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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 29-September 3, 2006
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Stage 6 - September 1: Ouyen criterium, 36 km
Sulzberger gets his first
McLachlan loses lead to Kemp
By Rod Morris in Ouyen
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Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger won the morning's 36 km criterium in Ouyen by beating Chris Jongewaard, David Kemp and race leader Robert McLachlan in a four man sprint. But McLachlan, who dropped his chain in the wind up to the line, couldn't prevent Kemp from taking the yellow jersey.
How it unfolded
A well planned break by four class riders turned the 36 km Ouyen Criterium into an exciting chess match. Overnight tour leader Robert McLachlan was part of a breakaway quartet, which escaped to a 20-plus second lead, but his biggest danger – David Kemp (Qld) was also there.
McLachlan, Kemp, Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger and South Australian Chris Jongewaard were away for two thirds (20 laps) of the bike race, but what was happening within the group was intriguing. McLachlan started the day six seconds ahead of Kemp, who had held the leader's yellow jersey from stages 2 to 4, but relinquished it in Thursday's criterium at Euston over the NSW border.
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McLachlan had admitted on Thursday he had moved into yellow a little earlier than expected, but he still rode as though he was concentrating on keeping it at Ouyen. Kemp was just as determined and his tremendous ride saw him take over the lead in the Road Safe Mildura Sprint Championship as well as ousting McLachlan from the overall lead.
Sulzberger claimed his first victory of the tour, with a perfectly timed sprint in the long home straight, while Jongewaard beat Kemp home for second.
McLachlan's hopes of a sixth consecutive podium placing were dashed when his chain dropped in the final straight, but he did not appear overly disappointed. "There is still a lot of racing to do and I'm not worried about the leader's jersey just yet," McLachlan said.
Sulzberger and Jongewaard both started the day 1'58 in arrears of McLachlan and although they remain roughly the same time down, their overall placings have improved because of this stage.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- The speed is on during stage six in Ouyen on the Subaru Tour of the Murray River
- Chris Jongewaard drives the leaders around a bend in Ouyen
- Mildura Road Safe sprint points leader Joshua Marden in action during stage six
- The chasing bunch corner in pursuit of the leaders
- Tasmanian Wes Sulzberger powers the leaders during the 36km criterium
- Damien Turner (43) brings up the rear in Ouyen
- Marie Antionette adds a french flavour to the Subaru Tour of the Murray River in Ouyen
- The leaders in the home straight with one lap to go
- The chasing peloton failed to bridge the gap after 30 laps of a 1.2km circuit
- Wes Sulzberger takes out stage six in Ouyen
- Gary Mueller from Victoria in seventeenth place overall, 2.38 minutes behind the tour leader David Kemp
- Chris Jongewaard (L) congratulates tour leader David Kemp while stage winner Wes Sulzberger looks on
- The stage six podium (L-R): Chris Jongewaard (2nd), Wes Sulzberger (1st), and David Kemp (3rd)
- David Kemp from Toowoomba in Queensland zips up his Mildura Road Safe sprint points championship jersey
- David Kemp regains the leaders jersey in the Subaru Tour of the Murray River
- Stage winner Wes Sulzberger poses with ABC's Triple JJJ announcer and star of TV's Spicks and Specs, Myf Warhurst who presented the jerseys in Ouyen
Results
1 Wesley Sulzberger 49.20 (43.78 km/h) 2 Chris Jongewaard 3 David Kemp 4 Robert McLachlan 0.02 5 Gary Mueller 0.12 6 Jeremy Betts 7 Sean Finning 8 Casey Munro 9 Nicholas Sanderson 10 Ricky Peoples 11 Patrick Shaw 12 Jason Hegert 13 Johnnie Walker 14 Fabio Calabria 15 Darren Harry 16 Jacob Sutherland 0.16 17 David Hiley 18 Richie Porte 19 Joshua Gundry 20 Gilbert Gutowski 21 Chris Steffanoni 22 Zakkari Dempster 23 Peter Smith 24 James Hannam 25 Mark O'Brien 26 Tremain Permewan 27 Stephen Cunningham 28 Brad Edmunds 29 Adam Murchie 30 Joshua Marden 31 Stuart Shaw 32 Leigh Egan 33 Luke Pledger 34 Brendan Hill 35 Jarrod Harman 36 Nicholas Walker 37 Robert Cater 38 Peter Barnett 39 Craig Mackie 40 Scott Peoples 41 Nigel Sullivan 42 Tim Hucker 43 Tom Middleton 44 Glen Peterson 45 Marcus Wettenhall 46 Thomas Baxter 47 Peter McDonald 48 David Tozer 49 Matthew Davis 50 Brett Aitken 51 Will Dickeson 52 Peter Milostic 53 Nick Culvenor 54 Jack Anderson 55 Matthew Wood 56 Matthew Sherwin 57 Peter Ladd 58 Joe McDonnell 59 Kym Howard 60 Brendan Brooks 61 Craig McCartney 62 Matthew Delahunty 63 Michael Ford 64 Timothy Decker 65 Daniel Burtt 66 Andrew Ward 67 Steven Pilson 68 Brett Franklin 69 Bradley Clark 70 Daniel Furmston 71 Jai Crawford 72 Brendan Rowbotham 73 Kyle Marwood 0.29 74 Simon Pearson 1.39 75 Peter Herzig 76 Adrian Hanson 77 Daniel Newnham 78 Cameron Peterson 79 Christopher Wilding 80 Jamie Kelly 81 Will Wettenhall 82 Matthew Jensen 83 Hamish Mackirdy 84 Grant Webster 85 Cameron Irwin 86 Matthew Kennett 87 Damien Turner 88 William Murray 89 James Fitzgerald 90 Benjamin Juzwin 4.57 91 Phillip Stokes 92 Damon De Angelis 93 Simon Van Der Aa 8.15 94 James Robinson 95 Malcolm Hart 96 James Kelly 9.54 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Will Dickeson 3 pts 2 Joshua Marden 2 3 Peter Barnett 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Joshua Marden 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 General Classification after stage 6 1 David Kemp 7.29.08 2 Robert McLachlan 0.04 3 Joshua Marden 0.40 4 Casey Munro 0.48 5 Brad Edmunds 0.58 6 Sean Finning 1.17 7 Stephen Cunningham 1.20 8 Brendan Brooks 1.21 9 Kym Howard 1.27 10 Peter Ladd 11 Matthew Wood 1.28 12 Adam Murchie 1.33 13 Wesley Sulzberger 1.52 14 Chris Jongewaard 2.07 15 Brett Aitken 2.20 16 Leigh Egan 2.29 17 Gary Mueller 2.38 18 Patrick Shaw 2.40 19 Zakkari Dempster 20 Peter McDonald 2.41 21 Jeremy Betts 2.43 22 Joe McDonnell 2.45 23 Scott Peoples 24 Johnnie Walker 2.46 25 Peter Barnett 2.51 26 Jason Hegert 27 Nicholas Sanderson 28 Marcus Wettenhall 2.52 29 Ricky Peoples 2.53 30 Fabio Calabria 31 Craig McCartney 32 Will Dickeson 2.54 33 Stuart Shaw 2.55 34 Michael Ford 35 Peter Milostic 36 James Hannam 2.56 37 David Hiley 38 Nicholas Walker 39 Chris Steffanoni 40 Joshua Gundry 41 Daniel Furmston 42 Robert Cater 43 Steven Pilson 2.57 44 Andrew Ward 45 David Tozer 46 Nigel Sullivan 47 Peter Smith 48 Matthew Sherwin 49 Brendan Rowbotham 50 Tim Hucker 51 Brendan Hill 52 Jarrod Harman 53 Gilbert Gutowski 54 Matthew Delahunty 55 Matthew Davis 56 Nick Culvenor 57 Jack Anderson 58 Timothy Decker 59 Richie Porte 60 Jacob Sutherland 61 Mark O'Brien 62 Craig Mackie 3.03 63 Kyle Marwood 3.07 64 Bradley Clark 3.13 65 Daniel Burtt 66 Darren Harry 4.03 67 Luke Pledger 4.07 68 Glen Peterson 69 Brett Franklin 70 Thomas Baxter 71 Adrian Hanson 4.18 72 Christopher Wilding 4.20 73 Daniel Newnham 74 Matthew Jensen 75 Cameron Peterson 76 Damien Turner 5.51 77 Grant Webster 6.24 78 Will Wettenhall 6.40 79 Cameron Irwin 80 Tom Middleton 6.50 81 Tremain Permewan 7.05 82 Matthew Kennett 7.18 83 Simon Pearson 84 James Fitzgerald 7.50 85 Jai Crawford 8.21 86 Hamish Mackirdy 8.25 87 Phillip Stokes 8.48 88 Jamie Kelly 9.12 89 Damon De Angelis 13.34 90 Benjamin Juzwin 13.58 91 Peter Herzig 22.24 92 James Robinson 30.08 93 Malcolm Hart 33.06 94 Simon Van Der Aa 36.52 95 William Murray 38.59 96 James Kelly 42.41 Sprints classification 1 David Kemp 48 pts 2 Joshua Marden 35 3 Wesley Sulzberger 35 4 Brad Edmunds 30 5 Chris Jongewaard 26 6 Casey Munro 24 7 Robert McLachlan 18 8 Zakkari Dempster 17 9 Peter McDonald 16 10 Patrick Shaw 13 11 Joe McDonnell 12 12 Scott Peoples 12 13 Craig Mackie 10 14 Sean Finning 6 15 Johnnie Walker 6 16 Peter Barnett 6 17 Jeremy Betts 5 18 Marcus Wettenhall 5 19 Gary Mueller 5 20 Craig McCartney 4 21 Will Dickeson 3 22 Kyle Marwood 3 23 Stuart Shaw 2 24 Jason Hegert 2 25 Peter Milostic 2 26 Adrian Hanson 2 27 Michael Ford 2 28 Nicholas Walker 1 29 Chris Steffanoni 1 30 Adam Murchie 1 31 Tom Middleton 1 32 Nicholas Sanderson 1 33 James Hannam 1 34 Brendan Brooks 1 35 David Hiley 1 36 Robert Cater 1 37 Brett Aitken 1 38 Peter Herzig 1 39 Joshua Gundry 1 King Of The Mountain classification 1 Casey Munro 6 pts 2 Brad Edmunds 4 3 Matthew Wood 1 4 Brendan Brooks 1 Criterium Championship 1 Robert McLachlan 34 pts 2 Brett Aitken 29 3 Leigh Egan 26 4 David Kemp 23 5 Wesley Sulzberger 22 6 Gary Mueller 20 7 Joshua Marden 13 8 Chris Jongewaard 9 9 Jeremy Betts 8 10 Brendan Rowbotham 5 11 Johnnie Walker 5 12 Daniel Furmston 5 13 Robert Cater 4 14 Sean Finning 4 15 Darren Harry 4 16 Nicholas Sanderson 4 17 Casey Munro 3 18 Brad Edmunds 1 19 Jacob Sutherland 1 20 Ricky Peoples 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Wesley Sulzberger 4 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Zakkari Dempster 2 4 Brad Edmunds 2 5 Peter Barnett 2
