo 21.16 7 Pravda 8 Solway Park Team 9 United Water / Team xstrata 10 Avery Ford 31.54 11 BP NZ 12 Handy Rentals 13 Mizone 14 Trust House Team 15 Xplore Team 37.48
