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New Zealand National Championships - CN
New Zealand, October 20-23, 2005
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Day 4 - October 23: Road Races - Elite/U23/U17 Men
McCauley makes it four
By Alan Messenger
Gordon McCauley won his fourth Senior National Road Championship at Palmerston North today, equalling the record jointly held by Nick Carter and Jack Swart. Carter (Nelson) was New Zealand's top road rider of the 1950s and Swart (Waikato) recorded his wins in the 1970s and '80s.
In today's race, McCauley held off a strong challenge from Glen Mitchell with Hayden Godfrey some three hundred metres back in third place. These three were the survivors of a six man break that went away after only 40 kilometres. Of the others, Steve Stannard was dropped early then Matt Gilbert and Jarron Poad also dropped away.
Hard luck story of the day belonged to Jeremy Vennell who looked strong on the first lap but his seat pillar collapsed twice, costing him any chance of getting into the break.
Logan Hutchings won the under 23 Title, beating fellow Otago rider Ashley Whitehead and Aucklander Adam Coker.
Results
Elite Men, 175 km 1 Gordon McCauley (Counties Manakau) 4.15.28 2 Glen Mitchell (Hamilton) 0.03 3 Hayden Godfrey (Pegasus) 0.12 4 Joseph Chapman (Otago) 2.56 5 Robin Reid (Cuddon Marlborough) 6 Matt Gilbert (Counties Manakau) 7 Jeremy Vennell (Ramblers) 8 Aaron Strong (Counties Manakau) 9 Justin Kerr (Hamilton) 5.17 10 Karl Murray (Counties Manakau) 5.20 11 Justin Ralph (Hamilton) 12 Fraser MacMaster (Pegasus) 13 Geoff Mackle (Cycling New Plymouth) 14 Kieran Langley (Hamilton) 15 Jaaron Poad (Cycling Southland) 6.15 16 Anthony Chapman (Otago) 6.37 17 Heath Turnbull (Counties Manakau) 6.40 18 Eric Drower (Te Awamutu) 19 Mike Milner (Port Nicholson Poneke) 20 Simon Brown (Cycling New Plymouth) 21 Scott Wilder (Counties Manakau) 22 Luke Hampton (Morrinsville) 23 Andrew Mildenhall (Palmerston North Marist) 24 Blair Taylor (Counties Manakau) 25 Sam Horn (Star & Garter Wheelers) 26 Chris Burr (Star & Garter Wheelers) 27 Dayle Cheatley (Wanganui) 28 Richard Bowker (Counties Manakau) 29 Paul Sumich (Counties Manakau) 30 Luke Watkins (North Harbour) 31 Mike Gilbert (Counties Manakau) 32 Brett Tivers (Cycling New Plymouth) 33 Mike Mayne (Hamilton) 34 Alistair Crossling (Masterton) 35 Will Alexander (North Harbour) 36 Aaron Wheeler (Counties Manakau) 37 Adam Gosney (Wanganui) 38 Jon Richardson (Otago) 23.11 39 Tim Pearce (Port Nicholson Poneke) 55.00 40 Royce Newall (Timaru) 41 Andrew Lienert (St. Andrews) DNF Ben MacKinnon (Wanganui) DNF Geoff Burndred (Rotorua) DNF Leyton Gapper (Palmerston North Marist) DNF Steve Stannard (Palmerston North Marist) DNF Paul Odlin (Pegasus) DNF Andrew Jamieson (Cuddon Marlborough) DNF Richard Peters (Cycling New Plymouth) DNF Darry Stevens (Cycling New Plymouth) DNF Paul Bishop (Rotorua) DNF Donald Oakley (Masterton) DNF Saul Webb (Ramblers) DNF Scott Murray (Te Awamutu) DNF David Comerford (Pegasus) DNF Aaron Rusden (Palmerston North Marist) DNF Daniel Lithgow (Palmerston North Marist) DNS David Thomson (Otago) DNS Brendan McGrath (Counties Manakau) DNS Graeme Stone (Palmerston North Marist) DNS Michael Harris (Wanganui) DNS Daniel Warren (Ramblers) U23 Men, 175 km 1 Logan Hutchings (Otago) 4.18.24 2 Ashley Whitehead (Otago) 0.41 3 Adam Coker (Counties Manakau) 3.44 4 Miles Watson (Hamilton) 5 Matthew Haydock (Counties Manakau) 6 Luke McCarthy (Palmerston North Marist) 7 Michael Crowther (Papanui Cycling) 8 Cameron Holt (Te Awamutu) 9 Josh Page (Ramblers) 10 Andrew Wells (Morrinsville) 15.01 DNF Joseph Cooper (Port Nicholson Poneke) DNF Joshua England (North Harbour) DNF Courtney Black (Pegasus) DNF Ben Olesen (Morrinsville) DNF Sam Jennings (Counties Manakau) DNF Mathew Gorter (Hamilton) DNF Edwin Crossling (Masterton) DNF Scott Lyttle (Masterton) DNF James McCarthy (Palmerston North Marist) DNF Adam Thomson (Ramblers) DNS Richard Speer (Counties Manakau) DNS Peter Rennie (Te Awamutu) DNS Lee Poston (Port Nicholson Poneke) DNS Aaron Tuckerman (Cuddon Marlborough) DNS Chris Cameron (Pegasus) U17 Boys, 70 km 1 Nick King (Cycling Southland) 1.53.57 2 Shane Archbold (Cycling Timaru) 3 Myron Simpson (Counties Manakau) 4 James Williamson (Wakatipu) 5 Sam Steele (Pegasus) 6 Scott Mullinger (Palmerston North Marist) 7 Simon Honour (Rotorua) 8 Austen Thomson (Ramblers) 9 Bradley Aldrich (North Harbour) 10 Wade Mangham (Rotorua) 11 Jamie Richards (Wanganui) 12 Mark Richards (Timaru Cycling) 13 Nicholas Ferigo (Pegasus) 14 Jono Coates (Rotorua) 15 Chris Scott (Te Awamutu) 16 Andrew MacDonald (Port Nicholson Poneke) 17 Thomas Pearce (Pegasus) 18 Ash Hough (Rotorua) 19 Cameron Whittaker (Forestland Wheelers (Tokoroa)) 20 Alan Wolland (Feilding) 21 Cameron Wylie (Tinwald) 22 Bill Thew (Mairehau) 23 John Thew (Mairehau) 24 Alex Cull (Counties Manakau) 25 Jason Christie (Tinwald) 0.18 26 Raymi Hurtado-Stuart (Wanganui) 0.25 27 James Dobson (Palmerston North Marist) 0.38 28 Tim Burtenshaw (Cycling Timaru) 0.41 29 Sam Weston (Marsden Wheelers) 1.21 30 Callum Newlands (Te Awamutu) 4.12 31 Brent Sinclair (Star & Garter Wheelers) 32 Josh Brown (Palmerston North Marist) 33 Tom Libby (North Harbour) 6.43 34 Joshua Kuysten (Forestland Wheelers (Tokoroa)) 6.48 35 Matt Howell (Otago) 9.00 36 Ben McFadyen (Ramblers) 37 Nathan Bunn (Te Awamutu) 9.36 38 Matthew MacDonald (Star & Garter Wheelers) 10.55 39 Chris Duff (Palmerston North Marist) 13.45 40 Conal Sloan (Cuddon Marlborough) 41 Ryan Barber (Feilding) 42 Troy McDowell (Tinwald) 43 Kane Roulston (Tinwald) 44 Craig Wolland (Feilding) 45 Eric White (Gisborne) 13.53 46 Dion Goile (Taupo) 26.27 47 Chris Symon (Palmerston North Marist) 28.00 DNF Nick Wills (Eastern Bay) DNF Cameron McMurray (Akarana)
