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Timbercorp Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 26-September 2, 2007
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Stage 9 - August 31: Ouyen criterium, 36 km
McDonald creeps closer to tour victory
From Rod Morris In Ouyen
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Tasmanian Mark Jamieson went from chocolates to boiled lollies in an exciting day six of the Fishers IGA Tour of the Murray River. Jamieson (23) won the Ouyen Criterium in stunning style from former New Zealander Miles Watson in the morning stage, but in the Ouyen – Patchewollock – Ouyen road stage later in the day, crashed badly 20 km from the finish and effectively ended his tour.
Watson took a firmer grip on the RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Championship when he won all 11 intermediate sprints in the criterium, while the new leader of the Tourism Victoria King of the Mountain Championship is Queensland's Miles Olman, who finished second in the afternoon stage to fellow "Banana Bender" David Kemp.
Kemp and Olman were in front of the bunch as they hit the Ouyen township and thus avoided the 10 rider fall, 1100 metres from the finish line. Meanwhile Sydney based rider Peter McDonald maintained his overall lead in the tour, 26 seconds ahead of Queensland's Grant Irwin, with Victorian Patrick Shaw the next best on 33 seconds. The big loser in yesterday's afternoon stage was Bendigo based David Pell, who had a horror stage losing more than 4 minutes and falling to 11th position and out of any genuine chance for overall honours.
How it unfolded
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A mid-race pact between former New Zealander Miles Watson and Tasmanian Mark Jamieson saw the pair control the intermediate sprints and then quinella the Ouyen Criterium stage, a 36 km sprint. Watson (21) is in just his second full season of road racing after a strong junior career that included seven national New Zealand mountain bike championships.
Watson also spent three months in Ghent (Belgium) learning the craft of road racing even further. Watson won all 11 intermediate sprints – with Jamieson second each time – to take complete control of the RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Championship. The Kiwi and the Apple Islander broke clear of the peloton very early in the 36 km race and were never headed.
Queensland's Daniel McCulloch made a half-hearted attempt to bridge the gap to Watson and Jamieson and although he stayed with them for a couple of laps, the pressure was too great and he dropped back to the bunch. The escapees established a margin that hovered around 30 seconds for the bulk of the race, although over the closing laps they increased the margin. In the long home straight at Ouyen, Jamieson was able to kick clear of Watson and won with 2-seconds to spare.
Third home was Queensland's Tony Mann, 53 seconds adrift of Jamieson, with Peter Dawson (WA) and David Kemp (Qld) another four seconds back and then Matt King (NT) at a minute behind. Rounding off the top 10 and leading the bunch home at 1.02 minutes were Michael Stallard (SA), Patrick Shaw (Vic), Leigh Howard (Vic) and Nathan Wise (Vic).
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- The Tour was buzzing around Ouyen for the start of stage nine
- NSWIS/FRF have the Tour leader going into stage nine in Ouyen
- The peloton corner in Ouyen where a festival like atmosphere is put on by the locals each year
- Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans), a former yellow jersey wearer in the Tour of Gippsland in the peloton on stage nine
- The smiling asassin Peter Dawson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) follows the Tour leader Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) round a bend in Ouyen
- Miles Watson (Specialized) appears to be yawning as he sits behind partner in crime, Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) during their winning break
- The peloton on the roads of Ouyen in search of the leading duo of Jamieson and Watson
- Riders start to string out in the chase to the leading pair
- Miles Watson (Specialized) and Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) corner with three laps remaining in the stage nine criterium in Ouyen
- Nic Sanderson (SouthAustalia.com/AIS) leans into a bend with teammate Mark Jamieson ahead in the break
- Tasmanian Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) takes the stage in Ouyen, his second of the Tour
- Tony Mann (Ballarat City Cycles) finished in third place ahead of the chasing bunch
- The stage nine podium (L-R): Miles Watson 2nd (Specialized), Tony Mann 3rd (Ballarat City Cycles), and Mark Jamieson 1st (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
- Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) is the leader of the WHK Thomsons Criterium Championship after nine stages
- Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) is still the leader and yellow jersey wearer in the 2007 Fishers IGA Tour of the Murray River
Results
1 Mark Jamieson 0.49.02 (44.05 km/h) 2 Miles Watson 0.02 3 Tony Mann 0.53 4 Peter Dawson 0.57 5 David Kemp 6 Matt King 1.00 7 Michael Stallard 1.02 8 Patrick Shaw 9 Leigh Howard 10 Nathan Wise 11 Grant Irwin 12 Cameron Hughes 13 Peter Mcdonald 14 Sean Finning 15 Steven Robb 16 David Pell 17 Benjamin King 18 Jack Bobridge 19 Russell Gill 20 Matthew Sherwin 21 Brendan Schultz 22 Nicholas Sanderson 23 Timothy Decker 24 Darcy Rosenlund 25 John Ebeling 26 Chris Steffanoni 27 Brad Edmunds 28 Daniel Braunsteins 29 Samuel Rix 30 Gilbert Gutowski 31 Peter Smith 32 Daniel Furmston 33 Jarrod Harman 34 Evan Corry 35 Matt Sillars 36 Tom Middleton 37 Daniel Mcculloch 38 Gavin Nicholls 39 Chris Jory 40 Jacob Lea 41 Will Dickeson 42 David Tozer 43 Miles Olman 1.30 44 Gary Mueller 1.44 45 Shaun Higgerson 1.56 46 Brett Aitken 2.01 47 Peter Milostic 2.03 48 Craig Robertson 49 Hayden Josefski 50 Travis Frisby 51 Ben Mather 52 Brendon Sharratt 53 Jamie Crass 54 Stephen Price 3.42 55 Brendan Jones 56 Robert Cater 57 Vaughan Bowman 58 Will Wettenhall 59 Grant Webster 60 Thomas Baxter 61 Simon Brown 62 Luke Aggett 63 Glen Peterson 64 Nigel Sullivan 65 Douglas Repacholi 66 Re Sa Meneaud-Young 67 Jason Hegert 5.21 68 Jeremy Hills 7.00 DNF Lachlan Stewart DNS Malcolm Rudolph Sprints 1 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Daniel Mcculloch 1 2 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Grant Irwin 1 3 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Benjamin King 1 4 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Grant Irwin 1 5 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Tony Mann 1 6 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Tony Mann 1 7 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Shaun Higgerson 1 8 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Darcy Rosenlund 1 9 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Sean Finning 1 10 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Jack Bobridge 1 11 1 Miles Watson 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson 2 3 Sean Finning 1 Most aggressilve rider 1 Miles Watson 2 pts General Classification - Stage 9 1 Peter Mcdonald 11.52.55 2 Grant Irwin 0.27 3 David Pell 4 Patrick Shaw 0.32 5 Cameron Hughes 0.37 6 Benjamin King 0.51 7 Leigh Howard 0.59 8 Jack Bobridge 1.17 9 Tom Middleton 1.18 10 John Ebeling 1.19 11 David Kemp 1.27 12 Miles Watson 5.29 13 Mark Jamieson 8.37 14 Brad Edmunds 9.58 15 Nicholas Sanderson 10.34 16 Tony Mann 11.59 17 Peter Dawson 12.07 18 Darcy Rosenlund 13.01 19 Timothy Decker 15.24 20 Gavin Nicholls 16.00 21 Michael Stallard 16.42 22 Steven Robb 16.48 23 Gilbert Gutowski 17.03 24 Daniel Mcculloch 17.26 25 Hayden Josefski 18.08 26 Robert Cater 18.34 27 Miles Olman 18.57 28 Jarrod Harman 23.47 29 Russell Gill 26.29 30 Chris Steffanoni 26.32 31 Chris Jory 32 Jacob Lea 26.44 33 Evan Corry 34 Will Dickeson 26.45 35 Matt King 26.59 36 Brendan Schultz 27.00 37 Ben Mather 27.37 38 Jamie Crass 27.49 39 Peter Milostic 29.18 40 Daniel Furmston 29.27 41 David Tozer 29.55 42 Re Meneaud-Young 32.40 43 Shaun Higgerson 32.49 44 Matt Sillars 33.41 45 Douglas Repacholi 35.32 46 Brett Aitken 36.51 47 Craig Robertson 37.40 48 Samuel Rix 38.12 49 Daniel Braunsteins 40.29 50 Luke Aggett 41.53 51 Nathan Wise 42.50 52 Matthew Sherwin 43.26 53 Glen Peterson 43.28 54 Gary Mueller 44.15 55 Sean Finning 44.22 56 Peter Smith 45.12 57 Jason Hegert 46.07 58 Nigel Sullivan 47.54 59 Travis Frisby 51.51 60 Thomas Baxter 52.18 61 Will Wettenhall 52.46 62 Stephen Price 57.13 63 Brendon Sharratt 1.03.36 64 Brendan Jones 1.03.56 65 Grant Webster 1.06.51 66 Vaughan Bowman 1.08.43 67 Simon Brown 1.23.53 68 Jeremy Hills 2.01.11 Sprint classification 1 Miles Watson 106 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald 46 3 Darcy Rosenlund 45 4 Patrick Shaw 37 5 David Pell 34 6 Benjamin King 31 7 Mark Jamieson 30 8 Sean Finning 28 9 Peter Dawson 23 10 Cameron Hughes 20 11 Robert Cater 19 12 Grant Irwin 17 13 Brendon Sharratt 15 14 Brad Edmunds 13 15 Steven Robb 9 16 Jack Bobridge 9 17 Leigh Howard 7 18 Tony Mann 7 19 Nathan Wise 6 20 Gilbert Gutowski 5 21 John Ebeling 5 22 Michael Stallard 4 23 David Kemp 3 24 Timothy Decker 2 25 Gavin Nicholls 2 26 Lachlan Stewart 2 27 Vaughan Bowman 2 28 Matthew Sherwin 2 29 Brendan Jones 1 30 Will Dickeson 1 31 Daniel Mcculloch 1 32 Matt Sillars 1 33 Miles Olman 1 34 David Tozer 1 35 Shaun Higgerson 1 36 Tom Middleton 1 Criterium classification 1 Grant Irwin 34 pts 2 Nicholas Sanderson 21 3 Patrick Shaw 20 4 Peter Dawson 20 5 Miles Watson 20 6 Robert Cater 19 7 Leigh Howard 18 8 Gary Mueller 17 9 Brett Aitken 13 10 Douglas Repacholi 12 11 Darcy Rosenlund 12 12 Russell Gill 12 13 Peter Mcdonald 11 14 Mark Jamieson 10 15 Sean Finning 10 16 Tony Mann 8 17 Cameron Hughes 8 18 Jarrod Harman 7 19 David Pell 7 20 David Kemp 6 21 Matt King 5 22 John Ebeling 4 23 Michael Stallard 4 24 Peter Smith 4 25 Miles Olman 3 26 Jack Bobridge 3 27 Brendon Sharratt 3 28 Tom Middleton 3 29 Will Dickeson 1 30 Matthew Sherwin 1 31 Nathan Wise 1 Most aggressive classification 1 Mark Jamieson 4 pts 2 David Pell 2 3 Peter Smith 2 4 Miles Watson 2 5 Cameron Hughes 2 6 Sean Finning 2 7 Peter Mcdonald 2
