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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)

Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
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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

The Tour was branching out
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Tasmanian Mark Jamieson scored the best road win of his burgeoning career when he broke away from fellow escapees to claim the 80.4-kilometre Merbein (Vic) to Wentworth (NSW) stage. Jamieson helped form the early break group on the hot and dusty roads south of Mildura before the tour route swung north to cross the Murray River and the border into NSW.

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.

Tasmanian Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
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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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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