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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, October 24-29, 2006
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Stage 4 - October 25: Westbury - Westbury, 78.7 km
McLachlan adds another
House continues GC lead
By Rod Morris in Westbury
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Kristian House (27) didn't feature in the placings in either of day two's stages at Westbury, but with casualties falling all around him, he took control of general classification and will take a 1.27 minute lead with him to the North-West Coast for day 3.
Previous overnight leader, Tasmanian teenager Tim Walker had a horror day, losing more than a minute in the 39 km criterium at Westbury and then 18 plus minutes in the out-and-back race in the afternoon after being caught behind a group of fallen riders.
Whilst Walker was considered one of the day's big losers, Queensland's Peter Herzig had a day of genuine mixed emotions. Herzig won the morning stage to move into outright second, but then also getting caught in the carnage of the fall, lost almost six minutes and fell back to 21st place at 6.48 minutes behind House.
Although there are still seven stages still to be raced, the cream is starting to rise to the top with House, Kjell Carlström (Finland), Robert McLachlan (ACT), David Kemp (Queensland) and Tasmanian Wes Sulzberger all holding down top 10 placings.
Sulzberger is also involved in a battle royal with McLachlan and Kemp for the Tattersall's Cup. After losing ground on Tuesday to McLachlan, Sulzberger edged back to a 22-point lead yesterday.
How it unfolded
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The first 20 km of the afternoon stage almost sent some tour veterans to sleep, such was the lack of activity from most GC contenders. Patrick Shaw made a half-hearted solo attempt to get away from the peloton, but the powerful head wind took a marked effect on Shaw, as well as others and he soon was reeled back in, in fact losing time as he was leap-frogged by the peloton.
But at the 18 km mark of the stage, all hell broke loose. A fall involving at least nine riders spread-eagled the field with some caught in the carnage, others simply held up for several seconds, while others – the ones at the front of the peloton, simply rolled away, oblivious to the havoc going on behind them.
Peter Herzig was the hardest hit – not with physical damage, but just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was caught in the fall and lost time, too much time and his chances of winning the tour are almost certainly over.
After the accident, the lead part of the peloton lifted the tempo and in the end was able to finish in front of the expected finish time, averaging 41.81 km per hour. Robert McLachlan again led the pack home, winning his second stage this week and his 26th race this year.
McLachlan has also kept his chances of winning the tour alive, moving into eighth place and poised at 2.57 minutes behind leader Kristian House.
Whilst Herzig and Walker were the big losers of day two, Scott Peoples and Sulzberger move up. Peoples was third in the morning stage and with another solid performance in the afternoon, moved into second place overall at 1.27 minutes behind House.
With McLachlan adding yet another race to his burgeoning trophy cabinet, David Kemp and Sulzberger filled the minor roles. And it is that trio that is the main contender for the Tattersall's Cup series, which started back in August with the Tour of Gippsland and has included the Australian Cycling Grand Prix and Tour of the Murray River. Sulzberger still leads, 22-points ahead of McLachlan, with Kemp still in touch, a further 28-points back.
The Tour continues on Thursday with the peloton heading to the State's northwest. A morning criterium over 45 km at Latrobe will be followed by a much tougher 80.7 km road race from Latrobe to Beaconsfield.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- The Jayco Tour of Tasmania on undulating roads near Westbury during stage four
- The peloton on the country roads of Northern Tasmania near Bracknell
- The field head towards Cressy during the 78.7km out-and-back stage from Westbury
- Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) is having a sensational year and will be difficult to stop for overall honours in the Tattersall's Cup Series
- David Kemp (centre), goes on the attack watched by his South Australia.com rivals to his left
- Kemp was reeled in and it's all together again for the leading bunch
- Riders swing round a bend during a very windy stage four of the Tour
- The leaders cross a bridge careful in the line that they take due to large gaps on the road
- David Kemp from Queensland goes on the attack again
- David Kemp was working hard to go it alone and pinch a stage win during the second day of the Tour
- The cream rose to the top during stage four and all the Tour hopefuls were in the leading group
- Tour leader Kristian House (Recycling.Co.UK) is keen to hold onto his yellow jersey
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) is within striking distance and with two tough hill climbs to follow may well be the one to watch
- Stephen Wooldridge (South Australia.com) found himself in the leading group and working hard for teammate Wes Sulzberger
- Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) in red, was always near the front of the group and likely to pounce at the finish
- And pounce he did…Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) takes out the fourth stage into Westbury
- Drapac Porsche are providing Australian cyclists with a foundation to race around the world and enhance their careers in the sport
- The stage four podium (L-R): David Kemp (2nd), Robert McLachlan (1st), and Wes Sulzberger (3rd)
- Race leader Kristian House from England is warming to the Jayco Tour of Tasmania!
- Tour leader Kristian House with 'Swanny' Rick Martin holding House's Tamar Valley Resort King of the Mountains jersey after stage four
Results
1 Robert McLachlan 1.52.57 (41.81 km/h) 2 David Kemp 3 Wesley Sulzberger 4 Johnnie Walker 5 Kjell Carlstrom 6 Joshua Wilson 7 Mark O'Brien 8 Cameron Hughes 9 Craig McCartney 10 William Ford 0.02 11 Scott Peoples 12 Kristian House 0.04 13 Ryan Sullivan 0.05 14 Matthew McDonagh 0.22 15 Jack Anderson 0.35 16 Reuben Young 17 Ricky Peoples 18 Stephen Wooldridge 19 Simon Pearson 20 William Robinson 1.42 21 Hayden Josefski 1.46 22 Chris Jory 23 Sean Finning 3.41 24 Daniel Furmston 5.19 25 Nathan Clarke 26 Simon Brown 5.45 27 Paul Logan 28 Jack Alexander 29 Tim Buchanan 30 Jason Johnson 5.53 31 Nathan Earle 32 Eugen Schilter 33 Darcy Rosenlund 34 Peter Herzig 35 Daniel Braunsteins 36 Tim Guy 5.57 37 Christos Winter 6.08 38 Cameron Wurf 39 Patrick Shaw 11.20 40 Michael Fitzgerald 18.22 41 Andrew Hanigan 42 Ben Mather 43 Timothy Walker 18.32 44 Rob Licciardo 21.14 45 David Oliver 46 Matthew Sydes 47 Joshua Chugg 48 Chris Stack 49 Jarrod Harman 44.43 50 Richie Porte DNF Stuart Grimsey DNF Brad Edmunds DNF David Pell DNF Glenn Myler DNF Chris Steffanoni DNF Peter Barrett DNF Jason Bellchambers DNF Jai Crawford DNF Brendan Washington DNF Gregory Walmsley DNF Malcolm Hart Sprints Mocha 13 - Cluan Homestead 1 Tim Guy 3 pts 2 Cameron Hughes 2 3 Daniel Furmston 1 Mocha 22 - Bracknell Hotel 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Ricky Peoples 2 3 Cameron Hughes 1 Mocha 39 - Ringwood Hotel 1 Stephen Wooldridge 3 pts 2 Ricky Peoples 2 3 David Kemp 1 Mocha 52 - Pass Carrick Turn Off 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Kristian House 2 3 Ryan Sullivan 1 Hill Climbs Cat.4 Mocha 47 - House on Left 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Cameron Hughes 2 3 Kjell Carlstrom 1 Cat.4 Mocha 63 - Bridge 1 Kjell Carlstrom 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Cameron Hughes 1 General Classification 1 Kristian House 5.14.21 2 Scott Peoples 1.27 3 Kjell Carlstrom 1.53 4 David Kemp 1.54 5 Mark O'Brien 2.15 6 Wesley Sulzberger 2.36 7 Craig McCartney 2.41 8 Robert McLachlan 2.57 9 Cameron Hughes 3.37 10 Ryan Sullivan 3.52 11 Joshua Wilson 4.01 12 William Ford 4.31 13 Johnnie Walker 4.35 14 Matthew McDonagh 4.59 15 Ricky Peoples 5.08 16 Reuben Young 5.11 17 Sean Finning 5.47 18 Simon Pearson 6.25 19 Jack Anderson 6.29 20 Hayden Josefski 6.48 21 Peter Herzig 22 Stephen Wooldridge 7.45 23 Daniel Braunsteins 8.46 24 Nathan Earle 10.50 25 Nathan Clarke 26 Daniel Furmston 11.00 27 Darcy Rosenlund 11.10 28 Chris Jory 11.13 29 William Robinson 11.20 30 Cameron Wurf 12.09 31 Simon Brown 12.13 32 Tim Buchanan 14.01 33 Tim Guy 15.30 34 Patrick Shaw 15.54 35 Paul Logan 16.10 36 Eugen Schilter 16.23 37 Christos Winter 19.29 38 Timothy Walker 20.07 39 Ben Mather 23.25 40 Michael Fitzgerald 24.47 41 Jack Alexander 25.44 42 Jason Johnson 26.04 43 Joshua Chugg 26.11 44 David Oliver 28.08 45 Chris Stack 28.43 46 Matthew Sydes 31.48 47 Rob Licciardo 35.17 48 Andrew Hanigan 40.14 49 Richie Porte 48.29 50 Jarrod Harman 48.40 Most Aggressive Rider Kristian House Robert McLachlan David Kemp Peter Herzig Sprint Classification 1 Peter Herzig 35 pts 2 Kristian House 16 3 David Kemp 15 4 Scott Peoples 11 5 Kjell Carlstrom 9 6 Sean Finning 9 7 Patrick Shaw 5 8 Daniel Furmston 5 9 Tim Guy 5 10 Mark O'Brien 5 11 Darcy Rosenlund 5 12 Ricky Peoples 4 13 Wesley Sulzberger 4 14 Craig McCartney 3 15 Stephen Wooldridge 3 16 Cameron Hughes 3 17 Timothy Walker 2 18 Daniel Braunsteins 2 19 William Ford 1 20 Ryan Sullivan 1 21 Robert McLachlan 1 Mountains Classification 1 David Kemp 10 pts 2 Kristian House 10 3 Kjell Carlstrom 7 4 Timothy Walker 4 5 Cameron Hughes 3 6 Robert McLachlan 3 7 Tim Guy 2 Criterium Championship 1 Peter Herzig 10 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 9 3 Scott Peoples 8 4 Daniel Braunsteins 7 5 Kristian House 6 6 Sean Finning 5 7 Kjell Carlstrom 4 8 Jarrod Harman 3 9 Craig McCartney 2 10 Mark O'Brien 1
