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18th Trust House Classic (Tour of Wellington) - 2.2
New Zealand, January 26-30, 2005
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Stage 5 - January 29: Masterton Circuit, 125.3km
Lead changes to Lloyd
By Cycletournz.com
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With over a thousand metres of climbing, the fifth stage of the Trust House Cycle Classic had plenty of potential to rock the boat. And after barely three and a quarter hours of racing, the GC was transformed.
Young Australian Matt Lloyd (Australia-Jayco) took the stage, out-sprinting countryman Peter McDonald to the crest of the 500 metre high Admiral Hill road. In doing so, Lloyd also took the yellow jersey from Peter Latham, who is now fourth and two minutes down.
New Zealanders Fraser McMaster and Jeremy Vennell, both Subway riders, are now second and third on GC, a minute and a half down on Lloyd.
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The shake-up resulted from yet another early attack, which saw six riders break clear virtually from the word go. Lloyd, McDonald, Michael Cupitt, Troy Glennan, Nash Kent and Marc Ryan quickly opened up a couple of minutes' gap from the bunch, which basically held a solid tempo, with plenty of riders sitting in for the ride.
Kent took the mid-race sprint at 42km, while polka dot jersey wearer Glennan grabbed the KOM points on the first serious climb of the day at 48km, before falling back from the break - which by now had about four minutes' advantage.
At 85km, the steep kilometre-long Limestone Hill blew the main field apart. The chase was on - but with only 40km to go the four still left in the break had the upper hand. Up front, the break was soon down to two, with Lloyd and McDonald riding clear on the second-to-last climb of the day, a 2km-long 14 percent grind (with nasty large chip seal to boot). A screaming-fast descent, a couple of kilometres on the flat, and the duo was onto Admiral Hill.
The Admiral is not especially steep. There are several flats and even a short descent to break the effort. Still it's a 12km climb from virtually sea level: no easy finish for two riders who had by now been in a break for well over 100km. Behind Lloyd and McDonald, McMaster and Vennell made their move from the lead bunch early on the climb and began to chase. The top came too soon though, and McMaster crossed the line a bit over a minute down.
Lloyd wasn't one of the pre-race big names, but today's was a fine effort and he's a deserving holder of yellow.
The question now is, how much can a 12km time trial and a criterium remix the standings? The TT course is round the Wellington coastline, very scenic but notoriously exposed to the wind. Lloyd has a decent buffer - but there's no room for lassitude.
Photography
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Images by Mike Heydon/www.jetphotography.co.nz
- The early break contained Matthew Lloyd, Nash Kent, Peter McDonald and Troy Glennan
- The main bunch didn't catch all the breakaways
- Matthew Lloyd (Jayco-VIS) en route to victory in stage 5
- The new tour leader is Matthew Lloyd (Jayco-VIS)
Results
1 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) Australia - Jayco 3.12.52 2 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 0.06 3 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Subway 1.16 4 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 1.20 5 Robin Reid (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2.06 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 7 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 7 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 7 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 7 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Solway Park Team 7 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 12 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 2.11 12 Hilton Mcmurdo (Aus) Pravda 12 Michael Cupitt (NZl) Handy Rentals 15 Luke Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 2.15 16 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Solway Park Team 2.18 17 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2.23 18 Stuart Cowin (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 4.16 19 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4.31 20 Graeme Stone (NZl) Trust House Team 4.54 21 Matt Harvey (NZl) Solway Park Team 6.01 21 Murray Spencer (NZl) Team Subway 23 Mathew Illingworth (GBr) Solway Park Team 6.47 24 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 6.49 25 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 7.42 25 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 27 Justin Kerr (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 8.11 27 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 29 Troy Klink (NZl) Trust House Team 8.25 29 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Trust House Team 29 Nathan Wise (NZl) Avery Ford 29 Walker Starr (NZl) Xplore Team 29 Scott Wilder (NZl) Pravda 29 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australia - Jayco 35 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Pravda 9.33 36 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 10.33 36 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cervelo 36 Richard Speer (NZl) Cervelo 39 Paul Davies (NZl) Mizone 11.26 39 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) BP NZ 41 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 16.07 41 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia - Jayco 43 Jim Robinson (NZl) Avery Ford 18.42 44 Richard Bowker (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 20.38 44 James Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 44 Chris D'amelio (NZl) Avery Ford 44 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 44 Darren Gordon (NZl) Mizone 44 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Mizone 44 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 44 Mathew Yates (NZl) Cervelo 44 Daniel Warren (NZl) Cervelo 44 Dion Neems (NZl) Xplore Team 44 Chris Carson (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 44 Brian Appleyard (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 44 Andrew Wells (NZl) Handy Rentals 44 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 44 Adrian Mccabe (NZl) Handy Rentals 44 Jordan Wood (NZl) BP NZ 44 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 44 Robert Kilvington (NZl) BP NZ 44 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 44 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Team Subway 64 Michael Kraakman (NZl) Pravda 33.26 64 Jerry O'Flynn (NZl) BP NZ DNS Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Mizone DNS Scott Strong (NZl) Xplore Team General classification after stage 5 1 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) Australia - Jayco 12.12.52 2 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Subway 1.33 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 1.36 4 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2.00 5 Hilton Mcmurdo (Aus) Pravda 2.15 6 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 2.20 7 Robin Reid (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2.31 8 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 2.40 8 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 10 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 2.43 11 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4.31 12 Stuart Shaw (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 8.24 13 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 10.44 14 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 10.49 15 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 13.18 16 Stuart Cowin (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 15.28 17 Luke Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 18.49 18 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 18.58 19 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 20.06 20 Mathew Illingworth (GBr) Solway Park Team 23.22 21 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Solway Park Team 24.43 22 Justin Kerr (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 24.45 23 Troy Klink (NZl) Trust House Team 24.59 24 Scott Wilder (NZl) Pravda 29.21 25 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Solway Park Team 29.31 26 Paul Davies (NZl) Mizone 30.11 27 Michael Cupitt (NZl) Handy Rentals 30.29 28 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 31.40 29 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 31.50 30 Graeme Stone (NZl) Trust House Team 32.07 31 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 32.42 32 Matt Harvey (NZl) Solway Park Team 33.14 33 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 34.55 34 Murray Spencer (NZl) Team Subway 35.25 35 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Trust House Team 35.38 35 Walker Starr (NZl) Xplore Team 37 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 35.52 38 Nathan Wise (NZl) Avery Ford 37.46 39 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) BP NZ 38.02 40 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Australia - Jayco 38.06 41 Richard Speer (NZl) Cervelo 39.57 42 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cervelo 42.08 43 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australia - Jayco 43.34 44 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Mizone 44.31 45 Darren Gordon (NZl) Mizone 47.37 46 Richard Bowker (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 47.51 46 Mathew Yates (NZl) Cervelo 46 Daniel Warren (NZl) Cervelo 46 Chris Carson (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 50 Chris D'amelio (NZl) Avery Ford 48.56 51 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 50.02 51 Robert Kilvington (NZl) BP NZ 51 Gordon Bearman (NZl) Team Subway 54 Brian Appleyard (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 50.47 55 James Mccarthy (NZl) Avery Ford 52.13 55 Adrian Mccabe (NZl) Handy Rentals 55 Jordan Wood (NZl) BP NZ 58 Michael Kraakman (NZl) Pravda 1.00.39 59 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Pravda 1.02.44 60 Dion Neems (NZl) Xplore Team 1.04.01 61 Jim Robinson (NZl) Avery Ford 1.04.16 62 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 1.08.24 62 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 64 Jerry O'Flynn (NZl) BP NZ 1.10.09 65 Andrew Wells (NZl) Handy Rentals 1.16.46 Sprints classification 1 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 17 pts 2 Aaron Rusden (NZl) BP NZ 11 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 10 4 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 8 5 Nash Kent (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 7 6 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 7 Aaron Strong (NZl) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 8 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 4 9 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Australia - Jayco 3 10 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 2 11 Ben Vanderkamp (Aus) United Water / Team xstrata 2 12 Nick Hotchin (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 1 13 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Cervelo 1 KOM classification 1 Troy Glennan (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 18 pts 2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 12 3 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) Australia - Jayco 10 4 Peter Mcdonald (Aus) Trust House Team 10 5 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Team Subway 6 6 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 6 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 4 8 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 4 9 Ric Reid (NZl) Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 4 10 Robin Reid (NZl) Samsung New Zealand 2 11 Tony Mann (Aus) MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 2 Teams classification 1 Samsung New Zealand 36.46.20 2 MG Xpower Presented By BigPond 2.03 3 Australia - Jayco 8.04 4 Team Subway 12.46 5 Geniusbikes.com / Castelli 53.28 6 Trust House Team 1.00.17 7 Pravda 1.00.44 8 Solway Park Team 1.09.06 9 United Water / Team xstrata 1.15.21 10 Cervelo 1.18.36 11 Avery Ford 1.35.51 12 Mizone 1.51.38 13 BP NZ 2.10.22 14 Handy Rentals 2.23.22
