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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE

Australia, October 24-29, 2006

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Stage 8 - October 27: Sheffield, 32 km

McLachlan claims third and tour tightens

By Rod Morris in Sheffield

David Kemp (3rd) is the first to pop the cork
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The Jayco Tour of Tasmania will go the wire with England's Kristian House and Finland's Kjell Carlström separated by just 14 seconds with three stages and 165 km still to be raced. House saw his Stage 6 overnight lead of 35 seconds reduced to 12 seconds after Friday's tough Deloraine to Sheffield stage over "Heartbreak Hill" but then go back out by 2-seconds in the Sheffield Kermesse stage.

Shepparton (Victoria) rider Scott Peoples is the leading Australian in the tour and at 59 seconds behind House is not out of the picture of claiming overall honours when the race finishes in Launceston on Sunday. Carlström laid his cards on the table for House to see when he won the morning stage, while in the afternoon Kermesse at Sheffield, Canberra's Robert McLachlan won his third stage of this tour and sixth race of this series.

Tasmanian ace Wesley Sulzberger finished second in both of yesterday's stages but extended his lead in the Tattersall's Cup to 33-points with three races remaining.

How it unfolded

With only 90 minutes recovery time between stages, riders were still the pinch when the starter called them to the line for the Sheffield Kermesse stage, a race held on an undulating 3.2 km circuit, in which they were asked to cover 10 times.

Tasmanian trio Daniel Furmston, Will Robinson and Nathan Clarke, along with sprint championship contenders Patrick Shaw (Vic.) and Peter Herzig (Qld), as well as Tim Guy (NSW) did not take long to form an escape group. With none of the group challengers on the GC leaderboard, the peloton offered no reaction and the sextet were allowed some breathing space.

The Tour heads down the back straight
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The biggest margin they got out to was 32 seconds, but with an average lap time of just under five minutes it never looked to be enough to warrant any surprise predictions.

Shaw again had the better of Herzig in the intermediate sprints, extending his lead to 15-points, although Furmston closed his gap to 24-points in third place and with 30 sprints still remaining, this championship category is far from over.

The peloton started to up the tempo with four laps to go, gradually reducing the margin to 26 seconds, then 24 seconds and then at the bell, just 8 seconds, meaning tour spectators would most likely be treated to a bunch finish.

The finish straight for the Sheffield Kermesse is more than 1 km in length, but McLachlan was in front on the final turn and his enormous strength came to the fore when he outsprinted Wesley Sulzberger and David Kemp, to win his third stage this week, his sixth race in the Tattersall's Cup series and his 26th open class win for the year.

Kristian House (Recycling.Co.UK) holds onto
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"I suppose these conditions were always going to suit a rider of my size and strength, but it was still a tough race to be in and I'm rapt to get another win," McLachlan claimed. "I don't think I can reel Wes in now to take the Tattersall's Cup, but you never know what might happen, I'll keep the pressure on him. ... But Wes is riding very well and he's going to be difficult to beat."

The tour continues on Saturday with two more stages, a criterium at George Town followed by this week's longest race, a 90 m hike from George Town to Scottsdale. The tour climaxes in Launceston on Sunday with a 34 km criterium.

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Results

1 Robert McLachlan      49.44 (38.61 km/h)
2 Wesley Sulzberger          
3 David Kemp             0.02
4 Ricky Peoples              
5 Joshua Wilson              
6 Scott Peoples              
7 Kristian House         0.04
8 Cameron Hughes             
9 Mark O'Brien               
10 Ryan Sullivan             
11 Kjell Carlstrom       0.06
12 Craig McCartney           
13 Reuben Young              
14 Johnnie Walker        0.08
15 Simon Pearson             
16 Hayden Josefski           
17 Chris Jory                
18 Jack Alexander        0.10
19 Cameron Wurf              
20 Nathan Clarke             
21 Jack Anderson             
22 Matthew McDonagh          
23 Daniel Braunsteins        
24 William Ford              
25 Michael Fitzgerald    0.16
26 Peter Herzig              
27 William Robinson          
28 Tim Buchanan              
29 Sean Finning          0.24
30 Tim Guy               0.28
31 Daniel Furmston       0.30
32 Timothy Walker            
33 Stephen Wooldridge    0.42
34 Joshua Chugg              
35 Patrick Shaw          1.30
36 Eugen Schilter        4.59
37 Paul Logan                
38 Jarrod Harman             
39 Christos Winter       9.58
40 Nathan Earle              
41 Simon Brown               
42 Darcy Rosenlund      19.56
43 Andrew Hanigan            
44 Jason Johnson        24.55
45 Chris Stack          34.53
DNF David Pell                  
DNF Brendan Washington          
DNF Brad Edmunds                
DNF Stuart Grimsey              
DNF Chris Steffanoni            
DNF Malcolm Hart                
DNF Rob Licciardo               
DNF Ben Mather                  
DNF Glenn Myler                 
DNF Jai Crawford                
DNF Jason Bellchambers          
DNF Gregory Walmsley            
DNF Peter Barrett               
DNF Richie Porte                
DNF David Oliver                
DNF Matthew Sydes               
 
Sprints
 
End of Lap 2
1 Daniel Furmston           3 pts
2 Patrick Shaw              2
3 Peter Herzig              1
End of Lap 3
1 Tim Guy                   3 pts
2 Daniel Furmston           2
3 Peter Herzig              1
End of Lap 4
1 Patrick Shaw              3 pts
2 Daniel Furmston           2
3 Peter Herzig              1
End of Lap 5
1 Patrick Shaw              3 pts
2 Tim Guy                   2
3 Daniel Furmston           1
End of Lap 6
1 Patrick Shaw              3 pts
2 Daniel Furmston           2
3 Tim Guy                   1
End of Lap 7
1 Patrick Shaw              3 pts
2 Daniel Furmston           2
3 William Robinson          1
End of Lap 8
1 William Robinson          3 pts
2 Daniel Furmston           2
3 Patrick Shaw              1

General Classification
 
1 Kristian House      10.50.45
2 Kjell Carlstrom         0.14
3 Scott Peoples           0.59
4 David Kemp              1.41
5 Wesley Sulzberger       2.04
6 Mark O'Brien            2.13
7 Robert McLachlan        3.16
8 Joshua Wilson           3.35
9 Craig McCartney         3.38
10 Cameron Hughes         4.16
11 William Ford           4.24
12 Johnnie Walker         4.33
13 Ryan Sullivan          4.45
14 Ricky Peoples          5.43
15 Hayden Josefski        6.53
16 Reuben Young           7.35
17 Jack Anderson          8.10
18 Matthew McDonagh       9.24
19 Daniel Braunsteins         
20 Simon Pearson         16.27
21 Peter Herzig          17.26
22 Chris Jory            19.24
23 Nathan Clarke         20.17
24 Cameron Wurf          21.35
25 Timothy Walker        24.07
26 Patrick Shaw          24.33
27 Daniel Furmston       25.07
28 Nathan Earle          25.32
29 Tim Buchanan          28.15
30 Sean Finning          29.19
31 Stephen Wooldridge    30.39
32 Jack Alexander        33.32
33 William Robinson      34.43
34 Tim Guy               34.55
35 Paul Logan            35.23
36 Michael Fitzgerald    36.43
37 Eugen Schilter        38.41
38 Joshua Chugg          39.28
39 Darcy Rosenlund       40.21
40 Simon Brown           40.23
41 Christos Winter       59.59
42 Jarrod Harman       1.05.59
43 Andrew Hanigan      1.12.45
44 Chris Stack         1.13.02
45 Jason Johnson       1.16.19
 
Most Aggressive Rider
 
Kjell Carlstrom            2 pts
Kristian House             2
Robert McLachlan           2
David Kemp                 2
Sean Finning               2
Patrick Shaw               2
Scott Peoples              2
Peter Herzig               2
 
Sprint Classification
 
1 Patrick Shaw              63 pts
2 Peter Herzig              48
3 Daniel Furmston           39
4 David Kemp                18
5 Kristian House            18
6 Scott Peoples             15
7 Sean Finning              14
8 Tim Guy                   11
9 Kjell Carlstrom            9
10 Cameron Hughes            9
11 Jason Johnson             8
12 Chris Jory                8
13 Darcy Rosenlund           7
14 Mark O'Brien              5
15 Jack Anderson             5
16 Ryan Sullivan             4
17 William Robinson          4
18 Ricky Peoples             4
19 Wesley Sulzberger         4
20 Stephen Wooldridge        3
21 Craig McCartney           3
22 Chris Stack               3
23 Timothy Walker            2
24 Daniel Braunsteins        2
25 Robert McLachlan          2
26 Johnnie Walker            2
27 William Ford              1
28 Matthew McDonagh          1
 
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Kjell Carlstrom           28 pts
2 Scott Peoples             19
3 Joshua Wilson             16
4 Cameron Hughes            14
5 David Kemp                11
6 Kristian House            10
7 Timothy Walker             7
8 Peter Herzig               6
9 Patrick Shaw               6
10 William Ford              5
11 Mark O'Brien              4
12 Robert McLachlan          3
13 Tim Guy                   2
 
Criterium Championship
 
1 Wesley Sulzberger         20 pts
2 Sean Finning              15
3 Scott Peoples             13
4 Kjell Carlstrom           13
5 David Kemp                11
6 Kristian House            10
7 Robert McLachlan          10
8 Peter Herzig              10
9 Ricky Peoples              8
10 Chris Jory                8
11 Patrick Shaw              7
12 Daniel Braunsteins        7
13 Joshua Wilson             6
14 Daniel Furmston           6
15 Tim Guy                   5
16 Stephen Wooldridge        4
17 Cameron Hughes            3
18 Jarrod Harman             3
19 Mark O'Brien              3
20 Craig McCartney           2
21 Ryan Sullivan             1