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Timbercorp Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 26-September 2, 2007
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Stage 7 - August 29: Merbein To Wentworth , 80.4 km
Jamieson's gutsy move pays off
By Rod Morris in Wentworth (NSW)
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Queensland's Grant Irwin has drawn to within striking distance of leader Peter McDonald in the Fishers IGA Tour of the Murray River after winning yesterday's sixth stage, while Tasmanian Mark Jamieson won his first major road race on Australian soil. Six stages remain in the tour, which will finish in Waikerie in South Australia this Sunday and McDonald holds a 6-second lead over Irwin and Victorian David Pell, whilst Patrick Shaw is at a 9-second deficit.
But Day four of the eight-day tour belonged to Irwin and Jamieson. Irwin won the Merbein Criterium, which equated to his third win for the week, whilst Jamieson took the afternoon's 80-kilometre road race from Merbein to Wentworth.
Meanwhile the Timbercorp Cup National Cycling series, which so far has included the Tour of Gippsland, the Australian Cycling Grand Prix and this week's Tour of the Murray – and will conclude with the Tour of Tasmania in October – has reached an interesting stage. Peter McDonald has amassed 114 points and leads narrowly by 3-points to Grant Irwin and then a further 13 points to Patrick Shaw.
How it unfolded
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Jamieson is a former world junior track champion in the individual pursuit discipline and it was this trait that helped him to victory. "I tried to make it a good race and was involved in nearly all the early breaks," Jamieson said of his efforts. "At about three kilometres to go, I thought I could break clear, knowing I am a good pursuit rider and test the others out." Jamieson, who still lives in Acacia Hills, south of Devonport on Tasmania's North-West Coast, now rides for the strong southaustralia.com team.
Jamieson had his West Australian teammate Peter Dawson in the breakaway group, along with former New Zealander Miles Watson, who is now living in Victoria, popular Victorian Tim Decker from Bendigo and another ex-New Zealander Brendan Sharratt. After approximately 50 kilometres with the intermediate sprints being controlled by Watson who is now safely leading the RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Championship, the break group extended their lead margin to more than 1 minute. Crossing the bridge into NSW, the quintet were riding hard and had a 1'20" minute advantage and it was not long after this that Jamieson made his race-winning move.
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"It was about three kilometres to go and I thought it's now or never," Jamieson said. "I've never won anything major on the road before so this is a genuinely good result for me. I've also never really contested the complete Timbercorp Cup series before, but it's well run and the racing is fierce."
Jamieson was able to sit up and enjoy his stroll to the finish line, with a 17-second time gap to team-mate Dawson and Sharratt, who clinched a first ever podium finish. Jamieson said his team was disappointed not to have a rider in general classification contention, but were concentrating on stage wins for the remainder of the tour.
Victorian Nicholas Sanderson is the best placed southaustralian.com rider, but at 10'07" minutes behind leader Peter McDonald has no chance of overall victory. In fact only 11 riders are considered threats for Sunday's finish at Waikerie in South Australia. Queensland's Grant Irwin reduced his deficit to a "gettable" six seconds after winning the Merbein Criterium yesterday morning, while David Pell (Vic) is on the same margin. The tour continues today with a tough 66-kilometre kermesse on the Mildura waterfront, starting at 12.30 p.m. This race will be preceded by a non-competitive roller derby challenge in the Mildura Mall, starting at 11 a.m.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Signing on for a bike ride in the 2007 Fishers IGA Tour of the Murray River
- Decked out for stage seven as riders sign on for the start in Merbein
- Wheels… Stage seven startline shadows
- A rider strikes an unusual pose in the shadows on the startline for stage seven in Merbein
- The Tour was branching out into New South Wales on stage seven
- Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) broke clear from a lead group two kilometres out to win the stage into Wentworth
- Tasmanian Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) has made his mark racing on the track and now gets a good result on the road
- The stage seven podium (L-R): Peter Dawson 2nd (SouthAustralia.com/AIS), Mark Jamieson 1st (SouthAustalia.com/AIS), and Brendan Sharratt 3rd (Ballarat City Cycles)
- Tour leader after seven stages, Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF), is congratulated by a Sunraysia Saltana in Wentworth
Results
1 Mark Jamieson 1.45.03 (45.921 km/h) 2 Peter Dawson 0.17 3 Brendon Sharratt 4 Timothy Decker 5 Miles Watson 0.19 6 Patrick Shaw 1.33 7 Matthew Sherwin 8 David Pell 9 David Kemp 10 Steven Robb 11 Vaughan Bowman 12 Thomas Baxter 13 Benjamin King 14 Ben Mather 15 Jason Hegert 16 Peter McDonald 17 John Ebeling 18 Cameron Hughes 19 Chris Steffanoni 20 Daniel McCulloch 21 Hayden Josefski 22 Darcy Rosenlund 23 Gavin Nicholls 24 Daniel Braunsteins 25 Malcolm Rudolph 26 Craig Robertson 27 Jack Bobridge 28 Michael Stallard 29 Jacob Lea 30 Will Wettenhall 31 Gilbert Gutowski 32 Douglas Repacholi 33 Matt Sillars 34 Luke Aggett 35 Samuel Rix 36 Evan Corry 37 Glen Peterson 38 Chris Jory 39 Brad Edmunds 40 Robert Cater 41 Stephen Price 42 Grant Webster 43 Lachlan Stewart 44 David Tozer 45 Russell Gill 46 Nicholas Sanderson 47 Brendan Schultz 48 Brett Aitken 49 Matt King 50 Will Dickeson 51 Nigel Sullivan 52 Jamie Crass 53 Daniel Furmston 54 Brendan Jones 55 Peter Smith 56 Gary Mueller 57 Tony Mann 58 Sean Finning 59 Nathan Wise 60 Jarrod Harman 61 Re Meneaud-Young 62 Peter Milostic 63 Grant Irwin 64 Shaun Higgerson 65 Leigh Howard 66 Miles Olman 67 Tom Middleton 68 Simon Brown 25.39 69 Travis Frisby 70 Jeremy Hills 30.58 Sprints Red Cliffs 1 Robert Cater 3 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Tony Mann 1 Koorlong 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Brad Edmunds 2 3 Sean Finning 1 Lido Lodg 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Peter Dawson 2 3 Brad Edmunds 1 Merbein 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Timothy Decker 2 3 Peter Dawson 1 Yelta Silo 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Peter Dawson 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Mark Jamieson 2 pts General classification after stage 1 Peter McDonald 9.34.17 2 David Pell 0.06 3 Grant Irwin 4 Patrick Shaw 0.09 5 Benjamin King 0.26 6 Leigh Howard 0.32 7 Jack Bobridge 0.51 8 Tom Middleton 9 John Ebeling 0.52 10 Cameron Hughes 1.01 11 David Kemp 1.07 12 Miles Watson 7.31 13 Peter Dawson 8.59 14 Darcy Rosenlund 9.01 15 Mark Jamieson 9.20 16 Brad Edmunds 9.31 17 Nicholas Sanderson 10.07 18 Tony Mann 11.15 19 Gavin Nicholls 11.59 20 Timothy Decker 14.57 21 Robert Cater 15.27 22 Michael Stallard 16.15 23 Steven Robb 16.30 24 Gilbert Gutowski 16.36 25 Hayden Josefski 16.40 26 Daniel McCulloch 17.00 27 Miles Olman 17.28 28 Jarrod Harman 19.48 29 Russell Gill 25.47 30 Douglas Repacholi 25.53 31 Re Meneaud-Young 26.01 32 Chris Steffanoni 26.05 33 Chris Jory 34 Ben Mather 26.09 35 Jacob Lea 26.17 36 Evan Corry 37 Will Dickeson 26.18 38 Jamie Crass 26.21 39 Brendan Schultz 26.33 40 Matt King 26.35 41 Peter Milostic 26.54 42 Lachlan Stewart 27.01 43 Daniel Furmston 29.00 44 David Tozer 29.28 45 Matt Sillars 29.40 46 Shaun Higgerson 31.29 47 Brett Aitken 31.51 48 Craig Robertson 32.38 49 Samuel Rix 37.45 50 Glen Peterson 38.23 51 Luke Aggett 38.46 52 Daniel Braunsteins 40.02 53 Jason Hegert 41.21 54 Nathan Wise 42.23 55 Matthew Sherwin 42.59 56 Gary Mueller 43.06 57 Brendon Sharratt 43.44 58 Sean Finning 44.38 59 Peter Smith 44.45 60 Nigel Sullivan 44.47 61 Thomas Baxter 49.11 62 Will Wettenhall 49.39 63 Travis Frisby 50.23 64 Stephen Price 50.32 65 Malcolm Rudolph 50.37 66 Brendan Jones 1.00.49 67 Vaughan Bowman 1.02.02 68 Grant Webster 1.03.44 69 Simon Brown 1.20.46 70 Jeremy Hills 1.36.22 Sprints classification 1 Miles Watson 59 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund 44 3 Patrick Shaw 33 4 David Pell 32 5 Benjamin King 29 6 Peter McDonald 21 7 Sean Finning 21 8 Peter Dawson 21 9 Robert Cater 19 10 Brendon Sharratt 15 11 Brad Edmunds 13 12 Grant Irwin 12 13 Mark Jamieson 8 14 Jack Bobridge 8 15 Leigh Howard 7 16 Nathan Wise 6 17 Tony Mann 5 18 John Ebeling 5 19 Gilbert Gutowski 5 20 Michael Stallard 4 21 David Kemp 3 22 Malcolm Rudolph 3 23 Gavin Nicholls 2 24 Lachlan Stewart 2 25 Vaughan Bowman 2 26 Timothy Decker 2 27 Matthew Sherwin 2 28 Will Dickeson 1 29 Brendan Jones 1 30 Cameron Hughes 1 31 Tom Middleton 1 32 Miles Olman 1 33 David Tozer 1 34 Matt Sillars 1 Criterium championships classification 1 Grant Irwin 29 pts 2 Nicholas Sanderson 21 3 Gary Mueller 17 4 Patrick Shaw 16 5 Robert Cater 15 6 Leigh Howard 14 7 Peter Dawson 13 8 Brett Aitken 13 9 Russell Gill 12 10 Douglas Repacholi 12 11 Darcy Rosenlund 12 12 Jarrod Harman 7 13 Peter McDonald 5 14 Peter Smith 4 15 John Ebeling 4 16 Miles Olman 3 17 Tom Middleton 3 18 Brendon Sharratt 3 19 Miles Watson 2 20 Will Dickeson 1 21 Matthew Sherwin 1 Most Aggressive rider classification 1 Mark Jamieson 4 pts 2 David Pell 2 3 Peter Smith 2 4 Sean Finning 2 5 Peter McDonald 2
